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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Criss Angel On His Most Terrifying Illusions & Why He Says Anyone Can Do Magic

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Criss Angel (@crissangel) is a magician and illusionist. His Las Vegas stage show MINDFREAK is live 5 nights a week at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino and his new television show "Magic With The Stars" airs on The CW Network on Saturdays at 8pm ET. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about his earliest memory of magic, how Vince McMahon helped him get his big break by allowing him to perform at WWF New York in Time Square, the illusion that put him on the map, what his biggest fear is, the difference between an illusion and a magic trick, why he says "life is death without change" and much more! For more information about Criss Angel and "Magic With The Stars" visit: http://crissangel.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about Chris Van Vliet and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media:  Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:01.3

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blea.

0:07.7

It is so good to see you, my friends.

0:11.0

Welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.

0:13.9

I'm CVV, Chris VanVleet.

0:15.5

If you haven't yet, please hit follow or subscribe wherever you're listening to this.

0:20.1

If it happens to be Apple Podcasts, oh man, it'd be amazing if you could leave a rating on

0:26.2

there, a review on there that'd be even better.

0:29.0

And it's because of you.

0:30.9

We just hit a thousand ratings on Spotify.

0:34.7

Crazy.

0:35.7

So I don't know.

0:36.3

What's next?

0:36.9

Like, is it 2000? I mean, that'd be big. Let's do it. Crazy. So I don't know what's next. Like, is it 2000?

0:39.0

I mean, that'd be big.

0:40.5

Let's do it.

0:41.2

2,000 ratings on Spotify.

0:43.5

Let's make it happen.

0:44.3

But so grateful that you're here with us.

0:47.1

So grateful to sit down with the legendary Chris Angel.

0:51.5

What an honor to be able to share a conversation with him.

0:54.6

I mean,

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