What’s Close To You, Pt. 4
The Once And Future Nerd
Glass & Madera
4.8 • 768 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In the conclusion to Chapter 7, Nelson and Nia discuss dreams, Jen and Regan reconcile, and the party must make some goodbyes.
Chapter 8 will premiere on June 26, 2022. In the meantime, there will be a minisode release and an #AskTOAFN livestream in the month of May, exact dates TBA.
CREDITS FOR THIS EPISODE:
Directed by
CHRISTIAN T. KELLEY-MADERA
Written by
CHRISTIAN T. KELLEY-MADERA and GREGORY M. SCHULZ
PERFORMED BY:
RHIANNON ANGELL as… Sailor
GARRETT ARMYN as… Sir Brennen Willemson
ANYA GIBIAN as… Aerona Regan and Arlene Redmoor
IAN HARKINS as… The Narrator
SHANNON HARRIS as… Mildred and Red Ren the Ruthless
PAUL NOTICE as… Nelson and Ben
JULIET PRATHER as… Gwen of Ruefield
JULIE REED as… Jen
REGINA RENEE RUSSELL as… Nia
GREGORY M. SCHULZ as… Yllowyyn
Editing by
DAVID DEVEREUX
Foley, Sound Design, and Post Production Mixing by
MATTHEW BOUDREAU
Music Direction and Main Theme by
TOM LEE
Additional Scoring by
CHRIS MONTALBO
Created and Executive Produced by
ZACH GLASS & CHRISTIAN T. KELLEY-MADERA
Co-Executive Produced by
JESS KELLEY-MADERA
Associate Producers
SUSAN DEGNAN and ALEC STORY
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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CONTENT NOTES:
- Discussions of over-eating
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Heads up, there are some content warnings for this episode. Please read the episode description and use your discretion when deciding to listen. |
| 0:07.1 | This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Is there something interfering with your happiness or preventing you from achieving your goals? I feel like I talk about my struggles with anxiety a lot on here. |
| 0:17.6 | Well, BetterHelp can assess your needs and match you with your own licensed professional |
| 0:22.2 | therapist. It's not a crisis line. It's not self-help. It's professional therapy done securely |
| 0:28.1 | online. Visit BetterHelp.com slash T-O-A-F-N. That's Better H-E-L-P and join the over |
| 0:36.5 | 2 million people who have taken charge of their mental health |
| 0:39.8 | with the help of an experienced professional. |
| 0:42.6 | Once in future nerd listeners can get 10% off their first month by using our link. |
| 0:47.3 | Again, that's better-H-E-L-P.com slash T-O-A-F-N. |
| 1:01.1 | We'd like to thank all of our patrons, including Sarah G, Duncan R-G, and Oren for your tremendous support. |
| 1:03.9 | You make this show possible, and we can't thank you enough. |
| 1:09.2 | For those of you who don't know, you can join at patreon.com slash once-in-future nerd, |
| 1:12.6 | where you can enjoy great perks, such as digital or physical copies of our unique chapter art, or the chance to call in live to ask a question on our |
| 1:17.3 | end of chapter live stream Q&A episodes. Speaking of live stream Q&A episodes, it's that time again. |
| 1:23.1 | We're still hammering out the exact date, but it will occur in the month of May. Please keep an eye out on |
| 1:28.3 | our socials and we'll announce the date shortly. In the meantime, any and all listeners are welcome to submit questions for the Q&A session, be they about the chapter you just heard, about speculating on the favorite music genres of each character, or whatever crosses your mind. If you have a question, please use hashtag AskT-O-A-F-N on any of our social |
| 1:46.9 | media. All listeners can submit a question, but patron questions receive top priority. So please |
| 1:52.3 | submit your questions, hashtag AskT-O-A-F-N, and we hope to see you for the live stream. Again, |
| 1:58.7 | Exact Time, TBD. Finally, just some housekeeping. In the month of May, |
| 2:02.6 | you will not be hearing a main plot episode, but in exchange, you'll hear two pieces of T.OAFN content. |
| 2:07.8 | The first is the aforementioned AskTOafN Q&A, and the second is another minisode release. |
| 2:13.6 | We hope you enjoy them. And if you don't, fear not. Book 2, Chapter 8 will be resuming in June. |
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