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While wandering through the streets of Wuhan, China we came across an artist creating and selling his work. He had no arms and painted…

Our goal on Discovery’s Breaking Magic was to find creative and spectacular ways of demonstrating the power and magic of science. This stunt at London’s Battersea Power Station…

Here is Doug Henning performing a little magic on The Muppet Show in the 1970s. I love this guy. “There is real magic inside of each one of us. It’s a magic…

I had the great pleasure of working with Avner The Eccentric in Argentina a few years ago. Throughout the week we shared stories, ate amazing food, and drank mediocre beer…

Hard to believe this was so long ago. A performance of Paul Harris’s The Invisible Palm - shot by Dana Hocking…

A common funny truism often noticed amongst magicians is that “The most popular act at a magic convention, is the juggler.” It’s true…

Throughout high school and college, I frequently put on magic shows at local community theaters in my home town. I loved it. This is an appearance…

Long Tack Sam was a Chinese magician and contemporary of Houdini. He toured with Houdini for a time and even taught him how to…

Asami and I were on The Amazing Magicians together. She performs beautiful traditional Japanese magic which is very different from the style of magic…

I used to wander the streets of downtown Chico with my longtime friend and collaborator Dana Hocking. I would perform and he would film…

One of my favorite moments on The Amazing Magicians was unplanned and unscripted. After Chinese magician Jay Kwok performed, the cameras cut to me…

Usually, when we see a timelapse video of the night sky we watch as the stars gracefully float through the heavens. From our perspective…

Here is the one and only Nina Simone performing I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free back in 1976. I get chills every time I watch this. She was a master performer…

The following is true. I had a vision once. I was laying on a friends couch and drifted off into a half-sleep and began to dream. I dreamed that I was standing in a lush redwood forest…

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