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MWB Conversations

How do you create social change with magic? Join us in conversations around social magic and the power of this performance art to transform realities to fulfill Magicians Without Borders purpose: Use magic to create a just world full of possibility in communities around the world.

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MWB Conversations
MWB Conversations Episode 52: Wrapping up a year of conversations from 2021-08-19T01:30:21

This marks the temporary end of our MWB Conversations, this episode marks a year of wonderful, inspiring and thoughtful conversations with amazing guests that highlight "social magic" n...

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Episode 51: A glimpse into the short term future from 2021-08-12T00:36:53

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder where we will be looking into the short term future of our programs in El Salvador a...

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Episode 50: A breath of fresh air in Brazil from 2021-08-05T00:36:44

Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner where we get to discuss how meeting our ...

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Episode 49: MailBag July with special guest Tim Webster from 2021-07-29T00:35:48

Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to answer your questions and comments an...

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Episode 48: An evening with our founders from 2021-07-22T15:30:31

On this episode our Founders Tom Verner and Janet Fredericks talk about the challenges and achievements of MWB

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Episode 47: Tricks are means to an end from 2021-07-15T00:47:42

On this episode Carlos López continues to talk about the performance of In and of itself from Derek del Gaudio guided by the line: "Tricks are a means to an end", we will be joined by Pollo and ...

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Episode 46: The performance of magic from 2021-07-08T00:38:44

On this episode Tom Verner and Carlos López sit down to talk about the performance of magic, and how we believe in it's power and how important it's to develop it through the magic learning proc...

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Episode 45: MailBag episode June from 2021-07-01T01:13:15

This episode is sponsored by HomeLight www.homelight.com

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Glo...

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Episode 44: The history of magic with Diego Vargas from 2021-06-24T00:59:21

On this episode Tom Verner and Carlos López sit down with Diego Vargas our Head Local Magician in Costa Rica, who is also a great history buff, more particularly a magic history buff. we does a ...

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Episode 43: Our friends from India Part 2 from 2021-06-17T00:19:46

On this episode we will continue our conversation with Tom Verner, Carlos López and our friends from India Conversations with our friends from India: Kalyani and Dhananjay with whom we talk abou...

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Episode 42: Our friends from India. Part 1 from 2021-06-10T00:35:57

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 stree...

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Episode 41: You don't only learn magic at a magic shop. Part 2 from 2021-06-03T00:45:22

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 ...

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Episode 40: Mail Bag episode May (Dreams, Magic, Synchronicity, Ikigai) from 2021-05-27T00:31:23

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...

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Episode 39: You don't only learn magic at a magic shop from 2021-05-20T00:48:19

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...

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Episode 38: The magical "Jungle Surgeon" Part 2. from 2021-05-13T00:27:59

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...

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Episode 37: The magical "Jungle Surgeon" Part 1 + SOS Colombia. from 2021-05-06T00:28:21

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 uns...

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Episode 36:  Mail Bag episode April from 2021-04-29T02:51:36

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...

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MWB Conversations Episode 35: What's the future of uncertainty? from 2021-04-22T00:32:35

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...

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Episode 34: Reaping what you sow from 2021-04-15T01:06:45

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" ...

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Episode 33: A children's circus in Afghanistan and our link to it's juggler founder from 2021-04-08T00:42:13

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...

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Episode 32:  Mail Bag episode March from 2021-04-01T00:11:22

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...

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Episode 31: The world renowned "Escuela de Artes Mágicas de Bogotá" from 2021-03-25T00:34:54

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 the world renowned magic school: "Escue...

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Episode 30: Kids magic, a perspective after performing in multiple cultures from 2021-03-18T00:43:47

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 Kids Magic and all that comes with perf...

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Episode 29: Born to Perform more on our "Campamentos" in El Salvador from 2021-03-11T01:12:28

Join us this week for a great conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk that will continue to take us down memo...

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Episode 28: Looking back at our "Campamentos" in El Salvador from 2021-03-04T03:10:07

Join us this week for a great conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk that will take us down memory lane with...

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Episode 27:  MailBag episode February from 2021-02-25T01:49:12

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...

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Episode 26: Ensuring the continuity of our education chapter in Colombia from 2021-02-18T01:34:39

Join us this week for a very great conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about how you can be a part of the...

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Episode 25: Hearing from one of our students in the slums of Bogota from 2021-02-11T02:05

Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about how we've seen the impact ...

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Episode 24: Changing the state of refugees with humanitarian magic from 2021-02-04T02:18:22

Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about how we can use magic to ch...

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Episode 23:  Our first MailBag episode from 2021-01-28T01:31:55

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...

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Episode 22:  How the birth of Empowerment as one of our pillars came from a professional actress from 2021-01-21T02:15:18

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder on how  the Empowerment part of our mission came about. We will be joined by a ...

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Episode 21: Expanding our program to Costa Rica from 2021-01-14T01:49:55

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how it feels to see the program growing, to a new country,  giving up con...

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Episode 20: Memories of our trips to El Salvador and India and how Mime made them wonderful from 2021-01-07T01:53:03

Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about how when the El Salvador t...

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Episode 19: Recapping a weirdly unpredictable year from 2020-12-31T01:47:25

Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about the year 2020 all we went ...

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Episode 18: Tamara Jiménez and how amazing it's to see how far the first Colombian Education Chapter has gone. from 2020-12-23T02:13:42

Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about how we are in constant awe...

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Episode 17: Volunteer magic, how it sometimes can be interpreted as "real bad black magic" from 2020-12-17T15:34:11

Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about how when doing volunteer m...

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Episode 16: Empowering children to become the best version of themselves. from 2020-12-10T01:37:10

Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner to talk about how we can use magic to em...

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Episode 15: Generating smiles, how magicians can take this simple act and spread it for many miles. from 2020-12-03T02:05:13

In this week's show we had some tech difficulties, so we apologize for the audio quality of our guest.

Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Pro...

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Episode 14: The importance of magic and healing. How a new friends are bridging magic and medicine, one smile at a time. from 2020-11-26T21:03:28

Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom Verner talk about the importance of magic and h...

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Episode 13: The pillar in which Magicians Without Borders has been standing on for the past 20 years. from 2020-11-19T02:12:51

Join us this week in a very special conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and BOTH of our founders: Tom Verner AND Janet Frederiks, the duo behind this wonderful nonprofit....

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Episode 12: Ryan Bart: One of our most impressive volunteers, ambassadors and spokesmen from 2020-11-12T03:19:03

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how they two actually got connected through our guest Ryan Bart, one of our mo...

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Episode 11: A year long adventure in Brazil for one of our volunteers from 2020-11-05T01:52:42

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how we started delegating the program to volunteers, following the steps of ou...

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Episode 10: An awesome Las Vegas performer: a great advocate for our cause. from 2020-10-29T02:30:04

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how we got to know the wonderful Jen Kramer a Yale T heather major, an accompl...

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Episode 9: A liaison with the youth from 2020-10-22T02:28:11

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how important it is to keep a connection with a new generation of magicians, a...

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Episode 8: Our adventures with the Yale Magic Society from 2020-10-15T00:58:10

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how over the past 4 years we have created what we call Listen

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Episode 7: Extending the El Salvador Education Chapter to Ahuachapán from 2020-10-08T01:09:36

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how it feels to see the program growing, giving up control, even when you have...

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Episode 6: More on our first education chapter in Santa Ana, El Salvador. from 2020-10-01T03:00

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about more details and wonderful stories on our first ever Education Chapter in Sant...

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Episode 5: Our first education chapter in Santa Ana, El Salvador. from 2020-09-24T03:00

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about MWB first ever Education Chapter in Santa Ana El Salvador, we will discus how ...

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Episode 4: Our recent trip to South Africa. from 2020-09-17T03:00

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about their recent trip to South Africa. How did they end up there, their adventures...

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Episode 3: Magic for the homeless. from 2020-09-10T03:00

Join us this week on a great conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about the importance of performing for people who have lost their home, they'l...

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Episode 2: How was the first trip of MWB planned, what they expected, and what happened on Ethiopia from 2020-09-03T03:00

Welcome to Episode 2: A Behind the scenes conversation on the first ever MWB trip. Join us this week in a conversation between Carlos López, our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner, our Foun...

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Episode 1: What is social magic? And the genesis of Magicians Without Borders from 2020-08-27T03:00

This is our first ever episode of MWB Conversations, in this episode Carlos López our Global Pr...

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