# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-brushwood
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:58:11.177Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-brushwood"
name: "Brian Brushwood"
slug: "brian-brushwood"
description: "Brian Allen Brushwood is an American magician, podcaster, author, lecturer, YouTuber and comedian. Brushwood is known for the series Scam Nation, 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 Nation, Brushwood co-hosts the podcasts Weird Things with Andrew Mayne and Justin Robert Young, Cordkillers with Tom Merritt, and Great Night with Young. 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-hosted a YouTube show along with Jason Murphy called The Modern Rogue. Brushwood has appeared on national television numerous times including on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, CNN and Food Network."
tagline: "American magician, podcaster, author and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Brushwood_-_20140831-173242-Dragoncon-04777_(15341605866)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Podcasters"
  slug: "podcasters"
profileType:
  name: "Podcaster"
  slug: "podcaster"
birthDate: "1975-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.958713333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 56
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://shwood.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/shwood"
    handle:    "shwood"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5476051/"
    handle:    "nm5476051"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "بريان بروشوود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Brushwood"
    title: "Brian Brushwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Brushwood"
    title: "Brian Brushwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Brushwood"
    title: "Brian Brushwood"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4963219"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Brian Brushwood"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump