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A Story Most Queer

A podcast featuring weekly narratives by and about queer people

Broadway Does D&D

Broadway stars embark on a fantasy audio adventure unlike any other!

Extraneous

A podcast that goes deep on the stories we love, and comes back with a little something extra.

Healthy Geek Academy

Robyn Warren leads the modern geek on a personalized wellness journey

Jump Scare

Deep dives into your favorite cult classic and pop culture horror stories.

Make New Mistakes

A podcast about being in business, being in charge, and being the one to screw it all up.

Nonplussed

Join husbands Clancy and Josh for a gay romp through the Disney+ vault

PotterCast

A podcast dissecting, discussing, and celebrating, The Boy Who Lived since 2005.

Roll 9¾

A magical Dungeons & Dragons-style adventure, featuring the hosts of PotterCast!

Twas The Night

A holiday radio play uniting Broadway stars for a modern twist on the classic Christmas poem

Ted & Michael Read Sketches Into Microphones

Lifelong friends Ted O’Gorman and Michael Paul Smith read their comedy sketches into microphones.

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Melissa Anelli

Extraneous: His Dark Materials, Make New Mistakes, PotterCast, Roll 9¾

Melissa Anelli

Melissa is the CEO of Mischief Management, which produces LeakyCon, the world’s biggest Harry Potter convention. She also runs The Leaky Cauldron, the best Harry Potter site on the ‘net! In 2008 she published the New York Times bestselling Harry, A History, a chronicle of the Potter phenomenon, featuring a foreword from J.K. Rowling. Melissa lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend and her amazing pup; more at melissaanelli.com.

Bre Bishop

Roll 9¾

Bre Bishop

Bre is excited to join the PotterCast crew for this new podcast, Roll934. She has been in the Potter fandom "for like two decades now" and was director on the fan documentary film Finding Hogwarts.

Clancy Canto

Nonplussed

Clancy Canto

Clancy holds a BA of Film and Electronic Arts from CSULB which he of course puts to skillful use as an IT systems engineer. With a lifelong interest in catching them all, wishing upon stars, and vanquishing evil through the power of the Triforce, Clancy is excited to employ his own brand of quippy analytical cynicism in exploring the Disney+ vault. In his free time, you can usually find him composing electronic synth music, assembling Lego skylines, and testing out GF dinner roll recipes with varying degrees of success.

Leah Cornish

Extraneous: Supernatural, A Story Most Queer

Leah Cornish

Leah Cornish is a big, big nerd. As a huge fan of podcasts and Supernatural, Extraneous is basically a dream come true. In her free time, you can find her in New York City searching desperately for a group of nerds to play DnD with. Leah is the Content Development Director for Mischief Management, so you can blame her for all the new content coming your way.

Frankie Franko III

PotterCast, Roll 9¾

Frankie Franko III

Frankie Franco III, or “Frak,” as he is sometimes called, is a storyboard artist based in Vancouver British Columbia. When he isn’t drawing quirky things or admiring all the puns the world has to offer, you can find him being an overly enthusiastic Cat dad on the hunt for a cafe that does a good pour-over..

LaChanze

Broadway Does D&D

LaChanze

LaChanze is an award-winning actress who brings an electrifying presence to any stage she touches. Blessed with a powerful mezzo-soprano singing voice and a commanding presence, audiences sit up and take notice of the actress whether in a hot Broadway production, television show, film or on concert stages. Most recently, LaChanze starred in playwright Alice Childress historic play Trouble In Mind as Wiletta Mayer which landed her a Tony nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play. .

Peppermint

Broadway Does D&D

Peppermint

A longtime key figure in queer nightlife, actress & singer Peppermint regularly performs to sold-out crowds around the world. She has released six albums; Hardcore Glamour, Servin’ It Up, Sugar & Spiked, Black Pepper, A Girl Like Me: Letters To My Lovers and Moment of Weakness: Letters To My Lovers available on all streaming platforms. .

John Noe

PotterCast, Roll 9¾

John Noe

John hasn’t given us a bio yet. Be sure to bother him about it.

Anthony Rapp

Broadway Does D&D

Anthony Rapp

Anthony Rapp is best known for originating the role of “Mark Cohen” in Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award-winning rock opera Rent. He reprised his role in Chris Columbus’s film adaptation opposite other members of the original cast. Anthony made his Broadway debut in Precious Sons with Judith Ivey and Ed Harris. He later starred in the Broadway production and national tour If/Then alongside former Rent cast member Idina Menzel. Additional Broadway credits include the revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation. Anthony can currently be seen on Star Trek: Discovery (CBS: All Access) playing the role of “Lieutenant Stamets,” a Starfleet science officer aboard the Starship Discovery. .

Will Redden

Extraneous: His Dark Materials, Jump Scare

Will Redden

Will Redden is a Ravenclaw who is psyched that Mischief Management is letting him sit with them. He is passionate about stories and how we tell them, and is excited to dive into His Dark Materials. Will lives in Brooklyn with Melissa and their pasta pup, George.

Robyn Warren

Healthy Geek Academy

Robyn Warren

Robyn Warren, M.S. Ed. (B.S. in Physical Education, M.S. Ed. in Health Education, NY State certified teacher, Accredited Xpert Pole Instructor, and ACE certified Health Coach) is the founder of Geek Girl Strong (GGS) a wellness community for those seeking a fun and inclusive holistic health coaching experience. GGS clients and classes include folks who are beginning their wellness journey or are just in need of a supportive boost, and have a common interest in all things geeky.

Eugenio Vargas

Broadway Does D&D

Eugenio Vargas

Eugenio Vargas (he/him) is still waiting and hoping for his Broadway debut, but in the meantime, he’s very excited to tell some stories with these veterans of the Great White Way through a different medium. Eugenio has worked as a TTRPG designer for Wizards of the Coast (Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons), MCDM Productions (Flee, Mortals!), and more. He’s also a streamer and podcaster, with appearances including as GM on Into the Mother Lands, DM of The Last Refuge: A D&D Podcast, and both player and DM on Rivals of Waterdeep, the longest-running all-POC-cast actual play D&D stream show. As a theater artist, Eugenio most recently spent his time bouncing back and forth between playing Che in Evita at various theaters and music directing In the Heights in six cities. .

Nik Walker

Broadway Does D&D

Nik Walker

Nik Walker is an actor, writer, cinephile and theme park nerd. Currently leading the Broadway cast of Ain’t Too Proud (after 3 years as Aaron Burr in the Broadway and touring companies of Hamilton), he’s also cohost of The Chaos Twins on BroadwayWorld, and his movie podcast, Little Justice, is streaming with the Broadway Podcast Network. In the free time between all of this, Nik is a professor at NYU. .

Josh Wittge

Nonplussed

Josh Wittge

Josh likes to call himself a "professional geek," owing to a career in communications, production, and events for and by other geeks. A part of the Mischief family since his days transcribing episodes of PotterCast, Josh considers fandom pedantry a casual past time and has been lovingly picking apart his favorite pop culture cuisine since he first criticized the Beetlejuice cartoon for not being faithful enough to the film. When not reading Disney films for filth, you can usually find him in video games as Beefy McBae - maining D.Va in Overwatch (on the PC, WINKY FACE!) or tending to hybrid mums on the island of St. Ouiser in Animal Crossing.

Ted O'Gorman

Ted & Michael Read Sketches Into Microphones

Ted O'Gorman

Ted O’Gorman (he/him) met Michael Paul Smith during their first year of high school. They’ve been writing and performing together ever since. After graduating college Ted went to work for the startup comedy website Black20.com as a writer and producer. During this time he co-founded Basement View Improv. This improv/sketch comedy group has performed at venues throughout the northeast, most notably at Caroline’s on Broadway. Ted was also a member of The Dan Ryan sketch comedy group. The Dan Ryan were invited to perform monthly at The People’s Improv Theatre, where they came in second in the annual SketchProv competition. Mike and Ted joined up again to create Ted and Michael Read sketches into Microphones. Ted can be heard doing various impressions and original characters on the show, he also serves as writer and director. For any any followup questions, just tweet at Mike @mpsmithnyc. He’ll answer any questions. Also request a face to face meeting. He’ll do it. I promise.

Gillian Pensavalle

Ted & Michael Read Sketches Into Microphones

Gillian Pensavalle

Gillian Pensavalle (she/her) is a professional podcaster and all around creator. Gillian is the co-host/creator of the top-ranked true crime comedy podcast True Crime Obsessed, where she and Patrick Hinds recap true crime documentaries with humor and heart. With over 100 million downloads, their coverage of documentaries such as Night Stalker, The Jinx, Fyre Fraud, and Class Action Park has captured the attention of true crime fans everywhere. She launched The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast in January of 2016 and releases weekly episodes hosting Hamilton cast, crew, creatives, musicians, and those in the Lin-Manuel Miranda/Hamilton universe including all four members of the creative team, known as The Cabinet™ (Lin has been on twice!). Gillian is the creator, host, editor, and executive producer of this passion project, and loves every second of it. Teaming up with her husband Michael Paul Smith, Gillian is the co-creator, producer, and star of The Residuals, a successful comedy series based on the couple's real-life auditioning for commercials in New York City. She is also the executive producer of Ted and Michael Read Sketches into Microphones, Mike’s sketch comedy podcast. In December of 2020, Gillian was the executive producer of 'Twas the Night, free radio play created to raise money for The Actors Fund and help bring holiday cheer in the midst of a pandemic. In her many years in the entertainment industry Gillian has experience as an actor, voiceover artist, editor, show runner, producer, and on-camera host. A born and raised New Yorker, Gillian lives uptown with her husband Mike and their rescue pup Fiona. Gillian absolutely loves making podcasts and can't believe she gets to do what she loves every day. Most importantly, please tell your dog she said hi .

Michael Paul Smith

Ted & Michael Read Sketches Into Microphones

Michael Paul Smith

Michael Paul Smith (He/him) is an actor, writer, director and producer. He loves Mischief Media, is ecstatic to be working with them, and he hopes that you find this bio impressive. Michael can be seen in the Emmy Award winning shows SUCCESSION (HBO) and THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (AMAZON). He graduated from Marymount Manhattan College, and has performed with MCC Theatre, Irish Repertory Theatre, Long Island Theatre Collective, and the New School for Drama. Hel is also a writer/director on the podcast Ted and Michael Read Sketches Into Microphones, and the original holiday audio play “‘Twas The Night”, He’s a People's Improv Theatre (PIT) trained improv artist, and he co-founded Basement View Improv, which has taught and performed all over the northeast, including Caroline's on Broadway and Gotham Comedy Club. And he can be heard on his wife Gillian Pensavalle’s podcast The Hamilcast from time to time. He’s great at making breakfast for humans, and dinner for dogs .

All Enthusiasm, All the Time

Podcasts and websites where the most enthusiastic fans can feed their fandoms

A Story Most Queer

Broadway Does D&D

Extraneous

Healthy Geek Academy

Jump Scare

Make New Mistakes

Nonplussed

PotterCast

Roll 9¾

Twas The Night

Ted & Michael Read Sketches Into Microphones

Melissa Anelli

Bre Bishop

Clancy Canto

Leah Cornish

Frankie Franko III

LaChanze

Peppermint

John Noe

Anthony Rapp

Will Redden

Robyn Warren

Eugenio Vargas

Nik Walker

Josh Wittge

Ted O'Gorman

Gillian Pensavalle

Michael Paul Smith

The welcoming home of the Harry Potter fandom for nearly 20 years