He’s a world-renowned magician who’s been performing since he was seven years old. But Joshua Jay is also an author, toy maker, and consultant for film and television. Steve Levitt talks to him about how magicians construct tricks, how Joshua’s academic studies of magic have influenced Levitt’s life, and whether Jesus might have been a magician.

Watch a clip of Joshua fooling Penn and Teller on their television show Fool Us here. You can buy tickets for his virtual magic show on joshuajay.com.

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