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

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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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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 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
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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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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

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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 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.

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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 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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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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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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Theme song written by Korrie Yamaoka
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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 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
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