improv4humans
with Matt Besser
October 14, 2020
EP. 468 — Bogus Ballot Boxes
Guest Ali Ghandour , Hillary Anne Matthews , Jake Sprague & Ronnie Adrian
Ronnie Adrian, Ali Ghandour, Jake Sprague and Hillary Matthews join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They perform scenes about buying a new carafe, uninformed election workers, quarantine Halloween, and more.
October 7, 2020
EP. 467 — Save Our Stages LIVE Pt. 3 with Carolyn Mark
Guest Carolyn Mark , Joel Spence , Lisa Gilroy & Vic Michaelis
Musical guest Carolyn Mark joins improvisers Joel Spence, Lisa Gilroy, and Vic Michaelis for part three of our special #SaveOurStages livestream supporting the National Independent Venue Association! Carolyn plays songs that inspire scenes about an exciting new mistress, a comedian with serious crowd work, and more.
Find out how you can take action at www.saveourstages.com
September 30, 2020
EP. 466 — Save Our Stages LIVE Pt. 2 with Austin Lucas
Guest Austin Lucas , Eugene Cordero , Horatio Sanz & Will Hines
Musical guest Austin Lucas joins improvisers Horatio Sanz, Eugene Cordero, and Will Hines for part two of the special #SaveOurStages livestream supporting the National Independent Venue Association! Austin plays songs that inspire scenes about confusing personality choices, doctors with fatalistic attitudes, and finding happiness in bridge-building.
Find out how you can take action at www.saveourstages.com
September 24, 2020
EP. 465 — Save Our Stages LIVE with Jon Snodgrass
Guest Jon Snodgrass , Betsy Sodaro , Dan Lippert , John Gemberling & Seth Morris
Musical guest Jon Snodgrass joins improvisers Seth Morris, Betsy Sodaro, John Gemberling, Dan Lippert and Matt Besser for a special #SaveOurStages livestream episode of improv4humans to support the National Independent Venue Association! Jon performs songs that inspire scenes about the lamest person during an earthquake, a death detective, Christopher Nolan’s latest movie, and much more.
Find out how you can take action: www.saveourstages.com
September 16, 2020
Mookie Blaiklock aka LilMookieB joins Matt Besser to discuss of his podcast YOU ARE WORTHY. LilMookieB shares thoughts upon therapy, empathy, and why comedy is no longer of his focus, as more important being the spreading of love and positivity upon the world. Plus, Matt welcomes his former masterclass student Background (Eva Anderson) to share of her advancements in feelings and emotions since leaving the profession. In the words of Cobra Kai: strike first, strike hard, no mercy.
September 9, 2020
Andy Daly joins Matt Besser to investigate his recent Twitter ban, inspiring scenes about Twitter HQ’s flagging department, finding common ground, stories from phone banking, and more.
September 2, 2020
Houston improv team Can’t Tell Us Nothing (Jon Myles, Tandiwe Kone, Antoine W.B., Amechi Ngwe) and Rafe Williams join Matt Besser this week for scenes about tossing burgers to an audience, speeding on the Highway to Hell, the constitutional right to invade personal space, and more.
August 26, 2020
Musical guest Jim Bryson joins improvisers Seth Morris and Brian Huskey for this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! Jim performs songs that inspire scenes about a hometown with an awful name, new laws in a supermarket, skipping a funeral to go to Arby’s, and more.
August 20, 2020
On this special improv4humans, retired Pope Benedict XVI and Donald Trump provide live commentary on the third night of the Democratic National Convention.
August 13, 2020
EP. 459 — Anti-Mask Smash Mouth Penis
Guest Kenny Stevenson , Chad Carter , Lisa Gilroy & Sean Conroy
On a special improv4humans, Matt Besser is joined by a panel of regular folks (Chad Carter, Sean Conroy, Lisa Gilroy) and Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell (Kenny Stevenson) – all of whom are pro-truth and anti-mask. They’ll break down which medical conditions prevent mask usage, debate the risks of government ‘chin recognition’, and review footage of those brave souls filmed in public refusing to back down and mask up.
August 6, 2020
EP. 458 — Jason Kutchma is a Shaggy-Eared Villain
Guest Jason Kutchma , Andy Daly , Horatio Sanz & Sean Conroy
Musical guest Jason Kutchma joins improvisers Sean Conroy, Horatio Sanz, and Andy Daly for this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! Jason performs songs that inspire scenes about a descendant of Shakespeare, the afterlife info desk, asking a neighbor to turn their crickets down, a drunk barbershop quartet, and more.
July 29, 2020
EP. 457 — Counterfeit Madison and the Canary in the Coal Mine
Guest Counterfeit Madison , Charlie Sanders & Vic Michaelis
Sharon Udoh aka Counterfeit Madison joins improvisers Charlie Sanders, Vic Michaelis, and Matt Besser for a special music edition of improv4humans! Counterfeit Madison performs songs that inspire scenes about borrowing a canary for a coal mine, dating a stadium full of people, deciding whether to twist or shout, and more.
July 22, 2020
EP. 456 — Wild Horses (Re-Release)
Guest Erin Whitehead , Lauren Lapkus , Mary Holland & Stephanie Allynne
Lauren Lapkus, Stephanie Allynne, Mary Holland, and Erin Whitehead are all friends, make up the improv group Wild Horses, and have been specially requested for your listening pleasure on this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! Join them as they take us to a unique library story time, show us how embarrassing it is to be overly prepared for a phone call to a crush, and describe why cheese is sometimes not for everyone.
Original airdate: February 13, 2014.
July 15, 2020
Zach Woods, Casey Feigh and Ronnie Adrian join Matt Besser on this week’s improv4humans. Listen to this episode to hear the story of how Matt Besser entered college as an athlete and left as a weed smoker, how Casey Feigh lost his virginity, how to handle your invisible dick, and what to do if betrayed by a beautiful and deceitful woman. Remember, everyone is a liar!
Original airdate: May 1, 2014.
July 9, 2020
Musical guest Brent Best of Slobberbone joins improvisers John Gemberling and Tim Meadows for this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! Brent performs songs that inspire scenes about religious vandalism, a crisis over milk and eggs, deathbed misgivings, and much more.
Check out more of Brent Best here.