by teddydmz | Sep 17, 2018 | clown, clown camp, clowning, fashion, image consulting, Improv, Mindfulness, Ontario, Thought-Provokers
What did Lisa learn at clown camp? Still a bit hazy from her experience off in the woods of Northern Ontario, Lisa reports back in on her experiences training to clown. Ted and Lisa start by acknowledging the typically chilly conditions of late-summer San Francisco...
by teddydmz | Aug 10, 2018 | Alan Alda, Bobby McFerrin, class clown, Contemplation, Humor, Improv, Martin deMott, Mindfulness, therapy, Thought-Provokers
The conversation with Joe Bill goes wider and deeper. When legendary improvisor Joe Bill arrived in San Francisco to teach and perform, Ted and Lisa seized the opportunity and wrangled up a whirring, stirring conversation about improv, psychology, surviving...
by teddydmz | Aug 9, 2018 | artist, Contemplation, Del Close, engineer, Humor, Improv, Jill Bernard, Keith Johnstone, LSD, Mindfulness, Patti Stiles, psychoactive drugs, Thought-Provokers, Viola Spolin
Joe Bill’s an improv luminary with a brilliant mind that careens joyfully between gutter-level explicitness and spiritual truth—oh wait, are they different? When Joe came to San Francisco to teach and perform, Ted and Lisa cranked up the podcast for a two-part...
by teddydmz | Jul 28, 2018 | acting, Buddhism, Humor, Improv, Mindfulness, Patsy Rodenburg, Right Speech, speaking, speech
Speaking up is one of the most natural—and most frightening—things we humans do. With Ted back from a month-long voice and speech training in Manhattan and Lisa back from a few weeks at summer camp, Episode #49 takes on the topic of stepping up and speaking out. Ted...
by teddydmz | Jul 3, 2018 | camp, details, Improv, magic space, milking moments, Mindfulness, specifics
The devil may live in the details—but’s that’s probably because he likes the magic there. In Monster Baby Episode, #48, Ted and Lisa discuss the challenges, joys, and benefits of getting specific. They start with a few leftovers from last episode’s discussion on...
by teddydmz | Jun 22, 2018 | clown, Clown Neutral, Emotion, emotional sounds, Improv, Inside Out, Mindfulness, Pixar, Thought-Provokers
Pull out the pillows and the tissue paper—Monster Baby Episode #47 gets emotional. Or, more accurately, gets into emotions. Lisa and Ted start with some reflections on Lisa’s end of term teaching improv at Stanford (2:27) and working through some “leftovers” from last...
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