521: 2019 Genii Convention - Day One Update

Wednesday October 2

12:00 pm To 3:00 pm Extra Charge Workshop With Hector Mancha

3:00 pm: Registration Opens

3:00 pm To 8:00 pm Dealers Open

7:00 pm To 7:45 pm Tom Gagnon Lecture

8:00 pm To 8:45 pm Paul Vigil Lecture

9:00 pm To 9:20 pm Sara Crasson Lecture

9:35 pm To 10:20 pm Jonathan Neal Lecture

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:17 - take off from Houston as we prepare for the Genii convention

00:05:03 - Tom Gagnon and Phillip Boruchowitz talk about why they are here

00:07:36 - Richard Paddon from Australia is here for his first Genii convention and talks about the Knight’s Tour

00:13:36 - Brad Henderson has been teaching magic this past summer

00:23:21 - Greg Rostami talks about Inject 2 in the dealers’ room

00:27:03 - Obie O’Brien talks about the upcoming 50th anniversary of the F.F.F.F.

00:30:35 - Hannibal, MIchael Borys and Alex Lieu talk about 49 Boxes which will be featured at this convention

00:37:56 - Terry Ward lives nearby but stays at the hosting hotel because of late night sessioning

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441: 2018 MAGIC Live! - Day Three Update

Day Three Schedule - Tuesday, August 7, 2018

9:00 a.m. Registration until 6:30 p.m.

10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - General Session for WHITE Lanyards

10:00 a.m. Focus Session for BLUE lanyards until 11:00 a.m.

The Card Cheat

Cardistry: It Is Magic!

The Case You Fear Most

11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - What's New (Dealers' Faire)

11:15 a.m - 12:15 p.m. - Focus Sessions for BLUE Lanyards.

2:15 - 4:30 p.m. - General Session for BLUE Lanyards

2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE Lanyards

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.- Focus Sessions for WHITE lanyards

Live Tonight!

5:00 - 11:00 p.m. - "Who Am I?" Art Exhibit

The Close-Up Experience: 75 minutes - various times

Parlour of Victorian Mysteries: 50 minutes - various times

MAGIC Dead!: 50 minutes - various times

Time Stamps for this podcast:

00:00:15 - Charlie Randall and Scott talk about last night's show

00:06:46 - Caroline Gayle tells us about the new marked cards available from Penguin that they are giving away at the convention

00:09:04 - Jeffrey Williamson was the representative from the U.S. Postal Service who made the presentation along with David Copperfield for the first day of issue magic stamps

00:14:40 - Master Payne has been a presenter at MAGIC Live on many occasions and talks about some of his favorite moments.

00:20:54 - Scott Alexander tells us how he prepares for the holiday special videos for Penguin

00:29:46 - Joel Fenton came over from Australia tells us why several people come to MAGIC Live!

00:33:17 - Michael Borys and Bob Self chat about 49 Boxes, one of my favorite memories of past MAGIC Live! events.

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311: 2016 PCAM Convention Report

Running concurrently with Abbott's Get Together, the PCAM convention was happening in Simi Valley, California. Although we do tricky things, being in two places at the same time is not one of our skills.

But thanks to Fred King, a Friend of The Magic Word, and attendee at this year's PCAM convention, he was able to cover part of it with a delightful interview with Shawn Farquhar and Michael Dardant plus a recording of a panel discussion Regrettably, due to personal reasons Fred was unable to record more than these two reports. Thank you, Fred, for taking the time to record this special edition of The Magic Word Podcast that gives us a little insight to the magic family that is the P.C.A.M.

Shawn Farquhar returns to "Penn & Teller Fool Us" television show where he fools P&T for the second time.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:03:20 - Fred King talks with Shawn Farquhar about some of the history of the P.C.A.M. Then after just a few minutes into the conversation, Michael Dardant joins them to enliven the conversation. They both share several fun and entertaining stories. Shawn also talks about his experience of fooling Penn & Teller a second time on "Penn & Teller Fool Us" which he could not talk about at the I.B.M. convention in San Antonio, TX.

00:42:18- Shawn Farquhar hosts a panel discussion with S.A.M. President Jeff Sikora and International I.B.M. President, Oscar Munoz as they talk about their respective organizations and goals for this year.