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Listen to the organist, the culturally omnivorous,

intellectually ravenous podcast

from the editors of the believer magazine.

Part of poetry is learning how to speak.

Chilly Billy, Chilly Billy.

I'm also a horse.

I really value my life, even though I know it's debatable whether I'm even really alive.

The right reading for this is the whether I'm even really alive.

The right reading for this is the one I'm giving.

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From the Independent Producer Project and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson, and this is Unfictional.

Unfictional is a program of true stories and personal documentaries.

Despite the fact that they've spent years of rehearsing and practicing and performing

will never see a large part of what a magician is doing when they're on stage.

You might know a little bit about the performers going in, we see the stage and the presentation, we hear the magician's words, but we don't see the manual

dexterity and timing, the ingenious mechanics, all the craft and creativity that goes into a mesmerizing trick.

The most accomplished magicians keep many of their most finely tuned skills

a secret just so we get to watch magic happening right in front of us.

On this episode of the program, Mistirection, three stories about magicians,

magicians in training, and the families of magicians.

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