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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 magician4:46 - Aspirations to do shows in China as homage to his heritage8:08 - Traveling in China and meeting Lu Chen10:43 - Living in Rowland Heights, having immigrant parents, and learning magic from his grandfather in China14:40 - 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 regrets23:29 - Embracing Chinese language and culture28:09 - Day to days during COVID, close up magic, and the process of creating magic31:15 - Creating Kevin's unique style of magic and speaking with Teller38:02 - Revealing how the magic happens and deciding how much to reveal40:55 - Habits that helped with success--not being too hard on yourself and improvisation43:21 - Acting classes and its similarities with magic44:45 - Bigger aspirations and uncertainties in the future47:09 - Advice you'd give to a younger version of yourself--Adapt to the circumstances49:05 - Bucket list recommendations--have meetings with people outside your industry!50:18 - Sharing cultures, last words, how to contact KevinJoin the community! Follow us on Instagram @wyndpodcast and find all of our socials at whyyounodoctor.com/podcast.Support the show (http://whyyounodoctor.com/podcast)