The Magic Word Podcast

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/5ac945b9-add0-4acf-bdc4-51f87e368ffc/911+banner.jpg?format=1000w] While recently attending the Magic Collectors Expo in Las Vegas, we sat down with Connie Boyd to talk about her career as a successful magician on the Las Vegas Strip. But since semi-retiring from stage performing life, Connie has been the biggest advocate of spotlighting magical women both from our rich heritage as well as current and up and comers. During COVID she developed a YouTube channel that features performance reels of over 100 women that she has researched from our annals of history plus many whom she personally knows today. View fullsize IMG_4784.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449253500-J8VCYJ7P5I8AC1CMREAN/IMG_4784.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449253500-J8VCYJ7P5I8AC1CMREAN/IMG_4784.jpg] View fullsize IMG_4783.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449288050-ELHX3226DZGCHKWAH3NF/IMG_4783.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449288050-ELHX3226DZGCHKWAH3NF/IMG_4783.jpg] View fullsize aeiralist.jpeg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449232705-DF0Y4W88IF9RIYKCOK9V/aeiralist.jpeg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449232705-DF0Y4W88IF9RIYKCOK9V/aeiralist.jpeg] View fullsize black and white wth dove.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449234803-XIXNEK3M61GA371EV9VK/black+and+white+wth+dove.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449234803-XIXNEK3M61GA371EV9VK/black+and+white+wth+dove.jpg] View fullsize fan.png [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449234667-796QK7VVI4TCHWS1ZCE8/fan.png?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449234667-796QK7VVI4TCHWS1ZCE8/fan.png] View fullsize on stage.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449235810-VOVO4D5ITWV4H4GUR1XG/on+stage.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449235810-VOVO4D5ITWV4H4GUR1XG/on+stage.jpg] View fullsize sub trunk.png [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449236519-DDNNR1XQLRDLK3Z51Y0T/sub+trunk.png?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449236519-DDNNR1XQLRDLK3Z51Y0T/sub+trunk.png] View fullsize venetician blinds.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449237058-OC6Y0AN7UIXDFHIO369H/venetician+blinds.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1750449237058-OC6Y0AN7UIXDFHIO369H/venetician+blinds.jpg] Today Connie consults on magic acts with some magical women. She is a caring, giving, knowledgeable magician who is willing to pass on the skills and talents she has learned through the “school of had knocks” in life. She was trained for the ballet and performed with the circus until she fell during one of her aerialist performances in Houston, Texas. She tells us how she pivoted from dance to magic and made it a successful career. Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/t/6855ebb1b81fee5bcd131466/1750461503058/911+Connie+Boyd.mp3/original/911+Connie+Boyd.mp3] and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here [http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic?format=rss]. You can download or listen to the podcast through Pandora and SiriusXM (formerly Stitcher) by Clicking Here [https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-magic-word-podcast/PC:1000061194] or through FeedPress by Clicking Here [http://feedpress.me/themagicwordpodcast] or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here [http://tunein.com/radio/The-Magic-Word-p686996/] or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-magic-word-podcast-28865851/]. If you have a Spotify [https://www.spotify.com/us/] account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store [https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/magic-word-for-magicians-about/id635943641?mt=2&1s=1], too. See the preview page by Clicking Here [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/magic-word-for-magicians-about/id635943641].

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/851917aa-1d03-4a8c-a102-b8658f59b252/910+banner.jpg?format=1000w] Brian Curry is a corporate magician from the Washington, D.C. area who often performs comedy magic for executives and politicians inside the beltway. He also performs school shows while balancing a home life with a wife and family. For a long time, he and Mark Phillips shared the stage in a “dueling magicians” type performance that played to great reviews. Known as “D.C.’s most honest con man,” Brian has a regular show entitled “The Good Liar” that plays at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C. View fullsize IMG_4744.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830729863-DCJDGSJ83BTHORGHX4AJ/IMG_4744.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830729863-DCJDGSJ83BTHORGHX4AJ/IMG_4744.jpg] View fullsize IMG_4746.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830731635-1TDL10PXMWQJYCJC8J01/IMG_4746.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830731635-1TDL10PXMWQJYCJC8J01/IMG_4746.jpg] View fullsize amazing.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830720584-SBX9XB9I47DIUUSUL6HX/amazing.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830720584-SBX9XB9I47DIUUSUL6HX/amazing.jpg] View fullsize cards from frame.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830720791-02HSRKIJEBNOHUBI01JZ/cards+from+frame.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830720791-02HSRKIJEBNOHUBI01JZ/cards+from+frame.jpg] View fullsize Fingers Crossed 2.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830722416-U7POJLGIZWLWIPPTRLPB/Fingers+Crossed+2.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830722416-U7POJLGIZWLWIPPTRLPB/Fingers+Crossed+2.jpg] View fullsize hand on mouth.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830723673-H26BAVGPLPMDKWN8ZE3X/hand+on+mouth.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830723673-H26BAVGPLPMDKWN8ZE3X/hand+on+mouth.jpg] View fullsize montage.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830732516-RCOYTOQ4GF1SI87XQGW9/montage.jpg?format=1000w] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1749830732516-RCOYTOQ4GF1SI87XQGW9/montage.jpg] Brian has several stories about performing for politicians that he can’t publicly share, but the interesting ones he can share, he does in this week’s episode. He also gives some advice and tips along the way while sharing some comical stories. Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/t/684df11e1706c6571b636c01/1749938588536/910+Brian+Curry.mp3/original/910+Brian+Curry.mp3] and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here [http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic?format=rss]. You can download or listen to the podcast through Pandora and SiriusXM (formerly Stitcher) by Clicking Here [https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-magic-word-podcast/PC:1000061194] or through FeedPress by Clicking Here [http://feedpress.me/themagicwordpodcast] or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here [http://tunein.com/radio/The-Magic-Word-p686996/] or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-magic-word-podcast-28865851/]. If you have a Spotify [https://www.spotify.com/us/] account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store [https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/magic-word-for-magicians-about/id635943641?mt=2&1s=1], too. See the preview page by Clicking Here [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/magic-word-for-magicians-about/id635943641]. [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/e6b52d5d-9915-4a6b-8d6a-3638f7b45a0e/Magi-Whirl+2025+18+x+24.jpg?format=1000w] https://ibmring50.org/lecturers/ For more information, please visit the website at: https://ibmring50.org/lecturers/ [https://ibmring50.org/lecturers/]

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/44905848-e049-46c9-8927-d1a44e858dbf/909+banner.jpg?format=1000w] Often we don’t know nor recognize those who work behind the scenes and spotlights. But they are the ones responsible for making the person in front of the curtains or camera look good. As they say, “it takes a village” and that is especially true for “stars” who make it on television and stage. One such person that is a “go-to” consultant is Joe Monti. When Criss Angel got his television deal for “Mind Freak”, Joe was one of the first people Criss called. As time went on and it became apparent how valuable Joe was, he also assumed the role of “producer”. Joe continues to this day to consult for magicians as well as performing for high profile corporate clients. He has even fooled Penn & Teller on their show, “Fool Us”. 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It was good to catch up with a long-time friend this week as he shared many stories about what he has been doing during those years. He has a few “behind the scenes” stories to tell about working with Criss Angel plus his experience on “Penn & Teller Fool Us”. Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/t/68449ce91afa3264f9b50346/1749327243210/909+Joe+Monti.mp3/original/909+Joe+Monti.mp3] and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here [http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic?format=rss]. You can download or listen to the podcast through Pandora and SiriusXM (formerly Stitcher) by Clicking Here [https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-magic-word-podcast/PC:1000061194] or through FeedPress by Clicking Here [http://feedpress.me/themagicwordpodcast] or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here [http://tunein.com/radio/The-Magic-Word-p686996/] or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-magic-word-podcast-28865851/]. If you have a Spotify [https://www.spotify.com/us/] account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store [https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/magic-word-for-magicians-about/id635943641?mt=2&1s=1], too. See the preview page by Clicking Here [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/magic-word-for-magicians-about/id635943641]. [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1204bd1b-59f4-4901-bf00-526b393b9368/Salute+to+Magic+and+NY+Symposium+2025.jpg?format=1000w] PLEASE NOTE: These events are THIS SATURDAY June 14th, 2025. For more information on the New York Magic Conference, please visit: https://newyorkmagicconference.com [https://newyorkmagicconference.com] and to learn more about the Salute to Magic and purchase advance tickets, please visit: https://salutetomagic.com [https://salutetomagic.com]

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/6be76886-ee66-46ba-8241-4dd7a89afd65/908+banner.jpg?format=1000w] Military veterans, Katalina and Christian Painter have made a successful career of entertaining with their two-person mind reading routine coupled with their comedy mentalism act. For many years they traveled across the U.S. together entertaining on college campuses. After a few years, they decided to “settle down” in one location and limit their travel .They found a niche market in their hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana, where today they present a weekly show entitled the “Mind Tripping Show” in the Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites. 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Typically we chat about a variety of topics with our guests. But this week we got off on a tangent from the very beginning and stayed focused on that throughout the episode. Specifically, Christian and Katalina talked about how they developed their show, how they found the venue, how they market the show, how it has evolved, and why it is still successful as they are reaching 20 years with this show. There is invaluable information in this episode, particularly if you are considering finding a venue for your show and what you need to do to prepare for it. Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/t/6840c7842e78df7a024bb604/1749075989256/908+Christian+and+Katalina.mp3/original/908+Christian+and+Katalina.mp3] and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here [http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic?format=rss]. 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[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/3f194e1f-b566-4f62-84c3-85edf94752ee/Salute%2Bto%2BMagic%2Band%2BNY%2BSymposium%2B2025.jpg?format=1000w] For more information on the New York Magic Conference, please visit: https://newyorkmagicconference.com [https://newyorkmagicconference.com] and to learn more about the Salute to Magic and purchase advance tickets, please visit: https://salutetomagic.com [https://salutetomagic.com]

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/8a89b525-78f5-40ab-b394-c38af010abcb/907+banner.jpg?format=1000w] There seems to be an explosion of magic theatres, one-man shows, magic bars, and magic variety venues popping up across the country and indeed, around the world. I need to use two hands to count the number that have popped up since the first of the year! This week we chat with two magicians who have ventured into the high stakes world of filling seats in New York City where there is already a LOT of magic shows. Carl Mercurio and Jim Vines together have started “The Broadway Magic Hour” [https://broadwaymagichour.com](really, off-Broadway to be precise) where they present weekly, family friendly magic shows. Their journey may not be unique, but it serves as an inspiration to others who might be considering finding their own venue (and perhaps partner) where you can entertain the masses with your magical skills. 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One is a multiple award winning magician, the other is not. One was a restaurant and bar magician, the other one was not. But their styles, personalities, and characters meld perfectly on stage. This week they talk about the “mojo” that put and keeps them together. Moreover, they talk about how they found the venue and how they market themselves in this very competitive environment. There is a lot to learn from the pro tips that they offer. But even if you don’t plan to ever pursue having your own theatre or your own show, I think you will enjoy our chat as we hear some of the trials and tribulations of a couple guys trying to make it in the Big Apple. Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/t/68366224a7217a189d697015/1748394633219/907+Carl+Mercurio+and+Jim+Vines+final.mp3/original/907+Carl+Mercurio+and+Jim+Vines+final.mp3] and then right click to save the file. 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