Joshua Jay
American magician and authorWikipedia
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Sep 11, 2026
MaxHOST
And what inspired you to make Vanishing Inc.?
Andi GladwinGUEST
Joshua Jay is my best friend, he's a magician that you might know.
Andi GladwinGUEST
We've known each other since we were kids.
Andi GladwinGUEST
We first met when I was 15 years old.
Andi GladwinGUEST
We have it on our website, it's called Magic in Mind.
Andi GladwinGUEST
It's a free e-book.
Andi GladwinGUEST
Uh, Joshua Jay collected all of these, uh, the best essays in magic.
Andi GladwinGUEST
He talked to all of his friends and said, "What are the best essays that you've ever read from a magic book?" And we collected all of those essays and put them in one free book, and everyone can download it.
Tom PesceGUEST
And so all of that was always a part of my classroom, which I guess kept me so engaged myself.
Tom PesceGUEST
But we discovered that through a study, I think Joshua Jay in 2006, a magician, he did a study in Magic Magazine that why people come back to certain magic shows, even in Las Vegas, wasn't because the magician made a person float or disappear.
Tom PesceGUEST
It was that element of surprise that they saw the show last week and there was a different outcome than when they brought their cousin or their nephew or their wife back the next week.
Tom PesceGUEST
And it's that magician disappears, but then reappears where you didn't expect them, right? It's just, whoa, it shakes up that plot line.
speaker_0HOST
sure
Kieron JohnsonGUEST
i i quit performing magic when i went to a magic um lecture i won't say which which which magic club but it just made me realize that i i didn't like performing from from for magicians because they're they're rude i had a man on stage question me lots of stuff and asked me but be in a rude way telling me that none of my stuff would work and and this is a and i asked him if what like he was just rude and then he kind of stormed out and they said oh don't worry he did that to josh jay and greg wilson and they just played along with him i went i but i turned around and said your magic club is a rude magic club and you know what um i'm not going to lecture anymore i quit and i haven't lectured in eight years
speaker_0HOST
so the fact that you are rocking up at the session in january is a bit of a coup then
Kieron JohnsonGUEST
Yeah, but I like Andy.
19 MINS LATER
Kieron JohnsonGUEST
He should give him the Tim Conover books.
Kieron JohnsonGUEST
What do you reckon, ladies and gentlemen? How much are those books? I think that's an appropriate fee for this 10-minute experience.
Kieron JohnsonGUEST
And you can see Josh Jay going.
Kieron JohnsonGUEST
Just shaking his head going.