Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2019-09 to 2026-04.
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Improvisation is a language that is most effectively learned at an early age through constant exposure.
“I just heard it and just was like, "Oh, yeah, okay, cool." And not realizing that it was developing my ear, because I really, bebop is one of the hardest to improvise in that style, in that language of bebop. It's very difficult to do. And hearing it as a kid is one of the things that I think enable”
Lex Fridman Podcast · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 495K views on this topicHarland Williams indicates that he uses a style of improvisational humor involving rapid, creative wordplay and absurd scenarios.
“I do what's called eloquent.”
TigerBelly · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 296K views on this topicBob argues that even in an audio-only format, their improv performance was effective and successful.
“I think it was a pucker too and everything I think it was funny for us but I left oh God all right no this is the episode I'm down with it it's good”
Distractible Podcast · Nov 2022 · 1 episode · 200K views on this topicMark notes that performing improv without a live audience presence or visual interaction feels strange and different from their past experiences.
“it's different we've never done just Audio Only improv because so much of improv is physical so this is very different it's like against our instincts to do it this way”
Distractible Podcast · Nov 2022 · 1 episode · 200K views on this topicWade asserts that performing improv in an audio-only format is different and more difficult because improvisation typically relies heavily on physical actions.
“it's different we've never done just Audio Only improv because so much of improv is physical so this is very different it's like against our instincts to do it this way”
Distractible Podcast · Nov 2022 · 1 episode · 200K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.