The Nerd Expansion
The Nerd Expansion Podcast. Expanding the definition of nerd through passion, obsession, and curiosity. Hosted by Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss.
Episodes
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...
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...
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’/A...
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 h...
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 Phanto...
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
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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 sprin...
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 hill...
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 passi...
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.
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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 prop...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 favorit...
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
Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss
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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 hu...
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