Episode 28: Kevin Li (@kevinlimagic) is a professional magician who currently holds the title of the Youngest Returner on Penn and Teller's hit show, Fool Us. With over 200K followers on Instagram, the recent Cal Poly Pomona graduate has dubbed himself the social platform's first magician. In this episode of the Why You No Doctor podcast, we talk to Kevin about learning his first magic tricks from his grandfather in China, how he turned magic into a career, and why he strives to make his shows modern, meaningful, and memorable.Show Notes:

• 00:00 - Introducing Kevin Li and his earlier background on becoming a magician
• 4:46 - Aspirations to do shows in China as homage to his heritage
• 8:08 - Traveling in China and meeting Lu Chen
• 10:43 - Living in Rowland Heights, having immigrant parents, and learning magic from his grandfather in China
• 14:40 - Kevin's relationship with his parents, changing majors to study Business Management.
• 17:33 - Turning magic into a career, relating to his parents, and having no regrets
• 23:29 - Embracing Chinese language and culture
• 28:09 - Day to days during COVID, close up magic, and the process of creating magic
• 31:15 - Creating Kevin's unique style of magic and speaking with Teller
• 38:02 - Revealing how the magic happens and deciding how much to reveal
• 40:55 - Habits that helped with success--not being too hard on yourself and improvisation
• 43:21 - Acting classes and its similarities with magic
• 44:45 - Bigger aspirations and uncertainties in the future
• 47:09 - Advice you'd give to a younger version of yourself--Adapt to the circumstances
• 49:05 - Bucket list recommendations--have meetings with people outside your industry!
• 50:18 - Sharing cultures, last words, how to contact Kevin

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