Category Archives: MWB Conversations

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MWB Conversations Episode 42: Our friends from India Part 1

June 10, 2021 | MWB Conversations

On this week’s episode Tom and Carlos are joined by Kalyani and Dhananjay our friends from India, who together founded Our Children a non profit organization in India and have been helping street kids and at-risk youth for over 30 years. They are our liaison in Mumbai and our facilitators for our magic camps and education chapters there. On this first part they will share their story and how our partnership came about. Podcast: Video: Images Shared on the show:

Magicians Without Borders Conversations Episode 42

MWB Conversations Episode 41: You don’t only learn magic at a magic shop. Part 2

June 3, 2021 | MWB Conversations

Join us this week for a special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner continue to talk to Michael Wald, who almost 50 years ago came into Tom’s magic shop and also pursued a career in psychology, we’ll be talking about The Power of Intention, The importance of having a mentor and for us as “elders” to be mentors for youth, also the way in which magic can help a young person develop, as a performer and a person and how what we learn as a magician can help us in all areas of …
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Magicians Without Borders MWB Conversations Episode 41

MWB Conversations Episode 40: Mail Bag episode May (Dreams, Magic, Synchronicity, Ikigai)

May 27, 2021 | MWB Conversations

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder where we will be answering questions from you. If you have a comment or question for us, please send them in at podcast@magicianswithoutborders.com or tweet them @magicianswb if you send your questions in you can be invited to join us live, we will have guests who want to know more about what we do, or answer questions if you want to start doing any form of Social Magic. Please do get in touch so we can generate more social change through …
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MWB Conversations Episode 39: You don’t only learn magic at a magic shop

May 20, 2021 | MWB Conversations

Join us this week for a special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about how Tom got into owning a magic shop and his learnings about this venture, plus we will be joined by a client of his Michael Wald almost 50 years ago, we eager to explore this connection and find out what are the lasting effects of learning magic at a local magic shop. Podcast: Video: Images shared on the show:

Magicians Without Borders MWB Conversations Episode 39

MWB Conversations Episode 38: The magical “Jungle Surgeon” Part 2.

May 13, 2021 | MWB Conversations

Join us this week for part 2 of our pre-recorded conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner had with our guest: Dr Larry Muller the “Jungle Surgeon”. Dr Muller. Who while maintaining a successful full-time surgical practice in the States, from 1992 – 2015, he spent up to a month annually on the northern Thai-Burmese border caring for indigent Burmese refugees by performing hundreds of major operations in remote settings, we are so greatful to be able to hear all his stories. You can get his book here: http://bit.do/JungleSurgeonMWB Podcast: …
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MWB Conversations episode 38 The Jungle Surgeon

MWB Conversations Episode 37: The magical “Jungle Surgeon” Part 1 + SOS Colombia

May 6, 2021 | MWB Conversations

Join us this week for part 1 of a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about how magic in unsuspected places can become a memory of a lifetime and also be the perfect companion for other great social feats, like what we are going to hear from our guest: Dr Larry Muller the “Jungle Surgeon”. Dr Muller While maintaining a successful full-time surgical practice in the States, from 1992 – 2015, he spent up to a month annually on the northern Thai-Burmese border caring for …
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MWB Conversations Episode 37 The Jungle Surgeon Part 1 + SOS Colombia

MWB Conversations Episode 36: Mail Bag episode April

April 29, 2021 | MWB Conversations

Magicians Without Borders Conversations podcast Episode 36

MWB Conversations Episode 35: What’s the future of uncertainty?

April 22, 2021 | MWB Conversations

Join us this week for a conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about how we navigate uncertainty, when you are in the social sector, let alone the the social magic sector, uncertainty is part of you everyday. In this conversation we want to explore how we’ve navigated this uncertainty with the added struggle of a global pandemic, and we will explore how our “magicians minds” help us navigate and innovate to create a future amongst this uncertainty. Podcast: Video: Images shared on the show:

MWB Conversations Episode 35: What's the future of uncertainty?

MWB Conversations Episode 34: Reaping what you sow

April 15, 2021 | MWB Conversations

Join us this week for a conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about how the saying “You reap what you sow” and it’s meaning for us in magic plus in different stages of our history. Sometimes is great things, sometimes not so much, and our constant struggle to make ends meet Podcast: Video: Images shared on the show:

Magicians Without Borders MWB Conversations Episode 34: Reaping what you sow

MWB Conversations Episode 33: A children’s circus in Afghanistan and our link to it’s juggler founder

April 8, 2021 | MWB Conversations

Join us this week for a special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about the importance of circus and it’s connection with magic. And how this connection rings true for Magicians Without Borders and our “Campamentos” in El Salvador. We will be joined by a Juggler who’s the founder of a Children’s circus in Afghanistan and who was also a volunteer in our Campamentos. This will be a very interesting conversation. Podcast: Video: Images Shared on the Show: