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The Stamie & Tracy Show

Stamie Karakasidis, Tracy Ryerson

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Follow Stamie and Tracy in 2020 as they navigate their lives after appearing on Showtime’s The Real L Word Season 1 with their careers, Tracy being an insta-mom, dating with kids, Stamie’s real estate career, Greek family back East, dealing with your ex, dealing with your ex and living life as a gay couple with kids. Thoughts on Stamie's stand up in 2020, discussing relationships and bringing on guests that will definitely INSPIRE YOU!. 2020 is all about reaching for your goals in life. I th ...
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Playthink

USC Game Innovation Lab

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Playthink is a USC-based salon about games, play, art and interactivity. These discussion are recorded live at the USC Game Innovation Lab, which is part of the USC Games Program at the University of Southern California. For more information follow us on Twitter @uscgamelab or visit our website at www.gameinnovationlab.com/playthink.
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The Dork Forest

The Dork Forest

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Jackie Kashian discusses favorite obsessions with the obsessed. Video games, Comic Books, Birdwatching. How deep in the dork forest are you? Celebrate it and f*&%$, make it your own!
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Show favorite Sophie Nicolaou- Greek legend- returns to the show for a very fun episode! It is summer travel season and Stamie and Sophie tackle the proper etiquette when flying on a plane! They also talk about Sophie's difficult time saying "no", how Stamie missed out on the best mom party ever, an Uber horror story, Sophie's trip to Italy, the up…
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In this very special episode Stamie is joined by dear friend Joe Wilson. Joe talks about coping with terminal pancreatic cancer and his new perspective on life and "living in overtime." His title for living longer than the doctors expected. We cover his life being a private eye, dealing with an augoraphobic pimp, his time in L.A. as a filmaker, wri…
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Tracy Ryerson finally returns to the show this week with special guest Whitney Mixter! They talk about being moms (and a single mom for Whitney) during the pandemic, breast feeding babies and your partner, who is on their "List", running the L.A. Marathon on a whim, learning from life trauma, Milo's nickname for Stamie, why Stamie would get dressed…
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Lauren Koeppe joins Stamie to talk about so much. Starting with how she was a major player in developing the flavor of Mewd Vitamins. how she got into the food and hospitality business, her entreprenuerial experience in building a successful business, going to the Burning Man festival, her incredible organizational skills and maintaining a healthy …
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Special guest Wendy Miller! Wendy Miller is an ACS Certified Sexologist, Relationship Expert, Author, Emmy-Winning TV Producer, and Host of the hit podcast, Sex Ed The Musical. In this episode we talk about her car bond with Jagger, beating cancer and the activity that changed her life, why it is difficult and awkward to talk about sex, Wendy's Ora…
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Sophie Nicolaou makes a return visit to the show! Should Milo get into pro soccer? Stamie and Sophie discuss this as well as women's sports and how far we have come, living the hustle life, the difficulties of coming out in the Gen Z era and the rules of ettiquette from an article that was published in The Cut. This is a packed episode with laughs …
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Our guest today on The Stamie and Tracy Show is Andy Murphy, he will give you an immediate boost on mindset just by listening to this episode. He is also the host of "Mindset by Design" and a performance coach who specializes in helping people achieve their goals. He is also an expert in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and sales. Andy has a pass…
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Yelena York makes her debut on The Stamie and Tracy Show this week. Stamie and Yelena hit it off immediately while attending their first charity event for Knock Out Abuse West. With Yelena's Armenian background and Stamie's Greek background, they are kindred spirits for sure. Her art has gained her awards all over the world including the award for …
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Our guests this week on The Stamie and (sometimes)Tracy Show are celebrity trainer Lacey Stone and her partner Jessica Lazzama. Two inspiring women making the world a better place. #GayforLacey If you're into fitness, there's a good chance you know who Lacey Stone is. If you don't, you should definitely check her out! She's an amazing fitness guru,…
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I mean, who doesn't know our guest Mary Lynn Rajskub (Rice-Cub)??? She is a woman of many talents and a face we have seen in almost every show ever made!!! Not only is she a successful actress and comic, but she's also an author and her new book "Famish" is out. In "Fame-ish" she discussed her moments in Hollywood and how she even made out with Tom…
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This week on The Stamie and Tracy show are Nikki Weiss Goldstein and her wife Jill Goldstein, you know them from Showtimes "The Real L Word" Season 1. We reminisce about life on a reality show, why Nikki unfollowed me on Facebook, what it's like being married and having two beautiful boys of their own and how life has changed during Covid. We discu…
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Our latest guest on The Stamie and Tracy Show is Chelsea Peitz. Social media wizard that Stamie discovered on Instagram and has been following for years. Chelsea is a social media coach who has worked with some of the biggest names in real estate, business or normal folks who want to make their Instagram pop. Her colorful background has made her a …
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Jennifer Esposito is our guest this week!!! With the lovely Christine Crokos (Director of the feature film "Pimp") and the Producer of Jen's new movie!!! Jen is a special lady and I have been a fan of hers for decades and still miss her on Blue Bloods! Jen has done it all and keeps pushing the limits with her next endeavor Directing a feature film…
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Kelly Rutherford is an actress and all things creative who is remembered fondly for her roles in Melrose Place, Gossip Girl, and most recently, Dynasty and Pretty Little Liars. I recently met Kelly while introducing her at a Knock Out Abuse West Lived and Learned Salon, not only was I a long time fan before I met her, but even a bigger fan once I h…
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This week is a special one for me. My Old roomie-Christine Crokos, Greek sister from another mister is making her podcast debut on the Stamie and Tracy show. Christine Crokos is a Hollywood director, writer and all around person who inspires. Her latest film "Pimp" starring Kiki Palmer was a big hit. This feature film got her into the game of "fema…
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This weeks show is Co-Hosted by my fellow Greek Sophie Nicolaou and Stamie. Sophie Is a master of so much and is a crazy soccer lover who has turned her passion into a very successful soccer podcast and youtube channel. She is the host and producer of Highbury Squad Podcast and you can follow her youtube channel: Highbury squad A fellow lover of la…
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Tracy is back where she belongs. They have a very relaxed conversation covering many topics, one being their 12 year anniversary...We discuss her career as Senior VP at Wayferer Studios, producing a movie called The Senior and is there really a life/work balance? Especially, when you are working from home. Why she wants Stamie to go to Costco so ba…
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Stamie Karakasidis: #9 - Cynthia Levin - The Funny in Life and 27 Summers This week the very funny actress and comedian Cynthia Levin joins Stamie to talk about how Stamie's challenges with camping, the Olympics, Stamie's softball experience in LA, midnight snacks with a lover in the UK and much more. There is enough ball busting and laughs to fill…
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This week Alla Korot from Another World and All MY Children visits The Stamie and Tracy show. Stamie and Alla discuss it all!! From her 30 year acting career, to what keeps us going during hard times, and how she came to create her organic skin cream line called L'uvalla. They cover loss and Stamie's loss of her Mother this year. Major heartfelt co…
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Playthink is back and Zoomier than ever!! Please join us for a Zoom conversation between Eric Zimmerman and Tracy Fullerton about the recently released “The Infinite Playground,” the final book by visionary game designer Bernie De Koven, written with Holly Gramazio and edited by Celia Pearce and Eric Zimmerman. Eric and Tracy Fullerton will be disc…
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This week I brought on an extra special treat. Mental performance expert, Andy Murphy. He uses his experience working with VIP clients such as Saudi Arabian Royalty, TV producers & world-champions to give you a competitive edge in your business and life. His podcast Mindset by Design helped me navigate through a few mental hurdles in 2019 and then …
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Grab a cup a coffee and enjoy a conversation with friends. Romi is back! Chilling in Austin with her beloved daughter and her girlfriend under lockdown. She reminds Stamie about The Real L Word seasons and they go on and on about so much including porn, which seems to be a subject on peoples minds lately. Stay safe and thanks for listening. Follow …
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So much covered in this episode with Sophie Nicolaou. Sophie was the reason we originally created our podcast. She comes back and we discuss some of our Greek ways, her soccer podcast, kissing, mindset, If you shower after a bath? Her Interviewing some of the great female soccer players, Kobe Bryant and David Beckham and her love for all soccer. Ho…
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This week on episode 4 Stamie discusses with co-host for the week Sharon Houston how their lives are being affected and what they are up to. Do you live your life by cause or effect? Where do you fall on the cause and effect scale? Hoping you are all staying safe and enjoying your down time with your family. Some fun news is that Stamie would love …
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Nicol Paone a long time friend of Stamie and Tracy's is back. Nicol is a very talented writer, director, comic and improv pro. We start off by discussing Nicol's eyebrows, or the time she had them removed by a make up artist on a shoot who happened to be on meth!! How she got her movie "Friendsgiving" off the ground with the help of Ben Stiller’s c…
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This week Tracy Ryerson visits our kitchen table as we catch up on what she has been up to. How baby Milo has changed her world and how the kids all get along. How related are those 4 children??? We discuss our relationship, communication and when she will be part of her show! Co-hosted this week by our talented friend Sharon Houston. As always, we…
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So excited to be back! It's been a long time but we have not forgotten you!!! Our first guest is Romi from the Real L Word! So much has changed in her world and she happily shares what she has learned by living in Austin and having a little girl in her life. In this very first episode, Stamie is solo but with her co-host Sharon Houston aka Fruit Fl…
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Bonnie Ruberg, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Informatics and the Program in Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Their research explores gender and sexuality in digital media and digital cultures with a focus on queerness and video games. They are the author of Video Games Have Always Been Queer (2019, New …
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Liz Ryerson is a composer, critic, and occasional game designer and podcaster. She is an avowed leftist and a co-founder of Game Workers Unite. She believes strongly that the power of action of people, both collectively and by individuals, against large corporate conglomerates is crucial to preserving and forwarding digital culture for the better o…
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Paul Slocum is an artist, software developer, curator, and musician based in Pasadena, California. He is director of a new media art gallery called And/Or Gallery that exhibits digital art and develops software for digital art displays and music. He has performed music and exhibited artwork internationally at numerous venues including The New Museu…
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Videaux-Martinez’s work lives at the intersection of experience design, immersive storytelling and experiential learning. She creates projects and cultivates spaces that harness story, design, and technology as tools for critical play and social dreaming. She is currently serving as a Designer-in-Residence at the Critical Design and Gaming School (…
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Lauren Ludwig is an LA-­based multimedia director and writer who grew up outside of Syracuse, NY. She regularly helms the Los Angeles comedy show Lost Moon Radio, which she co-founded in 2009. With Lost Moon Radio, she created the television sketch comedy show Passive Aggressive History which aired on truTV last year. Lauren's immersive theater sho…
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Brian Upton is an internationally-known game designer and game theorist with over 20 years of professional experience in the game industry. For 14 years he worked as a senior game designer at Sony’s Santa Monica Studio where he collaborated with external teams on titles such as Fat Princess,Warhawk, Sorcery, Everybody Has Gone to the Rapture, Bound…
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Adam Badawy is a computational social scientist and a PhD candidate in the Political Science Department and Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California (USC). Working at the Machine Intelligence and Data Science Lab, Adam uses machine learning, network analysis, and natural language processing to study and measure …
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This is our last episode before we take a summer break. We’ll be back in September with a tan and a good attitude…and hopefully some fun stories to share with all of you. In this episode, we discuss how the rainbow flag became a symbol of gay pride (thanks Chandra Olson for the topic), why Billionaire’s Beach is now open to the public (sorry Geffen…
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We open up this episode by celebrating the US Women's Soccer victory. World Cup champs, baby! Also, we discuss a bit of Ruby Rose and her rise to world domination, Bill Cosby and his decline into total douchebaggery, whether it's okay to "ghost" out of a relationship, and so much more. This was a fun one and we can't wait to hear what you think. Ha…
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Tracy's back for Episode 61 to help reel Stamie back in. Most importantly, we celebrate the SCOTUS ruling making gay marriage legal in all 50 states!! Yippee! Also, we talk about the states who are still opposed to the ruling and the hypocrisy when it comes to "sins". On a lighter note, Zoe Saldana's husband takes her last name, there's a new Afric…
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Comedian ED GALVEZ joins us in the studio to talk about his latest movie, AMIGO UNDEAD, and what it's like to work with Stamie on his off-time. (turns out they take a lot of selfies!) We also discuss how Chris Christie thinks a female viagra will turn all women into lesbians (he's crazy!), why Rachel Dolezal identifies as black, and the fact that R…
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This week on our podcast the three ladies Tracy Ryerson, Stamie Karakasidis and Rena-Marie Villano discuss the difficulties of dealing with city Racoons and how to win the war. Traveling on a red eye with three kids solo, being gay in the middle east and Russia and how the Democracy Council is trying to help. Tracy called into the studio so we got …
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This week, we talk about An Evening With Women, an incredible organization that raises money for the Los Angeles LGBT Center. We discuss the amazing performances by Sia, No Doubth, Sarah Silverman and Fortune Feimster. Tracy shares how she felt after wearing a very low cut dress that made her sit up straight like a good girl. Get ready to hear Stam…
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Hey guys, this is our 52nd episode! Which means we've been doing this for one year! When's the last time you did something for a year straight? Awesome! This ep we talk about Hillary Clinton running for President in 2016, Aaron Hernandez being a douche and going to jail, how Tracy is f'n awesome at paintball, Rena-Marie's advice on love languages, …
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Happy 50th episode!!! This week we talk to SUE ANN PIEN, a top 100 finalist in the Mars One mission, where thousands are vying for a one-way trip to MARS! Her talented singer/songwriter girlfriend, Cynthia Catania, also joins to share her music, as well as thoughts on Sue Ann's long-time dream and how it may affect their relationship moving forward…
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Who doesn't get anxiety, right? In this episode, we discuss where it might come from and what to do to help it dissipate. Also, we talk about when nudity is appropriate and Tracy attempts to make a point by taking her top off in the studio. We fall in love with Tina Turner again, find out Heather Mills' thoughts on Paul McCartney, and why a Thalys …
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Just the three of us, Tracy, Rena-Marie and Stamie cover all things that seem to be happening in the world. We start it off with Carly Rae Jepsen's catchy new song "I Really Like You", which stars Tom Hanks, and makes you want to bop around. We also talk about a Spanish artist who photoshops celebrities into being a fat version of themselves, how t…
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Straight from Nashville, Ep47 brings Christin Baker of Tellofilms.com to the studio. She talks about what it's like to start up a successful subscription-based network that caters to a predominantly lesbian audience, with shows like "Kiss Her I'm Famous", "#Hashtag", "Nick & Nora", and more. Also, do you agree with the outcome of the 'Blurred Line'…
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