The Modus Operandi Podcast

The Main Modus for this week's episode is Justin Pinon also known as The Mental Assassin. Justin is the most decorated and recognized Mentalist in the Philippines. He has performed for the biggest company events and has partnered with different brands and establishments here and there! He also is leading powerful seminars about how to approach business and effectively sell your brand. Justin's is a mind-reader as well but stays grounded to the fact that he has no supernatural powers and only bases his mind reading through body language and suggestion.  He shares his thoughts about Mentalism, how he started out, differentiating Mentalism with other genres of magic, Embracing ones failure and the law of attraction. 

AJ Arandilla is one of the pioneers of the art of Cardistry in the Philippines. He shares his story from when he started, when he was a finalist in the World Kardistry Championships back in 2011 and being part of CoSEA or The Cardistry of South East Asia with Jaspas Deck. AJ shares as well his thoughts about the old and new generations of cardists and magicians as well as a message to the old and new hobbyists and professionals alike. Dive in! This is a very insightful episode!

For this episode, we went live with Runit Decks Video of the Year Grand Champion, David Sta. Ines! David is a Cardist, Photographer and Videographer. He has shot multiple Cardistry and Magic videos throughout his career. To name a few, he's the one behind the lens of Spade JM's Epitome and One Card Congruence as well as Runit Decks' MUKHA Series.

For ep 5 of the Modus, we have Captain Awesome and all around badass himself Randall Veneracion! Randall is a BEAST in Sleight of Hand with Playing Cards and is known in the underground for his explosive takes and unorthodox methods in terms of card handling and sleight of hand. Tune in as we discuss his creative process, what he does on his free time and a lot more explicit and funny stuff on the podcast! 

We had Jed Kua, owner and CEO of Runit Decks, Philippines Leading distributor of Playing Cards, Magic Materials, Gimmicks, Books, other Skill-based artforms and more! It was a pleasure to pick Jed's brain as he has a ton of knowledge about the Playing Card business here in Manila and what his plans are for the remainder of the year. Sit back and relax as we take you through our conversation and know Jed's other hobbies and interests as well as a parting words of wisdom to the podcast listeners and avid supporters. 

For Episode 3 of the podcast, Spade and Kurt decided to go impromptu and surprise everyone with an episode focused to the community. The duo invited in an audience member on the stream and answered their questions about magic and the performance aspect of it. They also discussed a new challenger in the social media spectrum called LYKA. Wherein you can earn while you do social media, Cardipelago updates and more on this episode. Stay tuned for more community interactions soon!

For Episode 2, we talked with Lance Maderal about his experiences competing on the world's biggest stage, Cardistry-Con Championship and The Fontaine Trials. We also delved in deep into the mechanics of his creative process and move creation. 

The podcast had a hiatus for more than a year and due to the Extended Community Quarantine and the COVID-19 situation, as well as the fact that we are bored as hell during this lockdown, we have decided to go live via Facebook and get some people in via Zoom to ask questions personally and get them with us in the podcast! Listen now. New episodes for the self-proclaimed Season 2 this week!

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Modus Operandi Podcast. We do apologize for how long overdue this episode was since we took a break during the holidays to be with our families. Since everything is back to normal now, we present to you Episode 3 with Cris Villanueva. An established cardist here in the Philippines. Cris talks about how he got into cardistry, how can you become one, what is his creative process with regard to creating cuts or moves. how does he want to be remembered and all that good stuff. Sit back, relax and enjoy Episode 3 of The Modus Operandi Podcast! We got a lot of things to talk about. Links for reference:  Lime X-Tract: https://www.instagram.com/p/BriPK-XB535/ Arctic: https://www.instagram.com/p/BlVs_q7g66K/ Bloodbend: https://www.instagram.com/p/BqXacFGBqxR/

On this week's episode of The Modus Operandi Podcast, we dive deep into Magic being a profession of an individual. Alongside with us is one of the most established magicians in the Philippines, V. V. is a well household name and magician at corporate events and private parties. He, alongside with your hosts, Joko and Kurt will give you tips on how to get booked as a Magician, is being Viral in social media important, how to market yourself and many more! Stay tuned everyone! We got a jam packed episode. That's why it's split into two parts since this episode is packed with jokes, laughter and most especially knowledge from one's expertise. We got a lot of things to talk about.

On this week's episode of The Modus Operandi Podcast, we dive deep into Magic being a profession of an individual. Alongside with us is one of the most established magicians in the Philippines, V. V. is a well household name and magician at corporate events and private parties. He, alongside with your hosts, Joko and Kurt will give you tips on how to get booked as a Magician, is being Viral in social media important, how to market yourself and many more! Stay tuned everyone! We got a jam packed episode. That's why it's split into two parts since this episode is packed with jokes, laughter and most especially knowledge from one's expertise. We got a lot of things to talk about.

Catered to the magically inclined. A Magician named Kurt Garcia and a Sleight of Hand Artist named Joko Curioso share their thoughts about their art. They also discuss their motive on creating this podcast and their humble beginnings in the art of magic.