by teddydmz | Nov 8, 2016 | Constructive Living, Contemplation, David K Reynolds, Improv, improv wisdom, Mindfulness, Patricia Ryan Madson, Simps, Stanford Improvisors, Stanford University, Teaching
Chillin’ with Patricia in El Granada. Lisa and Ted welcome their teacher and mentor, Patricia Ryan Madson, drama teacher and author of the acclaimed Improv Wisdom, for a two-part Monster Baby conversation. They explore how mindfulness and improv first...
by teddydmz | Oct 28, 2016 | Improv, Mindfulness, negative space, Quaker, retreat, silence, stillness, Yogi tea
What happens when you talk about silence? In this episode, Lisa and Ted offer a short check-in (1:43) and get some questionable advice from their respective tea bags (5:21). They first focus on how silence can affect improv experience (9:31) and then turn their...
by teddydmz | Oct 3, 2016 | Buddhism, change, grief, impermanence, Improv, loss, Mindfulness, non-self, relationship, Thought-Provokers
A recent loss gets Ted and Lisa reflecting on how best to relate to change. They start with a playful word-at-a-time school announcement (1:45) and some early reflections on change in general (3:54). From there, they consider what improv has to say about change (7:15)...
by teddydmz | Sep 14, 2016 | Applied Improvisation Network, Blues Traveler, Da Vinci's Notebook, David Wilcox, Europe, Improv, meta perspective, Mindfulness, Thought-Provokers, Wales
Lisa and Ted return from their most recent retreat to share a few meta-level insights. After a storytelling warm-up game (1:27) and a check-in about Ted’s trip to Europe (7:51), the duo introduce the perspective of the Observer in meditation and improv (19:25). They...
by teddydmz | Sep 2, 2016 | Bechtel test, Diversity, gender, Improv, Inclusion and Social Justice, Mindfulness, NMH, sexual harassment, skeletons, Thich Nhat Hanh, women
With Ted finally back from a month in Europe, he and Lisa explore the ramifications of her recently directed run of “Bechdel Test” improv shows.* After a playful warm-up game of Finish the Word (3:23), Lisa and Ted recount their performer and audience perspectives on...
by teddydmz | Jul 28, 2016 | chaos, Improv, Mindfulness, Mr. Messy, schedules, Thought-Provokers, unicorns
Finally back from a month-long hiatus, Lisa and Ted get into their different preferences around chaos and order. They open with a ribald riff on unicorns and rainbow prisms (really, see 2:34) and then explain what happened with the delay between podcast episodes...
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