Amanda Nicastro's guest appearances

Amanda Nicastro

Applying It Liberally

The Bitch Seat

Uninvisible Pod with Lauren Freedman

BloggingFringe.com Podcast

Robots Vs Dinosaurs

Peter Michael Marino

Corinne Fisher

Rob Bell

Todd White

Suni Reyes

Oscar Montoya

Anna Drezen

Lily Du

Kevin Scott

Myq Kaplan

Andrew Gurza

David Mitchell

Keith Brown

Thomas Smith

Caitlin Durante

OwlTail

Amanda Nicastro is a writer and actor based in NYC. In 2014, her sister Brenna needed a new kidney. While Amanda wasn’t a match, she was able to find an exchange program that allowed her to donate a kidney for someone in need, and for Brenna to receive a kidney that met her body’s needs. While Amanda isn’t the most comfortable with the idea of being a “hero” — a title often bandied about in response to her “sacrifice” — she decided to use this overwhelmingly positive response to her actions to call attention to the importance of organ donation…while also hilariously sharing the ins and outs of the kidney donation journey (such as: carrying a cooler full of her own pee through the NYC subway). She wrote the award-winning solo show I’m Just Kidneying, which takes a whimsical look at the process of living kidney donation and “pokes holes into the idea of what it takes to be ‘hero material’.” The show has toured extensively in the US, and even recently at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. As AM New York says, “She may have donated a kidney to a stranger, but Amanda Nicastro still has her funny bone.” Tune in as Amanda shares…  that her sister was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome (rediagnosed as FSGS, or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis) in 4th grade that her sister has now had 2 kidney transplants, and her body has essentially reabsorbed her failing kidneys that a transplant can theoretically put FSGS into remission that Brenna’s first kidney transplant was donated by her Dad that Amanda was able to donate a kidney to a stranger’s wife, and the stranger was able to donate his kidney to Brenna — all through a living kidney donation exchange program that it was very hard for her when she discovered she wasn’t a match for Brenna; but that the donation has ultimately made them much closer that she has become an advocate since making a living organ donation that she recognizes her sister as the real “hero” in their story that in the US, someone is added to the organ donor waitlist every 10 minutes that she now speaks to her representatives in favor of organ donation and protective legislation for patients that support for organ donation legislation is bipartisan, so the foundation for support of patients and donors exists that there are limitations to provisions for organ recipients within Medicare and Medicaid, as well as through various health insurance contracts that not all transplant centers are created equal, and there is a need for standardization of care in these centers how systematic racism plays into access to medical information and treatment  This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit uninvisiblepod.substack.com/subscribe

Amanda Nicastro is a writer and actor based in NYC. In 2014, her sister Brenna needed a new kidney. While Amanda wasn’t a match, she was able to find an exchange program that allowed her to donate a kidney for someone in need, and for Brenna to receive a kidney that met her body’s needs. While Amanda isn’t the most comfortable with the idea of being a “hero” — a title often bandied about in response to her “sacrifice” — she decided to use this overwhelmingly positive response to her actions to call attention to the importance of organ donation…while also hilariously sharing the ins and outs of the kidney donation journey (such as: carrying a cooler full of her own pee through the NYC subway). She wrote the award-winning solo show I’m Just Kidneying, which takes a whimsical look at the process of living kidney donation and “pokes holes into the idea of what it takes to be ‘hero material’.” The show has toured extensively in the US, and even recently at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. As AM New York says, “She may have donated a kidney to a stranger, but Amanda Nicastro still has her funny bone.” Tune in as Amanda shares… <ul> <li>that her sister was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome (rediagnosed as FSGS, or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis) in 4th grade</li> <li>that her sister has now had 2 kidney transplants, and her body has essentially reabsorbed her failing kidneys</li> <li>that a transplant can theoretically put FSGS into remission</li> <li>that Brenna’s first kidney transplant was donated by her Dad</li> <li>that Amanda was able to donate a kidney to a stranger’s wife, and the stranger was able to donate his kidney to Brenna — all through a living kidney donation exchange program</li> <li>that it was very hard for her when she discovered she wasn’t a match for Brenna; but that the donation has ultimately made them much closer</li> <li>that she has become an advocate since making a living organ donation</li> <li>that she recognizes her sister as the real “hero” in their story</li> <li>that in the US, someone is added to the organ donor waitlist every 10 minutes</li> <li>that she now speaks to her representatives in favor of organ donation and protective legislation for patients</li> <li>that support for organ donation legislation is bipartisan, so the foundation for support of patients and donors exists</li> <li>that there are limitations to provisions for organ recipients within Medicare and Medicaid, as well as through various health insurance contracts</li> <li>that not all transplant centers are created equal, and there is a need for standardization of care in these centers</li> <li>how systematic racism plays into access to medical information and treatment</li> </ul> This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://uninvisiblepod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uninvisiblepod.substack.com/subscribe</a>

065: Living Kidney Donation w/ I’m Just Kidneying’s Amanda Nicastro

Amanda Nicastro is undoubtedly a funny person. Unfortunately there were times when she was younger where her work was no joke. Amanda brings one such poem to The Bitch Seat to share with Lyssa &amp; Phil. Follow The Bitch Seat on Twitter Follow Lyssa on Twitter

Amanda Nicastro’s (Not Funny) Poem

Download Blogging Fringe 1511: I'm Just Kidneying - Amanda Nicastro fringe_2015_11_amandanicastro.mp3 Length: 32:19 Amanda Nicastro is bringing a one-woman show, I'm Just Kidneying, (tickets) from New York to Orlando for the first time. Amanda is an actress and comedian, and her story of donating a kidney to benefit her sister is the subject of her 2015 show. We also discuss what it's like to be a working comedian in New York, and the modern world.  read more

Download <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/liberatr/fringe/fringe_2015_11_amandanicastro.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blogging Fringe 1511: I'm Just Kidneying - Amanda Nicastro</a> fringe_2015_11_amandanicastro.mp3 Length: 32:19 <a href="http://amandanicastro.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Nicastro</a> is bringing a one-woman show, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/imjustkindeying" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I'm Just Kidneying</a>, (<a href="http://orlandofringe.ticketleap.com/im-just-kidneying/dates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tickets</a>) from New York to Orlando for the first time. Amanda is an actress and comedian, and her story of donating a kidney to benefit her sister is the subject of her 2015 show. We also discuss what it's like to be a working comedian in New York, and the modern world. <a href="http://bloggingfringe.com/2015/05/11/blogging-fringe-1511-im-just-kidneying-amanda-nicastro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">read more</a>

Blogging Fringe 1511: I'm Just Kidneying - Amanda Nicastro