The Nerd Expansion

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...

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 @belleandh...

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...

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 ne...

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 th...

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 P...

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 cas...

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...

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 internationall...

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 Insta...

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 acc...

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, wh...

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 sn...

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...

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 ch...

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 Hosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha Weiss...

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 &...

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...

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 a...

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. 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  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 Thea...

Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Nicole Rabinowitz and her nerd love is Disney Vacations. It's awesome. 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 sen...