Hal is flying solo as the host in this one, but with an amazing international guest, Charlotte Gittens! A live, late-night, interview after an incredible show! Dogpoodle Time Travel event 8/10: https://fb.me/1OZjLNNOaw7YbnA

This is a really special episode because Henry Kandel was the first person to teach Hal improv! Kandel was improvising in Chicago in the 90s and is an artist with and unique perspective on improv that has shaped a lot of the perspectives of your hosts! We are so happy to have them on the show, and I (Hal) am eternally grateful for the four years of wisdom and experimentation that launched me on this incredible journey! Nothing you hear on the episode is medical advice. The three of us each have

Cindy Ong, architect and founder of RTW kids joins the program to talk about the impact that improv can have on young people! She has grown an large independent improv school that students stay enrolled in for over a decade! There is really nothing like it right now in the world of narrative improv! So cool!!! RTW Kids: https://rtwkids.org/mission/ My Architect Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HxB9Iu3Hbc

Robert Greene joins the podcast to kick off our educators series! For any parents out there with young children, we hope this episode will open you up to the power of play in raising kids! Robert is a multi-hyphenate artist so the conversation touches everything under the sun and synthesizes it all together into some beautiful wise words!

For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Chris Corsano (b. 1975, USA) is a New York-based drummer who has been active at the intersections of collective improvisation, free jazz, avant-rock, and experimental music since the late 1990's. He's been the

On this episode we have a chat to Marcos Villalta a brilliant guitarist and artist. He tells us about his approach to music and how he sees improvisation. He also lets us in on a hidden talent! Marcos' links: Insta: instagram.com/marcosvillalta6 Album: "Francisco" https://marcosvillalta.bandcamp.com/album/francisco Album: "Quick Exoplanet Stopover" https://marcosvillalta.bandcamp.com/album/quick-exoplanet-stopover Visual Art Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marcosvillalta_art Koi Kingdom

Our first live show!!! Full video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lec-vqzpKNoTune in to see Hal and Julian at their peak fun, joyously playing all the characters in an unscripted Shakespeare play!!! Check out those crazy costumes! Such a great show!!! The Midnight Dance will whisk you away on a whirlwind ride and show you the power of a pickled onion!

Alex and Karen chat with musicians Em Postl and Thomas Hoeller about Streams Poetry Project, their music collaboration that transforms poetry through vocals and guitar. They give an in-depth look into the natural evolution of this project over the last 8 years, from the organic formation of the project that began with some improvisation over a book of poetry by Rumi, to their current focus of working with more local poets and getting their songs recorded. They examine their love of

We forgot to post last week, but boy do we have a good reason!!! We just finished organizing the Unscripted Shakespeare Festival! My lord it was so much fun. Sadly, the event that you are about to here about has already concluded, but the good news is that it was amazing and will hopefully happen again next year! Get ready next week to hear the first ever LIVE Muprov Musings shows. (Spoiler alert: It's a real banger)

Today we have an interview I’m very excited about. One of the forefathers of jazz drum instruction - though as you’ll hear he doesn’t like the taxonomy, preferring to say he’s an “improvisation teacher”. The biggest surprise for me upon speaking to Ed is that he’s an iconoclast. His energy is pure punk-rock, and he has no time for the idea of “handedness” on the drums, nor the “walling off” of jazz from other forms of improvisation. Ed and I chat about hierarchies in music, how Denton, TX became a

This week Sarah and Em continue their chat about the treasure that is Difference and specifically the difference that has been made for them in how they practice their self care. Follow Em: twitter.com/Stroudemr  linkedin.com/pub/emma-stroud Laughthinkplay.com Follow Anna: linkedin.com/in/anna-bartholomew-09206017 facebook.com/annacbartholomew instagram.com/annacbartholomew Follow Sarah: instagram.com/sarahbannock linkedin.com/in/sarahbannock Music Production with thanks to Adam and Helen at

This week we have Kyle Tuttle on the banjo chat! Of course we talk about winning the grammy award with Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway for their City of Gold album!  Yessir! We are also talking about banjo necks, banjo makers and what life is like in Nashville as a banjo player. How he loves the music festival scene, playing music and being true to yourself, and different recording techniques on his new album. We talk about how he approaches improvisation and how you can put yourself into new

🦈🦈🦈 Paul and Stephen welcome brilliant writer and comedian Alex Edelman for a deep chinwag on spirituality, religion, improvisation, and paranormal leanings. Listen as they dive right in with why the CIA should use Baby Shark in its interrogation program, the importance and virtue of repetition in the process of joke writing, the Socratic method in comedy, and how AI and Chat GPT will affect the future of humor. The conversation then turns to Romanian religious historian Mircea Eliade and the

Happy MUthers Day! One of my all-time favorite episodes for sure! Tune in to hear a full length improv show demonstration! If anyone listening has an in with Coca-Cola or the Mormon Church, we are trying to get sponsored for this one :)

Mae Martin is a comedian, improviser, screenwriter, and podcast host. Their work on Netflix includes the stand-up special Sap and the aptly named TV series Feel Good. Adam and Mae chat about the value of vulnerability in connection, snapping out of procrastination, shame spirals, and life lessons from the art of improvisation. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

Mae Martin is a comedian, improviser, screenwriter, and podcast host. Their work on Netflix includes the stand-up special Sap and the aptly named TV series Feel Good. Adam and Mae chat about the value of vulnerability in connection, snapping out of procrastination, shame spirals, and life lessons from the art of improvisation. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

Calm vibes only on this episode as we chill our way through an invaluable improv tool. If you have never enjoyed a surgical run before, get ready for one of the best ways to get an inside scoop into our minds. It is half way between a practice run and a GIGASPINE and makes for great listening!

Heather Bentley Strings, From Classical to Improvisation, Composer, Trailblazer. I am chatting to the multitalented Heather Bentley today. This is a great chat about her journey in music. There are some amazing insights here from a wonderful musician. Seattle-based violist and composer Heather Bentley has trailblazed a career as one of the West Coast’s most visible improvisatory musicians, specializing in creating evocative atmospheres and textures. Classically trained, she has shifted to an

We are going back to the basics! Shout out to Ken Adams and the storyspine. Lets platform some scenes!

How can AI play with Improvisation?  What is it like to create shows with AI?  What are the joyous moments that this unlikely partnership creates?  Join Em as she chats to Piotr one of the creators of Improbotics (A show Em guest performs with) We chat this and how the technology is developing to create even more amazing theatre      Follow Piotr:  Facebook: ImproboticsLtd    Instagram: improbotics      LinkedIn: Piotr Mirowski      Twitter: Improbotics          About Piotr Mirowski: