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 Bonus Podcast - Matt on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire [24:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Back in the summer of 2007, I made a couple of appearances on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on the Sue Dougan afternoon show. I went on the show alongside the artistic director of the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival David Crilly to promote the show A Midsummer Night’s Dream which I was appearing in at the time.

I performed several magic effects on the show and I thought you, my lovely Smoke & Mirrors listeners, might like to hear a slightly different type of radio magic show.

Let me know what you think by clicking ‘Comments’ below.

 

 The Final Episode of The Smoke & Mirrors Radio Show Magicast [30:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Having spoken about him in several prior episodes of The Magic News, I’m pleased to say that John Van Der Put joins us in the studio for this last episode of the Smoke & Mirrors Magicast.

John is a prolific creator of magic and mystery, as well as the artistic director of StandNotAmazed theatre company who create magical theatre and theatrical magic. John also has an alter ego who joins us (very briefly) in the studio known simply as Piff The Magic Dragon.

John and I discuss the creation of magic for theatre, his upcoming shows and the moment that Piff was born. John’s writing partner(!) also joins us briefly and we find the one thing that John and Barack Obama have in common. What a rip-roaring show it was!

 

 The Smoke & Mirrors Magicast - Episode Nine [30:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Having exclusively interviewed magical gents on the show so far, we decide to get in touch with the feminine side of magic as we talk to Fay Presto, close-up magician extraordinaire and one of only a handful of professional female magicians working in the UK.

We ask why there are so few women in magic, what the difference is in reactions that Fay experiences and of course we talk about how she came to be a professional wonder worker.

Fay was a right good laugh to have in the studio and news lady Julia was certainly pleased to finally have some fellow female back-up in the studio.

Once you’ve listened to the show, feel free to leave a comment by clicking ‘Comments’ below.

 

 The Magicast - Episode Eight - John Lenahan [32:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A great episode of the podcast this week – magician John Lenahan joins me in the studio to talk about his status as the ‘rogue magician’ after being expelled from The Magic Circle.

We also discuss the cons and scams he investigated and performed as part of his series ‘Hoaxbusters’ which aired on ITV and the nature of exposure in magic. We also chat about The Masked Magician and John’s novel Shadowmagic.

John was a fantastic guest, which may explain why we ran over a little, which is good news for you lovely listeners as this is a bumper edition of the magicast. Enjoy!

I mentioned during the seventh episode of Smoke & Mirrors that I would post some videos of escapologist Jonathan Goodwin doing his thing on his show One Way Out on The Discovery Channel. I think you know what’s coming next…

The following are the long trailer for The Discovery Channel show, the live hanging that Jonathan mentions on the show and the amazing/horrific scorpion escape. Enjoy!

 

 The Magicast - Episode Six [27:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Psychologist and former professional magician Richard Wiseman – author of Quirkology – joins me for this edition of the show and indeed the magicast.

We discuss the way magic can be used to understand the human mind and why magic works as an entertainment, from the point of view of a man who has worked in both magic and psychology.

Richard was a fascinating guest and the podcast is a very good one indeed.

Speaking of podcasts, apologies for the delay in getting this episode and episode seven out. Between Resonance FM and myself, we’ve had several issues that have made podcasting rather challenging. I’m getting caught up now and will be up-to-date shortly.

Enjoy the show!