Ep. 26: Taylor Hughes

Episode 26: Taylor Hughes on Unveiling Magic, Side-Splitting Laughter, and Avoiding Manipulation

This episode brings the magic as Taylor Hughes joins us to talk about his life as a storytelling magician, bestselling author, dad, and comedy magic special creator. Get ready to belly laugh as Taylor and Jessye share how they met and the cringeworthy things our parents should never tell us, ever.

Discover how his newest book, MISDIRECTION: A Magician’s Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Manipulation in Your Life, reveals that the same techniques professional magicians use to entertain can be employed by businesses, politicians, and even churches to mislead us. Taylor pulls back the curtain on how to avoid these pitfalls by taking a closer look, asking more questions, and learning to spot misdirection in everyday areas of our lives.

Find encouragement to love your neighbors more, check on the friends you care about, living a life of authenticity, and staying humble, realizing we are all amateurs in our lives, learning to embrace the adventure.

Taylor Hughes fell in love with the art of illusion as a child when his parents bought him a magic kit for his birthday. More than 30 years and 3,000 shows later, Taylor has become known for his signature style of Magic Storytelling. He is a Bestselling Author of 2 books “Road to Wonder,” and “MISDIRECTION: A Magician’s Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Manipulation in Your Life” He has 2 comedy magic specials currently streaming, “CHASING WONDER” on Amazon Prime and “ENJOY THE RIDE” on YouTube. He is married to his high school sweetheart Katie and they live in Southern California with their two daughters Madelyn and Kennedy.