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Words That Move Me with Dana Wilson — 278 episodes

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270. Bret Easterling: In J.O.D. We Trust

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269: Tali: Representation, Range, and the Right Job for You

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268.Karen Chuang: Follow the Spark

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267. Jackie Sleight: Your Favorite Dance Teachers’ Favorite Dance Teacher

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266. WEED OH NO! The Making of The Seaweed Sisters’ first LIVE SHOW!

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265.Marissa Labog: The Art of Hitting the Ground

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264. The Feeling That Feels Like the End

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263. Jamal Sims & Will Bell: Titles and Credit for Choreography Teams

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262. Offset Med: The Collaborative Approach to Getting Better

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261. The Confidence Episode

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260. Paul Turner: Reality (TV) is My Life

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259. Celebrating FIVE years of WTMM!

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258. When Are You The Most Yourself? Our 2025 Question of the Year!

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257. Sienna Lyons: Strength,Sensuality, Specialization

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256. Tracy Phillips: Humility, Hollywood, and The Roosevelt Hotel

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255. Notes on Leadership for Leaders with Dr. Arnel Calvario Ripkens

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254. Will Johnston: Originality, Influence and the Proofread Process

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253. Coming Full Circle with Keone Madrid & The Full Circle Boys

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252. WHEN, Not IF Injury Happens: Lessons in Resistance

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251. Mel Mah: Dance as Energy, Not Identity

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250. The Business Transition of Monsters of Hip-Hop

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249. Brinn Nicole: Heels and Motherhood as Pathways to Empowerment

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248. Moncell Durden: 2.5 Million Years of Dance

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247. The Reel Response: Parents of IG Speak Their Truth

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246. Will Loftis: Creativity as an Act of Service

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245. Taya Lee: Game Changer

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244. Kid David: Beliefs, Breaking, and Broadcasting

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243. Dance Your Mission Statement with Kai Martinez

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242. The Power of Adaptability: Comfort Fedoke's Journey Through Dance

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241. Defying Gravity: Zoey Anderson on Dance, Magic & Training

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240.Lisa "L-Boogie" Bauford: Be Good Do Good

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239. A New Image: Sydney Mesher Transforms Dance & Disability

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238. How Do Dancers Make Money?

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237. Erik Cavanaugh: Dancers Come In All Sizes

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236. Jasmine JB Badie: Short and Sweet and Seriously Smart

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235. Body Wisdom & Food Freedom for Performers with Sherry Lin

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234.The Movement Multi-hyphenate: Samø Soto’s Journey from Breaking Battles to Breaking Falls

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233. Toni Basil: The Extraordinary Life and Art of the “Hey Mickey” Hitmaker

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232. Transformative Change: The Delicate Balance of Grit and Grace

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231. Persistence + Passion: Tony Testa’s Artistic Journey

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230. Be Unflappable with Byron Tittle

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229. “I’m Not Working Right Now” and Other Useless Thoughts

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228. Marie Poppins: Writes Her Own Rules (on Learning, Auditioning, and Mastering Dance)

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227. THAT’S A WRAP ON 2024! A.I, New Years Resolutions, and Where We Go Next

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226. 2024’s Unfiltered Stories of Struggle in the Entertainment Industry

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225. A Dancer’s Guide to Conflict Resolution

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224. Harry Shum Jr. & Shelby Rabara Dare To Dance… and Act & Write

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223.Leslie Grace – ‘In The Heights’ Debut, Acting Insights & Pocket Philosophies | WTMM Podcast

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222. The Full Circle Boys – From Dance Studio to Tricky Stewart’s Recording Studio | WTMM Podcast

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221.Performance Artist & TikTok Star Smac McCreanors’ Dance Career Tips | Words That Move Me Podcast

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220. Taylor James – Starting Over: From Dancer to Director

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219. Phillip Cbeeb: Identity & Purpose

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217. Jillian Meyers: Be moved, Be Impressive, and Know WHY!

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216. How To “Get Out Of Your Head” and If You Should

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215. Nina Flagg: Elevate Your Dance IQ

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214. Dana Wilson: Ask Me Anything!

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213. Meg Lawson: From Youtube to Madonna and Beyond

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212. The Great Broadway Choreographer of The Great Gatsby: Dominique Kelley

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211. Caroline M. Diamond & Riley Higgins: Skeleton Crew Extraordinaires

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210. Rhapsody James pt. 2: Uncomfortable Conversations on Set

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209. Successful Thinking for Creating in a “No” World.

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208. Haley Fitzgerald: The Making of an Influencer

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207. Alison Faulk: Making Magic Happen

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206. Keone & Mari: Space & Time

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205. Dana Wilson Reacts to the Funkiest Dance Videos

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204. Kat Burns: Two Times The Fun

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203. Rotem Alima: Academy Award-Winning Determination

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202.Alexander Chung: Teaching Dancers to Fish For Themselves

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201. AI for Dancers and Choreographers

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200 EPISODES OF WTMM! With Co-Host Ava J Bernstine-Mitchell

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199. Marlee Hightower: Motives in Dance & Teaching

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198. Yoe Apolinario: So You Want to Move to LA?

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197. Rhapsody James: Standing in Front of Your Work

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196. Galen Hooks: Methods and Measuring Progress

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195. Why Resolutions are Obnoxious… and GREAT!

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194. 2023 Wrapped with Riley Higgins

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193. Even Our Heroes Have Bad Habits

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192. Robert Green is Careful, Not Concerned

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191. Max Pham: Finding Identity and Balance After Tour

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190. Randi Freitas: Breaking It Down Moving It Forward

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189. Building Healthy Professional Relationships with Others and Yourself

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188. Lyrik Cruz: Endless Enthusiasm for Career and Culture

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187. Tobias Ellehammer’s World of Dance

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186. Zuce Morales: What is funk?

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185. Codie Wiggins: “I’ve auditioned less than ten times in my career.”

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184. Decades Plus with Marty Kudelka

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183. We’re Back!

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182. Impostor Syndrome and Its Cure

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181. Cover Model, Broadway Babe, Singer/ Songwriter and Future Star of the Screen: Kolton Krouse!

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180. The History of Dance in L.A. with Emily Wanserski

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179. Taylor Wilson Can Sell Anything from Shampoo to Million Dollar Homes… Oh, and He Can DANCE!

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178. Top 5 Lessons Learned About Longevity

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177. Reimagine Yourself with Kim Hale

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176. Doubt Your Doubts & Believe Your Beliefs

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175. Creating Cultural Currency with Jon Boogz

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174. The Secret to Longevity with Kim Blank & Alif Sankey

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173. THE Pioneer of Dance and Choreography Representation, Julie McDonald

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172. Bill Prudich Wants You To Want More From Your Training

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171. Lock Into The Community with Arnel Calvario

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170. Conversations about Cameras in Class with Al Blackstone

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169. Boundless Inspiration with Teddy Forance

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168. Finding You Leg (A.K.A Finding Balance)

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167. “R.A.I.N” in your Feelings with Compassion (Thank you Tara Brach!)

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166. Pocket & Flow with Luther Brown

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165. The Way of Jenn Stafford, Avatar and Beyond

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164. Bring Your Sh*t with Tevia Celli

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163. Tour de Reina Hidalgo

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162. Truth Hurts with Dominique Kelley

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161. Life Is So Much Bigger with Mykell Wilson

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160. Credit & Credibility w/ Kara Mack

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159. Cameras In The Classroom

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158. Writing Your Legacy with Vincent Paterson

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157. Two Words That Will Change Your Dancing (and your life)

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156. What Would You Do with $24k a Day?

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155. That’s A Wrap! with WTMM Editor Riley Higgins

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154. Question of the Year (feat. every podcast guest from 2022!)

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153. Tapping Into the Associate Role with Ayesha Orange

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152. Associate and Assistant Choreographers with Jeff Mortensen

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151. Q&A (Decisions & Quitting & Music Videos, Oh My!)

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150. Vocal Athleticism w/ Mindy Pack

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Introducing: Grey Maybe w/ Jillian Schmitz

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149. “Exposure” and Working For Free

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148. Community, Industry, and History with Imania Detry

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147. Audition Burnout

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146. Reflections Without Criticism with Gary Tacon

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145. Keep Going Till You’re Fired with Kevin Maher

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144. Stand and Command with Asiel Hardison

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143. Why “Don’t Get Too Excited” is Bad Advice

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Bonus Episode on Joy with Brian Shutters

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142. Unpacking Your Summer

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141. The First Hub for African Diasporic Music and Dance with Kara Mack

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140. Making Statements with Culture Critic Cintra Wilson

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139. Personality, Professionalism, and AUDITIONS w/ Brian Friedman

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138. Body and Business with Jillian Schmitz

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137. Following Your Interests = Interesting Work with Mimi Cave

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136. This Episode is a Joy Machine because… Jamal Sims!

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135. Audition August!

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134. Are You Doing Enough… Or Too Much? (Ambition Pt. 2)

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133. Taking Time Off… From Ambition

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132. A Very Special Q&A with the Filmmakers of our Very Special Screening and Fundraiser Event

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131. Choreographer, Movement Director, Movement Coach… What’s the Difference?

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130. Progress and Process with Toogie PT.2

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129. Matter and Metanoia with Toogie PT.1

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128. Big Pictures and Small Details w/ the Puzzle Master, Jamila Glass

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127. Who Runs The World? James Alsop!

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126. Excellence Without Arrogance with Michelle Dorrance

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125. Making Master Plans with Mandy Moore

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124. Mastering Your Body with Katie Schaar

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123. How To Be Good at Failing Without Actually Sucking

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122. Parents Pressing Buttons

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121. Self Image and Personal Style pt.2

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120. Movement is Life with (Superman) Shaun Evaristo

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Ep. #119 Self Image and Personal Style

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118. Money March Ep. 5 – Meet my Bookkeeper Michelle De Castro (a.k.a. Money Michelle)

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117. Money March Ep. 4 – Producing What You Love with Nikole Vallins

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116. Money March Pt. 3 – Put the FUN in Fundraising with Geri Brown

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115. Money March Pt. 2 –  Your Spending Identity Statement

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114. Money March Pt. 1 – THREE NUMBERS YOU NEED TO KNOW!

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113. Living Free and Finding Balance with Brian Nicholson

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112. Trumpet Your Talent All of the Time with Gary Imhoff

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Bonus Episode: Happy Hour Q&A with WTMMCOMM

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111. This Episode Hits SO HARD because… Popin Pete

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110. Taking Care IN Business with the Wing It Girl, Cat Rendic

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109. I Got Covid A.K.A. A Private Lesson in NOT Wrestling with Reality

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108. How to Think Like a Boss with Maud Arnold

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107. The Grammar and Punctuation of BODY LANGUAGE with Liana Blackburn

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106. Ants: A Very Important Metaphor

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105. Question of the Year: What Makes Someone an Artist?

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104. Wrapping the Gift that is WTMM Season 2 with Riley Higgins

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103. Corporeal Conversations on the Techniques of Improvisation… and TikTok with Ardyn Flynt

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102. Directing Operations (of the worlds largest commercial dance franchise) with Jin Lee

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101. New Perspectives with Hok

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100. 100 THINGS I’M GRATEFUL FOR!

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99. Creativity is Diversity with Jonathan Batista

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98. Broadway is Back and Better Than Ever with Tilly Evans-Krueger

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97. Feeling Blue

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96. A Slice of Professional Performer Pizza Pie with Jessica Castro

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95. Camera & Film Terminology for Dancers & Choreographers

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94. The Key to All Creative Collaborations

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93. Outside the Box with Nina McNeely

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92. Questions That Move Me. Answers That Guide You.

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91. The Club- Are You In or Are You Out?

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90. You Don’t Have to Do It Alone… But You Probably Do Need to Simplify

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Ep. #89 Where Natural Meets Magical with Reshma Gajjar

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Ep. #88 Lessons Learned from 21 Days of Silence

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Ep. #87 Replay: Ep. #29 Movement Matters with Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge

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Ep. #86 Replay: Ep. #21 Not Booking (AKA Not Getting What You Want)

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Ep. #85 Replay: Ep. #3 Dance Lessons are Life Lessons With Chloe Arnold

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Ep. #84 Replay: Ep. #5 Is Fear Keeping You Alive, or Eating You Alive?

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Ep. #83 How I Make Big Decisions

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Ep. #82 Black and Blue Skies with Vice Chief

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Ep. #81 So, You Need Surgery… Now What?

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80. Respect the Technique with Kara Mack

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79. Revelations and Life After Rejection with Karine Plantadit

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78. Teamwork Makes the Dream Work with the In The Heights Choreography Team

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77. Times and Rhymes with Tyce Diorio

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76. Monkey Bar Thoughts: Connecting who you ARE to who you want to BE

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75. Being Creative Idiots with Smac McCreanor

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74. Sex, Sensuality, and the Spice World of Miguel Zarate

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73. Live Q&A Part 2

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72. Does Dance Save Lives? with Dr. Adrienne Wilson Mann

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71. Dance as Discovery with Lily Frias

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70. Being a Real Character with Erika Mori

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69. Three Heartfelt Life Lessons from 7-10 Year Olds

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Ep. 68 FOMAD (Fear of Making a Decision)

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67. FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

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66. Money March Pt. 4 Q&A with Dancer and CPA Julia Grubbs

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65. Money March Pt. 3 MINDSET: MATH vs DRAMA.

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64. Money March Pt. 2 CHOREOGRAPHERS

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63. Money March Pt.1 DANCERS

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62. Small Girl, Big Dreams with Nika

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61. Giving Black and Passing it Forward with Eartha Robinson, Will Simmons, and Dominique Kelley

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60. Clean Up, Read Up, Open Up with Terry Santiel and Co-host Ava Flav

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59. Deeper Roots with Moncell Durden

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BONUS EPISODE: Half-Time Show Spectacular

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58. The Sliding Scale of Commitment

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57. Making Good Choices with Galen Hoo

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56. Climbing Ladders and (literally) Jumping Through Hoops with Matty Peacock

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55. Doing Daily and Resolutions!

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54. Doing Daily Success Story with Rebekah Rangel

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53. 2020: Lessons Learned

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BONUS EPISODE: Holiday Special

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52. Technique Vs Style with Almost Every Guest From 2020

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51.The Art of Light and Darkness with Nick Whitehouse

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50. The Voice Doctor: RAab Stevenson

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49. Pay Attention with Martha Nichols

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48. Gratitude and Indulgence

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47. Lady Boss: Diana Matos

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46. LIVE Q&A Vol. 1

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45. Emotional Backpacks

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44. WTMM x CLI with Dexter Carr

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43. Find Your Stage with Joe Lanteri

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42. WTMM X CLI with Heather Morris

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41. Your Voter Checklist

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40. Partnering Solo with Taja Riley

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39. Holding the CREATIVE Space

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38. WTMM x CLI with Joshua Smith

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37. Marveling with Marguerite Derricks

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36. The Assistant

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35. Special Guests and Special Stories (Audition August Episode 4)

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34. Talk to My Agents with Meisha Goetz and Tim O’Brien (Audition August Episode 3)

242

33. Casting Director Download – Kristian Charbonier (Audition August Episode 2)

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32. Talking Mime (Audition August Episode 1)

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31. Words that Move THEM (A Birthday Special)

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30. How to Disagree… with People You Love

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29. Movement Matters with Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge

247

28. How To Ask Good Questions

248

27. Re-Doing Daily

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26. Still Taking Notes from Dominique Kelley

250

BONUS EPISODE Father’s Day with Gary Wilson

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25. Taking the Note with Dominique Kelley

252

24. Space to Breathe

253

23. How to Have Uncomfortable Conversations

254

22. Dance Class on ZOOM

255

21. Not Booking (A.K.A. Not Getting What You Want)

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20. The Past, Present, and Future of LIVE Shows with Iggy Rosenberg

257

BONUS EPISODE: Mother’s Day with “Stan”

258

19. A Letter from a Friend

259

18. Working Smarter not Harder with Marty Kudelka

260

17. The Process of PROCESSING

261

16. Serious Silliness with Kat Burns

262

15. The Seaweed Sisters: WHO ARE WE, AND… WHAT IS THIS???

263

14. Finding Your People

264

13. “Winning Even When You’re Down” with Tiler Peck

265

12. Caring is Cool with Nick Palmquist

266

BONUS EPISODE: Responding to Emergencies

267

11. Is a Small Social Media Following Keeping you from BIG Work? (with Sam Hersch)

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10. Your Social Media Store Front

269

9. 3 Words That Changed My (Dance) Life with Jason Bonner

270

8. Why My Headshots Won’t Suck

271

7. Travel Hacks (Weekend Edition)

272

6. The Gift… of Fear

273

5. Is Fear Keeping You Alive, or Eating You Alive?

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4. Stop Thinking Like a Caveman

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3. Dance Lessons are Life Lessons with Chloe Arnold

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2. Doing Daily Pt.2 | The Production of Things

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1. Doing Daily

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0.5. An Introduction with Nick Drago