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Emilio Lander

October 16, 2026 · 57 min

A beginner magician walks into a magic shop and gets overwhelmed fast. Now imagine he works there. Emilio joins us from the Alakazam team to build his Desert Island list: eight tricks he’d keep forever, one thing he’d banish from magic…
Doug Gorman

October 9, 2026 · 60 min

A lot of people think magic is something you either start as a kid or you miss your shot. Doug Gorman blows that idea up. He started at 45 after a Las Vegas moment hooked him for good, spent years performing classic close-up, then made a…
Lee Hathaway

October 2, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

A Covent Garden magic stall in winter, a boat that hosts magic sessions and a career that somehow threads through it all to The Magic Circle. We sit down with Lee Hathaway and get the kind of candid, craft-obsessed conversation that only…
Stranded with a Stranger: Stephen Maule

September 25, 2026 · 26 min

A coin vanishes three times, ends up trapped inside a phone and then bends after the spectator has been holding it. That’s how Stephen Maule chooses to open his desert island set and it instantly tells you what kind of thinker he is…
SOS: Oliver Meech

September 18, 2026 · 1 hr 48 min

Magic gets stale when we keep reaching for the same props, the same references and the same “safe” structures. So we invited Oliver Meach back for a Desert Island Tricks SOS and he did something no one else has done yet: he replaced every…

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Michael J Fitch

September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min

He’s performed for Queen Elizabeth II, he’s a resident magician in Gordon Ramsay restaurants and he’s Vice President of The Magic Circle, but he still geeks out over the same question every working magician wrestles with: what actually…
Chris Funk

September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

A card rises to the top of the deck because a violin is playing and somehow that makes perfect sense by the time it’s over. That’s the kind of “how is this even happening?” thinking we love and it’s why we’ve wanted Chris Funk on for…
Stranded with a Stranger: Luke Murray

August 28, 2026 · 20 min

Luke Murray sends in his desert island list and it is an incredible working mentalism set: strong openings, clean mid-show impossibilities and a closer with competition-winning impact. We also owe Luke a bit of an apology for the “hidden…
Kieron Johnson

August 21, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min

The easiest way to spot a real magician isn’t the trick, it’s what happens when something goes wrong. Kieron Johnson joins us to talk about the skills you can’t fake: audience management, timing, trust and the grind of making strong…
SOS: Wayne Goodman

August 14, 2026 · 59 min

A “best of” list is easy to make. A forever list is brutal. Wayne Goodman comes back to his desert island lineup and we pressure-test it like working pros: what still plays, what still feels honest and what you’d trust when the room is…
John Bulleid

August 7, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min

An elephant stands on an empty stage. No cover, no curtain, nowhere to hide. Then a flash of light and it’s gone. That’s where we start with John Bulled, internationally acclaimed illusion designer and magic consultant whose work has…
Stranded with a Stranger: Tom Rolfe

July 31, 2026 · 21 min

A deck of cards turns into dental floss, a salt cellar melts through a table and a “Russian roulette” style routine somehow becomes a smart lesson in character and control. Tom Rolfe sends in one of the most varied Stranded with a Stranger…

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About the show

Each week, host Jamie Daws invites one of the biggest guests in the world of magic to maroon themselves on the Alakazam Magic desert island. They are allowed to take with them 8 tricks, 1 book, 1 banishment and 1 non magic item that they use for magic! They even get a welcome package with a deck of card inside! We discuss their 'can't live without' lists and why those items were chosen. Episodes are uploaded every Friday and are available via all Podcast service providers! To find out more about the team behind Desert Island Tricks, please visit: www.alakazam.co.uk