565: Lisa Menna - Fully Rested but Never Resting

Lisa Menna is a popular magician and activist who has pioneered in a male-dominated profession on account of her skills and talents. She was called as the Most Influential Female Magician of the 20th Century by BBC world service. She received success in 1990s for performing as a trade show magician known as ‘The Darling of Dot Com’. She was the first women to lecture and perform at FISM and was the only women to have been invited to perform in every theater of Hollywood’s Magic Castle.

Menna founded an NGO named Cause to Wonder in the year 2011 and aims to bring about social change. She has conducted some of the notable programs in countries like Antigua, Ethiopia, US Virgin Island, Sicily and India. Her NGO also coordinates with the curiosity based events from all around the world.

Lisa performed in 2019 for the 100th anniversary of the United Nations ILO on international women’s day in Geneva.

Papua New Guinea tribes and a white woman magician. Using curiosity to spread vital information. Close up magic in the jungle. Lisa Menna Performs in the jungle.

In this week’s episode, Lisa talks about her magical life that has taken her around the glove performing magic and developing the non-profit “Cause to Wonder” organization. She gives some great advice, encouragement and inspiration to female magicians in this episode, too. Lisa transitioned her success as a trade show magician into helping those in third world countries to have cleaner water supplies and treat women humanely within their communities.

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564: Michael Close - UP* (Unique Powers)

Michael Close has been around long enough to have seen, learned, and taught some great magic. He is best known for his close-up magic (i.e. see his incredible works “The Workers” series), but he is also an accomplished (and professional) musician. When not performing, teaching, or consulting on magic, he is performing music. He was one of the earlier performers at Illusions magic restaurant in Indiana then he was the Trick Editor for MAGIC Magazine for a decade, followed by being the editor of the M.U.M. magazine for the S.A.M. He is currently the magic consultant on “Penn & Teller Fool Us” television show.

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Perhaps the greatest card trick ever performed on television (around 1997).

Michael talks this week about a variety of subjects from over the years and shares some fun stories and a behind the scenes peek of the “Penn & Teller Fool Us” production. If you are interested in purchasing a copy of his book “That Reminds Me, Finding the Funny in a Serious World” or other products, then please Click Here to visit his Products Page.

563: Ryan Kane- Out of Stock

San Fransisco street magician, Ryan Kane, works out his show and his scripting on the streets before he puts them in his professional shows for corporate audiences. He also consciously works on identifying, eliminating and replacing his “stock” lines. As a result of his many years of experience, he has recently published a book “Out of Stock - A Magician’s Guide to Writing Your Own Lines”. This week Ryan shares the outline of his book and how you can improve your show by working on your script to become unique and in demand. He fives his five step process that is well worth your consideration.

Hack Lines: A joke that has been frequently used by comedians or Magicians in the past, (Including the both of us!!!) and is blatantly stolen from its original author. Short for"hackneyed" meaning over used, cheapened, or trite. (This definition was blatantly stolen from Wikipedia)

Ryan Kane is a full time magician and comedian thriving in San Francisco. He is frequently featured by groups who need to guarantee that their events are an ...

A Pier 39 performance by Ryan Kane, the best magician in San Francisco, on April 3rd 2015

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