"http://ventriloquismweekly.podomatic.com Thank you for this podcast. Well done. This touches upon the future of the art, not, simply, the art of ventriloquism, but the reality it represents. At times it seems the workings of the human mind seem beyond magical happy to magical scary.  Ventriloquism creates distances between these two poles in a playful manner. This is God's gift to us of reinvention, the transformation of consciousness within the architectural self. The act of distancing is in concert with the need to return the gift in a life that force us daily into transformations of the mind. Ventriloquism, like all make believe, is one of the tools of the imagination  that enable transformation. Again, many thanks. An excellent review, and as to the dark side, I'm glad Nina Conti was brought into the discussion. She as an artist is able to present a bit of the darker undertones, and 'deconstruct' them. She maintains the balance of entertainment values necessary to hold the audience.