Podcast appearances and mentions of Nate Staniforth

Guest: Nick Kokonas, co-founder of the Alinea Group and former CEO of TockAs of October 1, 2024, Nick Kokonas is no longer an owner of the Alinea restaurant group, which he co-founded and ran for almost 20 years. When he bought a vineyard in Napa Valley prior to the exit, one of his sons remarked, “He's given up. Time to go out to pasture.”Nick admits that the work ahead of him is “not the same” as the high-pressure world of a Michelin-starred restaurant in Chicago. But he's started working with the magician Nate Staniforth on a new restaurant concept that will present diners with illusions and surprises over the course of a two-hour experience. “If you want to feel wonder and feel childlike again, go see a magician,” Nick says. “[But] there's so much bad cultural baggage ... what we wanted to do was create an experience that is not really about magic.”Chapters:(02:29) - Celebrity restauranteurs (07:14) - The next act (12:30) - Buying the vineyard (15:37) - Fear is motivating (17:59) - Opening night (22:03) - Tongue cancer (27:56) - “OK, let's fix this” (31:10) - Selling experience (38:32) - The table plate (42:40) - Feeling full (44:14) - Next Restaurant and Tock (49:33) - Being still (51:19) - Nate Staniforth's lottery illusion (56:57) - The magic restaurant (01:02:29) - Being misunderstood (01:07:44) - Working via email (01:11:43) - “Enemies” (01:18:23) - Who Nick is hiring and what “grit” means to him Mentioned in this episode: Mike Gamson, Shaquille O'Neal, Jeff Kaplan, Steve Bernacki, Robin Anil, Grant Achatz, OpenTable, American Express, The Big Lebowski, The New York Times, eGullet, Gourmet Magazine, Roger Ebert, Eddie van Halen, Goodfellas, The Devil Wears Prada, Batman, the Chicago Bears, Madonna, Taylor Swift, Bavette's and Brendan Sodikoff, Pablo Picasso, Chef's Table, Google, Brian Fitzpatrick, Finding Real Magic, David Blaine, Mark Cuban, Mark Caro, Chicago Magazine, John Mariani, Cat Cora, Homaro Cantu, Dave Portnoy, Pete Wells, and Eric Asimov.Links:Connect with NickTwitterLinkedInConnect with JoubinTwitterLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner PerkinsThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

In the Monday Morning Memo for Oct. 10, 2022, I wrote,“Do you want to be one of the world's great ad writers? Don't read ads. Read the poems, short stories and novels written by the winners of the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes in Literature.”My friend Tom Grimes – the waterboy of Amarillo – texted me this insightful correction:“I've heard you teach in class that magicians, stand-up comedians and the creators of comic strips always structure their storytelling in that same tight economy of words used by the world's great poets. ‘And then what happened, and then what happened, and then what happened…'”I stand corrected. Thank you, Tom.Yes, comedians, magicians, and the creators of comics are three different types of writers who know how to capture and hold our attention, just as the world's great poets have done for centuries. These writers show us possible futures, imaginary pasts, or an exaggerated present; realities that exist entirely in our imaginations.And they do it in a brief, tight, economy of words.Likewise, the best ad writers take us on journeys that begin and end quickly, but leave us altered, changed, modified, different.I don't list AI in my pantheon of persuasive writers for the same reason that I don't list the makers of movies.Great movies are created from great plays and great books. Even Disney's animated cartoon adventuresbegin with great stories.Stories are written by writers.The actors, directors, and illustrators who portray those stories are called artists and they are assisted by technicians. Artists and technicians don't write the stories; they adapt stories to fit a format and then show them to us.AI is not a writer. AI is an artist and a technician.Dune was written by Frank Herbert 59 years ago and has sold nearly 20 million copies worldwide. Artists and technicians adapted it into a 1984 film, a 2000 television miniseries, and then a major motion picture in 2021 with a sequel that was released in theaters just last week.The Lord of the Rings was written by Tolkien and adapted by artists and technicians.The Godfather was written by Puzo and adapted by artists and technicians.Harry Potter was written by Rowling and adapted by artists and technicians.Charles Schultz, Bill Watterson, Neil Gaiman, Stan Lee, Scott McCloud and Tom Fishburne are writers who tell stories in comic panels.Robin Williams, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Ellen DeGeneres and Dave Chappelle are writers who tell stories in short bursts while standing behind a microphone.Penn and Teller, Siegried and Roy, David Blaine, Brian Brushwood, David Copperfield and Nate Staniforth are writers who stand on stage and tell stories while proving that you cannot believe your eyes or trust your logical mind.Ian Fleming, Cormac McCarthy, Stephen King, Truman Capote, and Elmore Leonard are writers who tell stories using only words.Artists and technicians adapt their stories for stage, film, and video.Shakespeare wrote 38 stories that artists and technicians have adapted for the past 450 years. The artists who gave faces and voices to Shakespeare's characters include Judi Dench, Patrick Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Kenneth Branagh, David Tarrant, Derek Jacobi and Peter O'Toole.We have writers. We

Iowa Author Award Honoree Heather Gudenkauf is the latest guest on the DMPL Podcast! She discusses her newest book, The Overnight Guest, as well as her 14-year career.  Gudenkauf is one of three honorees at the 2022 Iowa Author Awards Dinner, which takes place Friday, October 14, at 6:30 PM at the Embassy Suites in downtown Des Moines. The program, titled The Magic of Libraries, will also feature honorees Art Cullen and Nate Staniforth.  Show Notes 2022 Iowa Author Awards Heather Gudenkauf books Authors Heather mentions: Kimberly Bell Lisa Unger Pam Jenoff Kristina McMorris Books Heather mentions: My Ántonia, by Willa Cather Autopsy, by Patricia Cornwell Night Will Find You, by Julia Heaberlin Where Coyotes Howl, by Sandra Dallas

Diving DEEPER Into Your Relationship With MagicNate Staniforth is a magician, performer, artist, writer, magic creator and host of the 'Everything But The Flame' podcast. For over a decade, Nate has toured the US college circuit as one of the busiest working magicians in the country. He's given a TEDx Talk, lectured at the world-famous Oxford Union, and in 2018 the Harry Potter-famed Bloomsbury Publishing released Nate's debut memoir in bookstores worldwide. Here is Real Magic (an Amazon Best Book of January 2018) follows Nate's evolution from obsessed wunderkind to disillusioned wanderer, and tells the story of his rediscovery of astonishment—and the importance of wonder in everyday life—during a trip to the India, where he met a 3,000-year-old clan of street magicians. In this episode, Nate joins Aidan and Ashley to explore the concepts, practices and mindsets that will help you deepen your relationship with your craft and become a better magician in the process. Topics Discussed Include: [00:50] Everything But The Flame [03:35] Become A Better Magician By Becoming A Better Artist [07:30] The Importance Of Having A Big Vision [09:00] The Biggest Problem With Magic Performances [11:30] The Role Of Passion In Magic [13:50] The Role Of Creativity In Magic [18:33] The Importance Of Building Creative Practices [21:42] Following Passions OUTSIDE Of Magic [26:10] The "Magic As A Job" Mindset [31:43] The Simplicity Behind Nate's Performances [35:20] Experimenting To Find Your Ideal Vision [37:20] Failure As A Growth Tool [39:26] A Fail Story From Aidan [43:38] How Nate Uses 'Risk' As A Challenge [46:15] A Final Message From Nate Staniforth Find More About Nate Staniforth: Instagram: @natestaniforth Facebook: Nate Staniforth Bonus Resources: Free Ebook: 10 Tips To Improve Your Mentalism http://thesuccessfulmentalist.com/free ((TheSuccessfulMentalist.com/free)) Three Steps To Earn £2k Per Month: https://thesuccessfulmentalist.com/momentum/ (TheSuccessfulMentalist.com/Momentum) Did you enjoy this podcast? If so, don't forget to FOLLOW THE SHOW onhttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-successful-mentalist/id1512659543 ( Apple Podcasts) orhttps://open.spotify.com/show/41CivTlicy4DWUkDGoQh5n ( Spotify) so you never miss an episode! Also, if you could spend just 13 seconds and leave us a review on your preferred platform, we would really appreciate it. We want to get this information and these episodes into the hands of more magicians and entertainers across the globe so your help and support would mean the world to us. Share and tag us on Social Media (http://facebook.com/thesuccessfulmentalist (@TheSuccessfulMentalist)) or use the hashtag #thesuccessfulmentalist

Charity Nebbe talks to Nate Staniforth about his epic cross country road trip and his YouTube series "American Magic" and Kwizera Imani's journey from a Tanzanian refugee camp to a career in Aerospace Engineering.

"The Oliver Schirach Podcast Advent Calendar Special" Behind today's door we find: Aidan O'Sullivan who presents "Here Is Real Magic" by Nate Staniforth Welcome to the 2020 #ChristmasSpecial, #AdventCalendar During this #Xmas season we will be opening together a new #Podcast door every day from the 1. December - 24. December. A new guest that is presenting a book that has some special meaning to her or him. You'll learn about: Why this book is important What this book is about For whom the book could be On what media the guest is consuming books When and where the guest is reading and other fun facts. I am sure that there will be a lot of fun time for us and lots of inspiration on what next book to read during this advent time. Connect with Aidan aidanthewizard.co.uk instagram.com/aidan_thewizard Subscribe to “The Oliver Schirach Show” and share some likes: Listen to the Podcast “The Oliver Schirach Show” and this episode on your favourite podcast provider such as: Anchor.fm/schirach Apple Podcast Spotify Sticher, Podbean and many more if you can't find it send me a note and I'll add it. Also YouTube You can also send me an audio message on www.anchor.fm/schirach or send a message to oschirach@gmail.com. My blog www.oliverschirach.jimdofree.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/schirach/message

The Iowa Idea: Nate Staniforth “The tricks are irrelevant.”  In this episode of The Iowa Idea Podcast, I sit down with magician and author Nate Staniforth. Nate is a magician, writer, speaker, and star of the Discovery Channel's hit series Breaking Magic. In 2018, Bloomsbury Publishing released Nate's memoir Here is Real Magic, which I highly recommend […]

Check out this (probably) one of a kind podcast! Hannah is taking this episode off, so we're just hearing from Jarrett. You guessed it, that means this will be the shortest podcast we've ever had. We talk about wonder, Nate Staniforth, and all things Different Church.

Episode 82: Nate Staniforth joins Elliott for a chat about magic, his process, art, learning, burnout, etc. It's fun! Follow Nate on instagram.com with @natestaniforth for updates. Visit https://nate-s-school-71d4.thinkific.com/courses/making-tricks-into-magic for Nate's new course on Making Tricks Into Magic, and checkout his YouTube page for cool videos and things. Follow us on instagram @MagicalThinkingPodcast and Like us on the Facebox.

From the moment he drove his classmates into a screaming frenzy with a coin trick at age 9, Nate Staniforth has been hooked on creating experiences that awe. Now a professional magician, writer, YouTube creator, and author of Here is Real Magic: A Magician’s Search for Wonder in the Modern World, Nate has also co-starred in the Discovery Channel's international hit TV series Breaking Magic.Today, he tells us about the road of self-described discipleship that brought him there — including the moment he walked offstage in the middle of a performance and nearly burned it all to the ground. We also get into the background process of writing his book, riff on notions of success and knowing when something’s good enough, how vanishing into India profoundly changed his trajectory, and we get Nate's take on finding goodness and wonder in a world that often seems to have lost them.Check out our offerings & partners: Mejuri: Go to mejuri.com/goodlife for free shipping on orders over $100.Verishop: ShopVerishop for the fastest free shipping out there. New Verishop customers can take 15% off the first purchase. Just go to Verishop.com/GOODLIFE and use code, GOODLIFE.Uncommon Goods: Go to UncommonGoods.com/goodlife to receive $5 off your first purchase.Enstrom: Shop Enstrom toffee and other sweet treats at Enstrom.com/GOODLIFE and receive up to 20% off your first order using promo code GOODLIFE.Have you discovered your Sparketype yet? Take the Sparketype Assessment™ now. IT’S FREE and takes about 7-minutes to complete. At a minimum, it’ll open your eyes in a big way. It also just might change your life.

In this episode, we test the characters from the show Blue Bloods, interview magician and author Nate Staniforth, and how to make it as an artist.We begin the episode by testing the characters from the hit show Blue Bloods, now in it's 10th season. (After a month of Netflix binging, Joe is in the fifth season.)Then we talk to Nate Staniforth. Nate is best known as a magician, he cohosted a Discovery Channel show called Breaking Magic, has a YouTube channel, and performs a magic show all over the US. Nate is also the author of Here Is Real Magic, a memoir of how he fell in love with magic, became a professional magician, got burnt out, and rediscovered his love for magic by traveling to India to see street performers. Find Nate's work here:Nate Staniforth's WebsiteHere Is Real Magic, the bookYouTubeIn this interview, we talk about wonder, what it is, why it’s important, how we lose access to it, and how to reconnect with it. If you’ve ever thought, why as adults don’t we have the same ability to experience true joy and wonder, this interview is for you.In the last part of our show, we talk about how to make it as an artist.As always, there's a free prize, which you can get by clicking here.Character Test is brought to you by The Write Practice Pro, a premium critiquing community for creative writers. You can learn more about The Write Practice Pro and join the community 

Here Is Real Magic: A Magician's Search for Wonder in the Modern World. Nate Staniforth fascinates me. He is part normal guy, part entertainer, and full of curiosity. This 2-part conversation explores Nate's search for wonder. Nate has inspired me to do the same. To stop on a night walk and lay on the ground - staring into the night sky and enjoy the sheer wonder, beauty and mystery of the canopy right above us - yet mostly goes unnoticed. Nate's story is full of struggle that has led to growth. Enjoy. _______ Do you run a non-profit organization? Would you like to see if you qualify for $120,000 worth of FREE Google ads to drive traffic to your website and grow your mission impact? See if you qualify at: www.InspiringGrowth.biz. www.inspiringgrowth.biz/free-google-ads _______ JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Send me a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inspiringgrowth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inspiringgrowth/support. Podcoin --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inspiringgrowth/message

Here Is Real Magic: A Magician's Search for Wonder in the Modern World. Nate Staniforth fascinates me. He is part normal guy, part entertainer, and full of curiosity. This 2-part conversation explores Nate's search for wonder. Nate has inspired me to do the same. To stop on a night walk and lay on the ground - staring into the night sky and enjoy the sheer wonder, beauty and mystery of the canopy right above us - yet mostly goes unnoticed. Nate's story is full of struggle that has led to growth. Enjoy. _______ Do you run a non-profit organization? Would you like to see if you qualify for $120,000 worth of FREE Google ads to drive traffic to your website and grow your mission impact? See if you qualify at: www.InspiringGrowth.biz. www.inspiringgrowth.biz/free-google-ads _______ JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Send me a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inspiringgrowth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inspiringgrowth/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inspiringgrowth/message

This week Jonah sits down with Nate Staniforth to discuss disillusionment, determining your intent, and creating visceral effects. Alongside touring the college circuit, Nate is the author of Here is Real Magic and Clouds and Kingdoms.  The post Disillusionment and Exploring Intent with Nate Staniforth appeared first on Discourse in Magic.

This week Jonah sits down with Nate Staniforth to discuss disillusionment, determining your intent, and creating visceral effects. Alongside touring the college circuit, Nate is the author of Here is Real Magic and Clouds and Kingdoms.  The post Disillusionment and Exploring Intent with Nate Staniforth appeared first on Discourse in Magic.

Episode 230

Magicians usually become magicians because they experienced a sense of wonder seeing a cool trick as a kid, and they want to re-create that awe for audience members on a regular basis. But what happens when a professional magician stops feeling the magic of magic? That happened to my guest today. His name is Nate Staniforth, and he recently wrote a book titled Here is Real Magic. Today on the show, Nate shares how he got into magic and became a professional magician, only to become disillusioned with his career. Nate then talks about how he embarked on a search to re-discover the magic of magic, which took him to the slums of India where he encountered a three-thousand-year-old clan of fire-eating street performers, and re-kindled his sense of wonder. If you’re feeling burnt out from your work or disenchanted with life, this episode will have some insights for you. Get the show notes at aom.is/realmagic.

Nate Staniforth (magician! Here is Real Magic author!) makes it weird!

Magician Nate Staniforth is in Des Moines this weekend, he sits down with AD to discuss his career and much more.

The name Wizard Academy causes a lot of people to scorn our school without knowing anything about us.And that, my friend, is the primary reason we chose the name. A We don't want uptight people coming here. When the right people – people like you – are confronted with the name Wizard Academy, they are filled with curiosity. And so they investigate. They visit the website, watch a few videos, read some MondayMorningMemos. Curiosity and a hunger for wonder are what Wizard Academy alumni seem to have in common.Wonder. Do you remember it? “Later that evening when we sat at the train station waiting to board our train I opened the notebook and wrote a question at the top of the first page: Where do you find wonder? That was the central question for a magician, certainly, but I also thought it was an important question for anyone. Wonder is something that everyone cares about but no one discusses, and I probably wasn't the only one in my generation to lie awake in bed one night, unable to sleep, trying to figure out when everything had gone so numb and how to get back. Where do you find wonder? is a good question, but it carries an unstated assumption. The real question is, Where do you find wonder after you have lost it? That's what I wanted to learn on this trip – why you lose it, and how you get it back.” – Nate Staniforth, Here is Real Magic, p. 114-115 People who lack curiositynever find the end of the rainbowor hear the chimes at midnight with a friend.Ann Pratchett famously said, “Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.” Glenn Gould was on a similar trajectory when he said, “The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder…” Tom Robbins said it in a way that includes me. “A lot of my work comes from what in Asia is called the ‘mind of wonder.' There is not a lot of ‘mind of wonder' writing in contemporary Western literature. I think that's what appeals to the readers who are my fans.” Albert Einstein said it first. “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead —his eyes are closed.” But G.K. Chesterton said it succinctly. “We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.” Wizard Academy teaches the communication arts. These include speaking and writing, of course, but symbols, colors, shapes, music and numbers are language as well. And each one plays a role in successful advertising and marketing. I share these things with you becauseI am thinking about the future.And what I want it to hold. Curiosity is the gift I would give you. And wonder is what I want you to find. We're here when you want to visit. Roy H. Williams Chancellor, Wizard Academy

Welcome to a very magic themed episode of Canned Air! We are first joined by Richard Rivera of Stabbity Bunny and James Haick of Scout Comics to help us recall some of our favorite fictional magicians in this week’s Retro Roundtable. With so many different types of magic strewn across pop culture, this was a deep well to take from. From Dr. Fate to Mary Poppins, see if we name one of your favorite!   We then turn our attention over to Richard and James and talk about the newly formed relationship between Richard’s Stabbity Bunny comic series with Scout Comics. Stabbity Bunny is a tale of mystery and suspense steeped in horror. Innocence is pitted against a ruthless, cynical evil as Grace must overcome a foe hell-bent on gaining power and revenge. Stabbity, Grace’s toy rabbit, has been with the family for nearly 100 years. Heard over to ScoutComics.com and check out Stability Bunny, as well as a lot of other comics.   Then we welcome magician/ writer Nate Staniforth to the show to talk about his career and new book HERE IS REAL MAGIC: A Magicians Search for Wonder In The Modern World. HERE IS REAL MAGIC is an earnest and heartfelt memoir about rediscovering the importance of wonder in everyday life, from professional magician Nate Staniforth. Filled with humor, wisdom, and a genuine sense of adventure, HERE IS REAL MAGIC is about that single moment of wonder in a magician’s performance—that instant when someone realizes they’re seeing something magical and their eyes go wide—and the journey to find it in our daily lives. Visit NateStaniforth.com to find out more about Nate and his book, and go to RealMagicTour.com to see if Nate will be performing a magic show near you!    NateStaniforth.com @NateStaniforth RealMagicTour.com   StabbityBunny.com @StabbityBunny ScoutComics.com @ScoutComics   Patron.com/CannedAirPod CannedAirPodcast.com @CannedAirPod @Canned_Air  

These politicians, I tell you. Anyway, Nate is a magician, and Tom doesn't want to know how. That makes him Nate's favorite kind of audience. For a more practical kind of magic, depending on where you live you can travel a short distance and the cigarette tax will magically vanish.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For over a decade, Nate has toured the US college circuit as one of the busiest working magicians in the country. He’s given a TEDx Talk, lectured at the world-famous Oxford Union, and in 2018 the Harry Potter-famed Bloomsbury Publishing will release Nate’s memoir in bookstores worldwide. Here is Real Magic follows Nate's evolution from obsessed wunderkind to disillusioned wanderer, and tells the story of his rediscovery of astonishment—and the importance of wonder in everyday life—during a trip to the India, where he infiltrated a 3,000-year-old clan of street magicians. Justin and guest host, Bob Davidson, travelled to Nate's hometown in Iowa City, Iowa to learn more about this student of wonder and the lengths he goes for a moment of amazement.

Interview starts 29:25   Nate Staniforth joins us to talk about Real Magic, his upcoming tour and experience with peoples sense of wonder. He's been fascinated by magic from a young age and has traveled  learning from different cultures. We also chat about what it takes to perform well, the community of magicians and the difference between magic just decades ago and now with the Internet and things like scamschool.    http://realmagictour.com/live    http://natestaniforth.com/    https://twitter.com/nate_staniforth    https://www.youtube.com/user/NateStaniforth    In the intro we chat about one of Nick Redferns latest books "Bloodline of the Gods" and share some listener experiences with synchronicites. Also, the No Agenda meet up is coming up at the end of May. Thanks for your support and the UPGRADE is almost over.    http://www.grimerica.ca/upgrade/    See the links below for stuff we talked about during the intro and the show:   https://www.youtube.com/user/scamschool http://humansarefree.com/2015/07/bloodline-of-gods.html http://nickredfernfortean.blogspot.ca/ http://www.meetup.com/NoAgenda/events/229618796/ https://www.morethanaccountants.co.uk/malcolm-gladwells-10000-hours-rule-explained/   Please Help support the show. Grimerica’s Honey DoBeDoBeDo List: !! – Grimerica is fully and solely listener supported. We adhere to the Value for Value model.  0 ads, 0 sponsorships, 0 breaks, 0 portals and links to corporate websites… just many hours of unlimited content for free. Thanks for listening!! Check out all the other donation types, t-shirts, magnets and get a Grimerica email addy: http://www.grimerica.ca/support/   Leave a review on iTunes and/or Stitcher https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-grimerica-show/id653314424?mt=2# http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-grimerica-show    Sign up for our newsletter http://www.grimerica.ca/news Leave a comment, ideas and guest/topic suggestions under any episode or blog http://www.grimerica.ca/ SPAM Graham = and send him your synchronicities, feedback, strange experiences and psychedelic trip reports!! graham@grimerica.com Tweet Darren https://twitter.com/Grimerica Send us a postcard or letter http://www.grimerica.ca/contact/ Thanks to Wayne Darnell for help with the website. http://www.darnelldigitalink.com/ http://www.lostbreadcomic.com/ link to Napolean Dehume's site   MUSIC  Grimerica Theme - Lock & Key On Down The Road - Fifty Dollar Dynasty All The Miles - Fifty Dollar Dynasty

Brian's on the road at NACA and has Dan Martin, Nate Staniforth, CJ Johnson, Gus Davis, and Captain MG in his hotel suite.

Brian's on the road at NACA and has Dan Martin, Nate Staniforth, CJ Johnson, Gus Davis, and Captain MG in his hotel suite.