WafflePod #1: The Rolex System and the $1000 Backlash
The first episode of the WafflePod, me and Toby Davis, my editor and now podcast partner
This one's been sat waiting to go up for a while, so a few things have moved on since we recorded it, but the conversation itself holds up completely. It's the most talked-about release in magic right now, and honestly, still worth hearing.
Shay Kahn's Rolex System. A thousand dollars for a PDF, no trailer, no performance to watch, and a proper wave of online backlash. We sat down and actually talked about it properly instead of joining the pile-on. Is it a scam or a serious professional tool that got marketed badly? We take the price out of it and look at what you're actually paying for when you buy a method, why a PDF feels cheap when a book doesn't, and whether any of us should be weighing in on things we haven't even seen.
From there it wanders into getting outraged online, undervaluing your own work, and a few stories from Toby's years editing behind the scenes for some big names in magic.
Honest, unscripted, no hype. Two people who love this stuff talking it out.
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