During the recent T.A.O.M. convention, Kevin James was one of the highlights and closed the final night show with 45 minutes of pure entertainment. During the convention he also presented a well-attended lecture that included explanations of some of his signature pieces. When asked if there were any questions, most asked about other things like his creativity, America's Got Talent, the Illusionists world tour and more. Given that he had a short amount of time to lecture, he answered the questions but tried to stick to teaching tricks.

So I sat down with him prior to tech rehearsal to go into much more depth about some of these things that shaped his career. You can hear our chat on The Magic Word at: http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwell......inventor Of course you can listen online or download the MP3 file or get the podcast through iTunes.

This is one of my favorite podcasts with lots of interesting stuff and information. Kevin is a wonderful guy and you can get to know him, too, this week on The Magic Word.

On a podcast related note, I just started a "renegade" podcast on Spreaker.com called "Meals with Magicians". This will be a very irregular podcast where I will record idle conversations during my meals shared with other magicians. It will kind of be like eavesdropping on our conversation if you were sitting at the next booth in the restaurant. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but if you like it (or not), then I would like to get some feedback. You can find the first podcast at: http://www.spreaker.com/user/7673580/jam......-houston where you can also subscribe and be notified when the next one airs.