David Blaine (Do Not Attempt, Buried Alive, Above the Below) is a magician, mentalist, and endurance performer. David joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the deck of cards his mom gave him as a kid in Brooklyn, keeping his magic secret when he was young because other children are a brutal audience, and why his unique ability for breath holding was the beginning of his love of endurance. David and Dax talk about the reason he decided to do the buried alive endurance performance, how Buster Keaton informed him doing stunts in one take for Street Magic, and learning that he could change the course of his mother’s day with a simple trick. David explains the physical sensations of spending 44 days in a plexiglass box, why he doesn’t recommend eating glass, and how the most meaningful part of making his new show was the people he met.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard/ now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert, experts on expert. I'm David Shepard.
I know. I'm Neil Padman.
And you're Neil Padman. And today we have David Blaine, the world-renowned magician and endurance artist. Yeah. You have probably seen one of his specials, Street Magic, Realer Magic, Beyond Magic, The Magic Way. And he has a new series out that is radical called Do Not Attempt on Nat Geo. It's out now and it's mind-blowing. It gave me, my palms and my hands were sweating.
Ooh.
The whole show.
And you guys know I love magic. And we get to see some David Blaine magic in real life. He does magic for us.
It was shocking. It was insane.
Yeah.
The magic is just straight insane. I know. And so if you're listening, you're going to hear X amount of this.
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