Nathan Rouse, Justin Bettincourt, and Phillip Schramm of This Just In: The Improvised News Show join us to talk about doing an absurdist show in the guise of a newscast. They claim it’s about pure entertainment, but Matt posits that it’s actually an exploration of the id, ego, and super ego. They also discuss filtering […]

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Bowl of Chili (Sarah Arnold, Davis Steen, Leah Isaacson, and Denzel Belin) join us to discuss their current form, The Writer’s Room. They talk about using a duel narrative to reveal characters’ inner emotions, working within genres, know when/if your character is needed in a scene, and using stage picture as an indicator. We also […]

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Drew Kersten and Jordan Bainer (unfortunately Bette Bentley couldn’t join us) the producers of Melee a Trois brought along a couple of participants, Sophie Brossard of Danger Zone and Emily Lindholm of Jorts (and Philip Simondet, also of Danger Zone, was also there – if you remember) join us to talk about producing an improv […]

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Bennett Christensen, winner of the 2016 HUGE Hangout Auction, brings along Denzel Belin and John Gebretatose (of Sultans of Silly) for his episode. He poses the question, “what have you gotten out of improv?” which leads us to a discussion about making friends, developing community, overcoming social anxiety, and dealing with neurological disorders, schizophrenia, and […]

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On our 100th episode, Casey Haeg and Eric Heiberg join to interview us. We discuss the importance of doing things outwide of your comfort zone, what makes a good interview, improv philosophy, not watching improv, discovery versus invention, the history of the Twin Cities improv scene, teaching methods, and the secret of Philip’s Corner. Also, […]

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