The Mystery Behind Magic

Csanád Kiss And Robbie Stevens

The podcast for everlearning magicians. For all the magicians who want to learn more about this art! New episodes every week!

A bit about our selves. My co-host and I are two magicians, we hope to educate you about magic, because we believe that you can not ever know everything about magic, but we will try and provide you with all the knowledge we can.

Get years and years of experience in just under 1 hour!
Listen to insightful conversations with some of the best minds in magic!

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51 episodes
Updated Aug 15, 2021
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Mar 28, 2021 · 53 min
28: The Rise of a Street Performing Youtuber - Steven Bridges
Finding your niche in anything is a key thing to do if you want to be successful, and when Steven joined youtube, nobody was doing what he was doing, he made good quality content and for that (and some others) he now has just shy of 200K. Steven reveals some new information to do with his youtube channel, so listen carefully... Steven has been busking for a long time now, and he definitely has a lot of skill in it, he shares some of his experiences on this podcast. We also talk about his interactive course, Magic Mastery, what it is, what he aims to do with it etc. https://magicmastery.cc/ https://www.youtube.com/user/StevenBridgesTV https://www.instagram.com/stevenbridges/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://themysterybehindmagic.co.uk/ Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Mar 21, 2021 · 1 hr 18 min
27: What is Actually Better Online or Live Shows? - Mark James
The age-old question (well not really more like a year old question), what is better, online or live shows? Most people say live shows, they say there are so many more positives, however, is that really the case? Mark James has been touring and has been performing in various venues all around the U.K and the world for years, and with him, we discuss the positives and the negatives of both, online and live shows. But not only do we discuss that, but also why he eats fire and juggles, and then we talked about his new and up and coming business, Curious Monkey Incorporations, and what you can expect from that! https://curiousmonkeyinc.com/ https://www.instagram.com/curiousmonkeyinc/ https://www.instagram.com/markjamesmagician/ https://www.magicianmarkjames.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/MrComedyMagician (Mark James' youtube channel) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://themysterybehindmagic.co.uk/ Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Mar 14, 2021 · 1 hr 4 min
26: The Creativity Behind A Penn and Teller Fool Us Act - Boris Wild
I think that we can all agree that being creative is such a useful thing to be able to do, especially in magic. Imagine if we didn't put our own 'spin' on effects and routine, imagine how boring magic would be, Boris talks more in-depth on why this is so important. Boris also discusses different ways magicians look at Penn and Teller Fool Us. https://www.instagram.com/boriswild/ His youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq4VYfOWICXzlw_dmxRoXbA https://www.boriswild.com/english/Boris_Wild_Artist_Magician_-_Welcome.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://themysterybehindmagic.co.uk/ Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Mar 9, 2021 · 53 min
25: The Mind Reader Who Can't Read Minds? - Chris Cox
Fun, fast-paced, silly and exciting. Those four words don't usually relate to mentalism, but Chris Cox changes that. He adds his very fun, almost comic-like character to his shows, which makes him memorable! It is important to find our characters in magic, so we don't copy another magician, but also so we can have the most fun performing as we are performing then as someone we want, and Chris has found that. Some mentalist 'watches' body language to 'read' a spectator, but Chris uses slightly un-orthodox methods... https://magiccox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/magiccox/ https://twitter.com/bigcox -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://themysterybehindmagic.co.uk/ Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Mar 4, 2021 · 54 min
24: A Non-Performing Magician? - Rory Adams
A non-performing magician, what? Most of us magicians perform in front of other people and keep performing magic as that's what they like about it, to see peoples reactions, however, for Rory, it's a little different. He doesn't really perform magic, but rather writes and produces for it. And in today's episode, that's what we discuss, as well as his book and club, only ideas, projects he has let go of and future projects that he's working on! https://www.onlyideas.club/ https://www.instagram.com/onlyideasclub/ https://www.instagram.com/trysoundoff/ https://trysoundoff.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://themysterybehindmagic.co.uk/ Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Feb 28, 2021 · 50 min
23: Magic On Cruise Ships, Is it Really That Good? - Nick Einhorn
Performing on cruise ships has, like with everything positives and negative. For the cruise ships Nick Einhorn has been on he was like a guest on the ship, had to perform two performances but for the rest of the trip he had the same privileges as the guests, seems awesome, doesn't it? In this episode, with other things, we discuss all cruise shipping, why Nick has done it some of the positives and negatives things to look out for and more! We also discussed how he got into magic, magic competitions, Penn and Teller Fool Us and a plethora of other things! http://www.einhorn.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/nickeinhorn/ https://www.youtube.com/user/spookedman --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://themysterybehindmagic.co.uk/ Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Feb 23, 2021 · 55 min
22: Thinking Differently About Your Magic - Matthew Le Mottée
What do you want your audience to feel when they watch you perform? That's a question that we think about when we are putting a routine, but do you actually know what the audience feels and thinks about when you perform? Have you asked them? If so, did they all say the same or similar thing? Today we had the incredible Matthew Le Motteé on to talk about his journey in magic, how to improve your routine and so much more! A little about Matthew, he has won the close-up magician of the year three times, in a row! (2017,2018,2019) He was the first-ever magician to win 3 in a row, he shared with us a bit of the journey that he went on, but also how he won, or what helped him to win. Not only did he win, but he is also one of the examiners judging the competition! https://www.youtube.com/user/LeMotteeMagic https://www.instagram.com/lemottee/ https://www.instagram.com/givingmagic/ https://www.instagram.com/masterofmystery/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/givingmagic --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://themysterybehindmagic.co.uk/ Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Feb 17, 2021 · 53 min
21: How to Build Your Own Personal Brand - Caroline Ravn
Social media, use to talk to our friends or to sell a product? A lot of the time it is the second one, it isn't necessarily a bad thing, but social media is being used more and more for advertising, and I think you should too, let me explain. I don't think you should necessarily get an endorsement by a brand for every video or photo you post, obviously, for content creators, that's how they make a living, but for us magicians, it's a little different. See, as magicians, we are the product. We need to sell ourselves not an app or piece of tech. But we can use this to our advantage, we can build a personal brand of it. Let's say that you do wedding magic, so your Instagram should be full of wedding magic, whether that's pictures of reactions, or of tricks, but when your client (in this case the bride and groom) look for a magician, come across your page, it shouldn't be hard for them to find pictures or videos of your doing wedding magic. And this goes for everything, (an extreme example but) if you go into a supermarket advertised on selling fresh and frozen food, but when you go in you only find clothes, you go, do they really sell food? That's why building a personal brand is important, so people can find out more about you e.g what you do. We don't only talk about that but we also talked about why Caroline has done TED talks, how she became a hand model, her injury and more! https://www.instagram.com/ravnmagic/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAwiZAy1cOgpSa3L2Pl1cuA https://carolineravn.com/en/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://themysterybehindmagic.co.uk/ Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Feb 14, 2021 · 53 min
20: How to Create and Develop Your Character - Kevin Doig
When you're putting together a routine or preparing for a show, what do you think about and practice? Well, it most likely is not your character. Most of us are happy and comfortable with the characters we perform when we are performing magic. We have probably had the same character nearly since we have started performing magic, and we rarely change it, rarely think about. But it's really important, it pretty much dictates what we can and can't perform (most of the time.) So what if we pushed our selves, and started thinking about what if we change a few things about our 'characters' when we are performing, or what if we would develop a totally new character? We talk exactly about that in today's episode, it was such a great podcast to record, really helps with character development and creating a character! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Feb 10, 2021 · 43 min
19: The Wonders of Children's Magic - Nikola Arkane
Children's magic, known for having the toughest of all crowds, they have no sensor - no block, they just react and if your show goes well, you will know, if it doesn't, you will most certainly know. It's a style of magic that I think a lot of magicians get compared to or at least thought about. I am sure we have all heard the age-old question on, "Do you do children's party." And quite honestly most of us don't and for many justifiable reasons. But for some reason, a lot of "children's" magician's get looked down to that they are not 'real' magicians and so forth, however, I think Nikola disproves anyone who thinks that, in a plethora of other amazing achievements, she performed 28 shows in the Magic castle. https://www.arkanemagic.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nikolaarkane/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Feb 7, 2021 · 45 min
18:Winning BGT as a Military Illusionist - Richard Jones
Richard Jones, the winner of BGT, came on our podcast today to talk about his experiences performing to his military colleagues, and then eventually going on to BGT. He shares his amazing stories with us, but also really helpful pieces of advice on how to get on BGT! Richard's story is quite amazing as most people start magic when they are little, however, he only started when he was 20 years old and won Britains got talent 16 years later! Before that, however, he was performing magic in the military! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Feb 3, 2021 · 55 min
17: The Creation of the Oracle System - Ben Seidman
Mentalism isn't the first word that you think of immediately when you think of a comedy magician, yet here we are. Ben has changed our opinion. He has created his routine and effect, The Oracle System, a highly customisable routine using tarot cards and mentalism. The Oracle System is designed so even if you don't know a lot about mentalism you can still perform the trick, but if you have some background in mentalism it will definitely help you. We also discussed how he got into magic, why he carried on, the process of making the Oracle System, why he loves pickpocketing and more! Buy the Oracle System from Vanshing Inc.: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/close-up-magic/the-oracle-system/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Jan 31, 2021 · 43 min
16: How to Master the Creation of Magic - Chris Wardle
In this episode, we had the amazing Chris Wardle on! A little background to him, in case you haven't heard of him; Chris Wardle has been creating magic effects for over 20 years and has published over 600 tricks in a variety of books and magazines. His creations have been featured by top performers in the UK and in the USA on TV, radio and on the stage. Chris is a Member of The Inner Magic Circle, with Gold Star and a past winner of 'The Cecil Lyle Award' from The Magic Circle. We were so excited to have him on to talk about: How he creates magic, why creating your own magic is so important and much more. As magicians, we are so fascinated by new, visual tricks on the markets, especially the ones that have an amazing trailer, with a “Imagine if you” But Chris points out that it’s important we try to create our own tricks or at least make them ours, by adding a personal story to it our something to that extent. Another reason is, if we are doing routines or effects then we don’t clash with our colleagues in magic and would have to change our routine so we don’t perform the same effects. Magic creation can be fun and exciting, but unfortunately we there aren't many books to do with the creating magic, and books on magic theory don't cover of how to make an effect start to finish with examples in the book. That is why we recommend this book so much for magicians trying to create effects or even to personalise one so you stand out from a crowd as magic is storytelling, so tell a good story. You can buy the book from Vanishing Inc: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-books/creating-the-impossible/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Jan 24, 2021 · 1 hr 11 min
15: The World Behind Dove Magic - Edward Hilsum
In today's episode, we had Edward Hilsum on to talk about his journey in magic, but especially dove magic. He shared how he got started in dove magic and how you can get started too, How to keep and look after doves the right way, and why classical magic is so important and how you can adapt it to make it more relevant to today's world! We hope you enjoy the episode!
Jan 17, 2021 · 1 hr 7 min
14: Why Patter is so Important - Noel Britten
In this episode, we had the president of the magic circle, Noel Britten, on! We discussed how he became the president of the Magic Circle. What he does as the President. Changes he has made as the President. Why patter is so important in magic! Thank you so much for coming on we really appreciate it! We hope you enjoy the episode!
Jan 10, 2021 · 1 hr 3 min
13: Live to Zoom Shows - Joe Diamond
Thank you so much, Joe, for coming on we really appreciate it! In this weeks episode we talked about; How Joe became a magician, and how he found a love for magic, How the public perceives you, this is very important and can often help your public appearance and can, a lot of the times, help develop a 'character', How to create a finale, this is extremely important as the finale is the part that, most of the time, the audience remembers, How to change your routines and tricks to make them online show friendly, this is definitely important in a time where online shows are getting ever increasingly more popular! Thank you so much, Joe, for coming on! Also make sure to check out his penguin magic lecture! https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/14366
Dec 20, 2020 · 49 min
12: “There’s so much of your story still left to tell” - Richard Young
I am so excited to announce that Richard Young came on to our podcast today! You may know him as a close-up magician, one half of his double act: young and strange, or his amazing podcast, The Magician's Podcast, where he has informal interviews with some of the biggest names in magic! In this episode, we talked about how he became a magician, advice on getting gigs, how to become a double act and his experiences performing on Penn and Teller Fool Us! https://www.instagram.com/richardyoungmagic/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Dec 13, 2020 · 49 min
11: Life after BGT - Jamie Raven
In this episode, we talk with the runner up of Britain's Got Talent: Jamie Raven! We talked about how Jamie became a magician, some of his experiences from BGT, his touring experiences and how you can tour as well! His stories were incredible, this is definitely not an episode to miss! Robbie and I had a lot of fun recording this episode, and learning from a great magician, but also a really nice and helpful person as well! He is going on tour in 2021, I have linked that below as well if you would like to check it out! https://www.instagram.com/jamieravenmagic/ https://www.jamieraven.co.uk/ https://www.illusionimpossible.co.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Dec 6, 2020 · 48 min
10:"That's the Answer, Make it Yours" - Andi Gladwin
Wow, 10 episodes in, what a journey we have been on so far! To celebrate the 10th episode of the podcast, we got the co-founder of Vanishing INC. on! He talked about becoming a professional magician the boy who cried magic, and being the co-founder of vanishing Inc.! Andi Gladwin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andigladwin/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens
Dec 6, 2020 · 48 min
9: Creatives in Magic - Luke Oseland
In this episode, we talked to Luke Oseland a magic consultant and creator of magic! https://linktr.ee/lukeosey --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: hello@the.mystery.behind.magic.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mystery.behind.magic/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Instagram’s Csanád: https://www.instagram.com/csanad.kiss/ Robbie: https://www.instagram.com/robbie_stevens_/ Robbie’s YouTube Robbie Stevens