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The Most Unbelievable 30 Minutes of Magic on YouTube

Get IN. Podcast·Nate Spangle·Sep 29, 2026·32 min
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Special guest magician Jon Mobley stops by the studio to perform a series of unbelievable mentalism tricks and sleight-of-hand illusions.

From correctly guessing secret card selections without looking to revealing exact calculated numbers on a phone and pulling up a specific childhood memory out of thin air, this demo will blow your mind!

We also talk about the upcoming Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana fundraiser, The Main Event, taking place on October 3rd, featuring magic, dinner, a speakeasy bar, and more.

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Get IN. Podcast
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Entertainment & Culture
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Indianapolis Metro
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00:32:07
Published
Sep 29, 2026
Guests
Jon Mobley
Mentalist and Magician

Mentioned: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana

About the Host
Nate Spangle
Nate Spangle
Host · Get IN. Podcast

Get IN. is a podcast of candid conversations with the Hoosier entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders building something worth talking about in Indiana.

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Uh, you want to see a magic trick? I would love to see a magic trick. Like most magicians, I brought a deck of cards, but I also think deck of cards, magic cards, it just takes too long, right? They're shuffling and spreading. Let's just get to the good part. Oh, okay.

Cuz how many how many different magic tricks did you bring in today? Oh, I've got a handful. What I really like to do, though, is stuff with everyday things. Like, I don't like to bring a lot. Like, I like I like to use people's phones or, you know, things from around the room. Oh, I it's it's more impressive when you do it with the ordinary, I think.

Dude, I'm so I'm like keeping an eye on my studio because I know that there's gonna be something missing. It's gonna pop out from behind my ear. Yeah. Okay. Okay. So, you take me through I mean, we'll start at the beginning.

We can go through them. Yeah. So, let's just picture that we already did all the boring parts. You shuffled the cards. We spread them out. You picked a card.

You remember what it was. And then I turned my back so you put it back in. You thought you'd be funny that you remember you you turned it upside down and then we put them away. But let's just fast forward through all that and go to the end where I said I was going to find your card, but I wanted you to be honest and you told me what it was. Do you remember what the card was? I remember what card I'm I'm thinking of.

Yeah. What was it? You want me to tell you it? Yeah. Yeah. The three of spades.

Yeah. Cuz remember when you spread it I spread the cards out, you stuck it in here and I think it went under the 10 of hearts. I think. Did it? Either that's a story or it really happened and we forget. Oh gosh.

All right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Let's just find out here. Oh, that's that's not my card.

No, no, no. Look inside. 10 of hearts, right? Is that what you said? No. I said I didn't say the 10 of hearts.

What did you say? I said the three of spades. Three of spades. Yeah. And you said it's below the 10 of hearts. Oh, below the 10 of hearts.

Shut it. Yeah. Right down there. Oh my god. You li what? No.

No. No. It's not. I haven't touched that card. It's not it. I haven't touched that card and it's the only one.

You're lying. Okay. Now, no way, dude. Okay. Um, aren't you glad we fast forward to the big part? Yeah.

You You two could see this. You could be have your mind blown like just like this. That's insane. All right. So, trick number one. That was fun.

That was how the heck I actually I'm not even gonna ask. You know, a magician never reveals his secrets. Yes. But go ahead and think out loud on it. Oh, about how you did it. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. I didn't like when you made me tell you what the card was before you open the deck. M cuz then I think you have the order memorized. Okay. Where it's like, okay, you know that if I say three of spades, then you're going to say, oh yeah, it's right under the t of hearts.

But if I say a different one, it's like Well, tell you what. Tell you what, like if I would have said two of spades, you would have said Oh, yeah. You mean the one that's right here? No. No, you had to say the three of spades for that to work. No, I didn't.

Yeah. Yeah. I I'll do it again cuz I've been watching your stuff. I know what you're going to say in the next one, too. Watch. No, he doesn't.

No, he doesn't. It's right there. Okay. Look. Say it. It's already upside down.

No, I'll prove it to you. Say it. Say what? The card. Say any card. Yeah.

The card I'm thinking of. Yeah. Uh, the Jack of Diamonds. Diamonds. This is crazy. It's under the Look, look.

Okay. He's going to say it's under the No, no, no, no, no. I want you to see this. I think Jack of Diamonds, dude. What's he doing? What's he doing over there?

It's not this. That was your That was that. Yeah. Jack of diamonds. Okay. There's the two.

It's right there. No, it's not. It is. That's the only one. Wait, that's right by the queen of diamonds. Yeah, I turned it over.

This All right. So, my initial thought was wrong. I'm not sure how you're doing it except for magic. Let's do it this way then because this is in the magic world, they call it slide of hand. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. And then if you if you see some magicians, they'll call themselves a mentalist. Oh. And that's slide of mind. That's odd. So, I'll give you an example.

So, uh, yeah, take a look at that. Make sure it's, uh, all sides are different. Five, four, three, two, and one. Okay. So, I I love your premise that I have to have the information for it to work. So, let's reverse it, and you don't tell me.

I want you to think of one of those numbers, but don't tell me. In fact, in fact, I've tried this a few times, and people who are trying to mess with me will change their mind. So, do this. Whatever you're picking, just make it the top one. And you can put it in the cup if you're afraid we'll see it or you could cover it on the table. It doesn't matter.

The cup's just optional cuz I genuinely don't want to know what it is. But then we can check the cup to know. Uh and you can make it random or or pick one right now. All right. Close your eyes. Close them all the way.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Just let me know when you've decided on one and you see it right here. I'm putting that up.

That is up. Oh, good. Yeah. People at home know. Okay. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. All right. You ready? Yeah. All right.

So, the game's called Poker Face. I just count to six, but you don't help me. Yeah. Okay. Here we go. 1 2 3 4 5 six.

That's great. That's great. You did awesome, Nate. I know it's a one, but you did really well. What? Okay.

So, my pupils got I I was panic. I was panicked pretty. Now you know how to play. We're going to do it again. Yeah. We're going to do it again.

All right. Yeah. Go. And if you think someone in the room is helping me, you don't have to show anybody. You can do your secret. No.

No. No. You I got this one, team. I got this one, team. All right. Now, what I'm counting on just so you can learn about my process.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Is um right now you're now thinking I'm going to focus on my eyes. I'm going to, you know, but in the focusing of that, you're going to reveal yourself in a different way. Yeah.

So, here's my suggestion to you. Don't think about your number when I'm counting. All right. I'm not thinking about it. But you do have to look at me. That's my only That's the only fair way to play the game.

All right. I don't. Ready? Here we go. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Good. One, two, three, four, five, six. Yes, that's great. Okay, that's great. I just totally hit him with the blink attack.

No way. You know, right? And if it were only into the eyes, this would never work, especially with someone with glasses, which is why you have to watch the whole body. What we're not watching for is a tell. We're watching for when you're relaxed versus when you're stressed. And you were relaxed the whole time, which tells me either you passed it right away, and it's very low, like a one, or it was far away.

Yeah. So, I'm going to go five. Can I see? Yes. What? All right.

Third round. Third round. Real quick. Real quick. Um, this is a I shouldn't even do this. I should just, you know, stop while we're ahead.

But for the third one, I want you to count to six. I'm going to listen here. Hear me. The intonation of your voice. Okay. It's amazing.

You You speak in in front of crowds and on a podcast for a living. You know, when I was in a kid, someone told me, "You can hear a smile on the phone." Oh, I believe it. Smile and dial. That's what they say about sales, right? A lot of sales people.

Yeah. They'll actually look in a mirror because you can hear that. And so, I'll actually be able to hear what you're thinking. So, go ahead, pick a number and then just when you're ready, count to six. Okay. All right.

Ready? One, two, three, four, five, six, five. What the hell? That was actually easier than I thought it was going to be. How was it just like I didn't annunciate it at the end? It's tone.

It's tone. No way. I tried to change my tone at like three. Yeah, it's like But anytime we try to avoid something on the No, I I assure you there's nothing I can see. I promise. So, like, how do you get good at something like that?

It's two things. It's experience. You got to log the miles and it's trusting yourself. Wow. It's the same advice they would give you if you're going to take your uh a big test or something. You kind of go with your instinct, dude.

Okay. What else do you have for me? I I mentioned I like to use things from around the room. Can we use your phone? What do you need? Uh just maybe like uh the calculator.

Keep your hands where I can see them. I don't know what this guy's doing. May I hold the phone? Yeah, of course. All right. So, here's what we're going to do.

You're going We're both going to guess We're both going to guess um each other's age. Okay. Uh and we're going to type it in. I won't see it. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Unless you tell me at the end. Yeah. Um All right. Here we go. You ready?

Yeah. And then I'm going to hit times. Okay. I'm okay if you see my guess. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Yeah. Now, what I hit times, you guess my age now. Actually, before you even do that, I'm going to make a a note to myself that I want to make sure I don't forget. So times and then my number. I think I hit times.

Yeah, you can just what I believe. Yeah, my age. Yeah. Okay. And then what do you want me to do? Press equal.

Yeah, sure. Okay. Uh and then let's hit times again. Okay. And then I want you to think about a number that's significant to you. It could be uh like a favorite jersey number growing up or something.

One or two digits. Go ahead and do that. Okay. Equals. Okay. And then what I want you to do is uh it times again.

Yeah. And I want you to go with a three-digit number. Something random or two two or three digits. Yeah. There's no way we would have known. And then hit equals.

We're going to keep going till we're in the millions. Okay. We Oh [ __ ] I just gave it away. What? Nothing. We're in the millions.

Maybe. I just don't want to know that. So, we'll stop cuz it doesn't fit. We are in the millions. Perfect. So, my job right now is to tell you the final number on your phone.

Okay. Okay. So, we started with a warm-up. We started with the six options. Yeah. Right.

And if you recall, I told you I didn't write it down, then ask you what was your number, right? I gave you the reveal first. So, I don't want you to even help me. I'm going to tell you. We're going to go digit by digit. So, look down.

Kind of mentally hold the first one, two, or three digits from the writer from the like the start. Yeah. Yeah. And hold the phone close to yourself. This event helps raise critical funds to support local youth, dancing, dinner, magic. It's going to be a truly magical evening.

Yeah, I'm so excited. It's such an honor. This year, their theme is the magic of mentoring. So, of course, it makes sense to bring in a magician, right? And something I'm very passionate about is this organization. I was actually a big 10 years ago.

No way. Yeah. I had a little and it was a life life transformation for me. It was incredible. And now to come full circle to be able to be at the big event where we're raising awareness and money. Uh, it's going to be incredible.

October 3rd, there's going to be magic dinner speak easy bar. Let's go. Here we go. Ready? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 It's four. Is the first number four?

Oh jeez. I'm so screwed. Yeah, it is. What was the number? Four. Five.

Five. Six. Six. Three. No. No.

Yeah. Like six. Two. Five. Yeah, that was it. Wait, hold on.

Hold on. Yeah, there it is. Four. Give me this. Let me Let me hold it next to the picture. Let me hold it next to for the people at home.

Boom. Bro. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Also, 35, dude.

Come on. I'm 29. Are you? Yeah. You maybe it's the voice. You sound way more mature.

You're the first person to ever say that. You hear that? Do you hear that? He's got like a podcaster voice. Yeah. 35.

Come on. Um No. No. I'm Did you What was my uh I said you were 42. Okay. Well, I'm 41.

I mean, you know, there we go. Uh Okay. Wow. That was insane. Now, if I had to guess on how he did that, Yeah. I don't even know.

We're gonna have a whole YouTube video. Mhm. I know that we have one 60second reel that's going to come out, but this this is going to be like a 17-minute YouTube video cuz this is just insane. And you need to start this way. What I find is if you're going to do things like mentalism, Yeah. you want to stair step people.

Yeah. Like we started with a few numbers and then we went to the millions. Yeah. And then if we were to continue, we would go into something more personal to you. Like I would ask you, yeah, we are going to continue. Think of something.

Oh, we can we can continue. I have nothing but time. My mind is being blown right now. I mean, I don't Do you Are you guys yet in time crunch? No. Because here's the thing.

People that watch this video, there's going to be a way they can get even more of this and experience it on their own. Yeah. And we're going to get to that part. And I'm really excited that other people can feel the sense of uh honestly, I'm a little freaked out, but I hope that other people who listen to this and watch this video are also excited to be freaked out because the fact that you knew that number is insane. No. Have you seen many magicians either live or I've never I've only seen you.

Yeah. And then like I don't think I've seen a full like I've never gone to a magic show. I've always wanted to, but I've never gone to like a full-blown magic show. Yeah. It's a pretty great feeling to to be the magician or to be the magician. To experience it.

To experience it because I I think we it's easy to discount it as the kid thing because we know it's a trick and and we know it's not real. But to see someone something genuinely impossible happen in front of our eyes is it's fun. Uh it is mind-blowing. I mean from the a studio audience here. Mind-blowing. This is insane.

Were you expecting this when you guys hired a magician to be like the headlining act? Like were you expecting that this is what you were going to get? Yeah. I wasn't either. I was thinking like a few card tricks. But you said it's about to get more personal.

Yes. Um, and again, I could continue to use my things, but if I were you, I'd be suspicious of that. Do you mind if we use your phone? Maybe one more time. Yeah. Yeah.

What do you need it on? Um, just open up um, you have an iPhone, so Safari, I guess. Just Just do like a brand new tab. Safari or Google? Safari is fine. What if I want to use Google?

Google might track us. Oh, that's fair. Okay. Uh, new tab. Yeah. Okay.

New tab. Yeah. Can I swing around and join you? Yeah, of course. Come on over. Got the cord.

What I want you to do on your phone is I want you to think about a gift that you received as a child. Okay. And what we're going to do is we're going to try to we're going to try to think of um is it something we could find? Yeah. If we Google it. Yeah, we could find this cuz we need an image of it.

Yeah, I could find an image of it. So then do this. Uh yep. Are we worried about this? I'm a little worried about this. Is he like key like like tracking my keystrokes?

No, no, no, no. Okay. Just try to find an image of it. I have an image of it. You do? Roughly.

Don't search it, actually. Oh, I did. Oh, that's fine. Well, let me know when you have an image of it then. I have I have images of it. All right.

Just Just pick one and then put your phone away. Okay. Let me pick the right one. Okay. And then you can put your phone down or away. Okay.

So, this it takes a kind of a few seconds to get there, but here's the point. We're going into your childhood. Yeah. And we're going to try to pull something from the past into the moment. Okay. Now, the reason I had you do a picture of it is I'm going to try to draw what you're thinking.

Okay. All right. But first, I'm going to um narrow it down. And so, I'm going to say, Nate, you have siblings, right? I have no siblings. No.

None. You're just an only child. And you grew up here in Indiana. And I grew up here in Indiana. And you'll always be here. Uh if the good Lord's willing.

Yeah. Okay. Great. This is from your parents. It was. And you don't have it anymore?

I do not. Uh, and this one you can tell the truth or not. Just say yes or no. You don't have to tell the truth cuz I'll know any either way. Would it fit in a shoe box? No.

I think you're being honest. I am honest. I wouldn't lie to you. I'm I'm going to go for it, but I need the first letter just for confirmation. So, I'm just going to go through the alphabet. Just watch right here.

Uh, okay. What What's up? Okay. I'm going to I'm going to give you Yeah. Yeah. You can go through the alphabet of what I typed in to find the image.

Oh, did you are you thinking of something different than you found? No. Is then what's the confusion? Is it more than one word? Uh, yeah. It's more than one word.

I'm giving it to him. All right. You just do your thing. Are you Oh, are you thinking of multiple things or No, no. One thing. Oh, okay.

Okay. Yeah. All right. Here we go. Can you just picture it right in front of us right here? Mhm.

Just look at it as if it was floating in front of us. Just look at it. Are you looking at it? Mhm. It's not help picture over here. Okay.

And just look at it. Every aspect of it. It's not very big. Okay. I think I got it. Dude, if he pulls this one, that will be insane.

Would you consider yourself an indoor or outdoor person? Outdoor. Are you an outdoor person? I can be. Okay. When I watched your eyes, you did this shape, which tells me it's round.

Uhhuh. So, the only thing I can think of round that wouldn't fit in a shoe box would be like a sled. I judge by that face. We're not right. Oh, I was I was nervous for a second. I thought we totally missed.

Red saucer sled. That's what I That's why I was Okay. Yeah, that's magic. Yeah. All right. any What's in the box?

Oh, what's in here? Oh my gosh. We've got uh this is interesting. This is interesting. I mean, why why are you grabbing it like that? Well, I was at a restaurant once and I asked someone to cut the deck of cards and they literally cut the deck.

They jabbed it with a steak knife. So, now it's got this big hole in it. But I decided to actually save it instead of throwing it away and use it for a really important question because magic is real or not real. I believe there are magical things that can happen. Okay. Yeah.

So then I would ask you this day has had a lot of that. And a lot sometimes it's an illusion. Is that fair? Yeah. Something could be happening that isn't necessarily happening. Yeah.

So this is a I love to ask this question this quarter. Is it going through? Yeah. It's going real or illusion? That's real. And I'm going to give you a different angle and it may change your mind, right?

No, it still went through. You really think so? Well, but but yeah, when you hand this over to me, like something's going to slide over and it's going to be the whole No, no, there's no sliding here. Listen. What the So, I grew up near Batesville, Indiana. Oh, no way.

Really? Yeah. My girlfriend's from Batesville. And my dad worked at the casket factory. Oh, yeah. and um and my uncle as well.

And I asked him to make me a deck of cards at a steel. You can open it. Dude, hold on. You can open it. Hold on. What the It actually never goes through.

But it's very convincing, isn't it? And I use this Nate to illustrate that we can't always believe our eyes as convinced as we might be. And I'll tell you what, security does not like this. When I fly with us at an airport, they are wanding this thing left and right. I got one more for you. What the heck?

I got one more for you. That is solid. Oh my gosh. Okay. All right. One more for you.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Now, this one is the skeptic card trick. Mhm. Okay.

I mean, I don't know if I'm a skeptic, but here's what I want you to do, Nate. You're a nice guy. You'd be very polite. You'd probably go to the end of this all smiles and make me look good, and then later tell your editors in the other room, "All right, I did see this one thing. I don't know what it was. It look a little fishy."

So, I do want you to call me out on this one. Okay. Okay. Not all of them, but this one, of course. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Um, I just want everyone to know that I have not been playing along with any games. Like, I walked in here fully prepared to like go back into the cameras and figure it out. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Like I'm we're going to have to use some super slow-mo. Okay. So, we've got a full I think it's a full deck of cards. It's pretty close to one. Um for this one, it it doesn't actually matter if I see the card. Yeah.

But in case you think that it's somehow giving me an advantage, I won't look. Okay. And but I will let you see them all. Because one thing a magician's really good at doing is um forcing. Have you heard of this term force? Like right now, if I just spread the cards out and had you stop on one Yeah.

Touch. Touch the one you want us me to stop on. You're going to think it's random, but I always know it's Oh, yes. This one here. Is that the one you want? Take it.

Take it. Take it. I don't want it anymore. Oh. Oh. Oh.

But did you see how it was stuck out more? Yeah. This is something magicians will do. It's they like Yeah. Like it makes me gravitate towards or as you bring your finger out, they'll push it to you. But but here literally just here anyone you want.

Just take one out. So like you're forcing this card on me right now. Yeah. So try to mess this up. I actually want you to work against me on this one. It's the skeptic card trick.

So, go. Okay. Are you ever familiar with like sports gambling? Anyone familiar with sports gambling? Not really. Okay.

Well, there's like a term where you call like fade. Okay. Which would be like I do the opposite. So, you say bet on the Colts. Like you say, take this card. I'm going to fade myself.

Fade. I'm going to fade myself and I'm going to pick the exact opposite card that you think I should take, which is the one that's right below the card that you wanted me to take. It's terrific. Or was that be what someone or or was I already a step ahead? Or was would an idiot do that? Would an idiot fade him?

Maybe I should fade fading myself. Yeah. And put this back, right? And then go one card ahead and then jumble that and then take this card. All right, I'm taking this. Or if you have cards in this room, I'll use yours.

It legit doesn't matter. If I have cards in this room, you planted them here somewhere. All right, I have my card. Yeah. What I want you to do is make it personal. Uh another thing magicians will sometimes do is they'll use duplicate cards.

You'll see this sometimes when they'll tear it up or destroy it and they find it later. It seems impossible. It's just another card. So, this will guarantee your card can't be uh duplicated. What's on this? Oh, it helps it not roll around in my case.

Mhm. All right. So, but don't just sign it. That's pretty expected. Put something on here we don't know about you, Nate. Uh nothing too personal, but maybe like a middle name or a pet's name or a place you want to visit.

Man, when he was saying he has all this time in the world, he wasn't kidding. That's great. All right. Um, I want you to put it back anywhere in the deck. And it's okay if I see where it goes. Okay?

Because what I'm going to do is I'm going to show our audience at home if that's all right. Yeah, sure, buddy. Which camera is this? Good. Yeah. Yeah, right there.

Yeah. Okay. He cannot see those. Okay. You know what? I just realized there is a screen up there.

So, there's a chance that maybe that was my way of peing it, right? So, for the rest of the trick, I probably shouldn't get to look at the cards. Okay. Just to make it more fair. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. The other thing a magician will do is they'll shuffle the cards. With every shuffle, they're trying to convince you that they are about to do something difficult. Mhm. And and you might expect that every time I shuffle, I'm making this harder for myself, but really you're organizing it the way you want. In our world, there's it's called a false shuffle where I actually can control your card and I know where it is every time.

Like I know it's on the top, but you are. But that's not the end of the trick. That that for for some magicians that would be, but for me, I'm here to work. So, you know that by the way you shuffle, if you put it a certain place, it's going to go like seven cards down, then seven cards down, then seven cards down. Absolutely. It's called It's called the control.

So, I'm going to give you a chance to mix them. Yeah. Yeah. So, go ahead and just do that. How do you Anyway, of course, because later when you're putting this back together, you're going to realize I could have taken any card I wanted. I could have put it anywhere I wanted.

I could have shuffled as long as I wanted. and later you're going to wear his sleeves up. For the record, they were I'm doing this as fair as I can. Now, the question I'm going to ask you, do you still think your card is even in there? Can I check? Well, but I'm You can, but I'm curious to know, do you think that somehow in all of this misdirection that I'm not worried about you shuffling because I've actually already claimed the card and protected it?

It's probably like in your mouth or something. I watched him do that last time. It was crazy. Do you want to check and see if it's still in there? Does it does that give you any uh I don't know. Like Yeah.

Just just be mindful that you aren't 100% confident it's there and we'll continue. Should I check? You can if you want. It's whatever closure you need. Is it is it a better trick if you know it's there and then you you're going to produce it out? Maybe.

We're kind of We're just kind of jazzing right now. Uh okay. I kind of Well, I just found out it's in there. It is in there. My card is in here. I repeat, my card is in here.

I have closure that my card, if it was not in there, that would still be kind of impressive that somehow I've gotten it out. But the fact that it's still in there does give you more confidence that your mixing is actually making a difference. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Wait, hold on.

I'm going to I think that there's something there's something fishy going on here. Okay. Give him back a jumble. Yeah. You like this? Yeah, that's great.

That's what I want. And I asked you to play this role, so no one I'm not bothered by that. Hey, wait. You flipped one the wrong way. All I did was pick them up. Is it one the wrong way?

Is that your card? No, it would have been cool. Okay, it's gone. Oh my gosh, we have a card out. All right, here we go. Um, since there is a chance that maybe I already saw your card with the camera, I'm just going to find it without looking.

Here we go, bro. No chance. The card's a different shape. There is something funky about that. Not this one. No.

Oh gosh. No. Uh-uh. I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.

Oh my gosh. Oh, I would think this would be a fun trip. You want to visit Russia? So, the crazy part, I was adopted from Russia. You were? Yeah.

What? See, this is great. This is See, magic can be a way to connect with people. Guys, you wherever you're going, people need to go. Oh my gosh. The main event.

Yes. October 3rd. October 3rd, which happens to be my birthday. Oh, is this big event? So, you will be 42. I will be 42.

Just like I thought. See, you called it. You You knew the future, actually. I mean, that I might You might have to sign this and it might have to go back here on the on the set. That was insane. On October 3rd, you're the host of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana's biggest fundraiser of the year.

You have personal experience with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana. talk to me about what the program is like, like what happens, how do people get involved? Yeah, I I I think sometimes we can get intimidated when we hear a word like mentoring. You know, we think, "Oh, we're going to help raise this child and everything." No, what they really want is connection. And a lot of times that happens in play.

A lot of time that happens just in casual conversation. It's the relationship that you're able to form with this little. It's it's transformative both ways. That is crazy. So last year, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana, they served over 1,200 young people uh across Hamilton, Johnson, Marian County. This year, their goal is to help support over 1,400 young people in central Indiana.

That's crazy. It is crazy. So, take us through like what what can we expect by attending the event? Yeah, it's uh it's going to be a lot of fun. And if you've ever been to an event, it it risks just being a night where you eat, you listen to some speeches, and you golf clap. Yeah.

But they've taken this event to the whole next level. There's going to be entertainment. There's going to be live music, and there's going to be an after uh party experience that is going to be unforgettable. And yours truly is going to be doing magic throughout the night. We're actually giving away two tickets to the main event. So, we have a link.

It's gonna be in my bio where you can go on there, fill out some information, and you can get entered to win two tickets to one, not only help support Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Central Indiana, but also see some insane magic like I just experienced. Yeah. I mean, there's also dancing, food, drink, like the whole thing. It's a whole gala. But the the elevated part of this experience is that you're going to have your mind literally blown with magic tricks. Like, I'm still speechless from it.

It's a great date night and it's it's very upscale and uh if you can rock green, that's the that's their color. John, final question for you. What are you the most excited for uh for the event? What gets you the most excited? Well, in addition to having a really great time, they're setting what some might call some impossible goals this year. And if you're ever going to set an impossible goal, you should do it when it's the theme of magic.

And I think we're going to pull off the impossible. Yeah. The impossible goal of of raising a lot of money in one night. Yeah. raising a lot of money to support over 1,400 local kids here in central Indiana and helping them find a life-changing mentor. I think that's the coolest part.

I've had lots of guests on the show that have been involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana. And throughout every single one of those stories, they just talk about how one they go there like, you know, wanting to give back and be a volunteer and then it ends up changing their lives even more. like by being a big and helping, you know, being a volunteer mentor. They're like, "Oh, I they think they go in with the mindset, oh, I'm doing this to give back and end up getting even more in in return for it." Absolutely. I mean, you know, 10 years ago, you were a big Yeah.

And talk about like a life-changing experience. It was incredible. I love it. We're doing a giveaway. So, there's a link in my bio. You can go on, click that, fill out your email, name, all the fun stuff.

You can win two tickets to the greatest, most magical date night there is here in central Indiana on October 3rd. There's going to be magic dinner speak easy bar. Let's go. I'm excited. Thanks, man. Final words.

Sign off. Uh just grateful to be here and excited about the big day. You have until Wednesday at midnight to get entered for the giveaway. Two tickets to the most magical evening of the year. Don't miss out.

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How does Jon Mobley read minds with the card trick?

Jon uses a technique called 'forcing' where he subtly controls which card you pick, making it seem random. He also employs false shuffles to maintain control of the card's position throughout the trick, knowing exactly where it is at all times.

02

What is the 'Poker Face' game Jon Mobley demonstrated?

In Poker Face, Jon counts to six while you think of a number. He reads your body language—watching for when you're relaxed versus stressed—to determine which number you chose. He focuses on your whole body, not just your eyes, to detect tells.

03

How did Jon Mobley guess the number on the phone calculator?

Jon used a combination of techniques: he had you perform a series of multiplications with numbers you chose, then he narrowed down the final result by reading your body language and tone of voice. He explained that you can hear a smile on the phone, and tone reveals what you're thinking.

04

How did Jon Mobley know about the red saucer sled from your childhood?

Jon asked strategic yes-or-no questions about the gift—whether you have siblings, grew up in Indiana, if it was from your parents, and if it would fit in a shoe box. He also watched your eye movements and facial expressions to determine it was round, then deduced it was a sled based on your outdoor interests.

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What is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana's Main Event?

The Main Event is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana's biggest fundraiser, taking place October 3rd. It features live entertainment, magic performances by Jon Mobley, dinner, a speakeasy bar, and dancing, with proceeds supporting over 1,400 young people across Hamilton, Johnson, and Marion counties.

06

What does Jon Mobley say about the difference between magic and mentalism?

Jon explained that in the magic world, sleight of hand is called 'slide of hand,' while mentalism is called 'slide of mind.' Mentalism focuses on reading psychology, body language, and tone rather than physical card manipulation.

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Why does Jon Mobley use everyday objects instead of traditional magic props?

Jon prefers using people's phones, items from around the room, and ordinary objects because he finds it more impressive than traditional magic props like decks of cards. Using everyday things makes the tricks feel more personal and harder to explain.

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