LA Mosquitoes + Miscellany

Nic rants about mosquitoes in Los Angeles, mushroom accounts on Instagram, the SOYBUFF Range Rover, peculiarities of LA drivers, the rainy season and wildfires and droughts.

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The Bread, The Crumb

Nic Romolini returns to talk about bread, bagels, and pizza in Los Angeles, with a particularly long and drawn-out rant about hoagies here and what is wrong with everyone in LA that they can’t figure out the proper way to make a very simple Italian hoagie (/sub/hero/whatever the fuck you wanna call it). Lots of good stuff about the high quality of Los Angeles friendships. He also makes more promises he probably won’t keep.

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Tony Tallarico

Tony Tallarico joins Nic Romolini for a wide-ranging conversation covering all of the following: editing, mental health, trauma responses from childhood influencing adulthood, hoarding, Tony’s aspirations, gatekeeping in the film industry, Walter Murch, never stopping learning new sh*t, TikTok editors, the decentralization of the film and tv industry, Gary V, Unreal Engine compositing, AI actors, AI wiping out humanity, dinosaurs, my parents’ lawyer Pasquale J. Tallarico, Italian-Americans, how America strips immigrants of their culture, vomiting Spaghetti-Os, being a dad, the miracle that neither one of us is dead, how my wife grounded me, dying from Cirrhosis, the gratification of starting to take good care of yourself, my spiking blood pressure, the problem with the word “deserve” and what might be a better choice, “lucky” vs “fortunate,” privilege, meditation, saunas, inflammation, strip clubs and bachelor parties, how most dudes suck, obsessing on what’s gonna go wrong, Mr. Rogers, men’s ability to discuss vulnerable and emotional subjects, masculinity, Chet Hanks, Catholicism, divorce, minimum wage, the French Revolution, how American citizens have been made to hate each other, Andor, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and if it’s better somewhere other than America.

Tony takes us out with a Mister Rogers song.

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I Think I Smell a Rat

Nic Romolini tells a story about rodents in the garage, his landlord, housing in Los Angeles, and his dad’s war with the squirrels during Nic’s childhood (including sniping them out the second floor window of the house).

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Saw That Guy's Dick

Nic Romolini rants about people complaining about the rain in LA, the success of wearing the “Italians Do It Better” shirt, and going to Wi Spa, the nude Korean spa, with his wife for her birthday. Social anxiety, awkward nudity, nearly fainting and possibly almost dying from the sweltering heat, and all of the dicks.

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Phone Calls (with Jason Rodgers)

Nic Romolini has a phone call with Jason Rodgers about life in Philadelphia, the value of leaving home and going to a big city and the merits of returning there, reminiscing about the 2000s, garage bands in basements in South Philly, trauma, ADHD, and more.

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Acting

Nic Romolini talks about his acting career up to this point, auditions as a kid, ALMOST landing a leading role in Sleepers, the one and only time he ate at Olive Garden, his stints at business school at Penn State, pledging a fraternity, working for the guys at RevZilla in Philly, working as an editor in Los Angeles, cutting Bridegroom with Linda Bloodworth Thomason, going to acting class with David Faustino aka Bud Bundy, having panic attacks and racing out of improv classes, drinking and crying away the sadness, and how on earth he got from there to here, whatever here is now.

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Abandonment

Nic Romolini rants about middle-aged white women driving eighty-thousand-dollar SUVs, abandonment, how no one calls me anymore, my friend Karl with a K, watching your kids grow up in the blink of an eye, the 48-hour Film Project in Philly in 2010, Locust Rendez-Vous, a lot of nostalgia, and how and why Bill Burr spontaneously generated out of the collective consciousness. Check it out and be sure to subscribe to the show. Episode 018 of the Blank Page with Nic Romolini.

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The Show About Nothing

Nic Romolini rants about the pumpkin patch in Los Angeles, talking to my dad about the podcast, parenthood, making friends as an adult, Instagram, censorship, the OTHER Romolini, stinking rental cars up like garlic, A$AP Rocky, all the writing submission rejections, the Phillies, the neighbor WORKING FROM HOME, all these neuroses, and my deep fear of balding.

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My Bulging Intestine

Nic Romolini rants about the saga with this inguinal hernia surgery (and the other inguinal hernia!), October in Los Angeles, the comments section, panic attacks, chronic pain, scream-singing Nirvana, the pandemic, being a middle-aged man re-living his glory days, and the book he’s allegedly writing!

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The Italian Episode

Nicolas Romolini rants about Italian-Americans in Los Angeles versus Philly and the northeast, Italian-American heritage month, the portrayal of Italian-Americans in film and tv, Jersey Shore, Don Jon, and Mario Bros. Oh, and a little taste of commentary on Christopher Columbus, capitalism, and cancel culture.

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Famous Potatoes

Nicolas Romolini tells the story about the guy who crashed into his car in Echo Park, the insurance companies, the body shop, and the rental car company all involved in this five-month long saga to get the car repaired.

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My High School Yearbook

Nicolas Romolini rants about the neighbors (again!), ADHD (it’s trending!), reading his high school senior yearbook, comparing himself to people he went to college with, whether we ever really change, and essay submissions. Episode 13 of The Blank Page Podcast with Nic Romolini.

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The Guy From Philly Who Refuses to Talk to Me

Nic Romolini rants and raves about being Italian-American, the neighbors, the guy from Philly who refuses to say hello, learning about the long game that is the writing world, and why on earth I'm doing what I'm doing. The Blank Page Podcast Episode 10

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