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 Episode 52: Wrapping up a year of conversations
August 19th, 2021
This marks the temporary end of our MWB Conversations, this episode marks a year of wonderful, inspiring and thoughtful conversations with amazing …
Episode 51: A glimpse into the short term future
August 12th, 2021
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 …
Episode 50: A breath of fresh air in Brazil
August 5th, 2021
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 new Head Local Magician …
Episode 49: MailBag July with special guest Tim Webster
July 29th, 2021
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 and also to talk to our …
Episode 48: An evening with our founders
July 22nd, 2021
On this episode our Founders Tom Verner and Janet Fredericks talk about the challenges and achievements of MWB
Episode 47: Tricks are means to an end
July 15th, 2021
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 …
Episode 46: The performance of magic
July 8th, 2021
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 process. We share our 90-10 …
Episode 45: MailBag episode June
July 1st, 2021
This episode is sponsored by HomeLight www.homelight.com
Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom …
Episode 44: The history of magic with Diego Vargas
June 24th, 2021
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 …
Episode 43: Our friends from India Part 2
June 17th, 2021
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 about a great new project …
Episode 42: Our friends from India. Part 1
June 10th, 2021
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 street kids and at-risk youth …
Episode 41: You don't only learn magic at a magic shop. Part 2
June 3rd, 2021
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 50 years ago came into …
Episode 40: Mail Bag episode May (Dreams, Magic, Synchronicity, Ikigai)
May 27th, 2021
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 us, please send them in …
Episode 39: You don't only learn magic at a magic shop
May 20th, 2021
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 shop and his learnings …
Episode 38: The magical "Jungle Surgeon" Part 2.
May 13th, 2021
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 …
Episode 37: The magical "Jungle Surgeon" Part 1 + SOS Colombia.
May 6th, 2021
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 unsuspected places can …
Episode 36: Mail Bag episode April
April 29th, 2021
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 us, please send them in …
MWB Conversations Episode 35: What's the future of uncertainty?
April 22nd, 2021
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 you are in the social sector, …
Episode 34: Reaping what you sow
April 15th, 2021
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" and it's meaning for us …
Episode 33: A children's circus in Afghanistan and our link to it's juggler founder
April 8th, 2021
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's connection with magic. …
Episode 32: Mail Bag episode March
April 1st, 2021
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 us, please send them in …
Episode 31: The world renowned "Escuela de Artes Mágicas de Bogotá"
March 25th, 2021
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 …
Episode 30: Kids magic, a perspective after performing in multiple cultures
March 18th, 2021
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 performing for children, all …
Episode 29: Born to Perform more on our "Campamentos" in El Salvador
March 11th, 2021
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 memory lane with our guest: …
Episode 28: Looking back at our "Campamentos" in El Salvador
March 4th, 2021
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 our guest: Lauren …
Episode 27: MailBag episode February
February 25th, 2021
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 us, please mail them in …
Episode 26: Ensuring the continuity of our education chapter in Colombia
February 18th, 2021
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 continuity of our …
Episode 25: Hearing from one of our students in the slums of Bogota
February 11th, 2021
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 of our work in our …
Episode 24: Changing the state of refugees with humanitarian magic
February 4th, 2021
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 change the state of …
Episode 23: Our first MailBag episode
January 28th, 2021
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 us, please mail them in …
Episode 22: How the birth of Empowerment as one of our pillars came from a professional actress
January 21st, 2021
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 great …
Episode 21: Expanding our program to Costa Rica
January 14th, 2021
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 …
Episode 20: Memories of our trips to El Salvador and India and how Mime made them wonderful
January 7th, 2021
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 trips got started adding …
Episode 19: Recapping a weirdly unpredictable year
December 31st, 2020
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 through with all the …
Episode 18: Tamara Jiménez and how amazing it's to see how far the first Colombian Education Chapter has gone.
December 23rd, 2020
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 of how far our first …
Episode 17: Volunteer magic, how it sometimes can be interpreted as "real bad black magic"
December 17th, 2020
Join us this week for a very special conversation with Carlos López the Global Programs Director of Magicians Without Borders, and our founder Tom …
Episode 16: Empowering children to become the best version of themselves.
December 10th, 2020
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 empower children, and how …
Episode 15: Generating smiles, how magicians can take this simple act and spread it for many miles.
December 3rd, 2020
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 …
Episode 14: The importance of magic and healing. How a new friends are bridging magic and medicine, one smile at a time.
November 26th, 2020
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 healing and how they've …
Episode 13: The pillar in which Magicians Without Borders has been standing on for the past 20 years.
November 19th, 2020
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 …
Episode 12: Ryan Bart: One of our most impressive volunteers, ambassadors and spokesmen
November 12th, 2020
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 …
Episode 11: A year long adventure in Brazil for one of our volunteers
November 5th, 2020
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 …
Episode 10: An awesome Las Vegas performer: a great advocate for our cause.
October 29th, 2020
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 …
Episode 9: A liaison with the youth
October 22nd, 2020
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, and how important t is to …
Episode 8: Our adventures with the Yale Magic Society
October 15th, 2020
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 …
Episode 7: Extending the El Salvador Education Chapter to Ahuachapán
October 8th, 2020
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 …
Episode 6: More on our first education chapter in Santa Ana, El Salvador.
October 1st, 2020
Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about more details and wonderful …
Episode 5: Our first education chapter in Santa Ana, El Salvador.
September 24th, 2020
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 that came about, how our …
Episode 4: Our recent trip to South Africa.
September 17th, 2020
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/shows plus they will be …
Episode 3: Magic for the homeless.
September 10th, 2020
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'll talk about why it's …
Episode 2: How was the first trip of MWB planned, what they expected, and what happened on Ethiopia
September 3rd, 2020
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 Founder where they will be …
Episode 1: What is social magic? And the genesis of Magicians Without Borders
August 27th, 2020
This is our first ever episode of MWB Conversations, in this episode Carlos López our Global Programs Director sits down to talk with Tom Verner our founder about some stories on what was the spark that started …
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