#350: Natalie Zea - And Then What?
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Natalie Zea is an actor, writer & director. She currently stars in the CBS Drama Fire Country. Her back to back series regular roles over the past 20 years include “Dirty Sexy Money” for Greg Berlanti (2 seasons), “Justified” opposite Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins (6 seasons), the comedy “The Detour” for creator Samantha Bee (4 seasons), and the CBS comedy “The Unicorn” again opposite Walton Goggins. More recently, she starred in the NBC series “La Brea” for 2 seasons and recurred for 8 episodes on “Chicago Med." You may have also seen...
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#349: Joe Sib - Primal Power of Laughter
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Joe Sib’s career began in music as a singer before evolving into stand-up comedy and storytelling, where he became known for blending humor with deeply personal, relatable stories. He has released comedy specials with Dry Bar Comedy and 800 Pound Gorilla, made numerous television appearances, and toured internationally, including arena performances as part of the opening act for Metallica with Jim Bruer. Beyond stand-up, Joe co-founded the independent record label SideOneDummy Records, helping launch the careers of influential punk and alternative artists. Today, it is his ability to...
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#348: Geoffrey Asmus - Telling The Joke You're Proud Of
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Geoffrey Asmus is a stand-up comedian. Since he began comedy in 2013, Geoffrey has steadily ascended the comedy ranks. He was selected as a New Face at Just For Laughs Montreal and has featured on FOX’s Laughs and Kevin Hart’s LOL Network. Fresh from a sell-out US tour, he has opened for Daniel Sloss, Sam Morril, Ari Shaffir, Mark Normand, Dan Soder and Dave Attell. In 2021, Geoffrey released his debut album Prodigal Little Bitch through 800lb Gorilla Records, which reached number one on iTunes and continues to receive national airplay on SiriusXM. He has since released three...
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#347: David Magidoff - Just Keep Going
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David Magidoff is a comedian and actor who you might have seen him as Sheriff Teddy Reed in Showtime’s Dexter: Resurrection and Dexter: New Blood. Recent credits include High Potential and a recurring role as Nicky Brooks on Apple TV’s Emmy winning series The Morning Show. Other credits include: Veronica Mars,” “ER,” “NCIS,” and “Lethal Weapon. He is currently performing a three year sold out run of his improvised comedy show Making Love with David Magidoff (7th August - 23rd August at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. David Magidoff is turning tear drops into punchlines...
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#346: Gilli Apter - Confidence to Try
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Gilli Apter is a London-based comedian from South Africa. Gilli started doing stand up in Johannesburg and has since gone on to perform at comedy clubs internationally, most often in London, where she is a regular face on the comedy circuit. She has toured the world hosting the smash hit comedy show, Story Party | True Dating Stories. Gilli’s solo show: The Hilarious Deep Amazing Comedy Show has recently sold out repeatedly in London, in cities across Europe (Madrid, Zurich, Vienna, Lisbon, Riga, Helsinki and more) as well as in her native South Africa. You can watch her...
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#345: Leonardo Nam - What-Ifs
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Leonardo Nam is an Argentinean-Australian Korean actor who has built a career defined by versatility and emotional depth. Audiences know him from HBO’s Emmy-award winning Westworld, where he starred opposite Thandiwe Newton as Felix Lutz, as well as standout roles in films such as The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants franchise, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and The Perfect Score. Other credits include: The Flash, Disjointed, Hawaii Five-O, Royal Pains, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Bones, Maggie, MacGyver, Room 104, Sneaky Pete and DC Universe’s...
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#344: Joe Flanigan - Overcoming Fears
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Joe Flanigan is an actor and writer. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the main character Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in STARGATE: ATLANTIS which went into international syndication with 100 episodes. He additionally wrote for the series. Joe started his career in politics working as an advance man at the White House. That was followed by a stint at Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine until finally settling At Sanford Meisner’s Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. He was quickly cast in several NBC projects and eventually put under contract there as a...
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#343: Nathan Cavaleri - Being with Fear
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Nathan Cavaleri is an Australian guitarist, singer-songwriter and screen composer. From child prodigy to cancer survivor, from global stages to mental health collapse, Nathan Cavaleri lays bare an extraordinary journey. By age 12, Cavaleri was at the centre of a bidding war between the labels of Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna. By 16, he’d toured the world with B.B. King, played the Kennedy Centre in front of the Clintons during their time in office, and shared stages with icons like Etta James and Bonnie Raitt, all while becoming a familiar face to millions...
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#342: DOS & D - The Bus of Life
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Dos and D or Wayde Custerson and Danny Schuller are content creators and the host of the popular podcast The Dos & D Show. With over 300 episodes to name, they are one of Australia’s largest entertainment podcasts and have spoken with some of the biggest names in Sport, Business, Music, Entertainment and just about every industry you could imagine. Their tag is: “Here to entertain and inspire. Real chats with epic people". We chat about creating a media empire, touring overseas, family hardships, their drive & vision, behind the scenes of having a popular podcast, lessons...
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#341: Reed Birney: I Didn't Die
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Reed Birney has been working in film, television and theater for decades. Among his earliest credits are Albert Innaurato’s Broadway comedy GEMINI in 1974 and Arthur Penn’s FOUR FRIENDS in 1981. A celebrated member of the New York theatre community, Reed has won a Tony and numerous other awards and nominations for plays including THE HUMANS, CASA VALENTINA, MAN FROM NEBRASKA, UNCLE VANYA, BLASTED, and CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION. Most recently he starred opposite his son Ephraim Birney in CHESTER BAILEY at Irish Rep, and in the highly successful run of Donald Margulies’s LUNAR...
info_outlineNathan Cavaleri is an Australian guitarist, singer-songwriter and screen composer. From child prodigy to cancer survivor, from global stages to mental health collapse, Nathan Cavaleri lays bare an extraordinary journey.
By age 12, Cavaleri was at the centre of a bidding war between the labels of Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna. By 16, he’d toured the world with B.B. King, played the Kennedy Centre in front of the Clintons during their time in office, and shared stages with icons like Etta James and Bonnie Raitt, all while becoming a familiar face to millions across Australia and the US.
Now he’s taking his life story to theatres across Australia this year for Growing Pains - The Nathan Cavaleri Story. In this raw, solo show filled with storytelling and music, he traces his path from busking in Campbelltown to the heights of stardom — and back home to himself. (Links below)
Various peaks of Nathan’s career had him carrying out media tours, performing world stages and recording albums whilst undergoing treatment for Leukaemia. Later in life, his music career was crippled by anxiety/depression, chronic insomnia & fatigue which forced him to take five years off. Throughout this time, he drew on his community of world class artists & varying psychological & biophysical practitioners for a better understanding on how to “be human” in a creative industry. Knowledge acquired helped him to develop the tools that ultimately lead to a confidence and freedom that accommodates life’s ups and downs both on and off the stage.
We chat about being world famous as a child, performing with Michael Jacksons label, his famous Twitch streams, intuition, bad mentors, his crazy health journey and getting out of his dark period, facing your fears, bullying, practioner that saved his life, love of music plus plenty more!
Check Nathan out on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathan_cavaleri/
Tour: https://www.nathancavaleri.com/tour
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathancavaleri
Beyond Fear & Anxiety for Performers: https://www.nathancavaleri.com/beyondfearandanxiety?
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nathancavaleri
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/nathancavalerimusic
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nathancavaleri/
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