Napier And Estlin

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Our live celebration of 1000 weeks of podcasting onstage at Chicago’s Annoyance Theater continues this week as Annoyance founder and directors Mick Napier and Jennifer Estlin discuss the evolution of their mentalism and closeup magic double-act. Mick and Jen share their early inspiration; a special appearance from telephone psychic Vanessa Sawyer from the Kenny Kingston Psychic Hotline; shout-out Chicago’s Magic Lounge, where Napier and Estlin have played before; and how the danger of knowing too much or overthinking a thing can sometimes destroy the magic of that thing; a fantastic definition of magic; how the value of most institutions is the generations of artists who’ve contributed to its legacy; and a partial answer to the question “Are magicians born or made?” HEAR PART ONE OF OUR LIVE CONVERSATION HERE, OR WATCH THE WHOLE LIVE EVENT ON YOUTUBE – COMPLETE WITH SUBTITLES – HERE. (Length 26:17)

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