Philosophy vs. Improv

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2025-02-19

  Improv 4 Change w/ Shawn and Aaron from srsly wrong

Mark and Bill are joined by two north-of-the-border podcasters, Shawn Vulliez and Aaron Moritz, who incorporate both improv and philosophy in their dirty leftist podcast. We simulate conversation as competing knowers-of-the-good-life and talk about us...
  Mark Linsenmayer, Bill Arnett author
2025-02-01

  The Dark Side of Improv w/ Randy Fertel

Randy is a literature guy who has written a couple of books about improv and here joins Mark and Bill to talk about WINGING IT: Improv's Power and Peril in the Age of Trump, wherein he basically blames improv for giving us the orange man. Our scenes ar...
  Mark Linsenmayer, Bill Arnett author
2024-12-23

  Mystic Toaster with Simon Critchley

Simon is a professor at New York's New School for Social Research and moderates the New York Times' philosophy offering, The Stone. He joins Mark and Bill to discuss his new book, On Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy, and we used the occasion to exp...
  Mark Linsenmayer, Bill Arnett author
2024-12-06

  Friends with App-Platter Benefits w/ Sarah Shockey and Tommy Maranges

It's a TEAM PLAY episode just in time for the holiday season! Returning guests improviser and podcaster Sarah and recovering Philosophy Bro Tommy join Mark and Bill to talk AND EXPERIENCE friendship, with our longest single improv scene to date. What i...
  Mark Linsenmayer, Bill Arnett author
2024-11-21

  Prototype Protoplasm w/ Mike Gorgone

Mike hosts the Hitchhikers and Appetizers podcast, and we recorded this episode a bit before Halloween, before the election and the consequent mass exodus, as a sort of memo to the future, i.e. you. We blister our way through many topics including disc...
  Mark Linsenmayer, Bill Arnett author
2024-11-03

  Interesting? w/ Lorraine Besser

Lorraine teaches at Middlebury college and has recently written The Art of the Interesting: What We Miss in Our Pursuit of the Good Life and How to Cultivate It. How does "the interesting" fit into human flourishing? How do we know when some attractive...
  Mark Linsenmayer, Bill Arnett author
2024-10-17

  Half Philosophizing (Season 4 Premiere)

Welcome to the beginning of a new round of shenanigans on Philosophy vs. Improv. Let the senior slump begin! Your hosts Mark Linsenmayer and Bill Arnett here talk a blazin' stream of consciousness and then have a pretty long improv scene. Are we alread...
  Mark Linsenmayer, Bill Arnett author
2024-09-15

  LIVE in Personability w/ James Whittington

Chicago's iO Theater was graced on August 21 by Mark, Bill, and special guest theater educator James Whittington, who spoke about embodiment (see Maurice Merleau-Ponty), the possible disconnect between meaning and tone, and being in the physical presen...
  Mark Linsenmayer, Bill Arnett author
2024-09-15

  LIVE in Personability w/ James Whittington

Chicago's iO Theater was graced on August 21 by Mark, Bill, and special guest theater educator James Whittington, who spoke about embodiment (see Maurice Merleau-Ponty), the possible disconnect between meaning and tone, and being in the physical presen...
  Mark Linsenmayer author
2024-09-06

  Unshelved, Untitled

Our long lost episode. Consider it a mystery box. Hear more PvI. Support the podcast! You’ll get all of our post-game discussions and other exclusive bonus content. You can choose to watch this on YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...
  Mark Linsenmayer, Bill Arnett author