Brian Brushwood Birth name Brian Allen Brushwood Born ( 1975-01-17) January 17, 1975 (age 43) Medium Live,,, Nationality American Alma mater Subject(s); Spouse Bonnie Brushwood Children 3 Notable works and roles Scam School Weird Things Night Attack Cordkillers Hacking The System with Jason Murphy Modern Rogue with Jason Murphy Website Brian Allen Brushwood (born January 17, 1975) is an American,,, and. Brushwood is known for the series Scam School, a show where he teaches the audience entertaining tricks at bars so they can 'scam' a free drink. The show also claims to be the only show dedicated to social engineering at the bar and on the street. In addition to Scam School, Brushwood co-hosts the podcasts Weird Things with and, Cordkillers with, and Night Attack with Young.

Scam School Book 1 has 193 ratings and 3 reviews. Tim said: This is an interesting collection of tricks and puzzles (and some things to watch out for) so.

Brushwood was also a regular guest on the This Week in Tech podcast. Brushwood performs his Bizarre Magic stage show across the United States and is the author of six books. Brushwood also co-hosts a YouTube show along with Jason Murphy called The Modern Rogue. Brushwood has appeared on national television numerous times including on, and. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Biography [ ] Brushwood was born in. As a child, Brushwood received a magic kit on Christmas Day one year. During his time as a student at the, Brushwood rediscovered his interest in magic, performing his first paid shows by filling in for another magician whose schedule was too full.

This interest in magic led Brushwood to perform a 45-minute magic show as his senior thesis. As an undergraduate, Brushwood attended Dr. Lexar Gs-ufd-20sa-tp Xp Driver here. Rory Coker's Pseudoscience class which introduced him to.

Coker mentored Brushwood for his senior thesis and has invited Brushwood back as an alumnus to help demonstrate concepts in his class. Brushwood graduated from the Plan II honors program at the University of Texas at Austin in 1997. After graduation, Brushwood married his wife, Bonnie, and began testing video games for Rockwell Semiconductors, followed by a career at Dell where he designed high end computer systems. During his time at Dell, Brushwood moonlighted as a magician on Wednesday nights at The Electric Lounge in while took their break. In 1999 Brushwood was offered a raise at Dell and realized he wasn't following his passion so he made the decision to quit working at Dell and to start performing his Bizarre Magic show full-time. When a television deal fell through, Brushwood decided to look into Internet broadcasting where he would be able to have more control over the product and process. After filming several episodes of Brian Brushwood: On The Road Brushwood got the idea for Scam School.

He originally intended to produce it independently but eventually sold the idea to and the first episode aired on April 6, 2008. Revision 3's location in required Brushwood to travel to to shoot episodes of Scam School, usually a dozen at a time due to travel expenses. In October 2008 one of Brushwood's childhood heroes,, performed a magic trick he learned from Scam School while he was aboard the. When purchased Revision 3 Brushwood used it as an opportunity to move production of Scam School from the San Francisco Bay area to where he currently lives with his wife and three children. Repertoire [ ].