As YouTube became more popular, teaching magic on YouTube became popular. Brian asked himself: Where is the greater moral good when it comes to teaching? It could position magic as a cartel of protectionists who are trying to make their jobs easier by keeping the secrets for themselves. And I tend to be a big tent guy.
In this episode, we sit down with famed stage magician and infamous instructor of the school of scams, Brian Brushwood, whose new podcast explores the world's greatest con artists and con jobs from World War II to modern game shows.
We cover everything in this episode from why you can't con an honest person to the power of shame and fame to folk psychology to how the British conned Hitler using one of the oldest tricks in the book to how one man broke the code for Press Your Luck earning him the most money ever awarded in a single day on any program in the history of game shows.