The Dependent Independent Podcast
The Dependent Independent Podcast is a personal journal podcast, created in 2015 and hosted by Nick G. Join him on this journey of self-discovery into his 40's, setting a goal to record 200 episodes with real friends & co-hosts as they pull from their experiences to make real, authentic connections with one another. Experience those moments in conversations where we tackle a relevant topic and realize all the things that happen in life that keep us moving forward.
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- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 225
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
The Only Real Win is Earned
MiniSode 106.5 - It's safe to say that we all want to win and we want the win as fast as possible. Our impatience gets the best of us and the pursuit of a quick win is spilling over to our kids, how …
A Parents Guide to Proper Cursing
Eps. 106 - I was excited to have my wife Megan, host of the You Be You Podcast with Meg and Liv, to stay up late and discuss why bad words are such a big deal to people. Hear how the birth of cursing…
Choosing to Make It Matter Today
MiniSode 105.5 - We are all watching and obsessed wth the time. Always waiting for a clock to hit the point that we ourselves have set as a deadline for things to finally matter. In this podcast, I c…
A Pro-Wrestler Buys a Pre-School...
Eps. 105 - In this episode, Sam Seitles, former pro-wrestler turned pre-school proprietor, tells his story where passion for simply doing something he enjoyed to do led him, step by step, to achievin…
BONUS REPLAY: Afraid of Our Own Fame & Success (Eps.11)
(Originally published April 24th, 2015)
Eps. 11 - In this episode, Nick G. and Dewey catch up to tackle the desires of fame, success, and fortune without losing their true selves. They contemplate wh…
Grey's Anatomy of Appreciating the Now
MiniSode 104.5 - When things are stressful, is it true that you actually make more things happen? I've been watching Grey's Anatomy with my daughter on Netflix (now we're binging Season 4!) and it se…
Trying to Steal the Winner's Nuts
Eps. 104 - In this show, I was joined by Kelly Pickel (@bee_ing_kellyp) in her country home in Lancaster, PA for her first official podcast guest-spot before launching her own podcast in the coming w…
Hoarding Things Over Connections w/ Matt Paxton | A&E Hoarders
Eps. 103 - In this episode, I had the greatest opportunity of being joined by cleaning extraordinaire, the REAL Matt Paxton, from A&E's Hoarders. Matt is an adventurous entrepreneur and for the past …
Unemployed & Making Progress in the Moment
MiniSode 102.5 - In this Valentine’s Day MiniSode, I look back to where I was mentally and spiritually six months ago and share what progress looks like when you simply decide to do everything differ…
Creating a Bicycling Community w/ Alicia Fields-Murphy | Kickstand Crew
Eps. 102 - In this podcast video, I am joined by Alicia Fields-Murphy, local community creator and bicycling fanatic. Alicia has taken her excitement of riding a bike with her family and her calling …
Feedback We Are (Not) Looking For
MiniSode 101.5 - In this first MiniSode of 2019, Nick G. talks about feedback and the necessity of hearing it when you don't want to and the responsibility to do something with it when you do. He's a…
Choices We're Judged For w/ Jenna Missanelli |@livinggraceyoga
Eps. 101 - In this episode, Nick G. connects with a long time college friend, Jenna Missanelli (@livinggraceyoga) to share stories of judgment. The judgment we put on ourselves and the assumptions of…
Looking Back While Moving Forward - The Hump @ Eps. 100
Eps. 100 - Finally arriving at the midpoint of this 200 episode podcast journey of connections and self-discovery, Nick G. closes out the first 100 plus podcast episodes with a retrospect on what he …
Lost Your Job? Then Ski in Vermont
MiniSode 99.5 - From the underbelly of a Quality Inn somewhere in Vermont, Nick G. does what any other podcast would do. Record a MiniSode. Out of his natural studio habitat, Nick shares one of those…
Learning to Play a Really Good Santa
MiniSode 99.25 - After a stellar performance as Santa in last weekend's dance recital, Nick G. tells a little story about how a "would have been"100-year-old Grandmother gave him the courage to never…
Why Did I Throw Out My Toys?
Nick G. is back on the couch. Again. Joined by THE Michael Drane from the Unpopular Culture Podcast, a Professor & Licensed Therapist, to talk about the purpose, fun, and baggage of toys. Is it just …
Losing Childhood Dependence...to Paintball
MiniSode 98.75 - Creeping ever so delicately to Eps. 100, in this MiniSode Nick G. shares a recent Sunday afternoon where he and his son hit the paintball fields to shoot random people with 280 feet …
My Love/Hate Relationship with Time
MiniSode 98.5 - Time can be the thing you wish you had more of in good times and would rather run out fast during the bad. In this MiniSode, Nick G. ponders on the positives and negatives of the time…
Creating With Our Hands w/ Jon Bradley | @ItsJonBradley
Eps. 98 - Well, Nick G. is back, after taking a hiatus to cool the intrinsic jets, with a new podcast episode. In this one, he and his cohost Jon Bradley, YouTube vlogger, and videographer, take a to…
Truthfully Experiencing a (LIFE) Crisis of Sorts
Eps. 97 - Nick G. has not been himself. He may even be someone very different. He's committed to be his honest, true self on this show and in this one he can't afford not too. Thanks for listening an…