Simon Coronel, World Champion of Magic, Quitting the Day Job and More! | The Tim Ferriss Podcast

Arrested Development

“Arrested Development a cult classic sitcom... Joe Bluth arrest development is that for magic It's so dead on... it's so good”— Simon Coronel

Hiding the Elephant

Jim Steinmeyer

“there's a book I would recommend to anyone a book called hiding the elephant by Jim steinmeyer which is the only magic history book I've ever completely enjoyed”— Simon Coronel

Dealt

“I really enjoyed delt which is a fantastic documentary about Richard Turner who lives near Austin and San Antonio who lost his eyesight”— Simon Coronel

Discworld novels

Terry Pratchett

“there's a quote from Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite authors amazing author I love God that man... learned so much about just being a human being in the best way”— Simon Coronel

Nokia 3310

Nokia

“called me up on my parents landline because this is pre I didn't own my Nokia 3310 yet at this point”— Simon Coronel

The Prestige

“the very famous One The Prestige is interesting because I would rate its magic accuracy is extremely low but it's a good movie”— Simon Coronel

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

“but Wonderstone for example it's again good movie not accurate for magic like it's this Whimsical silly thing”— Simon Coronel

An Honest Liar

“also an honest liar about is it the amazing Randy James Randy yeah James Randy”— Simon Coronel

Whiplash

“I have one friend who's an extremely high level professional drummer I loved the movie Whiplash yeah he can't watch it though”— Tim Ferriss

This Is Spinal Tap

“it's kind of like when musicians talk about spinal tap yeah and then getting lost backstage yes and not being able to get through the curtains”— Simon Coronel

Rick and Morty

“to paraphrase Rick and Morty every three years fizm says to the world of magic show us what you got”— Simon Coronel

Penn & Teller: Fool Us

“Simon has appeared twice on the hit TV show Penn and Teller fool us”— Tim Ferriss