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Yes, Also

In this love letter to improv comedy, comedian Suzi Barrett deep dives with veteran improvisers about their journeys through improv, discussing the philosophies, theories, tips, lessons, and stories they’ve gathered along the way. If you’re a student of improv, you need this podcast. If you’re a superfan of improv, you’ll love this podcast. New episodes every Tuesday!

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S1 · E137
Tuesday · 40 min
Yes, Also - Eli Gonzalez
Eli Gonzalez (Smosh, F**k this Month) talks about freedom within frameworks, a growth mindset, second beats, navigating dark interviews, Smosh, live-streamed improv, making Harolds more interesting, big moves, a great original opening, non-verbal heightening, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E136
November 3 · 49 min
Yes, Also - Rachel Van Nes
Rachel Van Nes (Bitchin, Your Brain on Improv) talks about competition vs. collaboration, JTS Brown, sharpening premise play, tips for satire, three dimensional listening, incorporating improv into therapy, why fight scenes happen, accepting endowments, combatting burnout, bespoke exercises for specific pitfalls, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E135
October 27 · 52 min
Yes, Also - Michael Hitchcock
Michael Hitchcock (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show) talks about The Groundlings in the 90's, bringing yourself to the stage, collecting characters from real life, collaborating with Christopher Guest, being funny vs. jokey, navigating improvised movies, helpful character development exercises, mashup shows, TV writing with an improviser's spirit, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E134
October 20 · 45 min
Yes, Also - Alana Johnston
Alana Johnston (UCB, Mae Martin and Friends) talks about Canadian Improv Games, regional styles, becoming a hybrid player, complementary teammates, getting on the same page in a scene, improv on screen, getting out of your head, career noise, peas in a pod scenes, a novel approach to narrative shows, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E133
October 13 · 43 min
Yes, Also - Chris Renfro
Chris Renfro (Oh Mary, Artistic Director of UCB LA) talks about their start in music, trouble with game, passive audience inclusion, the theatrical side of improv, creative Harolds, ASSSSKETCH, the gift of pressure, AD challenges, Harold auditions, producing the SNL showcase, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
October 10 · 25 min
Bonus Episode: Mental Illness + Comedy with Deena Nyer Mendlowitz
Deena Nyer Mendlowitz talks candidly about her experience with mental illness, performing improv and stand-up in mental health facilities, and the ways that improv has saved her life. Her new stand-up special (Shrimp Catcher) gives her comedic take on depression, was developed / performed while she was hospitalized, and is available on Youtube now! (link in show notes) If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, you are not alone. Call 988 or Text HOME to 741741. Youtube: @DeenaNyerComedy Instagram: @DeenaNyer
October 6 · 48 min
Yes, Also - Jordan Myrick
Jordan Myrick (Gastronauts, UCB) talks about intrusive thoughts, listening vs. anticipating, the reasons behind object work, lessons from UCB tourco, tactics for winning an audience, auditions, food + comedy, serving the whole, televised improv, NY / LA, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E131
September 29 · 55 min
Yes, Also - Brennan Lee Mulligan
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dimension 20, UCB) talks about getting unstuck in shows, side coaching, his origin story, subverting expectation, juggling character games, playing awful people, depiction vs. endorsement, his favorite books, Dimension 20, his process as a DM, a hot take on Yes And, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E130
September 22 · 43 min
Yes, Also - Lilan Bowden
Lilan Bowden (UCB, Asian AF) talks about early acting experiences, vulnerability, plot vs. game, removing conflict, kicking scenes into gear, callibrating differences in style, starting an indie show, generational hierarchy, different effects of career success, Asian AF, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E129
September 15 · 47 min
Yes, Also - Karen Graci
Karen Graci (Second City Tourco) talks about choosing a creative life, formative improv lessons from Chicago, shifting a show's momentum, scenic safety levers, craft vs. art, the best approach to auditions, sketch writing, intelligence vs. logic, revealing a character's humanity, helpful exercises, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E128
September 8 · 48 min
Yes, Also - Billy Merritt
Billy Merritt (UCB, WGIS) talks about midform, gift-giving, removing scenic blinders, subversive comedy, pirate / robot / ninja, gravitas plus absurdity, French scene Harolds, accessing specifics, game shift, improv + Alzheimer's, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E127
September 1 · 41 min
Yes, Also - Marshall Givens
Marshall Givens (UCB, Second City) talks about the gift of neurodivergence, doing tech for improv shows, letting go of doing it "right", applying notes into shows, imposter syndrome, learning how to coach, comparing curriculums, his new favorite exercise, filling out a world, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E126
August 25 · 49 min
Yes, Also - Hillary Anne Matthews
Hillary Anne Matthews (Sentimental Lady, Queen George) talks about character lenses, curing perfectionism, the Harold rollercoaster, offstage connection, Slacker, dissolving ego, a sense of drama, non-laugh reactions, texture, revealing character through object work, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E125
August 18 · 47 min
Yes, Also - Brad Morris
Brad Morris (Bluebird Improv, The Reckoning) talks about his comedic DNA, grounded characters, how aging has changed his improv, institutional dogma, the payment tradeoff, patient play, pace and texture, getting inside of a show, The Reckoning, subverting a game, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E120
August 11 · 44 min
Yes, Also - Jazz Lewis
Jazz Lewis (UCB, Crowdsourced Comedy) talks about the improv scene in Salt Lake City, reading corporate audiences, underlining games, support tactics, a great top-of-show idea, emotional mapping, playing vs. talking, set / reveal, consequential premises, an LA improv hack, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E123
August 4 · 54 min
Yes, Also - Anthony King
Anthony King (Beetlejuice, Jury Duty presents: Company Retreat) talks about an under-used form, Improv Everywhere, being the AD of UCB, writing Broadway musicals, early improv hurdles, cultivating opinions, how to have more fun in shows, avoiding debates, the misuse of callouts, show running Jury Duty, Tracers, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E122
July 28 · 44 min
Yes, Also - Jethro and Kristy Nolen - LIVE from Yes Ann Fest
Jethro and Kristy Nolen (iO, Boom Chicago, co-founders of Arcade Comedy Theater) talk about Chicago in the 90's, bending the space, short form helping long form, making Harold your own, the unexpected yes, do's and dont's for running a theater, jobs for improvisers, dealing with friction, the reality of auditions, keeping spaces safe, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E121
July 21 · 42 min
Yes, Also - Mano Agapion
Mano Agapion (UCB, Drag Her) talks about committed acting, finding your personal voice, Bad Drag Race, using comedy to heal, world-building, tips for writers, genre play, Smartypants, improv lessons from drag shows, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E120
July 14 · 45 min
Yes, Also - Amanda Sitko
Amanda Sitko (ASSSSCAT, UCB TourCo) talks about defining game, being an improv student again, personal genre, aging + improv, UCB tourco, lessons from amazing writers, Harold-style sketch shows, taking a show to Fringe, punk rock comedy, reframing failure, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye
S1 · E119
July 7 · 51 min
Yes, Also - Lou Wilson
Lou Wilson (Dropout, UCB) talks about Comedy Sportz, group mind, using the audience, Dimension 20, a fun original opening, the downside of playing for fans, a remedy for nerves, Game Changer: one year later, an epic live show moment, and more! Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com ! Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcast Follow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.pod Email your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.com Host: Suzi Barrett Producer: Ryan Rosenberg Audio/Video Editor: Brian Kessler Marketing: Britt Faye

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