improv4humans
with Matt Besser
May 5, 2021
Musical guest Pete Yorn joins Seth Morris and Brian Huskey for this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! Pete performs songs to inspire scenes about the dangers of being told to calm down, getting back to restaurants post-pandemic, a lifelong My Fair Lady bet, planning a piñata fest, and more!
April 28, 2021
Vic Michaelis and Sebastian Conelli join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They’ll perform scenes about buying fireworks from South of the Border, holding a bomb for a friend, and getting called out for wearing a Pink Floyd t-shirt. Plus, producers make their pleas at the 2022 Oscars, grandma decides who inherits her feather bed, and a doctor takes joy in delivering all kinds of news.
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April 28, 2021
Mark Belner and his wife Debbie arrive at The Estates hoping to escape the increasingly inhospitable life of the city. While Debbie is taking her entrance exam, Mark watches the orientation video and encounters his first service droid. Starring Matt Besser, Danielle Schneider, Mary Holland, John Gemberling, Laci Mosley, and Dan Lippert. Listen exclusively on Stitcher Premium. For a free month, go to stitcher.com/premium, select a monthly plan and enter the promo code ESTATES
April 19, 2021
Horatio Sanz, Anthony Atamanuik, and Jon Gabrus join Matt Besser for a special 420 edition of improv4humans! Light up and enjoy superbly stoned scenes about a 10,000 mg edible, scoring horror films from the 40s, alien NFTs, and so much more.
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April 15, 2021
EP. 494 — Brendan Kelly and the Gravedancers
Guest Brendan Kelly , Brian Huskey , Katie Dippold & Seth Morris
Musical guest Brendan Kelly joins improvisers Katie Dippold, Brian Huskey, and Seth Morris for this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! Brendan performs songs that inspire scenes about getting your affairs in order, dancing on graves, a band that won’t leave the basement, and more!
April 8, 2021
Pam Murphy and Andy Daly join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They perform scenes about a workout plumber, overzealous backstage security guards, complaints about the tallest tree in the neighborhood, and more.
March 31, 2021
John Gemberling and Matt Besser let the latest Netflix original trailers inspire them to perform improvised scenes about the new guy at the Justice League, poorly timed documentary interviews, hardcore Formula One, pirates that spread like cream cheese, and a whole lot more.
March 24, 2021
EP. 491 — Long Hair Country Boy & the Voodoo Doughnuts
Guest Ali Ghandour , Aman Adumer , Dan Lippert , Hillary Anne Matthews , James Mannion , Jon Gabrus , Lisa Gilroy , Mookie Blaiklock , Ronnie Adrian & Vic Michaelis
Jon Gabrus, Mookie Blaiklock, Ali Ghandour, Hillary Matthews, Vic Michaelis, Aman Adumer, James Mannion, Dan Lippert, Lisa Gilroy, and Ronnie Adrian join Matt Besser for a special improv4humans recorded for SXSW 2021! They’ll perform scenes inspired by their hometowns about hipster donut shops, kid’s Taekwondo, the hardships of being a long-haired country boy, and a guest who sleeps in the weight room.
March 18, 2021
EP. 490 — Calexico & the Competitive Flower Arranging
Guest Calexico , Brian Huskey & Charlie Sanders
Joey Burns of indie-rock band Calexico joins improvisers Charlie Sanders and Brian Huskey for this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! Joey plays songs that inspire scenes about the upside of smog, convicts faking cramps, competitive flower arranging, succeeding as a psychic, and more!
March 10, 2021
On this week’s improv4humans, Matt Besser and Aman Adumer attempt to bridge the generational gap by sharing pop culture from their respective eras, inspiring scenes about setting money aside for the hard drugs, the pressure of becoming a Naruto ninja, getting hit by a bird on a rollercoaster, and more.
March 3, 2021
Pete Hulne, Paul Vaillancourt, and Pat Finn of legendary improv team Beer Shark Mice join Matt Besser this week for scenes about taking big artistic swings, meeting Springsteen in the backwoods, native Chicagoan greetings, and much more.
February 25, 2021
EP. 487 — BesserVision
Guest Brett Morris &
In the months after the events of SiriusXM: Endgame when “the snap” caused fifty percent of all Earwolf podcasts to disappear, Matt Besser is living in an idyllic radio landscape of his own making alternating between the original days of radio broadcasts; shock jock zoo radio; and most notably the legendary DJ known as Wolfman Jack. As Matt enters new decades encountering different radio tropes, Brett the Sound Engineer and former Earwolf producer, Dana Wickens begin to suspect that things are not as they seem.
February 17, 2021
Horatio Sanz and Joel Spence join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They’ll perform scenes about underwear drones, cool car chase maneuvers, a realistic game of Assassin, and more.
February 10, 2021
On a special Valentine Day, join Matt Besser and Danielle Schneider as they call up former UCB Family Feud producer James Mannion to help resolve their disputes about the Family Feud format, strange survey responses, Steve Harvey, and more.
February 4, 2021
EP. 484 — Cruella de Vil Is In Her Late 20’s
Guest Tim Meadows , Lisa Gilroy , Ronnie Adrian & Toni Charline Ramos
Tim Meadows, Lisa Gilroy, Toni Charline, and Ronnie Adrian join Matt Besser this week for scenes about telling a good snow story, Cruella de Vil’s true age, the deepest sleeper, and more.