Nadav Roet started doing magic at 4 years old in Israel, moved to Amsterdam to live in his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's hometown, and landed in New York — where he now runs The Bluff, the city's underground magic show built for the young, cool crowd. He's an award-winning mentalist featured in Cosmopolitan and New York magazine, and in this episode, Nadav will convince you that magic is the single coolest art form ever invented.
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**What We Discuss:**
00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda
02:00 Growing up in magic and building The Bluff
06:30 The magic renaissance and why every party has a magician now
11:00 A third-generation Holocaust survivor's Jewish identity
14:00 Israeli skeptics vs. American audiences
17:00 A live mind-reading trick (watch on video)
24:00 Why magic is a proudly Jewish — but never insular — art form
30:00 Magic Camp, meeting your heroes, and killing your darlings
38:00 Where the female magicians are
41:00 Do what you love, with what you have, and have fun
43:00 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination
