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Kyle Leon Henderson
by Kyle Leon Henderson
Kyle has always experienced life through conversation. This is the podcast where those conversations take place. He has lived in New York City and Los Angeles as an improv performer and writer. And through the conversations he has on a daily basis with everyone he meets, there is one consistent truth: it is through conversation that we realize what we think, how we feel, and what we believe. So these conversations are Not For Nothing…
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121: The Mike is Hot... Mike Travis is a Master of Reinvention
This week Kyle is having a conversation with Mike Travis, a voiceover actor from Ohio that he has been friends with for just over three years. In the time Kyle and Mike have known one another, they have built a deep friendship that is definitely an odd pairing. But when two friends are of the…
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120: Taking the Long Way... With Tony Aldapa (Special Appearance by Ana Cristina)
It's 2025! And in the very first episode of the year, Kyle is joined by Tony Aldapa, someone who he has known for about two and half years. Tony is a director, actor, writer, and producer, but how he got to this career is a long and storied journey. He has done every single job anyone could think...
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119: Cristina Seta... Survivors Ready
Kyle is bringing you another one of his favorite people, Cristina Seta! She touts the honor of being Kyle's most attractive friend in real life. She and Kyle have known one another for years through association of other friends, but within the last year and a half they have become incredibly…
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118: Political Post Mortem: Righteous Anger or Instant Action
America decided and Donald Trump is headed back to the White House. All Americans are forced to deal with how we feel about that. Half the country is choosing to place their bets on the former president, and half are trying to figure out what went wrong. Kyle is joined, once again, by Sarah…
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117: Election 2024: Changing the Course of History
In the weekend before the closest election in history, Kyle is joined, once again, by his political support buddy, Sarah Cooper. They are discussing all the goings-on since the last episode, including assassination attempts, garbage trucks and Gov. Tim Walz. With just a couple of days between…
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116: Harris Vs. Trump: The Debate
Kyle is joined by his fellow political enthusiast best friend, Sarah Cooper, to discuss what is sure to be the only debate between President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. They touch on all the points of the debate, from the inspiring to the down right outrageous. Instagram...
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115: Mama's Are Always Right... Wanda Henderson
Kyle's mama is in town! On this week's episode Wanda Henderson, the woman responsible for Kyle Leon Henderson, for better or worse, is on the show. When she was last on the show, she was just around the corner from losing her husband, Kyle's dad, to illness. In the last four years, she has been...
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114: Christopher Lyons: X-Men Are More Than Mutants
"Not For Nothing..." is very excited to have a new, phenomenal, guest in Christopher Lyons. Christopher and Kyle have been friends for a few years and there are so many subjects that Christopher and Kyle could go into a deep dive with on this podcast, but today it is the X-Men. X-Men has been a...
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113: Sarah Cooper and the Joy-Filled Democratic National Convention
Sarah Cooper and Kyle are back together again, doing what they love to do in a political season, dissect the goings-on of the political landscape. On the heels of the Democratic National Convention, these two best friends have so much to talk about. The DNC was this past week and it was...
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112: Danielle Soto Was Filmed Before a Live Audience
Danielle Soto of "Dr. Cheesecake" fame is back for her sophomore episode of "Not For Nothing..." In their first episode together, Kyle and Danielle talked about The Golden Girls, and now they are talking about all of their favorite things about one of their favorite kinds of shows, sitcoms! The...
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111: Longlegs: The Great Awakening of Sarah Cooper
Sarah Cooper is back for the second time in two weeks. This time, she is talking about the movie "Longlegs" by director Oz Perkins. Sarah has always loved horror movies, so the opportunity for Kyle and Sarah to sit together in the same room and do a deep-dive on a horror movie is simply...
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110: Biden's Tired, Trump is Shot, Kamala's In and Biden is Out
Not For Nothing... It is time for fresh episodes. We are in the lightning hot center of the political season and there is no one that could handle this moment in the space of Not For Nothing... other than the original guest, Sarah Cooper. Sarah and Kyle have been best friends for fifteen years....
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109: Sam Hyde... Leap Day! A Day That Doesn't Exist
It is February 29, 2024. It is Leap Day! And Kyle ls bringing to you his very dear friend, Sam Hyde. She has been friends with Kyle for more than five years and together they are sitting down to talk about Leap Day... AKA the day that doesn't exist. Kyle and Hyde talk about all the specs of Leap...
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108: Danielle Soto... Thank You For Being a Friend
Kyle is proud to introduce the audience to the one friend he has that might love classic television sitcoms more than he does. Danielle Soto is a prolific writer, comedian, and podcast host that hails from Boston and now lives in Los Angeles. And she happens to be one of the world's foremost…
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107: Michelle Cassel & Florent Cornillac... C'est La Vie Part II
Kyle's best friends, Michelle and Flo, are joining him in a follow-up episode to last week's episode. He had more questions and about the trip and he wanted to dive a little deeper into the parts that he found so interesting. In this episode, the trio discuss life in a small village in the south…
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106: Michelle Cassel & Florent Cornillac... Viva La France! Part I
Friends of the show, filmmaker Florent Cornillac and makeup artist Michelle Cassel. who happen to be in a long-term relationship, took an international trip around the world for the first time. They have been together since 2019, but Flo has taken his beloved to his hometown of montmiral in the...
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105: Jessica Lavelle... The Epicenter of Pop Culture
Jessica Lavelle and Kyle have been friends for quite some time and they have grown to share a love for all things pop culture. Where Kyle loves pop culture, Jessica knows every nitty gritty detail about it... At least when it comes to things she is interested in. She has the sunniest disposition…
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104: Andrew Hodge... Like Flickin' Crickets Off A Log
Some people come into our lives and it feels like they have somehow always been there. That is Andrew Hodge for Kyle. Andrew is one of those people that seems to exude artistic charisma that is not only infectious, but also incredibly accessible. Andrew is a celebrated actor and dancer, and he is...
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103: Ethan Hamm: Divorce... A Whole Kettle of Fish
Ethan is back! Kyle Has invited Ethan to the podcast again! For the first time since discussing their breakup, Kyle has invited is best friend Ethan to come a sit down for a friendship check-in. They talk all things friendship in the last year, what Ethan really feels about Kyle's relationship…
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102: The Man Behind the Mic... Isaac Robinson-Smith
Isaac Robinson-Smith has been a big surprise in Kyle's life in 2023. They've known of one another since 2022, but it was in the middle of 2023, after having both been on the invite list of many parties, and having five-minute conversations over cocktails, they decided to make the friendship...
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101: 2024 Mission Statement
It's 2024 y'all! And Kyle is back behind the mic! This year he is coming at you with so many new conversations with brand new guests. He is so excited to introduce you to some of his wonderful new friends and talk about things he has never talked about before. But first, let us set the tone for...
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100: Keeping it 100 With Guest Number 1... Sarah Cooper
It is official! Not For Nothing... has released 100 episodes! Kyle welcomes back the very first guest to the show, not to mention a frequent guest throughout the 100 episodes, Sarah Cooper. Kyle and Sarah have gone on many adventures together, they have explored dozens of topics on this show, and...
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Episode 99: A Wench-Filled Weekend... The Renaissance Fair With Lauren Sperling
Fair the well lords and ladies. His name be Kyle and hers be Lauren Sperling. And she has come to this fine place to tell you all you need to know about the original Renaissance Fair! Kyle brings to the show another friend that he has met in his adventurous past year, Lauren Sperling. She is an...
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Episode 98: Andrew Perkins... An Actor, A Singer, A Methodical Man of Intention
Kyle is so excited to introduce another wonderful friend to his podcast audience. Andrew Perkins is yet another new friend of Kyle's that has become such a dear friend over the course of the last year, and he is very excited to introduce you all to him. Andrew is an actor and singer who is very...
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Episode 97: Today's a Drag with Chlorine Cocktail... And Zach Morris
Ladies and gentlemen, girls, gays, and theys! Allow “Not For Nothing…” to introduce you to the one and only Chlorine Cocktail! She is a Los Angeles-based drag queen who happens to also be one of Kyle’s best friends! Zach Morris is someone who has come into Kyle’s life in the year 2022 and he has...
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Episode 96: Friendship After A Breakup... With Ethan Hamm
Kyle sits down with his now ex-partner, Ethan Hamm, to talk about the aftermath of a breakup. They discuss the things that lead to a breakup, how two mature people can do it amicably, and whether or not friendship is possible after the split. Spoiler Alert: It is very possible! Kyle and Ethan…
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Episode 95: Return... Happy New Year!
"Not for Nothing..." is back! After a long hiatus... A VERY long hiatus, Kyle is back with a brand new episode for 2023. 2022 was perhaps the most chaotic year for Kyle, and he didn't go it alone. He is recapping his year, he is setting his intentions for 2023, and he is returning to the...
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Episode 94: Young Adult Novels... And the Plight of J.K. Rowling
Kyle is joined by friends of the show, Sarah Cooper and Alyx Kim-Yohn to discuss young adult novels. Are they a genre? Are they not? Why are adults so infatuated by them? The trio also discusses the now hottest question of the 21st century. Can you, and should you, separate the art from the…
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Episode 93: Not For Nothing... Stands With Ukraine
Ukraine is being invaded by Russia as the world watches. The United States is grappling with what it can, or should, do to help the situation. In a moment when the world is war-fatigued, COVID-fatigued, and leary about getting too entangled with the likes of Vladimir Putin, the social outpour of...
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Episode 92: What Do You Do When Things Go Well?
Kyle and Ethan are in a space where things are going well. Very well. This is a very new sensation for them, especially Kyle. In this episode, they sit down to discuss how they are handling so much good; so many endeavors attempted coming to fruition. They have gotten very good at handling...
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Episode 91: Work Friends
Kyle splits his time between acting, podcasting, writing, and doing humanitarian work. Over the last year, he was worked on the front lines helping to put an end to the COVID-19 crisis. Now, he is running a testing site to help people get back to their lives. Each day he goes to his site and…
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Episode 90: Everybody Has Something... Mental Health With Michelle Cassel
In this episode, Kyle sits down with friend-of-the-show, Michelle Cassel, to discuss mental health. Kyle has navigated the world of mental health for many years now, and he isn't alone. Over 21% of adults in the United States experience some form of mental illness. That is 52.9 million people....
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Episode 89: Television & Movies Break Down With Sarah Cooper
In the last of the many episodes recorded over the Christmas season, 2021, Kyle and friend-of-the-show Sarah Cooper take a moment to discuss the anticipated, and possibly dreaded, upcoming movies and television shows. Of course, every moment is dripping with over-analytical snark when these two...
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Episode 88: Hometown Homos With Brandtley Cruce
In what might be the most irreverent episode of the podcast, Kyle is joined by fellow hometown homo, Brandtley Cruce! These two boys from towns like Bug Tussle and Brushy Pond commiserate about living out loud in a small Alabama town and what it took to make their way out. As it always happens…
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Episode 87: Magan Henderson Trammell & Tools For Weight Loss
Magan is back! Kyle’s sister Magan comes to the show once again. She has made a choice to have surgical intervention as a tool for weight loss and she is coming to the show to share all that she has learned prior to the surgery, all that she has experienced before and after surgery, and all that...
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Episode 86: Kyle & Eden Talk Make-Up
First time guest on the show, Eden, who happens to be Kyle’s 14-year-old niece, comes to talk all about make-up. Kyle has been make-up adjacent since his days managing Sephora Times Square, so when he discovered that his niece has a great talent for doing make-up, he had to sit her down and...
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Episode 85: Trammell & Son: An Allis-Chalmers Story
For the very first time, Kyle sits down with his brother-in-law for a conversation on the podcast. Chad is joined by his son Coy, who just so happens to be Kyle’s favorite nephew, to discuss a passion project of theirs: Allis-Chalmers. Kyle has always been fascinated by the history of American...
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Episode 84: And Just Like That... Betty White Knows the Secret
Happy New Year! In this first episode of 2022, we hit the ground running. Our beloved Betty White has joined her beloved Allen Ludden on the other side. To join Kyle in the celebration of Betty’s life, Ethan Hamm and Joseph Titizian stop by. Joseph shares stories of his betty run-ins and the time...
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Episode 83: Whatcha Watching Today? The Shows We Now Love
In another episode from home, Kyle is joined again by Ethan to talk about the shows and movies that they are enjoying at home nowadays. Maybe the last ones to watch, Kyle and Ethan have started the journey into the Marvel Cinematic Universe just in the nick of time to see “Eternals,” the new…
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Episode 82: Official Book Club Selection: Pulitzer Prize Winning "Less" by Andrew Sean Greer
A great lover of books, Kyle has often thought about exploring books, bookclub-style, on the podcast and the time has finally arrived. Kyle and Ethan read “Less” by Andrew Sean Greer recently, and they absolutely fell in love with it. So, this was the perfect time to bring the book club to...
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Episode 81: Classic Television From Beginning to End With Joseph Titizian
Disney expert Joseph Titizian is back! And this time he is bringing new expertise. Kyle and Joseph give to all the listeners their shared passion: Classic Television. These two TV nerds discuss everything from I Love Lucy to the shows they are watching today, and everything in between. If you…
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Episode 80: Hype for the Holidays
Halloween is upon us! The holiday season is upon us and Kyle and Ethan are discussing their energy levels for holidays this year. With friends around them all around who are terribly excited about Halloween, our two fellas are struggling to meet that energy. They discuss their plans for the...
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Episode 79: Rituals: A Discussion About Rituals with Michelle Cassel & Florent Cornillac
In yet another double date, Kyle and Ethan sit down with Michelle and Flo to discuss Rituals. In a conversation about the rituals we have in our own lives and how those rituals shape the days we have and the lives we lead. Flo and Michelle are Kyle and Ethan’s best friends and most conversations…
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Episode 78: Double Date with Nick Hernandez & Jené Hernandez
In a “Not For Nothing…” first, Kyle and Ethan go on a double date with two people that Kyle feels you should know. Nick and Jené are a married couple that Kyle has known since early summer 2021. Instantly, it was clear that they were going to be fast friends. And in this first double date between...
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Episode 77: Our Summer Vacation
After a brief summer hiatus, “Not For Nothing…” is back with a brand new episode! What are we talking about? What else? Our summer vacation. Along with friends of the show, Michelle Cassel and Florent Cornillac, Kyle and Ethan traveled to the East Coast to visit Michelle’s hometown of Baltimore....
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Episode 76: Florent Cornillac and Filmmaking
Kyle is joined by filmmaker Florent Cornillac to discuss his philosophies of filmmaking, his journey to becoming an artist, and his experience of enjoying other people’s art as an artist. When Flo and Kyle get together, they usually wind up back in the conversation about movies they have seen or...
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Episode 75: A Lady Trio Makes a Good Musical
Welcome back to the conversation. Today, Kyle and Sarah Cooper talk all about the ways we turn art into more art. Starting with taking straight plays or movies and turning them into musicals, and continuing through the things no one asked for and continue to do. Who sang it better? Lucille Ball…
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Episode 74: The Things We Share With Friends... Part II
Kyle and bestie, Sarah Cooper, continue their discussion of Sarah’s favorite rock songs that she has wanted to share with her best friend. Kyle wanted to shine a spot light on the types of conversations that he and Sarah have very regularly in which they unpack the art, moments in pop culture and...
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Episode 73: The Things We Share With Friends... Part I
Kyle is exploring the nature of the things we choose to share with our friends. In this episode, he is joined by best friend of the show, Sarah Cooper to discuss the ways they share content with one another. To give a prime example of the nature of their sharing, Sarah has given Kyle a list of...
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Episode 72: Exploring the Disney World With Joseph Titizian
Kyle is talking to his friend Joseph Titizian about all things Disneyland. Summer is in full swing and Disneyland is fully open. So, people are flocking to it in droves. So, what better way for Kyle to prepare for his long-awaited return to his happy place than to talk to an expert who also…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Kyle has always experienced life through conversation. This is the podcast where those conversations take place. He has lived in New York City and Los Angeles as an improv performer and writer. And through the conversations he has on a daily basis with everyone he meets, there is one consistent truth: it is through conversation that we realize what we think, how we feel, and what we believe. So these conversations are Not For Nothing…
HOSTED BY
Kyle Leon Henderson
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