Credit in the Straight World

by the Nervous Breakdowns

A show about the creative person's struggle to hold down a day job while pursuing their passion. Musician, filmmaker @thenervousbreakdowns interviews people from various backgrounds about how they work their "day job" while pursuing their real job and the stories that lie between the two.

5 Episodes

Arts

Episodes

Live Through This Hernia (solo episode)

Putting the HER in Hernia. ER surgery for 4th of July, going back to work without recovery, Paccino wants almond milk, DeNiro drinks matcha, and Happy...

1h 26m

•Jul 14, 2025

Podding On My Own (Pride 2025)

A solo episode with Keala for Pride 2025. Some updates on the film and even snippets, what is Pink Saturday, more San Francisco lore, and a Robyn cove...

1h 11m

•Jun 30, 2025

RIP Jill Sobule and catching up

Jill Sobule was a songwriter’s songwriter—so good that it’s almost criminal more people didn’t know her work. I’m catching up since my last episode, a...

1h 29m

•May 5, 2025

Credit in the Coffee World with Katie Royse Ginther

My interview with barista by day and theater producer by night, Katie Royse Ginther. We discuss life behind the coffee counter, life on stage (theater...

3h 17m

•Feb 8, 2025

Birthdays/ Deathdays

Birthday Special with my creative brother Nero Nava. What better way to celebrate my birthday than to discuss loss of life this year but also the good...

1h 45m

•Dec 21, 2024