A riveting conversation with UCB founding member–Matt Besser.

Matt is one of the world's best improvisers but also an actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, writer, producer, teacher, coach, story teller and podcast host.

If you're not familiar with Matt's improv, sketch or one-man shows; you might recognize him from his TV appearances. He's been on The New Girl, Modern Family, Parks & Rec, How I Met Your Mother, Drunk History & Frasier to name a few.

Films include Bad Teacher, Year One, Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story.

He's done a ton of podcasts and, coinciding with this release, his podcast improv4humans will have completed its 500th episode.

In this interview he will discuss his start in improv, beginning with the first ever iO show he went to in Chicago. He talks about his training with Del Close and the origin of several improv formats, including the Movie, the "Spineless Harold" and the Horror. He also talks about the importance of playing real (top of your intelligence) and how improv has changed his life.

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Never a dull moment in this interview with world-class improviser Kaisa Kokko-Palmer.

Kaisa Kokko is an improviser, director, teacher and communication skills instructor from Finland. Kaisa has studied improvisation (iO Chicago, under Keith Johnstone at Loose Moose, Unexpected Productions Seattle), music, special education, communication skills, various forms of dancing and musical instruments and has Masters in Education.

Kaisa has taught impro and applied impro to various groups and levels in several countries which include Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Poland, The Netherlands, Ireland, Costa Rica, Peru, Canada, Australia, The United States and even more.

Topics covered are Kaisa's start in improvisational theatre in Finland.

We discuss her philosophy around teaching was well as her philosophies around impro with themes that include silence, intimacy and failure.

She talks about the role of language in her performance and how she's adjusted to performing in her second language. 

Finally she discusses the experience touring around the world teaching and performing in a period that spans 8 years.

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A start-to-finish, thrilling interview with the mega talent, improviser/actor/writer Jordan Black.

Jordan is an alum of The Groundlings, the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and theater where he founded the long running improv show The Black Version.

Writing credits include SNL, The Last OG, Last Man Standing and Punky Brewster. As an actor he has appeared in such shows as The Mindy Project, 2 Broke Girls and Key and Peele among several others including a recurring role on Community as Dean Spreck.

As a voice actor he’s worked on many shows including South Park and American Dad.

In the interview, Jordan talks about his advance through The Groundlings, sharing some insight into style of the theatre.

He shares stories about working with some very Hollywood names including a section on how improv is used in acting, when he's worked with Larry David and Christopher Guest.

He talks about his experience writing for SNL and performing in The Crazy Uncle Joe Show. The interview culminates with his recount over the formation of The Black Version and his experiences touring overseas.

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