Kevin James, the Inventor

[Scott Wells]

Kevin James and his troupe closed the Sunday night show at this year's T.A.O.M. convention in Ft. Worth. It was a great show and thoroughly entertaining. He also delivered an inspiring lecture filled with lots of his signature tricks that showed his creativity. During the lecture, several people asked about how he develops new tricks, performing on "America's Got Talent" and The Illusionists world tour.

Since Kevin didn't have time to go into a lot of detail about these areas of his career, I sat down with him on Sunday afternoon in a quiet theatre before the tech rehearsal began. We went deep into his background and he shared details of his experience with "America's Got Talent", the Illusionists, working at the Crazy Horse in Paris, his association with Gaeton Bloom, and much, much more.

You can hear it all on this week's podcast on The Magic Word plus view a video and see some photos of Kevin at: http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwel ... e-inventor Of course you can listen online or download MP3 files or get the podcast through iTunes.

And speaking of podcasts, I just started another podcast called "Meals with Magicians". This will be a raw, unedited podcast broadcast on Spreaker.com that will be uploaded very irregularly. The idea is to turn on the recorder for about a half hour and let it capture the ambiance and all the conversations going on while I am at a restaurant or bar with other magician friends. Consider it as if you were sitting in a booth next to me overhearing our conversation. This new podcast certainly isn't for everyone, but for those who like it, then...enjoy.

Why eat alone? Join us for lunch or dinner and enjoy "Meals with Magicians". The first podcast is at: http://www.spreaker.com/user/7673580/ja ... in-houston You can subscribe and follow us by keeping up to date with every podcast. Just hit "Follow" on the Spreaker.com website