61: Card Counting with Steven Bridges
If I had to guess what the cardinal rule for card counters was, “Don’t draw attention to yourself” would be way up there.While card counting isn’t illegal, casinos aren’t too keen on having players us...
26 Apr 202349min
60: The Shell Game with Nick Stein
Every other week, I am sent a video of someone playing The Shell Game. Maybe it's a cat finding a single treat under three cups, or maybe it's a magician impressing audiences with hand-carved replica ...
4 Apr 20231h 2min
59: The Music Man with Em Chandler
There is a popular image of a con artist that doesn’t exist in the real world. It’s an image of well-dressed, suave, fast-talking swindlers who—despite their dodgy dealings—always does the right thing...
21 Mar 202343min
58: Deepak Chropa's Bullshit with Gordon Pennycook
I have long suspected that Deepak Chopra spouts garbage. Despite being a trained physician, the author and self-help guru’s trademark new-age ramblings have always struck me as little more than pseudo...
7 Mar 202335min
57: Cassie Chadwick with Tori Telfer
How does the daughter of a railroad hand become a millionaire in an age when women couldn’t even open a bank account?If you’re Cassie Chadwick, the answer is you pull off one of the most audacious sca...
21 Feb 202338min
56: Performing Deception with Brian Rappert
Have you ever thought about how magicians learn their tricks? Not the methods—the smoke and mirrors behind the illusion—but the actual process of learning a new effect. Even magicians don’t think too ...
20 Jan 20231h 2min
55: Science Magic with Dr Matt Pritchard
If you know me then you’ll know that my nemesis is Dr Matt Pritchard.For the last few years, this evil genius has been creating impenetrable optical illusions on social media. A toy elephant vanishes ...
10 Jan 202337min
54: Hocus Pocus Practice Focus with Amy Kimlat
My kid just performed their first solo magic show. In front of 300 of their peers, they correctly predicted a randomly selected TV show, vanished a bottle of coke and tricked the principal into openin...
3 Jan 202329min
