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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 Hedgehogsâoh 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 andâthe hedgehogs! After working with many hedgehogs, she became known as âThe Hedgehog Psychicâ 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
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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 Actorsâ/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 â the Jukebox musical, Nine, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, The Boys from Syracuse, Youâre 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 NEATâs, 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 Jerryâs 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 Havenâs 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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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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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: @LukeGrooms1Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
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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 - heâs 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.
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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/
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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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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 U2âs '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 âJazz Manâ 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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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-fi series Dumarest.
Jordan's Instagram
Jordan's Podcasts: The Cast Die Podcast & Punk Assed: A Pun Cast
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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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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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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 Iâm 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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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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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!
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 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.
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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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