The Mark Leveridge Magic Podcast

The April line up contains the following topics:

• plot and effect - the difference as explained by Doug Dyment
• announcing the arrival of E-Club Pro Select
• hybrid conventions may be the way forward for some magic event organisers
• the secret to finding a receptive audience for your magic as you grow older
• details of an online session in which the attendees decide the content
• how to harness one of magic's most potent performance weapons

Here's the line up of topics for March

• I consider Marc Oberon's assertion that there's an art to being helped when you ask for advice from your magical peers
• the many different types of trick endings that we can use for our magic
• age relevant lines and patter themes are strong when used correctly
• announcement of a new Premier E-Routine
• COVID has changed the relationship that we have with our audiences
• it's easy to lose the will to respond to show enquiries at the moment

• A lack of magic knowledge can hinder progress
• live performance is a catalyst for stimulus in other areas of our magic lives
• listen in to the audio track from an episode of E-Club Pro's It Could Only Happen Live
• why the opening few words of your act can have a big impact
• Zoom has enabled magic groups to continue to function
• if you were a REAL magician, would you still do card tricks?

A New Year and a new set of topics:

• New Year magic planning may be almost impossible, but there are some positives
• children's entertainers are not always given proper credit for what they do so well
• announcing the E-Club Pro Live Open Event
• the four 'E's of entertainment that make for a good performance
• what you wear at gigs says something about you as a performer
• "mentalism is the last frontier of magic where some people believe that it is real" says Marc Paul

In your festive podcast I gift wrap the following topics:

• unearthing the treasures that reside in a magic book case
• analysing the diverse elements that go to make up humour
• printed advertising is an important part of your online promotional push
• reflections on the presentation of my first Zoom lecture
• if your magic life was to be rebooted, what would you do differently?
• I reflect on what a world in which magic is not that interesting to anyone would be like!

It's dark, cold and wet - but here is a little sunshine!

• Reflections on the first 'virtual' Magic Circle Young Magicians' Club J-Day
• have magicians these days become too impatient in their magic lives?
• Eric Eswin suggests that magic clubs should not be so strict about preventing their members from revealing secrets to the public
• Zoom magic is rapidly becoming a recognised sub section of general magic
• lay people's view of magic can be very revealing
• this December will be unlike any other for us magicians!

Here's what you can expect in October's offering:

• A round up of how magic continues to deal with the coronavirus epidemic
• how necessary is it to change tricks in your act or repertoire?
• the importance of getting the balance right between promotional costs and benefits
• positive role models can provide a real boost to your magical progress
• magic guilt can lead to 'over-proving'
• are you world class at getting ready?

Here's what you can expect to hear in the September podcast

• If social distancing restrictions continue, will this lead to smaller events, and if so will it have an impact on the size of fees we can command?
• Dave Jones' epic Facebook rant strikes a chord with some and upsets others
• patter acts should sometimes learn when NOT to speak
• why September would be a great time to join E-Club Pro
• when magic was not a good fit for street performance
• the importance of getting yourself in the right frame of mind before a close up show

The August round up of magic themed topics contains the following:

• We are all having to get used to different ways of working when entertaining via Zoom
• the top magicians are those who learn how to relax and pause when performing says Christopher Barnes
• why we shouldn't care about what people say about our show
• when having a disaster is actually very lucky
• are digital magic magazines more acceptable than digital books?
• Dani DaOrtiz reverses an old magic adage that says you should never tell the audience in advance what you are going to do

A summer collection of advice and opinion which contains the following topics:

• The lockdown aftermath may initially change the tricks that we can do in close up
• Morgan and West contend that the strolling magician has to fight for the attention of his audiences
• enjoy the tale of my brush with the law extracted from E-Club Pro's It Could Only Happen Live
• female magicians have to try that much harder to succeed in magic it seems
• the rise of the podcast shows an increase in the popularity of audio information
• your magic fan base changes as you progress through your magic 'career'