The Unwritten Rules of Magic

Pablo Torre Finds Out

Pablo Torre, Le Batard & Friends

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

A magician — or mentalist — never reveals their secrets. But there’s a lot more to the illusion industry than meets the eye. Magician and New York Times puzzle constructor David Kwong joins Pablo to explain how the magic business polices itself like Major League Baseball; whether anyone legally owns a trick; and why he doesn’t claim to actually have superpowers. Also: yellowface, Harry Houdini, spiritualists, burying 52 playing cards in a backyard, professional liars, and the art of trying really, really hard. Pre-order David Kwong’s How to Fool Your Parents here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/how-to-fool-your-parents-david-kwong?variant=41399439491106 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pablo Torrey finds out. I am Pablo Torrey and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
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1:22.3	practice facility, holding a deck of cards, and talking to a magician.
1:28.0	I want you to hold the cards up and I want you to look through those cards.
1:31.0	I want you to look through and just think of any one of those
1:33.8	cards you see ice cold under pressure I like what I'm seeing the magician is a
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