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Episode 52 – The Genuine Look
Whichever way you dress-up your mentalism there has to be some apparent process hiding the real methodology. The very thing holding our presentation together is the believability of that process and that is the topic of this final podcast.
Episode 51 – Ethics of Mentalism
Ah the topic of ethics has arisen and it is time to take a look at the ethical implications of the mentalism that we perform. But don’t think you are being ethical because you are not using cold-readings to take money of mourning people,
Episode 50 – Procrastination to Productivity
We are all human, well I’m impressed and you are reading this and you are not, and that means you will come across procrastination at some point. When taking on a large task like performance creation it is very easy to ditch the productivity and got fo...
Episode 49 – Method Vs. Audience Experience
It is easy to get caught-up in the search for new and more fooling methods, isn’t it? Along the way though, we can start to focus on methods that actually don’t make a difference to the audience and can even make life harder for us as entertainers.
Episode 48 – Sideshow Mentalism
There is nothing quite as attention grabbing as a sideshow skill being performed, regardless of whether it is a genuine skill or some kind of trickery. These skills can range from extremely talented right through to ‘watching through your fingers’ shoc...
Episode 47 – Real Mind Reading
Quite possibly one of the oldest propless pieces of mentalism uses just the human mind and a little bit of skill. I am of course talking about the ideomotor response, which is responsible for contact mind reading,
Episode 46 – Getting Into Mentalism
Often people want to know what inspired me to enter into the world of mentalism and also my progression within this field. I share some of my success stories along with the failures that I wish had been avoided and my inspirations.
Episode 45 – Mentalism on Camera
It is always great to see mentalism getting television and media attention, but what really goes into making successfully filmed mentalism? Often things can be over-edited, creating an unrealistic expectation of mentalism for the general public,
Episode 44 – Secret Writers
Such a powerful technique in mentalism is often left in a drawer to gather dust due to inexperience or fear of being caught; of course I am referring to secret writers. In this episode I share my favourite secret writers with you and also explain how t...
Episode 43 – Reveals and Reasoning
Often a performance can be undermined due to the use of an incorrect revelation. Which reveal should the performer use and when? Equally, why do performers require participants to take part in methodologies that are not normally done in everyday life?