It’s episode 50 and we have a very special guest - the magician and playing card historian Lee Asher! Anton has been learning magic for the last 18 months and also become an avid playing card collector so Lee was the perfect guy to have on. He’s worked with some of the big names in magic and even invented his own card tricks - his knowledge and advice is invaluable. What we really enjoyed about talking with Lee was the passion and humanity he brings, he sees magic a positive force, something to share and a path to being a better person. Lee is also president of 52 Plus Joker, the world’s largest playing card collecting club, and gave us a brilliant rundown of playing card and magic history. We really enjoyed our chat and hope you will too and a massive thank you to Lee, be sure to check out his website and 52 Plus Joker!
Check out: https://www.leeasher.com/ and https://52plusjoker.org/
51: 🪄🃏The Devil’s Picture Books and Wild West Magic
49: 👁️The Curiosity of Sight. How eyes work and how we discovered that.
Bonus: 🎙️ Intelligent Speech 2023 and Takarajima
48: 🪙 Tales of treasure. Cocos Island, the Centurion and a Hermit
Bonus: 👵 Re-release: Margaret Ann Neve (fixed!)
Bonus: 🥔 The Potato Boom!
47: 👾 Interview with Paul Mayze: Cards, the Universe and Everything
46: 🥔 Potato, Potato, Potato, foundation of the modern world
45: 🤖 Artificial intelligence, creativity and talking to animals
44: ⚛️ Elementary my dear Anton - atoms and elements
43: 🔮 The History of Magic
42: 🧒22 Orphans to Save the World - Intelligent Speech 2022
41: 🦜 William Dampier, explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator, and naturalist
40: ⌛ What is time?
Bonus: 🍫 Guilty Chocolate, Anton’s prize winning short story
39: 🎈The ‘True History’ of Flight
😍 Announcement: We’re at Intelligent Speech 2022!
38: 🪃 The Paradoxical Platypus
37: 🏰 Anton Investigates: Norman Castles
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