The great Carl Reiner once said “Improvisation is just writing in front of an audience”. So we figured if we could brush up on our improv skills it's bound to make us better writers... right? This week improv extraordinaire, and official Comedy Store Player, Ruth Bratt talks to us about her life, her craft and the eating habits of her cat... before putting us to the test with our own improvised play. What could possibly go wrong? Go and see Ruth with the legendary Comedy Store Players

The party plays a game of cat and mouse with Bastion Dane, and make their trek over to Wraithmoor, a desolate landscape scarred by calamity and ancient wars...Welcome to BlackwaterDnD's Main Campaign!Featuring Tim (he/him) as our illustrious DM, Em (she/fae) as Shy, Triton Sun Soul Monk; Jannes (he/him) as Thistle Longbranch, Piney Circle of the Moon Druid; Adam (he/him) as Esper Declan, Hexblood Phantom Rogue; Sean (he/him) as Mark Dwyler, Human Aberrant Mind Sorcerer; and Jess (she/her)

Cat Toren is a jazz pianist, composer, teacher, and master improviser.  Her new album as Cat Toren's Human Kind "Scintillating Beauty" is out now on Panormaic Records. "Scintillating Beauty" has become, by far, a front runner for album of year.  A truly transportive spiritual work of musical resolve and healing.  We had a wonderful conversation converting the nature of improvisation, expressing non-musical ideas through sound, the influence and importance of artistic mediums on one another,

After a train ride from Hell, the Knights of Victoria have a layover in the quiet village of Pooley Bridge in the area of Britain known as Cumbria. It doesn't take them long, however to get lost in the local tall tales. A large cat-like creature has been menacing the local farms - sheep and cattle are falling by the dozens to The Beast of Cumbria. The agents volunteer their services and set a trap for the beast and do their best impersonations of a dying sheep.Avalon by Gaslight is a Savage

The Chrises are joined by Biologist and Conservationist Amanda Hipps. Forever an animal lover, Luna The Cat’s Mother reflects on her journey from almost going to veterinary school to protecting land and wildlife with WildLandscapes International. One of the organizations major successes has been protecting rhinos from poachers with Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Amanda and the rest of her team have been able to fundraise and work closely with locals to combat the lack of tourism revenue due to

The Chrises are joined by “The Cougar Guy”, Kyle Burgess. Kyle talks about his experience coming face-to-face with a cougar and her baby cubs in the Utah mountains; all caught live on camera with his Google Pixel 2. Reflecting back on the dangerous situation, Kyle shares what he has learned since the “good little kitty cat” encounter and considers having a conversation with the cougar over a Nutter Butter and beef jerky. Kyle turns his harrowing, bluff charge experience into wildlife advocacy with

One Very Important Fermentor, Melanie Foreman, concocts an adaptogenic latte as The Chrises dive into their ingheedients cabinet. Melanie reveals her much anticipated Brain Broo to the masses, chooses between civet cat poop and elephant dung coffee, and opens up about which One Direction member she prefers to lick her toes after a LaCroix bowling heist as SadGurl69. ~ QWTChrises.com ~ Patreon.com/QWTChrises ~ GoFundMe w/ Okizu “No Hair For Care” (gofundme.com/f/no-hair-for-care)

The Chrises pal around with the freshly shaven, part-time biophysicist and full-time CEO of All Hair Care. Matthew Collins admits his excitement about finally getting a month long vacation to get oiled up and work on TikToks. As a creature of the earth, Matt lets the cat out of the bag on his reality TV days living as a pioneer and all the dumping that goes on as a hair dresser. Inspired by the celebrity hairstylist’s sixth grade mane, the Chrises raise $385 for Save The Whales as the viewers vote

Today it is our extreme pleasure to welcome Director of Music Education and Associate Professor  at George Mason University: Dr. Charles “Chuck” Ciorba. In this episode, we… Read more "The Jazz Cat on Improvisation"

Playlist: 1. Jerry Garcia - Eep Hour 2. Grateful Dead - Rosemary 3. Jerry Garcia - Love Scene 4. Jerry Garcia - Love Scene Improvisation 5. Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower 6. Grateful Dead - Epilogue 7. Grateful Dead - Dark Star

In PROBES #24, toys, music boxes and balloons find new roles in contemporary compositions, pop performances, film scores and jazz improvisation, as composers explore alternative acoustic sources for extended, non-electronic, sounds.