Eps 1: magic as an art form

Close-up magic (or table magic) is performed with the audience close to the magician, sometimes even one-on-one.
This genre of stage magic has been misused at times by charlatans pretending to actually be in contact with spirits.
Most of the performers eschew the term "magician" (which they view as making a claim to supernatural power) in favor of "illusionist" and similar descriptions; for example, the performer Jamy Ian Swiss makes these points by billing himself as an "honest liar".