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Each episode of the ”Start with Your Name” podcast features an immigrant / refugee / asylum-seeker who is starting from scratch and forging a new life in a land far from their own. The podcast offers each guest an opportunity to delve into their past and describe the circumstances that led them to make this change in their lives. The episodes afford you a moment to listen and hopefully to gain a better understanding of the immigrant / refugee experience. At a time when millions are being for ...
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Listen for free to the personal stories of alumni from Kaplan Business School. Join host Kieran Howard, as we share stories about life as a student, life after graduation, future plans, and staying connected. Get involved with us on our KBS Alumni LinkedIn group at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6567849/, and with Kaplan Business School at www.kbs.edu.au.
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Chelsea Mic'd Up is the official podcast of Chelsea FC, giving you exclusive access to the reigning champions of Europe! Each week, hosts Brandon London, Emily Kaplan, André Carlisle and Lee Parker break down the latest performances of the Chelsea men’s and women’s squads and bring you up to speed on team news, before being joined by big name guests, including current Chelsea players and club legends, famous Blues fans and media members giving you insight to ensure you are fully locked in on ...
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The artists and artisans of the fiber world come to you in The Long Thread Podcast. Each episode features interviews with your favorite spinners, weavers, needleworkers, and fiber artists from across the globe. Get the inspiration, practical advice, and personal stories of experts as we follow the long thread.
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Hey folks. Mandy Kaplan here. I’d like to share a bit about my intentions and mission for MMAN if you’ll indulge me. You will? Huzzah! Look, I am a lot of things. I’m a writer, actress, mother, and lover of musicals and cats, but NOT Cats, The Musical. Give me a little bit of credit, would ya? So...throughout my life, I’ve been surrounded (and intrigued) by all things nerd. A sister who plays D&D, a Star Wars-obsessed husband, friends who love anime, comic books, video games, and...well, you ...
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In the latest installment of the podcast "Make Me a Nerd," host Mandy Kaplan ventures into the world of gaming with the help of guest and dear friend, Jonny Lee Jr. This week's mission? Tackling the fan-favorite Nintendo Switch game, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Mandy, a self-proclaimed extrovert and musical theater aficionado, finds hersel…
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Eric Spitler, former Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs at the FDIC, discusses his paper on the history of bank runs and how he would reform deposit insurance to address the weaknesses revealed by last spring’s regional banking crisis. Lee’s X: @leereiners Related Links: Yelling 'Fire' in the Financial Theater: Bank Runs in the Social Me…
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Dan & Manny welcome back the director of The Orange Years & This is GWAR, Scott Barber, to talk about the Kickstarter for his new project Game Changers, a docu series about the videogames that changed everything! Scott talks about what he's been up to since the last time we had him on to discuss his documentary The Orange Years, he tells us about h…
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This week in nerddom, Mandy Kaplan embarks on a pixelated journey to the 1980s with special guest Zehra Fazal, a renowned voice actor known for her roles in countless animated series and video games. Zehra, a self-proclaimed nerd with a penchant for retro gaming, guides Mandy through the world of Sierra Games' classic "King's Quest IV: The Perils o…
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Tommye McClure Scanlin had a choice. To make the images she wanted to create with weaving, she could either pursue complex forms of weaving that rely on dobby, jacquard, and draw-loom technology—or she could go the other way and place every color and pick by hand using tapestry techniques and a very simple loom. Preferring a drawing pencil to a cal…
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Danny Cullenward is a distinguished Senior Fellow with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. He joined Lee to discuss the current state of voluntary carbon credit markets and efforts in the U.S. and abroad to regulate carbon credits. Lee’s X: @leereiners Related Links: Danny’s website: https://www.ghgpolicy.org/ W…
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Dan & Manny welcome back their longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast Allstar Steve Herrera to put the 1996 Sublime self-titled album to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! This is an old fashion basement hangout. There's a ton of inside hometown jokes, references, & tangents, the guys reminisce about listening to Sublime, their favorite songs…
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In this episode of "Make Me A Nerd," host Mandy Kaplan welcomes a special guest - her husband, Jeremy Klavens. The couple, married for nearly 18 years, takes listeners on a journey into the world of "Game of Thrones,” in which Jeremy delicately introduces Mandy to the complex wordplay of the title of the show vis a vis, well, characters who are try…
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Indigo is a unique dyestuff, no less so for being found in so many different plants. Coaxing the blue hue out of green leaves and onto yarn or cloth requires a combination of chemistry and skill that has arisen across the globe. Rowland and Chinami Ricketts each found their own way to indigo in Tokushima, Japan: Rowland was looking for a sustainabl…
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Sean Vanatta is a lecturer in US Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow and author of the new book "Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control." Sean sits down with Lee to discuss the history of credit cards in the United States and how this history informs current policy debates, including Capital O…
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This week, Mandy settles into the passenger seat of the old Impala with comedian and podcaster Krissy Lenz for a road trip down the highway of "Supernatural," the long-running TV series about two brothers hunting monsters across America and facing their daddy issues. Krissy, a self-proclaimed nerd and host of the Supernatural drinking game podcast,…
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Andrew Wells is the third generation of the iconic American yarn manufacturer Brown Sheep Company. Living near the family business outside Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, he grew up giving tours and sweeping the floors when his parents, Peggy and Robert Wells, ran the business. His grandfather, Harlan Brown, had been a sheep and lamb farmer before deciding…
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Dan & Manny recast the 1996 sci-fi action classic Independence Day for the Buzzn The Tower Podcast! This is the wildest ten minutes of podcasting, EVER! Recorded while Dan was eating lunch at Veggie Grill in Santa Monica and Manny was just getting off of work, this is an old school earbuds-for-microphones Nostalgia Test Podcast. Manny expresses som…
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Jonah Crane, a partner at Klaros Group and former Treasury Department official, breaks down the recent collapse of fintech company Synapse, which has left thousands of customers without access to their funds. Crane also reflects on the regulatory response and the broader impact Synapse’s failure will have on Banking as a Service. Lee’s X: @leereine…
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Ever wonder what happens when you mix a sci-fi novice with a medium-level nerd and throw in some Star Wars? Well, buckle up, because that's exactly what this episode of "Make Me A Nerd" delivers. Mandy Kaplan, whose imagination may have gone the way of the Death Star years ago, sits down with podcaster Ocean Murff to chat about "Rogue One: A Star W…
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Working together in a Philadelphia yarn store, Kate Gagnon Osborn and Courtney Kelley learned how to help customers choose the right yarn for a project, welcome in timid new knitters, and create samples to help move yarn out the door. They learned what didn’t work (donut-shaped balls of yarn that hopped off the shelves and tangled, patterns that us…
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Dan & Manny are joined by Dr. J.L. Adolph , Ph.D. in English/African Diaspora Studies, to put the 1995 John Singleton classic Higher Learning to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! Content Warning This episode deals with discussions of sexual violence & rape, gun violence, & racial violence. On our 4-year podiversary, we're dropping a hybrid Nos…
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In this week's episode of "Make Me A Nerd," host Mandy Kaplan welcomes her friend and fellow podcaster Kyle Olson to discuss his deep love for all things Star Wars. Kyle, a self-proclaimed geek who considers his fandom a core part of his identity, shares his passion for George Lucas's groundbreaking 1977 space epic, Star Wars: A New Hope. As childr…
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Dan & Manny welcome artist Mike Reuter to put the 1999 sci-fi action classic 😎 The Matrix to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! Come take The Red Pill w/ The Nostalgia Test Podcast on this amazing episode. Dan & Manny start w/ a short interview of their guest, visual artist Mike Reuter. They ask him about his use of old VHS tapes to create his …
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This week, Mandy is joined by voice actor, writer and activist JP Karliak to discuss the animated Netflix series Castlevania. JP, a self-described "voiceover artist, queer activist, snappy dresser", has voiced characters like Morph in X-Men 97, Boss Baby, and Green Goblin on Spidey and His Amazing Friends. He also co-founded the organization Nerds …
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Born and raised in the capital city of Azerbaijan, Lior discovers two things at a young age: she's meant for a life abroad and she wants to know more about her Jewish roots. Our conversation is as much about her refugee story as it is her nearly lifelong pursuit of a Jewish life. After finishing her college career and spending time abroad studying …
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If you knit, spin, sew, weave, or follow any crafty pursuit, you will not be surprised that many of our most common metaphors come from textiles. They are interwoven in our vocabulary, and whether you like to spin a yarn from words or fibers, you will recognize many of them. But then there are the words whose textile roots are less obvious: Rocket.…
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Dan & Manny put some recent Nostalgic News to the ultimates test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! So much is going on in the Nostalgia world. The boys talk about the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris and all the newly added sports, they give their immediate reactions to the trailers for Deadpool & Wolverine, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Venom: The Last Dance, and Be…
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What does it mean to be a nerd today? That's the question explored in the premiere episode of Mandy Kaplan's new show, "Make Me A Nerd.” To help out, she’s joined by filmmaker and frequent collaborator Tommy Metz III who brings something he nerds all over: Marvel’s Legion on FX. First, it’s memory time. They reminisce about their own nerdy interest…
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Dan & Manny welcome Rose & Courtney from the Fiction Fixation podcast to put the 1993 action thriller classic 🦖Jurassic Park to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! OMG! This is one of those episodes that has twists & turns, tangents & hot takes, and a ton of Jeff Goldblum love! Courtney rips apart John Hammond aka Paleo Peepaw, Rose thinks that …
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Make Me a Nerd is a podcast for full-blown nerds and those who are nerd-curious. Its host, Mandy Kaplan, is a mainstream middle-aged mom who loves all things Football, Taylor Swift, and Housewives. Each week, she will be introduced to some form of nerdery way outside her comfort zone. By who, you ask? (we know it's whom, that was a "nerd test," and…
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When Jen Simonic and Masey Kaplan’s friend lost her mother, she had the challenge of going through her mother’s things while grieving her loss. Among her posessions was something almost every crafter has at least one of: a work in progress. Jen and Masey had each finished projects for bereaved family members before, but neither of them could take o…
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Dan & Manny are joined by toy designer & President of Design Edge Inc Matt Nuccio to discuss the inner workings of creating some of the most nostalgic toys from our childhood. Matt discusses taking Tickle Me Elmo from idea to reality, talks about his family's history in the toy business, how his company Design Edge Inc collaborates with first-time …
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"Here. Now." This is the meaning of the tattoo that Lina bears on her right arm and the mantra that guided her through her journey away from Kyiv. We resume Lina's story as she's fleeing her home. It's February 2022 and the war in Ukraine has begun. Lina is headed west with a group of others she's just met in a bomb shelter in Kyiv. We follow her j…
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Dan & Manny welcome longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast Allstar Steve Herrera to put the Worst Songs of the 90s 2011 Rolling Stone Readers Poll to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! Listen to the guys go on a nostalgia journey that breaks them done physically, mentally, & emotionally. Dan & Steve try to convince Manny that "What's Up" by 4…
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A career professional at Levi Strauss & Company, Eileen Lee learned about dyeing, weaving, and sewing on an international scale: giant factories full of loud looms weaving 2/2 twill, pattern pieces cut out of four-foot-high stacks of cloth, and no possibility of adding a tuck here or a dart there without retooling. During her years in the industry,…
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Dan & Manny welcome longtime friend, and secret Nostalgia Test Podcast fan, Lee Kaplan to put the 1990 Tom Cruise classic Days of Thunder to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! Grab a drink and settle in for vintage Nostalgia Test Podcast tangents, breakdowns, and mayhem. The guys discuss how Days of Thunder is Top Gun on wheels, how this is in …
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Lina spent her childhood living in western Ukraine before moving to the capital city of Kyiv for university. She remained in Kyiv working in public relations and then took up freelance photography. Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2013 was a devastating blow for her country and for Lina's family, who'd spent many summers at their home in the penins…
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Lilly Marsh creates blankets, shawls, and other cloth, almost exclusively from local wool. Working closely with farmers and the nearby Battenkill Fiber Mill, she gets to know not only her neighbors but the fibers they grow: the surprisingly lovely wool from East Friesian sheep raised to produce milk, the springy Dorset crosses that are popular in t…
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Dan & Manny welcome Emmy award winner, writer, & USC Alum, Eric Althoff to put the Jean-Claude Van Damme classic Street Fighter (1994) to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! This is an hour and a half of classic Nostalgia Test Podcast comedy, hot takes, & tangents. We try to figure out who Street Fighter is for, how no one sets out to make a bad…
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The call of complexity draws some weavers to more shafts, more structures, more hand-manipulated techniques. For Annie MacHale, refining the techniques and celebrating the artistry of very simple bands has been a lifelong fascination. Starting when she first picked up a shuttle and inkle loom in her teens, Annie has worked in wool, cotton, and hemp…
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Growing up in a very conservative, repressed country and culture, William had difficulty coming to terms with himself and the ways he was different from those around him. Championed by his grandmother, his sensitivity led him to change his name early on in his life and take a new one that felt like a much better fit. Despite rising to fame in the t…
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Dan, Manny, & their longtime friend and Nostalgia Test Royalty, Billy D'Elia put the Road House 2024 Reboot to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST (NOW)! Strap in everyone, because this episode is doesn't pull any punches. Dan, Manny, & Billy are the FINAL TEST on the Road House reboot, and watch out because there are SPOILERS! They dive right in…
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Youssef has more to tell about his seven-month stay in the Egyptian prison system: what it was like from day-to-day, how the experience changed him and what he learned. In this short bonus episode, Youssef responded to my follow-up questions with a series of voice notes about the terrible treatment he received and his reasons for staying hopeful in…
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“Rule number one: Never drink the dye bath.” Indigo and cochineal may be the most widely recognized natural dyes for many fiber artists, and there’s little temptation of sampling an indigo vat or pot of ground insects. But a simmering kettle of dye mushrooms or lichens? That might smell delicious, but if you’re in a class with Alissa Allen, it’s no…
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Prometheum is the one firm that other crypto firms love to hate. This is because the firm’s founders and co-CEOs, brothers Aaron and Ben Kaplan, have consistently and publicly argued that most cryptocurrencies are investment contracts subject to SEC registration requirements. In this episode, Aaron Kaplan joins Lee to discuss the process Prometheum…
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The Nostalgia Test Podcast recorded LIVE from the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference in Albuquerque, NM w/ USC colleagues Jen Sopchockchai Bankard & P.T. McNiff of the Long Take Review podcast. Shoutout to SWPACA, the tech guy who helped make this happen, and everyone that came out to support! Our presentation, "Between Two S…
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With a flare for acting and the arts, Youssef assumed the role of activist as he entered university in his home city of Faiyum, Egypt. In so doing, he campaigned to keep the university environment safe, even as a new wave of dictatorship gripped the country. He also became a target for the new regime and was detained and imprisoned. Upon his releas…
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In a period when agriculture moved toward chemicals, genetic engineering, and monoculture, Sally Fox decided to explore what could happen if she collaborated with nature instead of fighting it. With an academic background in entomology, she studied ways to minimize the amount of pesticides needed to grow crops, and the more she saw the effects of t…
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An interview with the stars of Snack Shack, a new 90s-set coming of age movie. Lead actors Conor Sherry and Mika Abdalla join Dan for a Nostalgia Test Now episode about their nostalgia inspired movie Snack Shack, a 90s teen story centered around four friends at the public pool during the summer in Nebraska City. They discuss the 90s prep they did, …
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Once they reunite in the Netherlands, Yasmin and her family spend nearly a year living in refugee camps before getting refugee status and a new place to live in Amsterdam. Yasmin describes the Netherlands as her second home, but never stopped dreaming about returning to her homeland. That is ... until she made that dream a reality all on her own.…
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When Susan Bateman first opened Yarn Barn of Kansas in 1971, a woman starting a small business couldn’t get a credit card in her own name. Weavers like her had a hard time finding yarns, tools, and other supplies, some of which were only available from overseas, and she thought there must be an opportunity to bring fiber artists more of what they n…
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