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Sasha & Nick
The Nerd Expansion Podcast. Expanding the definition of nerd through passion, obsession, and curiosity. Hosted by Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss.
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion Season 3! We've been gone for a while and we know you missed us. We're here and we're back in the Habit with this fresh episode. Today we are talking with David Wilson about Money, music , enlightenment and THE STOCK MARKET.
He is currently working as an instructor at a local medical college. Before education, he worked almost 20 years in surgical services at Scripps. Prior to working in medicine , worked as an auto mechanic for many years and dabbled in auto finance. He is known far and wide as "The Sultry Sax" on the social meads. Today we're getting down and nerdy with David Wilson on the stock market.
Find David:
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/@thesultrysax
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/thesultrysax
David Reccomends:
WeBull
https://a.webull.com/Nwcy8h9kUZBcjuIA6T
Mans search for meaning By Viktor E. Frankl (Amazon Link)
https://a.co/d/3EdSfp5
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion Season 3! We've talked about dragons. We've talked about ghosts. We've talked about science. Today we are talking with Rebecca Zaretzky and her particular form of Animal Communication through the spirit world!
Lions and Tigers and Hedgehogs—oh my! Rebecca is an Animal Communicator, Psychic, and Artist. As a pet portrait artist (Instagram @belleandhookcreations), she started to receive messages from the animals she was painting, which lead to animal communication and—the hedgehogs! After working with many hedgehogs, she became known as “The Hedgehog Psychic” and created @the_hedgehive to provide spiritual support to the Hedgehog community. She also offers virtual and in-person readings for people/pets and in-person Tea Leaf Readings at Tea & Tarot in Madison, CT.
Find Rebecca:
Instagram:
@the_hedgehive
@belleandhookcreations
@belleandhookintuitive
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! It's SEASON 3, and you're still here. Wow, I feel so loved right now. Today's guest is an actor, teacher, mime and long time soap opera hunk. Please welcome the one and only Jerry Prell!!
JERRY PRELL is a director, actor, and professor. He was Dean of the Musical Theater at the Hartford Conservatory and the founder and former Artistic Director of the New England Actors’/Academy of Theatre (NEAT). His directing credits include: The Servant of Two Masters, Sonnets for an Old Century, Machinal, The Tempest, House of Blue Leaves, The Laramie Project, Lysistrata – the Jukebox musical, Nine, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, The Boys from Syracuse, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Pippin, Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree, Side by Side by Sondheim, Nunsense, No, No, A Million Times, No! -- for the Mystic Summer Melodrama, and for NEAT, An Evening of Domestic Chaos, Eaglestones, Beyond Therapy, Little Egypt, assorted one-acts for NEAT’s, Short & NEAT Festival at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut, and Domestic Chaos at the Samuel French One-Act Play Festival in NYC. Some of Jerry’s television acting credits include The Young & The Restless, The Bold and The Beautiful, Hill Street Blues, Cheers, and others. Jerry has worked in feature films and on stage in New York, Los Angeles, regionally, and in Europe. He is the recipient of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven’s Arts Award and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Distinguish Advocate for the Arts Award.
Find Jerry at:
https://jerryprell.com/
Nicks New TTRPG Project: Arcane Architects
Youtube-@Arcane_Architects
Link Tree- https://linktr.ee/thearcanearchitects
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Season three is starting off with a bang. Today's guest is so fantastic we need to share his silky voice and quick wit. Please welcome our guest, the one and only Adam Bohanan and his nerd love Avatar: The Last Airbender. Let the planets align and the elements surround you.
Adam is a singer, musician, songwriter and incredible all around human. He is a nerd dedicated to not only his craft of music , but many fandoms. Including, Dr. Who, Star Trek and of course Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Help Fund Adams Album!!!
https://www.adambohananmusic.com/crowdfunding-campaign
Socials:
Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/adambohananmusic/
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/AdamBohananMusic/
Website-https://www.adambohananmusic.com/
Adam recommends:
https://https://www.norahjonesisplayingalong.com/
Nicks New TTRPG Project: Arcane Architects
Youtube-@Arcane_Architects
Link Tree- https://linktr.ee/thearcanearchitects
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is so Fantastic we wanted to hear the sweet twang of that southern voice AGAIN! Please welcome our returning guest the one and only Luke Grooms and his nerd love is Wonder Woman. Oh my gawsh. I'm so excited for this one y'all
Musical theatre/opera singer and terrible movie enthusiast! Luke recently returned to the NYC area from the World tour of The Phantom of the opera, traveling throughout Asia and the Middle East. Luke has performed all over the world including covering at the Metropolitan Opera, touring the US with Phantom and creating Dwight/God in the New York premiere and Off-Broadway premier of Jerry Springer:The Opera(where he first met Sasha!) He is an avid Wonder Woman lover, in fact the first book he ever owned was a Wonder Woman book accompanied by a fisher price record that read it to you!!
Luke recommends:
https://www.thechillingpodcast.com/
Socials:@LukeGrooms1
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Brandon Maier and his nerd love is The Challenge. It's awesome.
Brandon is a husband and father - he’s 3 degrees deep from San Diego State, with a BA, MFA, and MBA... an ex-actor and singer, now works in tech software in beautiful San Diego.
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Kyle Winnick and his nerd love is Contemporary musical theater. It's awesome.
He has been appreciative of musical theater since he was a young child and would watch classic MGM musicals with his mom and brother. It wasn't until he was victim to the high school choir to drama club pipeline and was unexpectedly cast as the lead in the spring musical, Once Upon a Mattress, that the theater bug truly bit him. Being surround by peers who knew of a secret world of talent, drama, and glitter was extremely exciting, and he dove into the world head first. From there he would perform in, direct, produce, stage manage, and see tons of musicals and obsess over countless more cast albums, single releases, and theaterMania gossip.
https://www.instagram.com/kyleswinnick/
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Caitlin Henderson and her nerd love is DR WHO. It's brilliant, just brilliant.
Caitlin is an obsessed "Doctor Who" and "Staged" fan, LOVE "Good Omens" and love to watch "Derry Girls." She is currently starting a business of selling vintage and antiques. Living in Ohio, she is a huge lover of Hocking hills state park, it's her happy place.
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Michael Rovatsos and his nerd love is Tribute Bands. It's awesome.
Michael hails from New York originally (moving to SoCal in 2004) and has been playing music since he was a young teen. He has led and performed with a variety of original rock groups and has played well-respected venues on both coasts and internationally. Playing bass is a passion for Michael but he is also multi-instrumentalist who composes, records and produces on an on-going basis.
In 1985, already a big U2 fan, Michael caught U2’s 'Live Aid' performance as it was happening and was mesmerized with the performance. His favorite member of the band (then and now) was/is Adam Clayton. His unassuming swagger, performance style and unique musical sensibilities are just a few of the traits Michael brings to the role of emulating Adam.
Adam is known as the “Jazz Man” of U2 which is a great coincidence being that Michael works for one of the best non-profit Jazz radio stations in the country (Production Director for KSDS-FM). Michael counts Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey and Miles Davis among his Jazz favs. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and of course, U2, contribute mightily to his musical Rock/Pop DNA.
Michael has been recreating the essence of Adam since 2014 and prides himself on being extremely detailed-oriented in the performance and presentation of Mr. Clayton with every gig he plays.
Hollywood U2
YouTube of Bono & Joe Hier
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Jordan Gwiazdowski and his nerd love is Hospitality. It's awesome.
Former world renown pun heavyweight and host of Punk Assed - a Pun Cast, cast member and DM on The Cast Die podcast, and current game developer for Dumarest: The Traveller - an upcoming TTRPG based of the pulp sci-do series Dumarest.
Jordan's Instagram
Jordan's Podcasts: The Cast Die Podcast & Punk Assed: A Pun Cast
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Danielle Taylor and her nerd love is Bay Area Public Transit. It's awesome.
San Francisco Bay Area native who has lived her life without a drivers license and enjoys all things planes, trains and buses! Danielle has spent most of her career working in public health and is passionate about ensuring that everyone has access to healthcare and proper infrastructure (housing/transit) to live happy healthy lives!
Danielle's Instagram
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Anne Markt and her nerd love is Functional Medicine. It's awesome.
Anne Markt is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and has been coaching clients to wellness for the past 10 years.
Anne has coached patients of many functional medicine doctors across the country, as well as clients of NAO Wellness, while learning the best resources available for health and longevity.
Her specialty is working with clients who have struggled with yo-yo dieting for years and feel confused, stressed, and metabolically burnt out! She's successfully helped clients completely transform their relationship to food and their body.
Anne is also the published co-author of the book "Never Stop Healing" with Regan Archibald, FMP and provides corporate wellness presentations virtually with NAO Wellness.
Anne successfully overcame a years-long battle with binge eating thanks to meditation, transformed her childhood and college addictions to gluten, dairy, and sugar thanks to her health coaching tools, and successfully stopped calorie counting and obsessing over her weight. Leading with curiosity, compassion, and care, Anne helps clients discover their best healthy habits in alignment with their values, strengths and goals.
Anne's Website
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Ondine Boulter and her nerd love is Vanity License Plates. It's awesome.
Adventure-seeking lover of nature, food, humans and all things miniature! When I’m not driving my solar powered car you can find me pushing pedals up a hill on my road bike, shaking my booty on the dance floor, planting flowers in my garden or snuggling up to one of my 4 kids.
Ondine's Instagram
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Olivia Oguma and her nerd love is Cirque du Soleil. It's awesome.
OLIVIA OGUMA --began her career at the age of infant, when she was discovered by a modeling agency and thrust into the spotlight of commercials and magazine campaigns. Since then she has continued to work on stage, on screen and behind the scenes, as an editor and in your living room as the most in demand babysitter on the UWS. She has been on Broadway in LES MIZ, MAMMA MIA and A CHRISTMAS CAROL. She has appeared in many regional productions of Miss Saigon, and zero regional productions of the King and I. She has been on many TV shows such as Instinct, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Good Wife, Odd Mom Out, Law and Order and Great News--on which she ALMOST always plays the almost interchangeable role of "frazzled Asian assistant who drops something". In her spare time, Olivia runs an etsy store called @kanojodesigns and has solo backpacked thru 30 different countries! She is proudest of all, of her extreme devotion to Cirque Du Soleil. She is a member and Often contributor to HARD CORE CIRQUE FANS the FAN CLUB and currently has seen ALL current running Cirque shows in the world, except for one BUT she has a ticket to fly to Brazil and see it in a month.
Olivia's Etsy Store
Olivia's Instagram
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and onlyJennifer Sanett and her nerd love is Wine. It's fizzy, sparkling and everything VINO. Raise your glasses!
Jenn and Sasha went through Calabasas HS together, musical theater brought us even closer (cmon Pass The Candle!)... and then my senior year I discovered the Great Gatsby, and their prohibition era cocktails, and champagne in coupé glasses. Then, Jenn went to Disneyland... And New York. This is when Jenn realized she could combine her love of wine/booze from Gatsby, and her proximity to Solvang and Los Olivos, to start becoming a wine goddess!
Find Jennifer
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Donovan Vejar and his nerd love is Woodworking. It's awesome.
"Hello I'm Donovan, I've been building things since I was in jr high. There's always something cool you can build, from turning pens on a lathe to making a solid white oak table."
Find Donovan
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Awun Bell and her nerd love is Leather work. It's awesome.
Awun works as an x-ray technologist. In her spare time, she is a self-taught leatherworker, maker, photographer and Lord of the Rings nerd. She spends her weekends adventuring in the mountains around her home of Calgary Canada & creating prop replicas & costumes from her favorite movies & tv shows.
Find Awun:
Etsy
Instagram
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Jack Harris and his nerd love is Physics. It's awesome.
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Clara Park and her nerd love is Gilmore Girls. She also loves Cake and ZELDA. A true Renaissance woman
Clara has worked in healthcare for over 10 years and has been a Gilmore Girls fan for over 20. She has moved around a lot but Gilmore Girls has always provided a sense of home.
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Thaddeus Kolwicz and his nerd love is Memes. It's awesome.
He is just a shy guy in the entertainment business. He works on film and tv sets, acts here and there, and acts as a project developer for his production company. He moved to Portugal in December 2022 to be with his Portu-Gal and for a new perspective on life and experiences! He is a huge nerd when it comes to video games, anime, cartoons, synthesizers, and scripts.
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Bert Coslow and his nerd love is Destiny, The Video Game. We dive into MMO's and what it means to be a gamer.
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Steven Silverstein and his nerd love is Bewitched. It's awesome.
Steven Silverstein has music directed and accompanied the famous and near famous on Broadway (Blood Brothers, Swinging on a Star, & the revival of Promises Promises); Off-Broadway, (When Pigs Fly, The Green Heart, & Annie Warbucks); Regional Theatre (Goodspeed Opera House, Papermill Playhouse, & Westport County Playhouse); and Specialty (54 Below & Noel Coward: The Women of His World at Lincoln Center with Dava Ivey, Dee Hoty & Cady Huffman).
He has coached and played piano for Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally, Harry Connick Jr., Carole King John Treacy Egan, Neva Small, Tony Award Winner Bill Irwin, and the Tony award winner Annaleigh Ashford. In addition to his vast experience as a musical director and coach, he has a MAC nomination (Manhattan Association of Cabarets) and has tickled the ivories for cabaret performances at 54 Below, The Duplex, and Don’t Tell Mama in NYC.
Steven is also a prolific published composer and arranger, having published two children’s shows (Enchorage Press) . His work was performed at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in the Bruno Walter Auditorium. Steven's song Shoot Me (with Andrew Zachary Cohen) received an honorable mention from the City Center's Lobby Project
2022 highlights as composer: His musical Forever and A Day (with bookwriter lyricist Marcus Scott) was part of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival in June, His musical Nothin But Love (with Andrew Zachary Cohen) had an informal reading in July, Six of his songs (with Michael Colby) in OTHER LIVES were presented as part of Winter Rhythms at Urban Stages in December.
He shares his love and passion for music and musical theatre with students of all ages at American Music and Dramatic Academy. He also has been on the faculty of The Neighborhood Playhouse Junior School, Marymount Manhattan College, PACE University, SUNY Purchase and NYU. Steven’s students have appeared on Broadway in Annie, Newsies, The Producers, 30 Rock among others.
Steven holds a B.A. in Theatre/B.S. in Finance from the University of Bridgeport and an M.A. in Music Education.
Upcoming: 2023 Students at Western Connecticut State University will be doing a staged reading of his musical HOW RUDE (written with Phillip George of Forbidden Broadway).
Find Steven:
Youtube
Twitter
Facebook
Website
TikTok
Instragram
Check out Steven's podcast: "Stay Awake with Silverstein" and Making the News Sing
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion!
Nicole is the Queen of the Disneyverse & The Fairest of them all.
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Amazon shoe rack
Nicole's Instagram
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Jason Picus and his nerd love is Adventure Time. It's awesome.
Jason is a cartoon loving, DnD playing gay-mer and he loves his dogs. SLUGS AND HAWKS, NOT CATS!
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Alex Mercado and his nerd love is Film Making. It's awesome.
Alex Mercado is an artist from New York City who works in film and graphic design. A graduate of The Fashion Institute of Technology he's used his artistic skills and obsession with cinema to produce unique visions in storytelling. Always with a dark sense of humor, he finds that human beings, while ultimately flawed can create beauty and a sense of wonder in this world for others to experience something amazing.
Find Alex:
Instagrams
@alexmercadodesign
@midnightpatrolfilm
@theyorkershow
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Travis Mitchell and his nerd love is Billy Joel. It's awesome.
Hi! Travis has been an actor in NYC for 25 years. Though he got his start in improv, he has been lucky enough to have been extensively involved in plays, musicals and numerous short independent films as well as two feature horror films,. And, of course, the obligatory stint on Law and Order SVU in a scene opposite Mariska Hargitay. We’re besties now, though she won’t return my calls. Travis currently as of this bio submission right now has three short films in post production and is in pre production for another. He also has grown his beard and hair out for some recent roles and auditions. He looks ridiculous.
Also, he’s a licensed New York City tour guide.
Find Travis:
Website
Instagram
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Patrick Benedict and his nerd love is Craft Beer. It's awesome.
Patrick, under the monicker of BenedictBeerBlog, is a craft beer lover, social media manager, and beer influencer. He owns BenedictBeerBlog, and does social media and content creation for breweries and beer brands in New York City and Seattle. He makes silly beer videos on various social media networks that sometimes include talking about poop.
Find Patrick:
Tik Tok
Instagram
YouTube
Big Alice Brewing
Tavour
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Welcome to Season 2 of The Nerd Expansion! Join hosts Nick & Sasha as we expand the definition of nerd, explain what we're about, and talk about some of our personal nerd loves. We are so happy you're here and can't wait to talk nerdy with you!
Please follow us on:
Instagram
Patreon
Email us at TheNerdExpansionPodcast@gmail.com
www.thenerdexpansion.com
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guests are your two and only hosts Sasha Weiss & Nick Bowan and their nerd love is YOU GUYS. Woah. It's awesome.
Sasha & Nick are so grateful to all their listeners and guests (fondly called The Nerd Expansion Pack) and take this Season 1 Finale of the podcast to celebrate and show our nerd love for you all!
We are so lucky and hope you keep listening and showing us your nerdies!
Please follow us on:
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Patreon
Email us at TheNerdExpansionPodcast@gmail.com
www.thenerdexpansion.com
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Mike Timoney and his nerd love is Tobacco Pipes. It's awesome.
He is an Actor, Producer and, as of 2022, writer and director of the short film HOPE. For years a USA HOCKEY ice hockey referee, which led to work in the Snickers commercial entitled REFEREES (findable on YouTube) directed by Bryan Buckley. Also works each holiday season as The Man In Red at Santaland at Macy’s 34th Street NYC. Certified NYC tour guide.
Find Mike:
Instagram
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Vanessa Maier and her nerd love is manifesting. It's awesome.
She is seriously passionate about manifesting and teaching people to manifest. She's manifested everything from her husband to her house and feels like one of her purposes in life (besides being a singer & entertainer) is to teach as many people as possible about the law of attraction and help them change their lives through this amazing and consistent natural law.
Find Vanessa:
Instagram
Vanessa recommends:
The Magic
Abraham Hick's Meditation
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Emme Bonilla and her nerd love is K-Pop. It's awesome.
Human living in NYC for the last 15 years. Former actor turned retail salesperson. Lover of good food, cats, and thrift shopping.
Your guide to getting into K-Pop
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Abraham Harris-Sturges and his nerd love is Smart Phones. It's awesome.
The YOUNGEST member of The Nerd Expansion Pack, Abe is a phone nerd who will definitely make you reconsider your options...
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Jacob Melendez and his nerd love is Hot Spings. It's awesome.
Jacob Melendez, chiro, surfer, climber, hot springer, Star Wars afficionado, and sauna enthusiast. Born and raised in North County San Diego. Married to Anna Melendez (also a Chiro)for almost 7 years. When not serving our patients, or surfing, we are exploring hot springs in our state, country, and internationally. |
Find Jacob:
Jacob's Instagram
Anna's Instagram
Gold Coast Chiropractic (Jacob & his family's practice!)
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Natalie Weiss and her nerd love is Riffing. It's awesome.
Acclaimed singer and highly sought-after vocal coach, Natalie Weiss, has become a global sensation. Her online presence skyrocketed with the viral, “Breaking Down The Riffs®," a game-changing, fun approach to pop technique, which has become a growing standard in the industry.
Natalie has worked with everyone from Broadway greats to iconic TV and media personalities including Tori Kelly, Ben Platt, Katharine McPhee, Pentatonix, Gaten Matarazzo, Chrissy Metz, Shoshana Bean and Cheyenne Jackson, just to name a few. She has performed to sold-out audiences and has led master classes in dozens of major cities across the US and abroad.
Natalie’s voice can be heard on The Greatest Showman soundtrack, Dear Evan Hansen cast recording, The Incredibles 2 jingles, and various musical theatre composers’ albums. She has performed on Broadway in Everyday Rapture, Off-Broadway in Emojiland, in national tours of Wicked & Les Miserables, and regional productions of Ghost and Chess. She was also an American Idol season 4 semi-finalist.
Natalie holds a BFA in musical theatre from Penn State University. This past year, she released her premiere digital course, The Guide To Breaking Down The Riffs®.
Find Natalie:
Natalie's instagram
Natalie Official
Natalie Voice (Breaking Down the Riffs Course available!)
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka
Today's guest is the one and only Tim Sheridan and his nerd love is Comic Book Writing. Woah. It's awesome.
Writer-Producer in comics, animation, TV and film; and former AMAZING roommate to one Sasha Weiss. ❤️
Find Tim:
Tim's Instagram
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Today's guest is the one and only James Mattern and his nerd love is Pro-Wrestling. Woah. It's awesome.
JAMES MATTERN is a Nationally Headlining Comic and Radio personality, who has fast become one of the most beloved Emcee's in NYC. JAMES has appeared on several television programs including Fox Sports One's "Garbage Time with Katie Nolan" The WWE Network's "The List", MSG Networks "The Bracket", and ""The Artie Lange Show." As the former audience warmup for FOX SPORTS ONE's "Crowd Goes Wild", he worked with the legendary Regis Philbin. Additionally, James has appeared on "THE MOJO SHOW" on CBS SPORTS RADIO; and was a "man on the street" for "FERRALL ON THE BENCH" on SIRIUS-XM.
Find James:
James' Instagram
James' Twitter
The Check Spot
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Meg Doherty and her nerd love is Infertility Awareness. It's important.
Meg hails from Maine, originally but now resides in NYC with her lovely husband and dog. She works as an early childhood development music teacher and Actor. You can currently see her in Wicked on Broadway.
Find Meg:
Meg's Instagram
Meg Recommends:
Fertility 101 by Rena Gower
Fertility Forward Podcast
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Today's guest is the one and only Kayleen Plummer and her nerd love is TV Teen Dramas. Woah. It's awesome.
Kayleen loves all things creative: books, movies, art, acting, writing, etc. But she's also a huge math nerd and recently changed career paths to teach high school math!
Find Kayleen:
Kayleen's Instagram
We Explain Movies Podcast
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Today's guest is the one and only Jessica Maier and her nerd love is Organizing. Woah. It's awesome.
Jess is a 30-something human, wife, mom, discount junkie and organization enthusiast!
Find Jess:
Jess's Instagram
Jess's Website/blog
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Today's guest is the one and only Rocco Marrongelli and his nerd love is Toy Hunting. Woah. It's awesome.
Rocco is a retro nerd who’s addicted to all things from the greatest decade, the ‘80s! He collects toys from his youth as well as anything representing classic animation (Disney, Warner Bros, Hanna Barbera, etc), WWF, video games, movies, comics and more.
Find Rocco:
Rocco's instagram
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Dr. Cait Weiss Orcutt and her nerd love is Community Teaching. Woah. It's awesome.
Dr. Cait Weiss Orcutt is the author of VALLEYSPEAK, winner of the 2017 Zone 3 First Book Prize. She holds an MFA from The Ohio State University and a PhD from the University of Houston. Her essays and poems have appeared in Boston Review, Bust Magazine, FIELD, The Academy of American Poets and more. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Cait leads online poetry and creative nonfiction workshops for writers of all experience levels and backgrounds.
Find Cait:
Cait's Website
Cait's Instagram
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Korrie Yamaoka and her nerd love is Plant-based Cooking. Woah. It's awesome.
Korrie Yamaoka is a vocal coach, music director, and host of the Studying the Song podcast, where she talks all things auditioning and vocal performance for musical theatre. She's got a masters education in musical theatre as well as an undergraduate degree in piano and years of cover bands and singer songwriter performances.
She's a mom and wife. She is vegan/plant-based. And, she ritually purchase plants and forget to water them. She dreams of having a home herbal apothecary where she can cure her everyday ills with homemade potions and teas, but she can't manage to keep the plants alive!
Find Korrie:
www.korrieyamaoka.com
Korrie's instagram
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Tyler Tafolla and his nerd love is Disney vs. Dreamworks. Woah. It's awesome.
Tyler is a Southern California based performer, director and musical theatre writer. Holding a BFA in Music Theatre from AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Tyler has spent the last ten years as a working actor, writer & director, working in New York, Los Angeles and San Diego.
Find Tyler:
www.tylertafolla.com
Tyler's Instagram
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guests are your two and only hosts Sasha Weiss & Nick Bowan and their nerd love is YOU GUYS. Woah. It's awesome.
Sasha & Nick are so grateful to all their listeners and guests (fondly called The Nerd Expansion Pack) and take this 6 month-iversary of the podcast to celebrate and show our nerd love for you all!
We are so lucky and hope you keep listening and showing us your nerdies!
Please follow us on:
Instagram
Patreon
Email us at TheNerdExpansionPodcast@gmail.com
www.thenerdexpansion.com
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Joel Waggoner and his nerd love is Comedy Song Writing. Woah. It's awesome.
JOEL WAGGONER (he/him-ish) is a singer/songwriter, performer, multi-instrumentalist, music director, arranger, teacher, comedian, and one-time game show winner. He performed on Broadway in School of Rock and Be More Chill. His breakout Instagram series "Advent Carolndar" with Julia Mattison has been featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with Ben Platt and NPR Weekend Edition. Off-Bway: Southern Comfort (Public Theater), The Joel Waggoner Experience (Joe's Pub). TV: Original series, Wig Mediums on Broadstream,“$100,000 Pyramid” Season 3 Premiere. Joel's original musicals include Presto Change-o and The SupaDupa Kid, both produced at Barrington Stage Company. Vocal Arranger: Joe Iconis & Family Album, Broadway Bounty Hunter (Off-Bway Cast Recording.) MFA from NYU Tisch. “Unlikely Warrior” available on iTunes.
Find Joel:
www.JoelWaggoner.com
Unlikely Warrior video
Wig Mediums
On Instagram:
Joel Waggoner
Advent Carolndar
JoelCappella
Joel & Sasha:
Pamphlet by Joel Waggoner & Sasha Weiss
Empathy by Joel Waggoner (commissioned by Sasha Weiss)
Control by Joel Waggoner (performed by Sasha Weiss)
Joel recommends:
The Quitters Podcast
Oh My Gauze
A Slight Change of Plans Podcast
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Skylar Edberg and her nerd love is Food Styling. Woah. It's awesome.
Skylar Edberg is a fearless food lover with an eye for all things tasty AND beautiful. With the help of a mother who mostly baked and a father who warmed up meals, she was compelled to create her own culinary adventures. She built food sculptures, produced cooking shows for her stuffed animals and concocted recipes based on ingredients she had on hand in the pantry. Because of this total immersion, she is a self taught, “life trained” food stylist, recipe developer and culinary producer who is always curiously exploring and creating new adventures using the art of food!
Skylar's website
Skylar's Instagram
Skylar's Facebook
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Adam Berry and his nerd love is Ghosts. Woah. It's awesome.
Adam Berry is a paranormal researcher, author, educator, and lecturer who’s love and passion for the paranormal ignited at a very young age. After many years of study and research, he founded his own paranormal research team with his husband Ben Berry and soon after his hobby became a career. In 2010, he was featured on the hit tv show, “Ghost Hunters Academy,” earning a coveted spot on the network’s original and most known series , “Ghost Hunters,”. Adam is the executive producer and host of the paranormal documentary reality show called Kindred Spirits, now in its 6th season, on Travel Channel and Discovery Plus. Adam travels the country with his co-star Amy Bruni documenting paranormal activity and strange phenomena in some of the worlds most haunted and scariest places.
Video of Gettysburg Ghost
Adam's website
Strange Escapes
Kindred Spirits
Adam's Socials:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
MORE Adam Berry
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Greyson Yandt and his nerd love is Coffee. Woah. It's awesome.
Greyson is a nerd of many hats. He has a degree in linguistics, is working on creating his own language, owns over a dozen fountain pens, loves to play around with coffee recipes, and is deeply into tabletop role-playing games.
Greyson's Website
Greyson's Mocha Mice Game
James Hoffman on YouTube
Recommended Coffee shops in Columbus, OH :
Honey Cup Coffee Co
Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea
Thunderkiss Coffee
Parable Coffee
Florin Coffee
Two Dollar Radio
Table Top Cafe
Recommended Coffee Shops in Oceanside, CA:
Banana Dang Coffee
Black Rock Coffee
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Victor Bakal and his nerd love is Fantasy Football. Woah. It's awesome.
Vic is fierce gamer, ruthless competitor, merciless opponent in all things you can win against someone else. When it comes to competition the term "gentlemanly" does not apply. Father of the 3 coolest boys in the universe and husband to, the only person on this planet that is more competitive over trifle matters, the amazing Mandy Bakal. CPA, Director of Finance, and life long nerd.
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Mark Besada and his nerd love is Board Games. Woah. It's awesome.
Mark Besada is one of the hosts of Board Game Barrage, winner of the Golden Geek for best board game podcast of 2022 where he is also known as the "Green Tank." He's been playing and making up games since he was a kid but dove headfirst into the hobby about a dozen years ago and has been obsessed ever since.
Check out Board Game Barrage
Board Game Barrage Socials:
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Spotify
YouTube
Patreon
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Meredith McCann and her nerd love is Birth/Motherhood. Woah. It's awesome.
Meredith is a motherhood and birth photographer based in Austin, TX. Mother of two little girls, certified birth doula and maternal mortality health advocate with the Pre-eclampsia Foundation.
www.meredithmccannphotography.com
Socials: @meredithmccannphotography
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Zoe Fagundes and her nerd love is Animation. Woah. It's awesome.
Zoe is a sophomore undergraduate at Chapman University majoring in Animation and Visual Effects and minoring in Business Administration. Her dream is to open her own animation studio one day but until then, she loves drawing, dancing ballet, aerial silks, and learning languages in her spare time.
Zoe's Website
Socials: @zoerosehips
Zoe’s Recs:
Lindsey Ellis youtube channel
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (running scene)
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Elizabeth Ward Land and her nerd love is Witchy Things. Woah. It's awesome.
Elizabeth Ward Land is an actor, singer, musician, educator; wife, daughter, sister, friend; animal lover, knitter, runner, curious soul- leader of a small coven of seekers who are open to seeing the magic that is happening all around us.
www.ElizabethWardLand.com
Socials: @ElizabethWardLand
Sequential Artists Workshops
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Tori Colozzi and her nerd love is Horror. Woah. It's awesome.
Tori is 34, she lives in NYC and works in HR for a tech company,. She has a dog named Glenn and a cat named Stella.
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Jack Scannell and his nerd love is Jurassic Park. Woah. It's awesome.
Jack is aspiring person of interest? Not like as a suspect on an episode of Law & Order but like a person for someone to go “huh, interesting.” Jack has written and directed a few shows years ago and currently have two side businesses as a wedding DJ and a videographer for local musical productions for streaming.
Jack says go see movies!!
Mentioned on this episode:
Iron Studios
Sky Falconry
Jurassic Park Restaurant
Kindred Spirits
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the Erin Fagundes and her nerd love is Pens. Woah. It's awesome.
Erin is , like Sasha, a musical theatre nerd (it is how they met), but she is very much split down the middle as far as left brain/right brain goes. Her career is in clinical research and she moonlights as a theatre performer, director, and vocal coach. Her love for pens and office supplies knows no boundaries and fits into all parts of her life. There is nothing better than either setting up that new binder for whatever show you are working on, testing out a new highlighter on your script, or using a really amazing pen to take notes for work. Staples is her Nordstroms.
Erin's Favorite Pen:
Tul Pen Set
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Troy Stafford Whiteley and his nerd love is Pokemon. Woah. It's awesome.
Troy Whiteley is the executive producer of POWgaming, A group of video game content creators. POWgaming covers a variety of different video game genres, withTroy as the resident Pokémon Professor. Troy has been actively involved with Pokémon since it came to America in 1999. He's played and still owns every Pokémon game released as well as plays and collects the trading cards.
POWgaming on:
Twitch
Facebook
Instagram
TikTok
YouTube
Personal insta:
@DapperTroy
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Kate Bowman and her nerd love is Friends. Woah. It's awesome.
Originally from Maryland, Katie went to the Boston Conservatory for musical theatre with Sasha. She is currently an actor in LA who sings and dabbles in writing, and also loves boxing and mixed martial arts.
Socials: @KateBowman333
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Justin Gentry and his nerd love is theme parks. Woah. It's awesome.
Justin is a New York City based actor, singer, magician, and theme park aficionado. Most recently he has worked alongside famed UK mind reader Derren Brown in his most recent Broadway show, Derren Brown: SECRET with other notable appearances including Stephen Schwartz' MAGIC TO DO, and Rock of Ages.
While not on stage - he is constantly searching for more roller coaster credits to collect for his resume; despite his irrational fear of heights. ;) (I know it doesn't make sense)
Theme Park scented candle website:
Park Scents
Justin's Social: @JustinJGentry
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Luke Grooms and his nerd love is Dolly Parton. Woah. It's awesome.
Musical theatre/opera singer and terrible movie enthusiast! Luke recently returned to the NYC area from the World tour of The Phantom of the opera, traveling throughout Asia and the Middle East. Luke had perform d all over the world including covering at the Metropolitan Opera, touring the US with Phantom and creating Dwight/God in the New York premiere and Off-Broadway premier of Jerry Springer:The Opera(where he first met Sasha!) He is an avid Wonder Woman lover, in fact the first book he ever owned was a Wonder Woman book accompanied by a fisher price record that read it to you!!
Luke recommends:
Dolly Parton's America Podcast
Socials: @LukeGrooms1
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Gil Lang and his nerd love is watches. Woah. It's awesome.
Watch website Gil Recommends:
HODINKEE
Socials: @GLang48
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Kathryn Lounsbery and her nerd love is The Office. Woah. It's awesome.
Kathryn Lounsbery is a creative empath and music coach based in Los Angeles. She holds a master’s degree in classical piano but don’t let that fool you. She mostly listens to Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” on a daily basis. She is happily married to Helen and tends to her 2.5 year old Teddy (human); 9 year old Twiggy (dog angel), and 5 year old Bruce (cat man) on a daily basis.
The Office podcasts Kathryn recommends:
Office Ladies
The Michael Scott Podcast Company
Socials: @ThatPianoGirlKat
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the Evan Schweitzer and his nerd love is The NYC Subway. Woah. It's awesome.
Actor, improviser, and Brooklyn native, Evan, wasn't allowed to ride the subway alone as a kid but that didn't stop his fascination with underground trains. What are some of the nooks and crannies that lie just beneath the bustling streets of the Big Apple? Evan is psyched to share!
Recs from Evan!
https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/
-This creator has made some amazing maps of not just the NYC system but also the system in Boston. There are maps about extensions that were never built (including that S. 4th Street station) as well as abandoned sections and provisions built into the current system for future expansion. Twitter: @vanshnook
https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Main_Page
-This website has such a detailed history about mass transit in NYC and it includes lots of historical maps.
https://forgotten-ny.com/
-This website gives you some detailed history about long-forgotten parts of NYC, not just the subway.
@NYC_Awaken on Twitter
- Some great photos of the inner workings of the NYC subways system.
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Cory Wyszynski and his nerd love is The Simpsons. Woah. It's awesome.
CoRy is a storyteller turned photo alchemist. He is an actor, the author of the sci-fi mindbender, U-turn at Next Synapse, co host of See No Evil, a horror videogame play through podcast, and a genre narrative improvisor. Now a days, time is spent home•bound, fighting unseen horror for better health. Since 2021, CoRy launched a design shop on threadless and created a late night show! From the Couch, which included segments recorded from Stanford Hospital for its season finale, is available on Youtube!
Socials: @corywysz (Twitter, Insta-germ)
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Ben Farley and his nerd love is Dungeon Mastering. Woah. It's awesome.
Ben Farley has been playing in or running TTRPGs like Dungeons & Dragons since 2008. Previous to that, he was an avid tabletop war gamer for many years.
Helpful D&D links from our guest:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMZ04s0SU1glq6SrAVQCbHwFeFXGko_v0
https://www.youtube.com/user/mcolville
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMl19aDv5e_2l_AeJRXp2g
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is Dr. Stephen Harvey and his nerd love is Ancient Egypt. Woah. It's awesome.
Stephen Harvey is an archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt, and has had a career as a university professor, museum curator, and freelance consultant and lecturer on archaeological tours. He received his BA in Archaeological Studies at Yale in 1987 and his PhD. in Egyptian Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. Steve has participated in archaeological projects in the US, Egypt, Turkey, and Syria, and since 1988 has been actively involved with excavations at Abydos in southern Egypt, most prominently as Director of the Ahmose and Tetisheri Project at Abydos, exploring the last-known royal pyramids of Egypt. HIs discoveries at Abydos include the earliest known scenes of Egyptian horse and chariot warfare, and the identification of the last known Egyptian queen's pyramid. He has been interviewed for and consulted on many international television documentaries, including the series “Scanning the Nile/Mystères du Nil,” (France, 2020); several episodes of “Unearthed” (Windfall Films, 2018-2021); “Mysteries at the Museum” (Travel Channel, 2018); “Building Pharaoh’s Chariot” (NOVA, PBS 2013); “Egypt: Engineering an Empire” (History Channel); and “Egypt’s Golden Empire” (PBS), and “Lost Treasures of Egypt” (National Geographic), in addition to national and local news programs in the US.
“Legend of the Pyramid Kings.” Season 3 Episode 2 of “Lost Treasures of Egypt,” National Geographic Channel (2021):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkZnEoHEg4o&list=PLAFqvZkNguNu7j9We-gJhNSgdThV2LHVS
“Building Pharaoh’s Chariot,” for NOVA (PBS). (2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Loti-WBK_k
“Egypt: Engineering an Empire,” The History Channel (2006).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cdUxZuarL0&t=4340s
There are other recent films available for purchase from the "Unearthed" series" on Discovery Science channel:
“Unearthed” Season 9 Episode 7, “Egypt’s Cult Kings.” (2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48BNh_gZ7aM
“Unearthed” Season 7 Episode 3 “Secrets of the Black Pyramid.” (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkKMK_r6Ikw
“Unearthed” Season 3, Episode 9, “Mystery of the Cursed Pyramid,” (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppxtYdsvMuw
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Frankie Marrone and his nerd love is Musical Theater Overtures. Woah. It's awesome.
An eternal student of musical theatre, Frankie Marrone grew up spending ALL of his money on Cast Albums and endlessly listening to them reading the liner notes. As an actor and performer he has been in shows and cabarets in California, Boston, and New York, and in 2011 was named Cabaret Idol in Los Angeles. He now is the artistic director at Trinitas Arts Conservatory where he directs and teaches Musical Theatre, Musical Theatre History, and Acting. He is currently in the masters in directing program at Roosevelt University in Chicago, and a musical theatre alumn from the Boston Conservatory where he met the lovely Sasha Weiss.
www.trinitasarts.org
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the lovely Katie Horwitch and her nerd love is Self-talk. Woah. It's awesome.
Katie Horwitch is a nationally-recognized writer, speaker, mindset coach, activist, and the founder of WANT: Women Against Negative Talk. She has spoken across the country – from SXSW and Lululemon to corporate workshops and creative non-profits – about self-confidence, living fearlessly, and shifting the emotional DNA that’s helped shape our negative self-talk patterns. She is the host of the top-rated self-talk podcast WANTcast: The Women Against Negative Talk Podcast, where she tackles subjects like loneliness, jealousy, and self-worth, and interviews visionary women about taking a proactive approach to life’s high highs and low lows. Some of her recent clients include organizations and executives at brands like Equinox, Salesforce, Whole30, Morgan Stanley, MeUndies, and more. She is currently working on her first book.
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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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Welcome to The Nerd Expansion! Join hosts Nick & Sasha as we expand the definition of nerd, explain what we're about, and talk about some of our personal nerd loves. We are so happy you're here and can't wait to talk nerdy with you!
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
Performed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka