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The audio blog of Nicnac Marsh featuring conversations about divergent life.
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I believe actors can be happy and fulfilled before they succeed...in fact, they almost have to be. I am bringing you conversations, coaching, and personal stories of hope, resilience, and success in life (and the acting career). From side job life to series regular, from costar, guest star, or the lead in the musical...I think every actor in Chicago and the world deserves a whole life. Acting is unlikely to fill your cup 100% of the time, so let's fill it together. Support this podcast: http ...
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Negotiating Committee Round Table - SAG-AFTRA 2023 Tentative Agreement
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Courtney Rioux and Avis Boone are Co-Hosting this round table discussion with fellow negotiating committee members, Jason George, Shari Belafonte, and Danielle Towne. We cover AI concerns, the process of the negotiations, and the major gains of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Tentative Agreement. Voting ends December 5th at 5 pm PT/7 pm CT/8 pm ET…
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Using The Creative Process as Therapy Feat. Eddie Mujica
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Our guest today is Eddie Mujica. He's a Cuban-American actor, writer, director, and Emmy-winning producer. In this episode, we talk about his viral videos on TikTok and Instagram, his creative process, auditioning for SNL. We talk about therapy, imposter syndrome, anxiety, and depression. No, it's real. You guys, I swear, it's a really fun episode…
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Living My Younger Self's Dream feat. Behzad Dabu
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Actor Behzad Dabu talks about taking a leap, acting in LA vs Chicago, the actor mindset, the SAG-AFTRA Strike, and more. Behzad Dabu is an actor, producer, and writer based out of both Los Angeles and Chicago. He grew up in Syracuse, NY, and got his BFA in Acting from Columbia College Chicago, where he also worked after college as the Senior Intern…
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Intuition and Play through The Artist’s Way Feat. Barbara Howlin
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Actor and writer, Barbara Howlin talks about using The Artist’s Way to recover your inner artist, trust your intuition, and heal through play. Barbara Howlin is a SAG-AFTRA actor & writer who's been guiding creatives for the last decade. She's taught actors at AMAW and various studios around Los Angeles. Barbara is also a Reiki Master guiding peopl…
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Freedom through Clarity with Courtney and Bex
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Financial fears, abundance, doing what you can where you are right now (even in an actor's strike)...Courtney coaches Bex Marsh through all this and more in a Clarity Session.Bex Marsh is an Asian-American actor, producer, writer, and former college baller and a producer on The Whole Artist Pod! *******An update post Clarity Session from Bex: "I’ve…
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What Is For You Is For You Feat. Emmy-Nominated Shantira Jackson
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Courtney Rioux and guest host, Bex Marsh, talk with Shantira Jackson about spirituality as part of the creative process, career and personal successes, setting boundaries, quitting a writing job for a toxic host, rest, and more. Shantira Jackson is an Emmy-nominated writer/performer based in Los Angeles. She has written for REDACTED FOR THE STRIKE,…
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Braving the Unknown: Navigating Big Life and Career Transitions with Self-Compassion Feat. Jaime Kalman Chipko
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Courtney and her coach, Jaime, discuss the desire to quit acting or at least take a break. They talk about raising strong, independent children, motherhood, and its challenges, especially in the acting industry. Courtney opens up about where the hell she's been the past two years....trigger warning they talk about pregnancy loss. Jaime reveals bein…
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We're Back: Strike Update with guest host Bex Marsh
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After a two-year hiatus (maternity and bereavement leave) Courtney is back at the podcast! Episode 2 will explain where she's been the past two years, but Episode 1 had to be an update on the strike, didn't it?! #SAGAFTRASTRIKE #SAGAFTRASTRONG Official updates at: Sagaftrastike.org ### Co-produced by Bex Marsh and Courtney Rioux. Edited by Courtney…
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In this episode Nicnac completes the Atlantic crossing phase of their trip from Austria to Seattle in the Aerobask Diamond DA50RG in X-Plane 11. While en-route they start removing P3D scenery because the time has come to start looking to the future. Please consider donating to support Nicnac's efforts at https://www.patreon.com/nicnacpod --- Send i…
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FSRideAlong: Flying The DA50RG On A Shoestring
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In this episode, Nicnac talks about the first 3 legs of her virtual trip from The Diamond Factory near Vienna, Austria to Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, USA. For live tweets please follow @nicnacjak on Twitter Check out the Aerobask model of The DA50RG for x-Plane 11 and 12 at https://aerobask.com/da50.php Check out the real DA50RG which just…
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Show Notes TW/CW Suicide Discussions In this episode Nicnac and Vinny talk about medications, treatment and home remedies as well as the high incidence of suicide in autistic people and other neurodivergent people as they continue to struggle against a neurotypical world that seems hell bent on their destruction Links Autistic Life Span Study Broke…
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In this episode Nicnac and Vinny struggle to keep their partnership healthy as they face burcatic nightmares in getting benefits after getting married amid rising costs and unprecedented stress. Credits The music is Raindrop Rhapsody by Josh Elkinberry, The Fools Guide by Anthony Rotunno If you enjoy this music please support these artists by buyin…
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Nicnac Podcast: Gender Roles And Other Social Boxen From a Autistic Couples Perepctive
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In this episode Nicnac and Vinny explore the idea of being autigender as they work to understand gender and other social constructs though the autistic lens. Nicnac also tries to keep it together though the stress of the many hurdles of being married on disability income. Article link If you appreciate Nicnac and Vinny's work please check out their…
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In this episode Nicnac and Vinny experience a great deal of inertia as they continue to adjust to their new life together. While they remain happy there is no beating around the bush: being in love while being on the spectrum is not easy! If you feel called to, please support Nicnac’s hard work through her Patreon or by sending a donation on paypal…
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Dreams Do Come True But They Don't Come Easy
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In this episode Nicnac and Vinny share thier raw take on newly wed life and the challenges that they face as they start their adventure in Seattle.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nicnacmarsh/message
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Show Notes In this episode Nicnac drops a quick update on their impending nuptials and move to Seattle Credits The music is Raindrop Rhapsody by Josh Elkinberry, The Fools Guide by Anthony Rotunno and, of course, Catch Me If You Can by Attica Attica. If you enjoy this music please support these artists by buying their work or making donations! The …
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In this episode Vinny joins Nicnac to talk about dreams both good and bad and how they effect their lives as spoonies. You can learn more about spoon theory here Credits The music is Raindrop Rhapsody by Josh Elkinberry, The Fools Guide by Anthony Rotunno and, of course, Catch Me If You Can by Attica Attica. If you enjoy this music please support t…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode Nicnac checks in with their partner Vinny to talk about getting better help on the spectrum and simulation gaming. Credits The music is Raindrop Rhapsody by Josh Elkinberry, The Fools Guide by Anthony Rotunno and, of course, Catch Me If You Can by Attica Attica.…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode Nicnac laments the needless pressure caused by the many ‘stress gates’ they are navigating through and hopes that their work and the work of others may eventually lead to a less hostile world for divergent people like themselves Credits The music is Raindrop Rha…
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Patreon Donate Contact Simply Magpie Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac finds their excitement for X-Plane 12 after seeing that they mostly meet the recommended specs and are blown away with the default A330. They also mention project covert gamer to flight simmer. Credits Support for FSrideAlong comes from Simply Magpie Virtual Airline and Flying …
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes Note: Nicnac is still having adudo difficulties; they did their best in the edit and are working to resolve them. Your patience is appreciated! In this episode, Nicnac offers some sage advice on gender transitions,integrity, life and neurodivergence as they continue to try to h…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode Nicnac tries to keep her momentum as she faces a variety of hurdles in the next few months before hopefully moving to Seattle to be with her partner Credits The music is Raindrop Rhapsody by Josh Elkinberry, The Fools Guide by Anthony Rotunno and, of course, Cat…
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FSRideAlong: X-Plane and MSFS a Year Later
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Patreon Donate Contact Simply Magpie Show Notes In this episode Nicnac reviews the results of The Navigraph Survey, and talks about her recent retry of MSFS after using mostly X-Plane for general aviation in Season 7 of FSRideAlong. See you next year for Season 8! Credits Support for FSrideAlong comes from Simply Magpie Virtual Airline and Flying C…
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Nicnac Podcast: Help Me Take This Mask Off
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode Nicnac tries to deal with all the things the universe is challenging her with while expressing gratitude for the autistic and neurodivergent communities. Credits The music is Raindrop Rhapsody by Josh Elkinberry, The Fools Guide by Anthony Rotunno and, of course…
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FSRideAlong: This Girl Like Diamonds And Things She Can Not Afford
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Patreon Donate Contact Simply Magpie Show Notes In this episode Nicnac expresses her disappointment in The Sim Solutions DA40NG. She also muses about general aviation tech, flying cars and elitism and gatekeeping in flight simulation. Having been a simmer since 1999 or so it’s a scene that she occasionally grows weary of. Finely, she celebrates and…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode Nicnac turns her attention to the insincerity she perceives in many of the winter holiday traditions. She deduces that this behavior is driven by guilt and suggests an alternate course of action amidst her struggle to save money and keep her momentum. Credits Th…
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Patreon Donate Contact Simply Magpie Show Notes In this episode Nicnac talks about diving into The DA62 and a few airliner flights in the sim after returning from their brief visit to Seattle. They lament some of the limitations of the simulation offered by The Aerobask DA62 particularly when it comes to the overlays on the x1000 and a few aircraft…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode Nicnac tries to challenge themselves and listeners to do better than Thanksgiving and the way we are supposed to spend the holiday. Nicnac impresses the importance of holding ourselves and our ancestors accountable for our atrocities and failings in the never en…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac recaps their trip to Seattle and ponders how to move forward with a move to Seattle that will stick within six months. Credits The music is Raindrop Rhapsody by Josh Elkinberry, The Fools Guide by Anthony Rotunno and, of course, Catch Me If You Can by At…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac tries to process the seismic shifts in her life while enjoying the latter stages of her Seattle visit. Credits The music is The Fools Guide by Anthony Rotunno and, of course, Catch Me If You Can by Attica Attica. If you enjoy this music please support th…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes As Nicnac is still in Seattle, she opts to focus this episode on SimCity and and Cities:Skylines and how using these software toys might help inspire one to think about communities in ways outside of the western colonial norm. Nicnac hopes this episode may serve as a kind of br…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac reports from Seattle where they are experiencing a very potent mix of old memories and new experiences with their partner after enduring a harrowing Greyhound bus trip from hell. They remind both themselves and their listeners of the importance of connec…
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Nicnac Podcast: Sleepless 662 Miles South Of Seattle
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac shares that she is traveling to Seattle to see her partner and reconnect with the city in the next few days. She is filled with jitters but knows it will go well. Credits The music is Raindrop Rhapsody by Josh Elkinberry, The Fools Guide by Anthony Rotun…
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FSRideAlong: Balancing The Four Forces Of Flight
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Patreon Donate Simply Magpie Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac talks about flying The DA62 vs The SR22 and how their sim spending and time has changed since finding a partner. She also mentions her excitement about the initial devlogs coming from Laminar Research regarding X-Plane 12. Finely Nicnac admits that she will likely be a near-exclusive X…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac tries to get her head out of the happy clouds long enough to think in the face of the challenges posed by all the things that have happened in her life as of late. Although they feel lucky, they know that they and other divergent people like themselves f…
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Nicnac Podcast: Coming Out in California with Moss Wildwing
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac talks with her friend Moss Wildwing about a unique Coming Out Day Experience they both had that inspired each other. They go on to talk about being queer, trans, and otherwise divergent in both Chico and San Francisco. They also discuss mental health and…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode Nicnac talks with her partner about how they found each other, their shared dreams, and the unique experience of Actually Autistic Love. Credits The music is Raindrop Rhapsody by Josh Elkinberry, The Fools Guide by Anthony Rotunno and, of course, Catch Me If You…
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Nicnac Podcast: Send Nicnac Back Home; Help Them Publish (Twitterpated)
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Donate To Support Nicnac Become A Member of Nicnac’s Patreon Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac tells of a new partnership and love that has her crazy twitterpated and happy. She asks listeners to help her get some writing projects finished and work towards seeing her new partner in Seattle. A place she has been homesick for for 10 years anyway. Cr…
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Donate To Support Nicnac Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac notes the personal progress she is making in the midst of the challenge of her transition and her environment. She reflects on the intersection between the leftist community and the LGBTQI+ and neurodivergent communities. An intersection that she views as purely anecdotal but worth noting …
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Nicnac Podcast: The Fear You Won't See Me
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Donate To Support Nicnac Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac finds herself half hearing Anne Murray’s version of “You Won’t See Me”. This ties into her ongoing transition and recent coming-out day events in Nicnac’s mind. She does her best to info dump and tell her story in an entertaining way. With hopes that she may be able to do another conversat…
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FSRideAlong: The Secret To Good Simulation Game Design
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Donate Contact Simply Magpie Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac starts branching out to other simulation games to try and demonstrate some good design principles within the storied genre. Nicnac references everything from Oregon Trail to MSFS 2020 to try and get at what makes a simulation game works and what will make it nose dive. Credits Support …
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Nicnac Podcast: Going Beyond The Mind (You Were Cool)
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In this episode, Nicnac talks about where she is in divergent life, transitioning and thinking back to a person they once knew in passing who was so cool. She feels the sting of the missed connection even years later and tries to find the good in the missed connection and living the day-to-day challenges of being divergent. Nicnac advises you to sk…
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In this episode, Nicnac finely completes their cerebral transition. She is psychologically a woman!!!! Still Nicnac but please she/her. The road ahead in autism and gender will be difficult. She needs love. Please; soft gentle empathetic love and support. Take your western medicine elsewhere. She has no interest! She wishes she could tell you this …
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*Reminder of Trauma* In this episode Nicnac talks about Dungeon and Dragons and their content creation philosophy. They also talk about #StopTheShock--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nicnacmarsh/message
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*Trauma Warning* In this episode, Nicnac attempts to create podcast art while dealing with a brain and back on fire as best they can. Hopefully, next episode will be more normal. But, if you want a window into Nicnac's brain this isn't bad!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nicnacmarsh/message…
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Nicnac Podcast: Art Me Gently With a Chainsaw
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Trigger Warning: This is a deep, heavy, and honest episode that may not be suitable for everyone including dark themes, politics, and divergent life struggle. Please proceed intentionally and do your own thinking as required. If you don’t have the ability to listen with an open mind please don’t! Donate To Support Nicnac Show Notes In this episode,…
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Trigger Warning: This is a deep, heavy, and honest episode that may not be suitable for everyone including dark themes, politics, and autistic life struggle. Please proceed intentionally and do your own thinking as required. If you don’t have the ability to listen with an open mind please don’t! Donate To Support Nicnac Show Notes In this episode, …
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Download Donate Contact Simply Magpie Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac reviews their virtual experience of FSExpo via time-shifting. They were very grateful to have online access to the talks and are chewing on both The Laminar Research Team and The Lockheed Martin Prepare 3D Team. Their only minor criticism of the talks involves not having a goo…
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Trigger Warning: This is a deep, heavy, and honest episode that may not be suitable for everyone including dark themes, politics, and autistic life struggle. Please proceed intentionally and do your own thinking as required. If you don’t have the ability to listen with an open mind please don’t! Donate To Support Nicnac Show Notes In this episode, …
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Donate To Support Nicnac Show Notes: In this episode, Nicnac’s creativity and life train is jarringly derailed by their very frustrated body’s instance on closeness despite Nicnac’s mind objecting to the cries. This forces Nicnac to explore a different kind of date seeking despite their extremely rational objections and ongoing gender changes. Nicn…
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