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Ned Donovan<p>One of my favorite initiatives at the New Jersey Web Festival is our scholarship program. </p><p>Creators can apply to have their submission fee waived, allowing anyone the opportunity to have their work considered. Apply for the Scholarship today!</p><p>A huge thank you to Pinecast and Hero Forge for being our initial scholarship sponsors for the 2026 NJ WebFest!</p><p><a href="https://www.newjerseywebfest.com/scholarship-and-sponsorship" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newjerseywebfest.com/scholarsh</span><span class="invisible">ip-and-sponsorship</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/FilmFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FilmFestival</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/WebSeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WebSeries</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AudioFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AudioFiction</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/FictionPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FictionPodcast</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ActualPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ActualPlay</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ShortFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShortFilm</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/filmmaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>filmmaker</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AudioDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AudioDrama</span></a></p>
Ned Donovan<p>Got this email to my New Jersey WebFest email (podcasts@newjerseywebfest.com). A FilmFreeway account that has never created or submitted a project before :P Seems legit. They definitely got my name right.</p>
Ned Donovan<p>Our seats for today’s <a href="https://me.dm/tags/USWNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USWNT</span></a> v Portugal match do not suck!</p>
Ned Donovan<p>How am I doing? Oh I’m just openly sobbing to Elaine Hendrix on Dancing With the Stars. So I’m fantastic, how are you? <a href="https://me.dm/tags/DWTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DWTS</span></a></p>
Ned Donovan<p>A buddy of mine made this in a fit of madness.</p><p>It&#39;s perfect.</p><p>JoJo Sliwa.</p>
Ned Donovan<p>The underground walkway at the Salt Lake City airport, connecting the A terminal and the B terminal, is the most I’ve ever felt like I’m in the world of Bioshock. Just ominous vibes.</p>
Ned Donovan<p>Who would have thought that a podcast around asking a guest 5 random questions would lead to one of the best conversations I&#39;ve ever had? </p><p>Use this link to find the episode on your favorite app!</p><p><a href="https://fiverandomquestions.com/nedapps" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fiverandomquestions.com/nedapp</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/imagination" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>imagination</span></a></p>
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Ned Donovan<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/19/male-cheerleaders-nfl-vikings" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug</span><span class="invisible">/19/male-cheerleaders-nfl-vikings</span></a></p>
Ned Donovan<p>The world is better for Adam Turck. I&#39;m better for Adam Turck. It doesn&#39;t matter that 95% of our relationship happened between the years of 2008 and 2012, he imprinted himself on me harder than many people I&#39;ve ever met. He was that good.</p><p>He was a super man. Fly high, Superman.</p>
Ned Donovan<p>It sounds like this weekend Adam saved someone&#39;s life. Someone he didn&#39;t know. In the process, he lost his own. Adam could have turned away, he could have kept walking his dog and hoped for the best outcome while protecting his own. But when the chips fell that wouldn&#39;t have stood up to his morals or values. In 2011 Adam expressed his own expectations of himself to me, and then he lived it, unabashedly and openly.</p>
Ned Donovan<p>There was a time in my life where Adam&#39;s love of Superman was something I ribbed him on. Over time it became something I admired. It wasn&#39;t a moment, or a personality bit, or something he adopted to talk about. It was just how he wanted to live and what he wanted to be.</p>
Ned Donovan<p>Adam was tirelessly himself, openly vulnerable, willing to be truly himself in ways that sometimes made people uncomfortable before they were ready to let him in. And he was comfortable honoring their discomfort without sacrificing himself. It&#39;s a nearly impossible thing to do, and it&#39;s a needle he threaded.</p>
Ned Donovan<p>In college we hung out a few times a semester, rarely one on one, usually in a group. But it was the art we made together where we bonded. Hours and hours of planning and plotting, of script breakdown and meticulous questions of what could we improve, how could we grow, what would make the audience feel like they&#39;ve seen something new. The work I got to do at the Ithaca Shakespeare Company alongside him is still some of the proudest art I&#39;ve ever been a part of in my career.</p>
Ned Donovan<p>But Adam has been at the forefront of so many decisions I&#39;ve made in my life, because of that conversation. When I can&#39;t decide between two options, I often ask which would stand up to my own morals and values. Which would honor the sentiment of that conversation.</p>
Ned Donovan<p>Adam and I haven&#39;t seen each other since 2013, when we had a day full of hijinx around Pennsylvania taste testing the exact same food order at a variety of diners to find our personal favorite in the area.</p><p>We caught up every 2-3 years by phone call or text, nothing more than that.</p>
Ned Donovan<p>Back in the summer of 2011 Adam Turck and I were sitting outside about 3 hours deep into a philosophical talk about nothing and everything and probably a lot of nerdy stuff and he said that when the chips fall he hoped he would always stand up to his own morals and values. No matter the circumstance he would feel true to himself.</p><p>I&#39;ve thought about that a lot over the last 14 years.</p>
Ned Donovan<p>Please meet Adam Turck, an incredible human, artist, activist, and moral compass.</p><p>Adam lost his life this weekend standing up for the world in the way we all hope we would if it came to it.</p><p>He was indeed a super man. Fly high, superman.</p><p><a href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/adam-turck-obit-aug-4-2025" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wtvr.com/news/local-news/adam-</span><span class="invisible">turck-obit-aug-4-2025</span></a></p>
Ned Donovan<p>KHYAH HARPER WITH THE FLYING HEADER FOR THE GOAL! LET’S GO BATS! <a href="https://me.dm/tags/GothamFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GothamFC</span></a></p>
Ned Donovan<p>Gen Con will call line ACHIEVED! WE HERE! </p><p>Hope to see as many of y’all as possible this year :) <a href="https://me.dm/tags/GenCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenCon</span></a></p>
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