645: Sara Crasson - Resourceress

New York attorney, magician and author, Sara Crasson, can now add another title to her name: Resourceress of the S.A.M. The Society of American Magicians recently created this position for Sara which allows her to put together those who need knowledge and those who have experience. She is also the producer and emcee for the “Flavors of Magic” shows that feature magicians of diversity. And her book, “Own Your Magic” should be a “must read” for any magician who considers themself as a professional.

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This week, Sara tells us what the “Resourceress” does and how she puts together people in our colony of magicians to make us a better, more knowledgeable community. She also recognized that there are a lot of diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, sexual persuasions, cultures and faiths within our magic world, all of whom need to have a platform and be recognized. So she founded “Flavors of Magic” which features those out of the mainstream, predominantly white male dominated field of magicians. She talks about how this came about and how she produces shows to highlight diversity.

But the bulk of this conversation is our discussion of taking charge of your magic “brand” and how to go about protecting your name and your intellectual property using copyrighting, patenting and legal documentation. This can all be done online and her book “Own You Magic” details how to navigate through the complicated websites to get it done. But she also gives some basic instructions here on what to do and how to do it.

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644: Joseph Gabriel - A Bird In Hand

Multi-Award winning Broadway illusionist, Joseph Gabriel, single-handedly changed the face of magic with his iconic sleight-of-hand performance when he appeared on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” for the first time. Joseph is known for his signature style of producing various exotic birds and is equally adept at large-scale illusions, mentalism, and comedy audience participation. Soon after his appearance on “The Tonight Show”, Joseph began headlining in lavish Las Vegas review shows, such as the “Lido de Paris” at the Stardust Hotel and “City Lites” at the Flamingo where he headlined for nine years.

In this week’s episode, Joseph talks about the importance of “being so good, they can’t ignore you,” to quote Steve Martin. He has developed his own style of performing and talks about his journey where good things in his career kept happening, including his two year association with the Peruvian legend, Richiardi. In addition to his work with birds, he is also an accomplished artist and maker/performer of marionettes.

This week in magic, one of the highlights in our community was the “Las Vegas wedding of year” of Murray Sawchuck and Dani Elizabeth.

643: Jody Baran - Stories from the O.G.

This week’s guest is affectionately called an “O.G.” because the commonly held definition for the “Old Guy” term means, “a slang term for someone who's incredibly exceptional, authentic, or “old-school.” Jody Baran certainly personifies that definition because of his decades of performances including years aboard cruise ships and 17 years performing in a hotel in Maui, Hawaii. His associations with some of the legends in our community have taught him a lot which he shares with us this week.

Jody shares lots of stories in this episode from his life that were taught to him by his friends like John Moehring, Lance Burton, Johnny Thompson, Channing Pollock, Jay Marshall and so many more. This episode contains more advice and wisdom than you can get from anywhere else. I think you’ll agree that this is a good one!