That Old Trope with Nathaniel Kressen

What happens when an artist leans all the way into the cliché - burnout, heartbreak, reinvention - and decides to build something real from it? ... That Old Trope is the living, breathing voice of a mission-driven media company in the making: the wins, the blind spots, the ego checks, and the quiet persistence it takes to keep going. Hosted by founder-CEO Nathaniel Kressen – an author, actor, musician, fine artist, and public speaker – this weekly show blends radically honest personal storytelling with practical insights on artist-entrepreneurship, creative leadership, and building community from the ground up. Part field notes, part personal reckoning. Tactical and whimsical, earnest and self-aware. Reflections on grief, growth, and creative risk; unvarnished looks at what it actually takes to turn big artistic ambition into sustainable impact. That Old Trope is for listeners who want more than inspiration – they want the truth behind the process. No gurus, no tidy arcs, just the work and a familiar story worth telling differently.