Dan Olson is an actor, (Mr. Robot, The Blacklist), filmmaker, creator and somewhat of a renaissance person. They have been acting on stages around the world for well over a decade in plays like, "Antigone," "Jericho" and "The Addams Family, where they got to play LURCH. Dan also happens to be trans. And has been on an artistic journey of themself to explore the depths of their human condition and inflect that back outwards into the universe. Dan and Julian discuss what it was like growing up in a small farm town in Wisconsin, being raised SUPER religiously and contending with hating themself for something they didn't choose. How they discovered a key to repelling their insecurities through becoming an actor, and the liberation that came with being able to live truthfully on stage. At least for a period. And then what it finally took to stop hiding behind the characters they were playing and figure out how to become the topic of their own stories. Dan is on a mission to rewrite a narrative that our culture can finally start to get behind. One that has nothing to do with gender or belief systems or which way we lean--but instead about what make us uniquely human in the face of adversity and pain. And how we continue to find our strength and wonder through it all. A mission that this podcast FULLY supports.

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Check out Dan's work here: https://www.dan-olson.com/2017/1/4/dan-olson-drama-1

And Hear Dan's tribute to himself and all those moving through it: "Reliably Predictable." https://soundcloud.com/danol5on/reliably-predictable-final-6?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1&si=78DF918123504535ADEBF2CC84363E57&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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