The Steve Faulkner Podcast

I've been trying to get Peter Nardi on for ages, and when we finally sat down we just started talking and hit record to see where it went. No plan, no structure, and it turned into one of the most open conversations I've had on here.

Peter built Alakazam from a bloke ordering tric...

Arthur Benjamin is a mathematician. When I tell people that, I watch their eyes glaze over a little, and I get it, because that was me too, until I saw him perform at a convention years ago and it became one of the most entertaining things I've ever watched live.

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for th...

Episode two of the WafflePod, and a heads up before you start, this one cuts off abruptly. We forgot to hit record again after a break and lost the last five minutes. You've got the meat of it though.

Me and Toby get properly into it this time. We start on ADHD, why it seems to follow performers and ...

Every time Jack Rhodes sits down with me, something seismic has happened. First podcast he was on a career break wondering if he should quit his engineering job. Second time he'd just done BGT and was about to become a dad. This time he's a dad, he's finished a full UK tour, he's headlined the Opera House at Blackpool in front of 3,000 people twice in one night, and...

Jason Bird has been doing close-up magic professionally for a long time. He's worked cruise ships, corporates, walk-around events, and now he's building a parlour show on the east coast. And somewhere in between all of that, he sat down and wrote a book.

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their suppo...

This one was a real treat. I sat down with Dave Loosley, the mind behind The Creative Compendium, and we got stuck into one of my favourite subjects: creativity, and how you actually turn a vague idea in your head into something that works in the real world and is a joy to perform.

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link and hav...

This week it's me and Toby Davis getting stuck into the most talked-about release in magic right now: Shay Kahn's Rolex System.

A thousand dollars for a PDF, no trailer, no performance to watch, and a wave of online backlash that got pretty heated. So we sat down and actua...

Henry Harrius joins me for one of my favourite conversations in a long time.

We talk about creativity, burnout, exposure culture, social media magic, performing casually vs professionally, Rubik’s Cubes, Shin Lim, Juan Tamariz, David Copperfield, and what “real magic” actually feels like.

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please ...

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link and have a look.

https://www.abracircle.website/steve-faulkner-podcast-promo

There’s been a huge amount of discussion surrounding the release of The Rolex System by Shay Kahn.

A $1000 PDF. Paid demonstrations at Blackpool. Claims of it being revolutionary. Claims of it being a scam.

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Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link and have a look.

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I had a really nice catch up with Ben Seidman, as usual, it goes in a few different directions.

We talk about his work on Now You See Me and what that was actually like day to day, which isn’t quite a...

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link and have a look.

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I had a great chat with Danila, better known as Ring Jedi.  THE 8-ring manipulator who’s built a huge following online through some seriously visual, hypnotic work.

If you’ve seen his stuff on Ins...

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link and have a look.

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I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with one of my favourite magicians, Eric Mead. This one felt like a bit of a rare treat.

Eric is one of the most thoughtful people in magic. Not just a great performer, ...

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link and have a look.

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Captain Frodo (Frodo Santini) went from street performing to performing with Cirque du Soleil. In this conversation we explore what it really means to be a showman.

In this episode of The Steve Faulkner Podcast, ...

Aaron Fisher is one of the world’s premier sleight-of-hand artists, creators and magic educators. He’s the author of one of the modern classics of card magic: The Paper Engine (recently re-issued in a 20th Anniversary Edition). 

His effects,  from the legendary vanishing-deck routine Panic to a roster of original sleights and routines - have influenced thousands of card magicians. Including me! 

Aaron is ...

Alexander Marsh  joins me for a properly geeky, funny and insightful chat about mentalism, creativity, and the modern world of magic. We get into billet work, stagecraft, and the constant tug-of-war between keeping secrets and sharing ideas online.

Please visit his performance page at https://www.alexmcaleer.com/

His courses are highly recommended, and can be found here https://the1914.com/collections/main/artist__alexander-ma...

In this episode, I’m joined once again by the brilliant Chris Kenner - executive producer for David Copperfield and one of the most influential creators in modern magic.

This time, we go even deeper.

We talk details, creative process and even a bit of politics. And, as always with Chris, the conversation is as inspiring as it is revealing. Whether you’re a working pro, a passionate student, or just fascinated by how rea...

Thanks so much to Jay for speaking to me, and inspiring me. 

Please check out all of Jay's brilliant things here https://www.kapsel.se/shakingthesky

Jay's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jaygilligan_/ @jaygilligan_

Then check out my magic training site here https://www.onlinemagic.co

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'Rick Maue simply is.

anything more would be superfluous … or arrogant; and no one needs that shit.'

In this episode, I’m joined once again by the brilliant Rick Maue. A creator, thinker, and artist whose approach to magic is as thoughtful as it is powerful.

This isn't just a follow-up, it’s a long, open conversation about performance, creativity, and the deeper currents that run beneath mentalism. Rick brings hi...