562: Marc DeSouza - A Winning Combination

Multi-award winning magician, Marc DeSouza, joins us this week to talk about some of the competitions he has entered. But he also talks about Star Trek conventions, graphic artist, Steranko, F.I.S.M. as well as some of his favorite magic conventions he has attended, plus he talks about the legendary Fred Kaps, and more. Marc also offers a couple prizes to listeners this week. You can see the details below in this week’s blog.

He is also offering the following: "DeSouza's DeCeptions" is almost out of print with less than 40 copies remaining. The retail on the book is $60.00 from Vanishing Inc. If they buy it from Marc, then the price is $40.00 and it includes the companion DVD, which Vanishing Inc. no longer offers. The four DVD set from L&L is available from Marc for $50.00. These prices are only for Magic Word Podcast listeners. To get them, you need to e-mail Marc at fkaps@aol.com and mention The Magic Word. This offer is good only until his stocks run out.

Marc Desouza is a renown award winning magician among the magic industry. A group of magicians and I were nicely granted a visit to Marc Desouza's collection...

Episode #3 Marc DeSouza (National IBM/SAM award winner) Speaks about the most potent tactic for making your magic feel real. Michael performs "Invisible Coin...

Marc DeSouza talks about the new book, Rubinstein Coin Magic, available for shipping during the first week of June 2020.

Compliments of the Society of American Magicians, Marc DeSouza Lectures for All Magicians beginning at the 00:30:00 timestamp.

While limited supplies last, Marc is offering deals on his book and DVD set. Only $40.00 for DeSouza’s DeCeptions (less than 40 copies remain that include the DVD) and $50 for the four DVD set of Masterworks of Conjuring. You can write him at fkaps@aol.com But you must mention that you are a listener of The Magic Word Podcast to receive the discounted prices.

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341: Houdini-Opoly with Dick Brookz and Dorothy Dietrich

Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz own and operate the Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania. They have both led extraordinary lives and worthy of talking more about their Houdini museum, the Houdini seance, and the former Magic Townhouse in New York City. They talk about all these things but the purpose of this particular podcast is to help the magic world learn more about their newest project, "Houdini-Opoly"

They have been working on this board game for over two years and with the Kickstarter campaign now being fully funded just before this podcast was released. So not it's on to meet their "stretch" goals to pay for the "enhancements". Thanks to your support, it appears that it will be in production soon this year. The Magic Word Podcast is selective in providing a platform for promoting individuals or pet projects. But this is one I support and think is of particular interest to our community. But even if you choose not to support the cause and buy a game, the rest of our chat is interesting as we talk about the old Magic Townhouse in New York City and why it closed and the museum moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania. We also discuss the Houdini seance and the museum.

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The contest is over and we congratulate Pat Darienzo who won a copy of Danny Archer's eBook. — The contest is over and we congratulate **Pat Darienzo** who won a copy of Danny Archer's eBook.

164: Part 4 - My Week at The Castle 2014

Ready to eat? Enjoy your lunch break with Bob Cassidy and me as we have a little take-out from In 'N Out and talk extensively about mentalism and performing. Back at the Magic Castle later that night, I caught up with John Carney outside the Parlour of Prestidigitation before he was seated for Rafael Benatar's show. Much later that night, I sat down with one of the members of the old "Long Beach Mystics", David Deeble. He was one of my favorite performers from the 2013 MAGIC Live!

00:01:26 - Master Mentalist, Bob Cassidy, chats candidly during a take-out lunch from In 'N Out that we took back to the apartment at the Nirvana in his room, The Charlie Miller Suite. We talked about his experience at the "Beyond Brookledge: event that included many other performers like Michael Weber and other eclectic entertainers. He talks about his early experience at The Magic Castle, the importance of scripting mentalism, Derren Brown, Keith Barry, knowing your powers, predictions, consistency in your performance, pre-show work, dual reality, working with drunks, selection of volunteers, Q&A, David Hoy, and more.

00:32:17 - John Carney, chats about his recent video projects, past and present, including Carney 2013 that was a monthly video lesson throughout last year. He also talks about Revizzit, the password protected way of safely downloading magic content. Rafael Benatar also drops in for a moment to say "hi" before he starts the show. John talks about working theatre shows and his learning experience.

00:40:12 - David Deeble, one of the Long Beach Mystics, tells us what he's been up to living abroad in Germany or a few years, what he's been doing recently and where he's going. Among other topics he talked about the hard times on the road at comedy clubs, his serious accident on a unicycle and how it affected his life, grabbing the wrong bag from the airport, and of course he talks about being a part of the legendary Long Beach Mystics..

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Magic & Martinis Thursday

Scott Wells with Vigo the Carpathian, I mean, Bob Cassidy. Cheers!