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- Imagine Sisyphus Happy
It rocks. I repeat, it rocks. *** That Old Trope is the living, breathing voice of a mission-driven media company in the making: the wins, the blind spots, the ego checks, and the quiet persistence it takes to keep going. Hosted by Jackanoid Paralope's Founder-CEO Nathaniel Kressen – an author, actor, musician, fine artist, and public speaker – this weekly show blends radically honest personal storytelling with practical insights on artist-entrepreneurship, creative leadership, and building community from the ground up. .|. Theme song "Old Man's Custard" by Growl Honey. Company website: Jackanoid Paralope. Join our Substack community
Mentioned in this episode:
Jackanoid Paralope
Learn more about our podcasts at jackanoidparalope.com
52 min - Listen for When It Echoes
Savor the moment, water the garden ^*^*^ That Old Trope is the living, breathing voice of a mission-driven media company in the making: the wins, the blind spots, the ego checks, and the quiet persistence it takes to keep going. Hosted by Jackanoid Paralope's Founder-CEO Nathaniel Kressen – an author, actor, musician, fine artist, and public speaker – this weekly show blends radically honest personal storytelling with practical insights on artist-entrepreneurship, creative leadership, and building community from the ground up. .|. Theme song "Old Man's Custard" by Growl Honey. Company website: Jackanoid Paralope. Join our Substack community
Mentioned in this episode:
Jackanoid Paralope
Learn more about our podcasts at jackanoidparalope.com
42 min - Trusting Safety is a Bitch
'Tis no poetry to be found
In a shot fired at the sky
But the shooter lacks a target
When it's me, myself, and I
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That Old Trope is the living, breathing voice of a mission-driven media company in the making: the wins, the blind spots, the ego checks, and the quiet persistence it takes to keep going.
Hosted by Jackanoid Paralope's Founder-CEO Nathaniel Kressen – an author, actor, musician, fine artist, and public speaker – this weekly show blends radically honest personal storytelling with practical insights on artist-entrepreneurship, creative leadership, and building community from the ground up.
Theme song "Old Man's Custard" by Growl Honey.
Company website for Jackanoid Paralope.
Mentioned in this episode:
Jackanoid Paralope
Learn more about our podcasts at jackanoidparalope.com
38 min - One Man's Treasure is Another Man's Trash
A hatter's only mad if he quits the riddle to explain his ribbon.
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Creative shoutouts this episode: Human Head Records. Perennials. Corrugated plexi.
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That Old Trope is the living, breathing voice of a mission-driven media company in the making: the wins, the blind spots, the ego checks, and the quiet persistence it takes to keep going.
Hosted by Jackanoid Paralope's Founder-CEO Nathaniel Kressen – an author, actor, musician, fine artist, and public speaker – this weekly show blends radically honest personal storytelling with practical insights on artist-entrepreneurship, creative leadership, and building community from the ground up.
Theme song "Old Man's Custard" by Growl Honey.
Company website for Jackanoid Paralope.
Join our Substack communityDispatches on creativity & entrepreneurship
Advance looks at new releases
Centralized feed for all show content
Exclusive bonus content
Ad hoc art and bespoke haikus
Ask Me Anything's with show creators
Discounts on merch
Members-only events
Early subscribers help us create jobs, expand our team, and produce more episodes and shows.
44 min - How to Vanquish Death (Take It by the Hand)
... or so the man thought, rounding a corner as the sun burned ever lower in the sky. Not nought but a naught knot, sea? ,.,
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Creative shout-outs this episode: Renée-Michele Brunet's episode of I Have Mono. Alana Jerins, actress. Marina Otchuda Say, performer, writer, multidisciplinary artist. Motion Picture House by Radiohead. The Brick Theater Williamsburg. Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute. Melené Sosi, actress and producer. Naked Angels. Growl Honey. Trash Panda Tarot.
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All reports of planned shenanigans and/or ballyhoo over at the Jackanoid Paralope Substack are entirely false. Mama just killed a man. Mercury's in retrograde.
45 min - Make America (Breathe) Again
It's just a kiss away...
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That Old Trope is the living, breathing voice of a mission-driven media company in the making: the wins, the blind spots, the ego checks, and the quiet persistence it takes to keep going.
Hosted by Jackanoid Paralope's Founder-CEO Nathaniel Kressen – an author, actor, musician, fine artist, and public speaker – this weekly show blends radically honest personal storytelling with practical insights on artist-entrepreneurship, creative leadership, and building community from the ground up.
Theme song "Old Man's Custard" by Growl Honey.
Company website for Jackanoid Paralope.
Join our Substack communityDispatches on creativity & entrepreneurship
Advance looks at new releases
Centralized feed for all show content
Exclusive bonus content
Ad hoc art and bespoke haikus
Ask Me Anything's with show creators
Discounts on merch
Members-only events
Early subscribers help us create jobs, expand our team, and produce more episodes and shows.
Mentioned in this episode:
Jackanoid Paralope
Learn more about our podcasts at jackanoidparalope.com
23 min - Grief Season Is Over
... exclaimed the troubadour, before rounding a corner.
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That Old Trope is the living, breathing voice of a mission-driven media company in the making: the wins, the blind spots, the ego checks, and the quiet persistence it takes to keep going.
Hosted by Jackanoid Paralope's Founder-CEO Nathaniel Kressen – an author, actor, musician, fine artist, and public speaker – this weekly show blends radically honest personal storytelling with practical insights on artist-entrepreneurship, creative leadership, and building community from the ground up.
Theme song "Old Man's Custard" by Growl Honey.
Company website for Jackanoid Paralope.
Join our Substack communityDispatches on creativity & entrepreneurship
Advance looks at new releases
Centralized feed for all show content
Exclusive bonus content
Ad hoc art and bespoke haikus
Ask Me Anything's with show creators
Discounts on merch
Members-only events
Early subscribers help us create jobs, expand our team, and produce more episodes and shows.
Mentioned in this episode:
Jackanoid Paralope
Learn more about our podcasts at jackanoidparalope.com
54 min - Becoming the Fool
Skipping toward enlightenment, or, at the very least, someplace new.
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That Old Trope is the living, breathing voice of a mission-driven media company in the making: the wins, the blind spots, the ego checks, and the quiet persistence it takes to keep going.
Hosted by Jackanoid Paralope's Founder-CEO Nathaniel Kressen – an author, actor, musician, fine artist, and public speaker – this weekly show blends radically honest personal storytelling with practical insights on artist-entrepreneurship, creative leadership, and building community from the ground up.
Theme song "Old Man's Custard" by Growl Honey.
Company website for Jackanoid Paralope.
Join our Substack communityDispatches on creativity & entrepreneurship
Advance looks at new releases
Centralized feed for all show content
Exclusive bonus content
Ad hoc art and bespoke haikus
Ask Me Anything's with show creators
Discounts on merch
Members-only events
Early subscribers help us create jobs, expand our team, and produce more episodes and shows.
Mentioned in this episode:
Jackanoid Paralope
Learn more about our podcasts at jackanoidparalope.com
38 min - Paper Bullets of the Brain
A mathematical mind is one you can count on.
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That Old Trope is the living, breathing voice of a mission-driven media company in the making: the wins, the blind spots, the ego checks, and the quiet persistence it takes to keep going.
Hosted by Jackanoid Paralope's Founder-CEO Nathaniel Kressen – an author, actor, musician, fine artist, and public speaker – this weekly show blends radically honest personal storytelling with practical insights on artist-entrepreneurship, creative leadership, and building community from the ground up.
Theme song "Old Man's Custard" by Growl Honey.
Company website for Jackanoid Paralope.
Join our Substack communityDispatches on creativity & entrepreneurship
Advance looks at new releases
Centralized feed for all show content
Exclusive bonus content
Ad hoc art and bespoke haikus
Ask Me Anything's with show creators
Discounts on merch
Members-only events
Early subscribers help us create jobs, expand our team, and produce more episodes and shows.
Mentioned in this episode:
Jackanoid Paralope
Learn more about our podcasts at jackanoidparalope.com
30 min - The House That Nathaniel Built
A properly dimensioned clawfoot tub is non-negotiable.
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That Old Trope is the living, breathing voice of a mission-driven media company in the making: the wins, the blind spots, the ego checks, and the quiet persistence it takes to keep going.
Hosted by Jackanoid Paralope's Founder-CEO Nathaniel Kressen – an author, actor, musician, fine artist, and public speaker – this weekly show blends radically honest personal storytelling with practical insights on artist-entrepreneurship, creative leadership, and building community from the ground up.
Theme song "Old Man's Custard" by Growl Honey.
Company website for Jackanoid Paralope.
Join our Substack communityDispatches on creativity & entrepreneurship
Advance looks at new releases
Centralized feed for all show content
Exclusive bonus content
Ad hoc art and bespoke haikus
Ask Me Anything's with show creators
Discounts on merch
Members-only events
Early subscribers help us create jobs, expand our team, and produce more episodes and shows.
Mentioned in this episode:
Jackanoid Paralope
Learn more about our podcasts at jackanoidparalope.com
26 min
About That Old Trope with Nathaniel Kressen
From the publisher's feed
What happens when an artist leans all the way into the cliché - burnout, heartbreak, reinvention - and decides to build something real from it?
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That Old Trope is the living, breathing voice of a mission-driven media company in the making: the wins, the blind spots, the ego checks, and the quiet persistence it takes to keep going.
Hosted by founder-CEO Nathaniel Kressen – an author, actor, musician, fine artist, and public speaker – this weekly show blends radically honest personal storytelling with practical insights on artist-entrepreneurship, creative leadership, and building community from the ground up.
Part field notes, part personal reckoning. Tactical and whimsical, earnest and self-aware. Reflections on grief, growth, and creative risk; unvarnished looks at what it actually takes to turn big artistic ambition into sustainable impact.
That Old Trope is for listeners who want more than inspiration – they want the truth behind the process. No gurus, no tidy arcs, just the work and a familiar story worth telling differently.