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#128 Magic (Part 1)

38 min • 3 augusti 2025

This week we’re talking about the great illusionists and conjurors of our times. We’ve got the man that pretty much invented the genre Jean-Eugene Robert, we’ve got the much-loved icon of British children’s TV Sooty and we’ve got the main man himself, Harry Houdini.

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#128 Magic (Part 1)

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#128 Magic (Part 1)

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