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The wait is over, I am officially BACK!  I am so excited to catch you all up on my vacation, and profess my undying love for magic.  Oh and of course, I was excited to take your calls.  We talk about insecure men, great sex with the wrong man, and much more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Michael Chaleff took a year between the Navy and law school and spent it working as a restaurant magician -- walking up to strangers who had been drinking, interrupting conversations they were happy to be having, and trying to earn a tip before the food arrived. He knew going in that things would go wrong in that environment almost every night. What he didn't do was make a plan for what to do when they did. In his first week, at a brunch in San Diego, he opened his best card routine with "imagine you have a deck of cards in your hands." The woman at the head of the table looked at him and said, "I don't have hands." He locked up -- the first time in his adult life, he says, that he lost the ability to speak. More than 30 years later, he still remembers the shame, and has no memory at all of what happened next. Michael is a former Naval officer who served during the Gulf War, a former DOJ trial attorney, and a professional magician and mentalist of more than three decades. He now coaches lawyers and executives on storytelling and influence. In this conversation he explains why the recovery matters more than the error, what cross-examination teaches about controlling information, and the four-act structure he uses to build a story that lands in under 90 seconds. Full show notes and transcript: https://markgraban.com/mistake363

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Wildfires, triple digit temperatures and dusty, blown out trails – it must be the middle of August in Tahoe. Episode 94 features a grab bag of topics including the relationship between dogs and bears, magicians and the ice cream man, new Tahoe trails, Heavenly opening its gondola to mountain bikes, Palisades Tahoe offering a midweek pass for $699 while Alterra gets sued for price fixing, poisoned trees in Incline Village and the development of the largest El Niño in recorded history. Also, the 888 COR LORD hotline blows up with voicemails, Trail Whisperer gives his initial impressions on his new Aventon Current EXP, issues a call to action in Nevada to stop Greenlink North and the boys shout out Kyle and Jessica Aster for donating $250,000 to TAMBA for finishing Meeks Ridge Trail. Throw in a couple DOPE or DERPs and On a Musical Notes, this is a variety-packed episode.3:00 – Buy a Mind the Track hat at Start Haus in Truckee!4:10 – Downieville Classic Recap – Tobin Ortenblad and Marco Osborne winners!6:50 – Cosbey witnesses carnage on Baby Heads8:30 – Big fires in Reno/Tahoe area – Bug Fire, Stallion Fire and Talbot Fire14:25 – Pow Bot's two brothers visit from Michigan and ride Tahoe16:00 – Trail Whisperer gives his initial impressions on the new Aventon Current EXP20:00 – Core Lords Call In – Josh from Loyalton – Tahoe Donner, Glizzys and Bike Polo25:40 – Lauren – Picking up a new truck camper while listening to truck campers.26:40 – We have female listeners, Glizzy Gauntlet results and 7-Eleven is lame34:13 – Jon calls in and praises Gordo as well as prioritizing play over work41:17 – Eric calls in and shares a funny ice cream man story46:36 – Magicians are like the ice cream man – people don't like either49:10 – Stop the Greenlink North power line from running along Highway 50 in Nevada53:00 – Does your dog make you safer in bear country?58:15 – Someone is poisoning and killing dozens of trees in Incline Village1:04:00 – Huge shout out to Kyle and Jessica Aster – THANK YOU for donating $250k to TAMBA1:06:50 – The new Panorama Trail at Heavenly opens, as well as the gondola opening to MTBs1:11:20 – Palisades Tahoe bringing back midweek season pass for $6991:12:30 – Class action lawsuit against Vail, Alterra, Powder Corp and Boyne for price fixing1:15:05 – The Super El Nino of 2026-27 seems to be a certainty at this point1:22:15 – DOPE OR DERP – Cell phone mounts on bike handlebars1:28:40 – DOPE OR DERP – Hand guards on a mountain bike1:35:50 – ON A MUSICAL NOTE – Organically Good Trio1:39:05 – ON A MUSICAL NOTE – Genesis Owusu1:40:30 – ON A MUSICAL NOTE – The Crooked Stuff1:49:20 – Sept 11-13 – Mount Hough Enduro and Grinduro. Be there!1:51:07 – The Crooked Stuff – Waking Alive

EPYSODE 88: Present From Nancy by Supersister. Guest: Supersister bandleader Robert Jan Stips. Additional commentary by The Psychedelic Wizard, Uncle Herff. This week we step into the adventurous world of Dutch progressive rock as we explore Present From Nancy, the remarkable 1970 debut album by Supersister. Blending Canterbury-inspired experimentation, jazz-infused musicianship, quirky humour, and dazzling instrumental interplay, the album stands as one of the most imaginative and overlooked progressive rock releases of the early '70s. In this epysode, we unpack the album's unique sound and lasting influence on European prog music. Best of all, this epysode features exclusive commentary from Supersister founder Robert Jan Stips (aka "The Magician of Dutch Pop"), who shares firsthand stories about the making of the album and how it  helped define the sound of Dutch progressive rock. I hope you dig Present From Nancy as much as I do. - Farmer John ===CONNECT & SUPPORT=== Transport yourself into the realm of grooviness by supporting us on Patreon for as little as $2/month using this link --> patreon.com/FarmerJohnMusic Follow Vinyl Relics on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X and BlueSky. Email me @ ⁠farmerjohnmusic@gmail.com⁠ ===LINKS=== Check out more about Robert Jan Stip's amazing career in music through his various groups and solo projects at http://www.stips.net   ===THE MUSIC=== Songs used in this Epysode, in order of appearance. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist for all the tracks featured. *denotes track is not available on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5SxU5kb2ujfBbDMIDHXbOx?si=05d8a6a42f7c4a67 THE CRAZY ROCKERS “Carioca” THE THEILMAN BROTHERS “Record Hop” CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS “Theme For A Dream” THE WHO “I Can't Explain” SHOCKING BLUE “Venus” Q65 “The Life I Live” THE OUTSIDERS “You Mistreat Me” SOFT MACHINE “Hibou, Anemone And Bear”   DAVE BRUBECK “Take Five” GROUP 1850 “Mother No Head” SUPERSISTER “She Was Naked” SUPERSISTER "Present From Nancy" SUPERSISTER "Memories Are New (Boomchick)" SUPERSISTER "Corporation Combo Boys" SUPERSISTER "Metamorphosis" SUPERSISTER "Dona Nobis Pacem" SUPERSISTER “No Tree Will Grow” SUPERSISTER “Music For Ballet” SUPERSISTER “Dareios The Emperor” *SUPERSISTER “Soft Sister, Part 1” GOLDEN EARRING “Radar Love” GOLDEN EARRING “Twilight Zone” SWEET d'BUSTER “Angel” ROBERT JAN STIPS “Nuts In A Shell” NITS “Spirits Awake” SUPERSISTER “For You And Nobody Else” STIPS GOULDING “Love & Affection” ??MYSTERY ARTIST?? Tune in to our next epysode to find out... *NEWPORT ELECTRIC "Brilliant Love" ^^ That's my band. This is shameless self-promotion!! Check out our music here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5y6kGmYnS4SWvqAfijhDdp?si=4QemMgHiRFGKiS-Rge0Ouw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Newell has grown up on screen in the Penguin Live Lectures, traveled as a part of a successful comedy magic double act, and now he's one of the resident magicians at one of the premier venues in the world for showcasing close-up magic. He's a fast rising star in the magic world, and he shares his experiences on this week's show. At the end of the show Erik gives a brief recap of Magic Live 2026 and discusses a new social feature on the Penguin Website.

THE BATTLE OF ACTS - 08.17.2026 - #967 BestPodcastintheMetaverse.com Canary Cry News Talk #967 - 08.17.2026 - Recorded Live to 1s and 0s Deconstructing World Events from a Biblical Worldview Declaring Jesus as Lord amidst the Fifth Generation War! CageRattlerCoffee.com SD/TC email Ike for discount https://CanaryCry.Support   Send address and shirt size updates to canarycrysupplydrop@gmail.com Join the Canary Cry Roundtable This Episode was Produced By:   Executive Producers Chelsea S*** Sir LX Protocol Baron of the Berrean Protocol*** Nancy, An Awake (& Lonely) Boomer***   Producers of TREASURE (CanaryCry.Support) Rebecca T, Monica, Palmer C   Producers of TIME Timestampers: Jade Bouncerson, Morgan E Clankoniphius Links: JAM   SIR IKE MEGA BOX GIVEAWAY - Rating/Review, screenshot, send to Sir Ike CanaryCrySupplyDrop@gmail.com   ANTARCTICA 22:19 Antarctic fungi offer new hope for Alzheimer's drug discovery (Malay Mail)   NEPHILIM UPDATE 31:19 Extinct human remains found on seafloor fuel claims of real-life biblical giants (DailyMail)   EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS 46:38   WITCHCRAFT 1:02:33 Witch World: Queer Occultism Blooms in the Desert (Art Forum)   Jewish witchcraft isn't as weird as it sounds (Forward)   RE-ENCHANTMENT 1:51:59 The Daily Magical Life of Mesopotamia (Collector) Acts 8:9-24 : Simon Magus wanted to pay for the power of the Holy Spirit Acts 13:6-12 : Bar-Jesus the Magician (Elymas) is Blinded by the Holy Spirit Acts 16:16-18 : Slave Girl Oracle is exorcized, losing money for her masters Acts 19:18-20 : The Magicians of Ephesus burn their grimoires Acts 19:23-41 : The Craftsmen of Idolatry Riot  Ephesians 3:9-10 : When Paul writes to the congregation of ex-magicians in Ephesus, he says that their salvation is now    PRODUCERS 2:50:57 END 3:02:42

Send us Fan MailComedian Andy Imlay returns to The Days Grimm Podcast for a record-breaking fourth appearance, making him the only guest to appear four separate times with four different backdrops. From testing the boundaries of dark comedy to hilarious small-town Boonville drama, this Comedy Cache episode is packed with unfiltered laughs and wild stories.In this episode, Brian, Cory, and Tom sit down with Andy to explore the mechanics of writing comedy and where the line is drawn with dark humor, referencing heavy-hitting acts like Anthony Jeselnik, Jimmy Carr, and Jim Jeffries. Andy shares a brand new stand-up premise exploring whether historical and religious figures were actually the world's first magicians. He also recounts the unforgettable, laugh-out-loud story of scoring in the 98th percentile on the ASVAB test, only to severely shock the National Guard military recruiter who walked into the office to find Andy on crutches. Whether you are an aspiring comic or just love wild stories about everyday absurdities, this conversation delivers.Comedy is all about timing, as the crew discusses how tragedy plus timing equals comedy. This episode provides a behind-the-scenes look into a comedian's mind, showing how everyday observations—from weird community Facebook pages to viral videos of Amish communities—can be transformed into engaging stage material.   If you enjoyed this episode with Andy Imlay, be sure to subscribe to The Days Grimm Podcast for more comedy cache episodes, wild stories, and interviews! Hit the like button, share this video with a friend, and let us know your favorite moment in the comments below. TIMELINE : 00:00 - Intro & Andy Imlay's 4th podcast appearance 03:06 - Andy's feature on the Weird Careers podcast07:16 - Dark humor boundaries, Anthony Jeselnik, and Jimmy Carr 17:49 - Andy's new stand-up premise: Who was the first magician? 26:24 - The hilarious military recruiter ASVAB story 29:22 - Taking a live online IQ test 34:00 - Audience bucket premise 36:41 - Reacting to Amish men moving a barn by hand 41:25 - Discussing Helen Keller and Steve Martin movies 46:20 - Small town Boonville drama & community Facebook pages 54:35 - Details on Andy's upcoming VFW comedy show[The Days Grimm Podcast Links]- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDaysGrimm- Our link tree: linktr.ee/Thedaysgrimm- GoFundMe account for The Days Grimm: https://gofund.me/02527e7c [The Days Grimm is brought to you by]Sadness & ADHD (non-medicated)

Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsBibliographyPrimary and Classical SourcesAgrippa, Heinrich Cornelius. Three Books of Occult Philosophy. 1533. Translated by James Freake; edited and annotated by Donald Tyson. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 1993.Austin, J. L. How to Do Things with Words. 2nd ed. Edited by J. O. Urmson and Marina Sbisà. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975. Originally published 1962.Betz, Hans Dieter, ed. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.Clarke, Emma C., John M. Dillon, and Jackson P. Hershbell, trans. Iamblichus: De Mysteriis. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.Faulkner, Raymond O., trans. The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Revised by Carol Andrews. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990.Iamblichus. On the Mysteries. Translated by Emma C. Clarke, John M. Dillon, and Jackson P. Hershbell. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.Searle, John R. Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969.Ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman MagicBorghouts, J. F. Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts. Leiden: Brill, 1978.Dieleman, Jacco. Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual. Leiden: Brill, 2005.Faraone, Christopher A., and Dirk Obbink, eds. Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.Frankfurter, David. “Narrating Power: The Theory and Practice of the Magical Historiola in Ritual Spells.” In Ancient Magic and Ritual Power, edited by Marvin Meyer and Paul Mirecki, 457–476. Leiden: Brill, 1995.Frankfurter, David. Religion in Roman Egypt: Assimilation and Resistance. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.Graf, Fritz. Magic in the Ancient World. Translated by Franklin Philip. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.Meyer, Marvin, and Paul Mirecki, eds. Ancient Magic and Ritual Power. Leiden: Brill, 1995.Pinch, Geraldine. Magic in Ancient Egypt. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994.Ritner, Robert K. The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 54. Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1993.Smith, Morton. Jesus the Magician. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1978. Use cautiously and comparatively rather than as a consensus account.Ritual Language and Performative SpeechBloch, Maurice. “Symbols, Song, Dance and Features of Articulation: Is Religion an Extreme Form of Traditional Authority?” European Journal of Sociology 15, no. 1 (1974): 55–81.Finnegan, Ruth. Oral Poetry: Its Nature, Significance and Social Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.Malinowski, Bronisław. Coral Gardens and Their Magic. 2 vols. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1935.Rappaport, Roy A. Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja. “The Magical Power of Words.” Man 3, no. 2 (1968): 175–208.Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja. Culture, Thought, and Social Action: An Anthropological Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985.Oral Tradition, Formula, and TransmissionFoley, John Miles. The Theory of Oral Composition: History and Methodology. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988.Lord, Albert B. The Singer of Tales. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1960.Ong, Walter J. Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word. London: Methuen, 1982.Parry, Milman. The Making of Homeric Verse: The Collected Papers of Milman Parry. Edited by Adam Parry. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971.Ritual Form, Authority, and TransmissionBell, Catherine. Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.Bell, Catherine. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.McCauley, Robert N., and E. Thomas Lawson. Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.Whitehouse, Harvey. Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2004.Xygalatas, Dimitris. Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living. New York: Little, Brown Spark, 2022.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. 

#abdul #magician #indiaIn the first story, a crafty man wins millions, but only after faking his own death.In the second story, a man avoids death by talking with some local men.Source: Simla Village Tales by Alice DracottNarrator: Dustin SteichmannMusic: Roshni Ke PaikarPodcast Shoutout: Japan DistilledListener Shoutout: Minsk, BelarusPhoto Credit: "away in silence!" by 2 million+ views. Humbled and thanks! is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Johnny Clavo is making massive waves in the magic community with his unbelievable magic where clay seems to sculpt itself. It's part art, part sleight of hand, and all unbelievable magic. Johnny rocked Erik Back on his heels at the Blackpool Magic convention, and Erik hasn't been able to stop talking about it since. Johnny stops by the show to share some of his thoughts and preview an upcoming project with Penguin Magic.

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 2 episode 3! This week, Elliot and Alice spend some time working out their Quentin issues-while climbing the Filorian equivalent of Mount Doom and with it's Dark King. Thanks for listening!

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Let's talk about Metas! where are we heading with POV filming and who better to talk about it with then the 2 guys getting millions of views with this style of content! Harrison Kramer and Adam Axford! Support the show and grab some Merch! Leave a voicemail for The Magic Guys Join The Magic Guys Discord!!! Email Us - themagicguysshow@gmail.com The Podcast where Professional Magicians, Josh Norbido, Doug Conn & Nick Kay take on the important questions of life (Mainly from our youtube subscribers) and deliver answers from a Magicians point of view. Come hang out with us while we chat about our lives as Magicians and the ups and downs that go with it. 

What does it mean to truly love your alma mater? In this Verbally Effective: Magic 807 Sessions with Ena Esco, Ena talks with Tracy L. Miller, LOC Class of 1994, about his journey from LeMoyne-Owen College to a successful career as a retired railroad industry executive. Tracy takes us back to the HBCU experience of the mid-'90s, sharing why he chose LOC, what made the culture special, and why the institution continues to hold a special place in his heart. Recorded during 807 Giving Day, Tracy explains why he makes giving to LOC an annual commitment and challenges fellow alumni to think beyond a donation to think about building financial literacy, creating opportunities, and opening pathways for the next generation of Magicians.

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In his teaching on the last days, Paul uses the example of the Magicians of Egypt as a prototype for the perilous times to come. We learn about those times in our time together.

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The Temple Comes to Samaria Acts 8:4-25 by William Klock Remember back in Chapter 5, when Peter and John were arrested and brought before the priests and elders, and Gamaliel, one of the leading Pharisees, told his fellow council members: “Leave them alone.  If what they're doing is of human origin, it will come to ruin.  But if it's from God, you won't be able to stop them.  You might even be found to be fighting against God.”  They let Peter and John go that day, but since then they haven't been heeding Gamaliel's advice.  They stoned Stephen.  And at the end of last week's text Luke told us that Saul of Tarsus was going house to house, dragging men and women to prison and that, while the apostles remained in Jerusalem, everyone else was scattered through Jerusalem and Samaria.  And it turns out Gamaliel was right.  Neither Saul nor anyone else could stop what God was doing.  This new temple, not made with hands, not made of bricks and mortar, but instead of people, purified by the blood of Jesus and indwelt themselves by God's Spirit, this temple was going to fill the earth.  Persecution won't stop it.  Just the opposite, in fact.  Luke writes in Acts 8:4 [Page 1089 in the pew Bibles]: “Those who were scattered went all over the place announcing the word.”  These were people who knew, first hand, the transforming power of the gospel.  Many of them had been eyewitnesses to the risen Jesus.  They had seen signs and wonders, done by Jesus and then done by the apostles.  They knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that God was at work and Israel's hopes were being fulfilled.  There was no stopping them.  If they had to flee Jerusalem, so much the better.  Now the good news about Jesus would be proclaimed all over the place.  Think back to Stephen's speech before the Sanhedrin and how he'd highlighted how God works through rejection and persecution.  Joseph's brothers had sold him as a slave, but through their evil God delivered his people.  Ditto with Moses.  Pharaoh wanted all the baby boys of the Hebrews drowned, so Moses' mother put him in a basket and Providence floated him down the river right to Pharaoh's daughter.  And Jesus, the supreme example: The forces of evil and death rose up to do their worst in killing Jesus, but in doing so they played right into God's hands.  They concentrated themselves all in one place, in one great act, allowing Jesus to rise from death to conquer them.  So Saul of Tarsus, threatening the church?  God's going to use that to—to get the gospel out of Jerusalem, to all of Judaea—and even to Samaria. So Philip.  You remember Philip?  He was one of the seven in Chapter 6, whom the church chose and laid hands on to do the work that was taking the apostles away from their prayer and preaching.  Stephen was another of them.  When the church calls people and lays hands on them and commissions them to be servants of the gospel, there's no telling where that may lead.  So “Philip,” says Luke in verse 5, “went off to a town in Samaria and announced the Messiah to them.” I suspect no one would have thought—or wanted—to take the gospel to Samaria—at least not for a long time—even though Jesus had said that his church would take the gospel there.  But in the context of Acts, I think Luke wants to stress that even more than taking the gospel to Samaria, what Philip is doing is taking the temple there.  And that's pretty significant.  Samaria was the piece of land between the two Jewish territories, between Judaea in the south and Galilee in the north.  The Samaritans were the people who had lived there while the Jews were off in exile in Babylon.  We don't really know for certain the origins of the Samaritans.  They claimed—and they still claim, as they're still there to this day—that they're the descendants of what was left of the northern Israelite tribes after the nation was destroyed by the Assyrians.  The Jews claimed that the Samaritans were the people resettled in the land by the Babylonians after they'd sent the Jewish people into exile.  There's probably some truth to both.  Whatever the case, the Samaritans followed their own form of Judaism.  They had their own version of the torah, of the first five books of the Old Testament.  They rejected the Prophets and other books.  They looked forward to their own version of the Messiah.  They called him the Ta'eb or “The Returner”—the prophet Moses promised would come.  But maybe what's most important in the context of Acts, was that the Samaritans had their own temple on Mt. Gerizim.  The Jews would never let them anywhere near the temple in Jerusalem—they weren't real Jews and they had corrupted Israelite religion—but even if the Jews allowed them into the temple, the Samaritans would never go there.  As far as they were concerned, theirs was the real temple.  The Samaritans were a people utterly without God's presence. And now Philip finds his way there and carries the for real real temple to a people who didn't even know the old one.  And when God's temple arrives in Samaria, the people can't help but notice.  Verse 6: “The crowds, acting as one, clung to what Philip was saying, as they heard him and saw the signs he performed.  For unclean spirits came out of many of them, and several who were paralyzed or lame were cured.  So there was great joy in that town.” “But there was a man named Simon, who had lived in the town for some while and who practiced magic. He used to astonish the Samaritan people, giving out that he was some great personage.  Everyone, small and great alike, paid attention to him, and said, “This man is the one called ‘God's Great Power'!”  [Luke might be hinting that the people thought of Simon as maybe being the Ta'eb, the Samaritan “Messiah”.] They had been under his spell for some time, since they were amazed at the magic he could perform.  But when they believed Philip as he was announcing to them the message about God's kingdom and the name of Jesus the Messiah, they were baptized, men and women alike.  Simon too believed and was baptized, paying close attention to Philip.  When he saw signs, and great and powerful deeds, it was his turn to be astonished.” The devil was doing one thing in Judaea in a futile attempt to quash the gospel.  He was doing something else to the same end in Samaria.  He'd been doing it for a long time, leading the Samaritans away from God's torah and God's temple.  Now there's this man, Simon, who has enchanted these Samaritans with his magic.  Maybe it was just sleight of hand magic, but the way Luke, throughout Acts, contrasts magic with the power of the Holy Spirit, it seems like Simon actually did have some kind of power and if that power wasn't from God, it was coming from demonic forces of some kind.  That's just the sort of thing the devil would do to lead people astray.  But Philip, empowered by God's Spirit, it's obvious to everyone—even to Simon—his power was different and it was far superior.  Seeing it, these people believed the good news about Jesus that Philip was proclaiming.  And they did what believers do: they were baptised.  Like Israel following God through the Red Sea and into the promised land, in faith these Samaritan followed Jesus through the waters of baptism and into God's new creation. Samaritans embracing and giving their allegiance to Jesus may not seem like a big deal to us, but it was a really big deal to everyone involved.  Again, Samaritans and Jews didn't mix.  Even though Jesus had said that his disciples would take the good news to Samaria, they had no plan to go there—and probably little or no desire to.  But God had a plan to get them there, and when Philip does end up in Samaria, he doesn't let that hold him back.  It's pretty clear that these early believers thought of the gospel as something for Jews, but—hey—if gentiles came to them and wanted in, if Samaritans heard and believed, that was great.  They saw God at work in these people, even if these people weren't their evangelistic priority. And yet, something odd happens.  These Samaritans hear the gospel, see God at work, they believe, they're baptised, but there's something missing.  I suspect Philip noticed it immediately and sent word back to Jerusalem—excited on one hand, but concerned on the other.  Verse 14: “When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received God's word, they sent Peter and John to them.  When they arrived, they prayed for them, asking that they would receive the Holy Spirit, since up to that point the Spirit had come upon none of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.  Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.” Like I said, something was missing.  The Spirit was clearly at work.  Faith in Jesus is a gift of the Spirit and no one comes to Jesus without the Spirit first moving in the heart.  But so far in Acts, when people believed and were baptised, they all had some kind of experience of being transformed by the Spirit  They were obviously different.  The Spirit did a work of new creation in them.  And they typically—and immediately—displayed supernatural gifts.  Some prophesied, some healed, some spoke in other languages, and so on.  Whenever we see God doing something new in the story of redemption, it's usually got miracles clustered all around it and we see this no less in the early days of the church.  Bringing Samaritans to Jesus was very much something new.  But this time the miracles didn't happen.  I expect Philip was surprised.  What was wrong?  So he sent word to Jerusalem and Peter and John decided to go see for themselves.  And, sure enough, something was missing.  These people had believed, but the Spirit—God—hadn't yet come to live in them  They were not yet part of the new temple. I don't know if Peter and John understood everything at this point.  I suspect that they just recognised that these new believers were lacking the indwelling Spirit.  It was weird and inexplicable at the time.  And so Peter and John just did the only thing that made sense: they laid their hands on these people and prayed that God would give them his Spirit.  And God did.  Luke doesn't say how it was obvious, but it was apparently obvious that the Spirit had filled the Samaritans.  And I think as time passed, Peter and John and the others started to figure out what God was doing in withholding the very thing—I should say, the very person—who fulfils God's promises to dwell with his people.  By the time Luke wrote, it all made perfect sense. You see, there was always a danger that the Samaritans would hear the gospel and believe, but that because of the divide between them and the Jews, the Samaritans would end up with a separate church of their own.  A lot of them would have been perfectly happy to have it that way and plenty of Jewish believers would no doubt be happy to have it that way.  But that would undermine the very gospel itself.  God doesn't have multiple people.  He has one.  With all our divisions in the church today, it's easy to forget this, but Jesus was clear: God has one people and one of the essentials of the gospel is that it heals the breaches, heals the divisions, heals the animosity between the people of the world.  We saw the first dramatic sign of this healing at Pentecost as the men there heard the gospel proclaimed in their own languages.  It was a dramatic reversal of the Tower of Babel episode.  And now it happens with the Samaritans.  God withholds his Spirit from them in order to get Peter and John to pray and lay hands on them and in that God makes it clear to everyone that they are all united in Jesus and the Spirit.  The apostles and the Jewish believers can't dismiss the Samaritan believers and neither can the Samaritans—with their long history of doing their own thing and having their own temple—neither can they act as if they have no need of or can be separate from the Jewish believers. We need to be careful we don't mistake Luke's point here.  We often read this passage at confirmations when the bishop lays hands on us and prays for us to be strengthened by the Holy Spirit.  But Luke wasn't thinking about confirmation.  Confirmation is a rite that developed centuries later.  Pentecostals and Charismatics use this passage to explain their experience, arguing that this passage proves that receiving the Holy Spirit is a second work of grace apart from baptism and conversion.  But that's not Luke's point either.  In fact, his point is that what happened with the Samaritans, with God withholding the Spirit, was unique—a one-off thing—that was necessary to ensure everyone knew that there is one church, one body and that our unity in diversity is one of the gospel's most powerful witnesses to God setting the human race to rights.  The whole thing that made this episode stand out was the delay in the Samaritans receiving the Holy Spirit, because the indwelling of the Spirit it not a second blessing or a second work of grace.  It's what happens when we believe and are baptised.  It's what makes us God's temple.  Jesus purifies us so that the Spirit can fill us. And then Simon the Magician. The gospel goes to a new place, but the same old problem comes up again.  In Jerusalem it was Ananias and Sapphira.  The devil crept in.  They let their love of money compromise the purity so essential to being God's temple.  They serve as a warning: Jesus purifies us so that we can be God's temple, but to remain God's temple requires continued purity.  And now the Samaritan believers their own warning about this.  Verse 18: “When Simon saw that the spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money.  “Give me this power too,” he said, “so that anyone I lay my hands on will receive the holy spirit.”  “May your silver die with you!” retorted Peter. “Did you really think that God's gift could be bought with money?  You have no part or share in this word!  Your heart is not straight before God.  So repent from this wickedness, and pray to the Lord.  Perhaps he will forgive the scheme you had in your heart.  I can see that you are still stuck in the bitter poison and chains of unrighteousness.”  “Pray to the Lord for me,” said Simon in reply, “that none of what you've said will happen to me.”  After Peter and John had finished bearing witness and speaking the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, announcing the good news to many Samaritan villages.” Simon liked the status his magic gave him.  And now he sees something really amazing, something that clearly and dramatically upstaged whatever it was that he was doing.  And Simon wanted it.  But it wasn't so much the Holy Spirit that Simon wanted.  Tricks were nice.  He'd been doing them for a long time.  But what Simon wanted was the ability to control people.  He didn't want the Holy Spirit.  He wanted what he thought Peter and John had: he wanted the ability to lay hands on people and to give them the Spirit. And in that, Simon was exposed.  It wasn't about Jesus for Simon.  It wasn't about being God's temple.  It wasn't about being purified by the cross.  It wasn't about being part of God's new creation.  Simon was still firmly part of the old.  He wanted to use and control people for his own personal gain and prestige.  His old magic had been upstaged.  No one would be impressed by it anymore.   But if he could be like Peter and John, if he could lay hands on people himself and impart the Spirit to them, well, then he's be back on top of things.  For those who read The Magician's Nephew this month, he's like Uncle Andrew, seeing a new world being miraculously born around him and new life sprouting from the ground, and all he can think of is bring bits of iron to plant so they can grow into factories and battleships to make him rich. He was blind.  He heard the gospel.  He heard the good news about Jesus.  He saw the life the Spirit in these people and he saw new creation being born.  But he wasn't interested any of it.  He just wanted to be in control.  He saw it as a way to get rich.  So he offers to buy this gift from Peter and John—as if it was theirs to sell.  As if it was their power to impart the Spirit. But Peter and John had no such power.  They didn't go around laying hands on people and giving them the Spirit any more than a modern-day Anglican bishop or Pentecostal evangelist does so.  This was a unique situation.  God gives the Spirit, not men, not preachers, not bishops, not even apostles.  This was simply a case in which it was necessary for both the Jews and the Samaritans to understand that they were one people in Jesus and the Spirit. The crazy thing is that we still see this sort of thing despite all the warnings in scripture.  There are far too many people out there, preachers—people calling themselves “apostles”—offering the Spirit or his gifts for money, as if those gifts are the work of human beings and not God.  I expect that when Simon asked Peter and John to sell him this gift—one they didn't even actually have—Peter immediately remembered Ananias and then Sapphira falling dead at his feet.  Because he knew, this false idea needed to die.  If allowed to fester, it would corrupt the church. And so he rebuked Simon—who, by God's mercy isn't struck dead on the spot.  “You're no believer, Simon.  You're still stuck in the bitter poison and chains of unrighteousness.” Luke tells us that Simon asked them to pray for him so that he wouldn't fall under God's judgement.  I have to wonder if they told him about Ananias and Sapphira and left him quaking in his boots.  Luke doesn't tell us what happened to him, whether he eventually understood and actually believed the gospel or not.  What Luke wants to stress here, what we shouldn't lose of, is that the Spirit is not under human control.  The Holy Spirit isn't magic.  Magic is the human attempt to manipulate God.  Humans have been trying to figure out ways to do that ever since our fall.  Magic treats God like a vending machine.  Push B5 to get this or push D2 to get that.  Say this spell, offer this sacrifice—follow the right formula and you can control the divine.  The so-called “Prosperity Gospel” is a modern version of this.  But you don't have to be into the Prosperity Gospel or the Word-Faith movement to be guilty of thinking you can control God.  When we bargain with God, we're doing the same thing.  We think that if we offer God this or that, we obligate him to give us something in return.  Brothers and Sisters, God's been teaching his people from the beginning that he doesn't work this way.  He's sovereign.  He sends his Spirit as a mighty rushing wind and, as Jesus said to Nicodemus, “Those who are born of that Spirit are blown along with it.”  Those who surrender themselves to Jesus and the Spirit are blown into purity, blown into holiness, blown into godliness, blown into ministry and blown into mission.  That's what Luke shows us in Acts.  Jesus purifies us, the Spirit fills, and in those acts God make us his living temple.  A temple through which he will make himself known and through which he will eventually fill the earth with his presence. In this morning's Collect we asked the Lord to teach to us to ask for the things that please him.  Brothers and Sisters, if we understand ourselves to be his temple, his working model of new creation in the midst of the old, I can hardly think of a better prayer.  It's a prayer very much like “on earth as in heaven”.  A prayer that sets aside our own agendas and ask for God to bring us into his.  I'd like to close praying that Collect again. Let your merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of your humble servants; and, that we may obtain what we ask of you, teach us to ask for those things that please you, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

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Enjoy this walk down memory lane as Jade gives us the background on what inspired the artwork for her personally made tarot deck. In this episode she tells us about the artwork for the back and what inspired her art for The Magician.Written and Produced by Ashley McAnellyFeaturing the voice talent of Abbey Konzen and Nichole GoodnightMusic by AthanSupport the showIt's All in the Cards Podcast FacebookInstagramTwitterPatreon

Aaron Fisher stops back by the show to preview a new version of Panic he is collaborating with Penguin Magic on. The conversation on this episode goes deep into thoughts about the cross-cut force, handling cards, and advanced card magic theory. Aaron discusses how teaching has made him a better magician and how you can advance your own magic with some simple tips.

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 2 episode 2! This week, Elliot and Margo are still hard at work trying to save their LONG dead Fillorian friends. Hopefully Elliot's box of unethically acquired time mcguffins holds the key. But my guess is shenanigans are more likely than solutions. Thanks for listening!

Pick a color and don't overthink it. Red, green, or blue turns into a three-card tarot pull that feels uncomfortably specific, not because the cards are magic, but because you are paying attention. I start with a blunt pep talk about self-belief and the fear of your own power, then move straight into a tarot reading format that gives you something rare in the self-improvement world: a clear prompt to act, not just reflect.For Group A, we talk about the spark of a new project and why execution beats inspiration every time, plus the underrated skill of finding the right partner and letting go of lone-genius mythology. Group B brings the heavy machinery: Wheel of Fortune, Death, and Judgment as a map for real life transitions, endings, and the moment you finally decide what you're doing next. Group C is the anxiety arc, moving from the Magician's agency to the Nine of Swords, then landing on the Knight of Pentacles as the only dependable exit plan: routine, patience, and follow-through.Then the episode opens up into avant-garde personal development storytelling: a glamorous oracle monologue about walking into obvious trouble with perfect outfit choices, a noir motel confession about desire and consequences, and a sharp rant about rumors, identity, and refusing to be emotionally reactive. We also get into meditation as a non-negotiable mental skill, plus the strange realities of writing online, search terms, and how a “data void” can turn vulnerability into impact.If you like tarot, meditation, personal development, and narrative audio that takes risks, press play, subscribe, and share it with a friend who needs a wake-up call. What color did you pick, and which card hit hardest?Got something to say to me? Slide into the DMs.Support the show

You can feel the difference between a performer who “does tricks” and a performer who builds a world. We sit down with Malin Nilsson to get inside that world building process: how stagecraft, mentors, and sharp editing turn variety magic into something that feels inevitable, alive, and deeply personal.We talk about the practical psychology of live audiences and why context changes everything. When people buy tickets and come to your theater, you earn a rare kind of freedom: you can be poetic, quiet, political, strange, or tender, because the crowd chose you on purpose. But when you're booked for corporate events, weddings, and festivals, the job is different, and the showmanship has to be different too. We break down how to match pacing, clarity, and emotional tone to what the room actually needs without watering down your craft.Then we get into the creative engine behind Marlon's signature style: the wand in the boot, hat manipulation, classic magic archetypes, and the question every long-term artist eventually faces: how does your character age with you? We also dig into collaboration, including what changes when you find a creative partner who can take your material from good to great through ruthless, loving editing.Finally, we go behind the curtain on the touring reality most audiences never consider: suitcases, weight limits, lost bags, prop redesign, and why “packs small and plays big” is not a slogan but a survival skill for working magicians and variety performers.If you enjoy smart conversations about showmanship, stagecraft, performance design, and the creative life, subscribe, share this with a performer friend, and leave us a review.Support the show...After a long abscence our Merch Shop is back! Check out t-shirts, hoddies, and hats! Show yourself as a Follower of the Way of the Showman.You can also "listen" to the Way of the Showman at youtube.If you want to help support this podcast it would be tremendous if you wrote a glowing review on iTunes or Spotify.If you want to  contact me about anyhthing ou can reach me on thewayoftheshowman@gmail.comYou can find out more on the Way of the Showman website.Follow the Way of the Showman on Instagram.If you're compelled to suport the showes and have the means to do so, you can suport the podcast financially at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/captainfrodo

Send us Fan MailWondering what it takes to start a pop culture convention from scratch? In this episode, Matt Grisham, the mastermind behind Evansville RaptorCon and HorrorCon, reveals the chaotic, hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking reality of the convention world.The Days of Grimm crew sit down with Matt Grisham to discuss the origins of Evansville's premier pop culture and horror conventions. Matt shares wild behind-the-scenes stories, from losing a massive payout to the boxer Butterbean due to a contract misunderstanding, to navigating the tragic, sudden passing of voice actor Mark Dodson during a convention weekend. We also dive into Matt's previous career traveling the country as a stage hypnotist and magician, the logistics of booking huge voice actors and horror icons like the cast of Terrifier, and why keeping conventions focused on local vendors is the ultimate key to success. This episode is for anyone fascinated by event production, pop culture, and the gritty behind-the-scenes work of building a community from the ground up.If you are a fan of comic conventions, horror movies, or just want to hear the unfiltered truth about event production, this episode is packed with invaluable lessons. It strips away the glamour to reveal the high-stakes, problem-solving reality of hosting thousands of people and major celebrities. Viewers will walk away with a newfound appreciation for the event organizers who make pop culture magic happen.If you enjoyed this deep dive into the convention world, be sure to hit that subscribe button, leave a comment with your favorite con memory, and share this episode with a fellow pop culture fan!TIMELINE: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Welcoming Matt Grisham00:04:34 - The Origins of RaptorCon and Expanding to HorrorCon 00:08:53 - Death of the Week: Epic Universe Roller Coaster Tragedy 00:16:47 - The Butterbean Contract Misunderstanding 00:23:49 - Bringing the Cast of Terrifier to Evansville 00:30:41 - Hosting Panels with Legendary Voice Actors 00:44:40 - Why Conventions Need to Prioritize Local Vendors 00:51:11 - Matt's Wild Career as a Magician and Hypnotist 01:02:08 - The Tragic Passing of Mark Dodson at a Convention 01:07:38 - Matt's Darkest Moment and Overcoming Burnout 01:11:09 - Upcoming Dates for RaptorCon and HorrorConThe Raptor Con Link:https://www.theraptorcon.com/Evansville Horror Con Link:https://www.evansvillehorror.com/[The Days Grimm Podcast Links]- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDaysGrimm- Our link tree: linktr.ee/Thedaysgrimm- GoFundMe account for The Days Grimm: https://gofund.me/02527e7c [The Days Grimm is brought to you by]Sadness & ADHD (non-medicated)

Josh hosts a solo episode packed with practical advice for magicians who want to go professional, covering how to find first paid gigs, build a strong brand, price your work, and scale a sustainable business. He explains tactics like performing charity events and automated gig sites, working with agents, leveraging referrals and other magicians, managing contracts/insurance/invoicing, and increasing fees over time. Support the show and grab some Merch! Leave a voicemail for The Magic Guys Join The Magic Guys Discord!!! Email Us - themagicguysshow@gmail.com The Podcast where Professional Magicians, Josh Norbido, Doug Conn & Nick Kay take on the important questions of life (Mainly from our youtube subscribers) and deliver answers from a Magicians point of view. Come hang out with us while we chat about our lives as Magicians and the ups and downs that go with it. 

Stage magic reached its peak in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th century, when illusionists such as Harry Houdini and Howard Thurston fascinated audiences with feats of escapism, levitation and more. It had a resurgence in the late 20th century when David Copperfield, Penn and Teller and others brought their acts to television audiences.    In the age of reality TV stars and social media influencers, illusionists may seem like entertainment relics. So who’s still learning magic? What keeps the craft alive?   To answer those questions and more, we’re joined by George Alvarez, president of the Portland Society of Magicians, and Eric Pearson, founder of the magic performance group The Secret Society  

What if the biggest thing holding back your growth isn't a lack of knowledge, but a lack of curiosity? In this episode of the Thrive State Podcast, Dr. Kien Vuu sits down with keynote speaker, magician, and innovation expert Nash Fung to explore why curiosity may be one of the most powerful skills for thriving in today's rapidly changing world. From immigrating to the United States as a teenager to overcoming insecurities through magic, Nash shares how curiosity helped shape his journey and ultimately became the foundation of his work with organizations around the world. Together, they discuss the connection between curiosity and innovation, what children can teach us about creativity, how assumptions limit our potential, and why human connection may become even more valuable in the age of AI. Along the way, Nash reveals surprising lessons from nearly two decades as a crisis counselor, explains what magic teaches us about human perception, and shares practical ways to cultivate more wonder, creativity, and possibility in everyday life. In this episode, we explore: * Why curiosity is the fuel behind innovation and growth * How childhood experiences shape the stories we tell ourselves * The surprising lessons learned from 18 years on a crisis hotline * What magicians understand about memory, perception, and human behavior * Why assumptions are the enemy of curiosity * How children naturally think differently than adults * The role of human connection in an AI-powered future * Simple ways to cultivate curiosity in your work and life If you've ever felt stuck, uninspired, or trapped by old ways of thinking, this conversation offers a refreshing reminder that curiosity may be the doorway to your next breakthrough.   Follow Doctor V: https://instagram.com/doctorvmd Get the #1 bestselling book Thrive State: https://thrivestatebook.com Download the FREE Longevity & Human Potential Starter Guide: https://thrivestatestarter.com Join the Thrive State Membership: https://mythrivestate.com/join Learn more about Nash Fung: https://nashfung.com  

Ken Wolf, Artistic Director of Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City, presents the 498th episode of THE PLAYWRITING PODCAST. Episode Story Topic: Creating Magic with Magician Jim Vines of Broadway Magic Hour! This was a fantastic interview!     Get tickets to Broadway Magic Hour here: https://broadwaymagichour.com/ I sit down with award-winning magician Jim Vines, star and creator of the hugely successful Broadway Magic Hour in New York City. What starts as a conversation about magic quickly becomes a fascinating discussion about storytelling, surprise, escalation, emotional connection, and why great art, whether it is a magic show or a play, creates unforgettable live experiences. Jim shares how believing that anything is possible has shaped both his life and his career. (Have I found by doppelgänger?) We explore how magicians create wonder, how playwrights can use those same principles to keep audiences engaged, and why surprise is one of the most powerful tools any storyteller has.  We also dive into Broadway, self producing, audience psychology, and the incredible similarities between creating theatrical magic and creating theatrical truth. This episode is inspiring, practical, and filled with ideas you can immediately use to create Magic in your own work. This one's a keeper!  ------------------------------------------------------ Still 40% off until August 10, 2026 MY PREMIERE PLAYWRITING COACHING - A year long program where I help you write a perfect play, and teach you everything you need to know about Playwriting and connecting your plays to theatres and producers. Now 40% off!    Book it here:   https://www.howtowriteplays.com/premiere-playwriting-coaching   Playwriting Coaching  - 40% off -  Book it here:  https://www.howtowriteplays.com/consulting-coaching   AT MANHATTANREP.COM Check out our 3 Tiers of developing your play in NYC with Manhattan Rep: Manhattan Rep's Play Production Reading We will put together a Professional Reading of your play in NYC! https://www.manhattanrep.com/reading   Manhattan Rep's Play Production Workshop We will bring to life a workshop production of your play in NYC! https://www.manhattanrep.com/workshop   Manhattan Rep's Play Production Program Let us help you self-produce your best play in New York City or anywhere in the world. https://www.manhattanrep.com/play-production-program   AND... Also, Check out Manhattan Rep's INSTAGRAM  @manhattanrepertorytheatre   Email: How2WritePlays@yahoo.com

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Craig Petty stops by the studio to chat with Erik about the brand-new tricks that are launching at Magic Live. New stuff from Alex Latorre, Lloyd Barnes, and Mark Mason will be available! They also preview the first time Penguin will ever do bundle deals, and even more exciting, we will have shopping bags! Find out all the info that's fit to dish coming up at Magic Live 2026.

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 1! Yep, Quentin is still dead...no shenanigans. So what is Brian going to do now? Come find out. Meanwhile, Penny (begrudgingly) takes a job teaching young travelers at the newly reopened Brakebills University. Margo and Elliot are back in Fillory trying to piece together the events leading up to the 300 year time jump and the rise of the Dark King. Thanks for listening!

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Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, three short story collections and several works of nonfiction. He has written countless articles, plays, an opera libretto and a collection of poetry, and been a finalist for the Booker Prize multiple times He is perhaps best known for his novel Brooklyn, which was made into a movie that was nominated for three Oscars. Set in the middle of the 20th century, Brooklyn is about Eilis Lacey who leaves her small town in Ireland for New York. After building a life there, she is drawn back home and has to choose where she wants to forge her future. Tóibín opens his lecture with the moment of his father's wake in his childhood home in which he hears, as a child, the real life story that would later inspire his character of Elis Lacey. From there, Tóibín's talk is a captivating story of all of his stories, and a kind of master class for writing a novel. He is a writer known for rendering the quiet intimacies between characters, revealing powerful emotional undercurrents and their deep longings.  He is a writer who makes you care about the tiny details of a life – the buttons on a coat or the emotional reverberations of a silence. In this talk, he illuminates his craft, and pulls the curtain back on how his own life shaped his most famous novels. Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including Long Island, an Oprah's Book Club Pick; The Magician, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; and Nora Webster; as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and was named the 2022–2024 Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council of Ireland. He was shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize. He was also awarded the Bodley Medal, the Würth Prize for European Literature, and the Prix Femina spécial for his body of work.

Magicians distract you with beauty. Theives distract you with ugly. PLUS, Josh Hammer, Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, talks to Shaun about tracing our current ills back to Barack Obama, the rise of our domestic enemies, and looking at everything through the lens of civilization versus barbarism. And The Heritage Foundation's Dr. EJ Antoni discusses the rise of taxpayer grocery stores and the tainted way people view economics today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harrison Kramer has become one of the most talked-about sleight-of-hand magicians online, with his first-person POV street magic videos racking up millions of views and showcasing impossible card magic from the Magician's perspective. Alongside a successful performing career, he's one of the rare few redefining how magic is filmed and shared online. In this episode, we explore his creative process, viral content, and the future of modern sleight of hand. Follow Harrison - https://www.instagram.com/harrisonkramermagic Book Harrison - https://magicnyc.com/ Support the show and grab some Merch! Leave a voicemail for The Magic Guys Join The Magic Guys Discord!!! Email Us - themagicguysshow@gmail.com The Podcast where Professional Magicians, Josh Norbido, Doug Conn & Nick Kay take on the important questions of life (Mainly from our youtube subscribers) and deliver answers from a Magicians point of view. Come hang out with us while we chat about our lives as Magicians and the ups and downs that go with it. 

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Here is the live recording from the 4th of July at MODE MIAMI playing a very special b2b set with my dear friend JUST M3 RC (@djrc-robert-cournoyer) Special thanks to Ro Rousseau for setting it up and the whole staff at MODE Miami for the incredible hospitality! I hope you enjoy this recording as much as we did! Follow JUST M3 RC here: https://soundcloud.com/djrc-robert-cournoyer https://www.instagram.com/just_me_rc Follow Magician On Duty here: https://linktr.ee/magicianonduty

The cards are highlighting some important messages for you including:- The one thing you may be underestimating about yourself right now- Why this week's “Midas touch” energy comes with an important warning- A choice point around what you're ready to create, claim, or finally move forward- The deeper self-trust message hidden underneath this whole readingYou don't need to have it all figured out, but this week asks you to stop acting like you're powerless.#weeklyreading #tarotreading #energyupdate #spiritualguidance #joyfulmediumGet Joy's Free "Sign Magnet" 3 Day Mini Course HERE https://www.joyfulmedium.com/sign-magnetJoy's Website: www.joyfulmedium.comInstagram: @JoyfulMediumTikTok: @JoyfulMediumFacebook: @JoyfulMediumFacebook Group: Joy's Soul SpaYouTube: Psychic Medium Joy Giovanni 

#406 - Throb nearly dies via Grape Monster, then somehow pivots to butt-chugging. Handrolls, milkshakes, Oreos, and a full medical rundown of Rzasa's nosebleed. Magicians crash dinner. Throb preps for Calgary. A shockingly heated Game Boy Color emulation debate breaks out. Then: airline etiquette rage, LA people pimping their YouTube channels, advice vs. venting, dads, and — obviously — Mitch McConnell.

Mandy Roth is the COO of Penguin Magic. In this rare interview, she discusses not only how she went from wedding photographer to the top of the largest magic production company in the world, but also shares never-revealed behind-the-scenes stories from backstage at the P3 Magic Studios. Stick around to the end of the show to hear a big announcement from Erik Tait.

As a third generation Angelino, Hannah Einbinder reps her city hard. “I pledge allegiance to the United States of Los Angeles,” she declared proudly to Chloe on the latest episode of The Run-Through podcast, “I love LA from the tip to the tail.” Right now, Einbinder is making the rounds on one of her biggest press tours to date ahead of the premiere of Jane Schoenbrun's third tongue twister of a film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Einbinder stars as Kris, a young queer director, who is working on a revival of a slasher horror franchise. Prior to working on the project, slashers were a bit of a blindspot for Einbinder, though she was well-versed in the great horror genre and cited Silent Hill as the scariest movie she's seen.  “I see a huge link between comedy and horror,” Einbinder observed, noting that this film is as funny as it is scary, “I think that it kind of creates the same thing in the body, like this buildup of tension with this big release. I think that's why you see so many, like, comedians go in that direction. Like, you look at Jordan Peele and that, to me, makes so much sense.”  Along those lines, Einbinder pointed out that Schoenbrun actually has a comedy background and did sketch comedy at UCB many moons ago. The two of them became quite close working on the film, which like Schoenbrun's prior film, I Saw The TV Glow, is a work of autofiction and an allegory for queerness and transition. This film required them to explore topics of dissociation relative to sex. “I feel like many of us have not taken the time to examine how universal it is.”  Einbinder hasn't yet settled on her look for the premiere, but she is already considering how she is going to accessorize. She intends to visit a New York City based nail artist who uses the moniker claws by joy to get a bloody, slasher style manicure.  As a major Hacks fan, Chloe also brought up her favorite duo: Ava Daniels and Deborah Vance. While the show has reached its conclusion, she and Jean Smart are in regular contact and sharing memes. “She's absolutely out of control,” Einbinder said of Smart's meme sharing tendencies.   Einbinder won her first Emmy for the series back in the fall and when asked where she displays it, she sheepishly revealed that she keeps it tucked away. She explained that her grandfather was a decorated war hero and when he passed, the family found all of his medals in a manila envelope in a drawer. “And so I kinda figure if, like, if that guy's not putting his stuff out,” she said trailing off, “I thought he was so swag for doing that.” The Run-Through with Vogue is your go-to podcast where fashion meets culture. Hosted by Chloe Malle, Head of Editorial Content, Vogue U.S.; Chioma Nnadi, Head of British Vogue; and Nicole Phelps, Director of Vogue Runway, each episode features the latest fashion news and exclusive designer and celebrity interviews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reading Acts 13:8-12 as Paul and Barnabas share the gospel on the island of Cyprus, meeting up with a proconsul in Paphos and the dark magician who clouds his mind. Visit wwutt.com for all our videos!

What if the reason you can't articulate what makes you different isn't a communication problem, but a nervous system trained by decades of fitting in? Today's guest is the man Simon Sinek credits with helping him find his why.  Mark Levy has spent 25 years uncovering the ideas hidden within people that make them not just different but unmistakable. He went from a bookstore clerk in Queens to a publishing executive who moved over a billion dollars in books, to a New York Times contributor, to the author of Accidental Genius (translated into eleven languages), to a co-creator of Chamber Magic, New York City's highest-rated live show.  In this conversation, Mark and Dov unpack why the most capable people in the room so often have the hardest time saying what makes them unmistakably themselves, and what it costs them in fees, impact, and meaning to keep it all buried. Topics include:  The Leaning Tower of Pisa and the economics of anomaly Why passion blinds you to what you are looking at.  The four-into-four technique that unlocked a New York Times bestseller. Why marketing works better without hyperbole.  The actual origin of the elevator speech. How one client went from lighting himself on fire in theme parks to building courage in Fortune 500 organizations. How a magician became the Millionaire's Magician.  The single concrete action Mark gives listeners to start pulling their real ideas to the surface. CONNECT WITH MARK LEVY  Website: https://levyinnovation.com  Email: mark@levyinnovation.com  LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/marklevy WORK WITH DOV  Website: https://DovBaron.com  Email: dov@dovbaron.com  If you found this conversation useful, please rate, review, and subscribe. It genuinely helps the show reach the leaders it was built for.   Connect with Dov Baron:https://DovBaron.comdov@dovbaron.comRate, review, and send this episode to the most thoughtful builder you know. That is how the algorithm finds the people who still ask why. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We all have our blind spots, but with AI and the spread of misinformation, we are more vulnerable to them than ever. Can we learn from a master illusionist on how to avoid falling trap to them? *** Thank you for listening. Help power On Point by making a donation here: wbur.org/giveonpoint

Magicians that can talk to butterflies, and glass dogs that bark. Two American fairy tales by L. Frank Baum, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast, where an audiobook approach delivers an immersive experience in classic literature. I'm your host BJ Harrison.  I'm glad you could join us.   With the audiobook library card, you gain access to the entire Classic Tales Library that I've been working on for 19 years. Hundreds of titles, and thousands of hours of classic audiobooks in tons of genres. These are the same titles found on Audible, Spotify, Barnes and Noble, etc.. They already have thousands of five-star ratings. Many have won awards. And you can download all you want. No limits.   Stop counting credits, or waiting for Libby, and get your Audiobook Library Card for only $9.99 a month. It's the best deal on the internet. You're going to love it.   Go to audiobooklibrarycard.com and choose the plan that's right for you.   And now, The Mandarin and the Butterfly, and The Glass Dog, two fairy tales by L. Frank Baum     Follow this link to get The Audiobook Library Card for a special price of $9.99/month   Follow this link and get Multiple Licenses for The Audiobook Library Card   Follow this link and watch the new video walkthrough using PocketBook.     Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:     Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook: