27 - Erik Tait part 2 by Sleighted Show

I interview Erik Tait and learn about his start in juggling and stand up comedy before he began his career as a magician.

Catch up session with Erik, Chelsea and Sebastian. Sebastian talks about his story of being diagnosed with a brain tumor and his now clean bill of health. We discuss current events in magic and how everything is weird since Covid!

We discuss Erik's process for creating and releasing The Poker Test, his current project,The Expression Test, and his favorite moment at Magic Live.

We discuss Erik's beginnings in magic, how he found the magic community and how he got his start by reading only two magic books.

John tells stories of growing up in Saudi Arabia during his formative years and how life changed when the wars started. From Saudi Arabia he moved to a tiny town in Missouri and had to learn to adjust to a completely new way of life. Throughout his life he has been an avid traveler. Hear more about his life story on the podcast!

For part two I ask Danny all the questions users submitted through Instagram and Facebook. Check it out! And submit your questions or future interviews online by following the Sleighted Show!

In this interiew I learn about Daniel Garcia's humble beginnings growing up in Texas and how he became who he is today. When he was very young he watched David Copperfield on TV and turned to his parents and said, "That's what I am going to do." Though his parents didn't have much they supported him immensely in any way that they could. Danny tells some great stories of how hard he worked taking every gig he could, how he had moments questioning if he could make it in the business and how the production and release of Torn changed everything for him.

In part 2 of my interview with Xavier we cover questions submitted by Instagrammers! Best question we covered: Is it necessary to use difficult sleight of hand in order to do great magic?

Xavior and I discussed his newest release, Xavior's Rise, his life growing up in NYC and what lead him to magic and working as a paramedic. Xavior answered some questions from his fans and the best piece of advice he gave on this episode is for magicians to go out and have conversations with people without performing magic and working on being a better conversationalist. Check it out!

Part 2 of my interview with Garrett Thomas focuses on Magic Theory, Identity and the Magic Community. He starts out with a story about a comedian that hates magicians because they steal jokes and he says it's true and he blames magic shops. Listen to find out why!