The Church of the SubGenius — S6, ep 4
We talk about the Church of the SubGenius with still more authentic ’20s-era Zoom glitches.
Featured Netprov:
Church of the SubGenius
Touching upon:
A Troika Bell Ring-Off
Advise from Russian Authors
Corrections from last podcast
War and Peace
Church of the SubGenius
A Devival with Rev. Ivan Stang
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs
Kayfabe and professional wrestling
A True Netprov Can’t be Broken
Q Anon
The role of intention in Netprov
Intern: Jaston
Sponsor: Hip Boots
Feb 12, 2021
25 min
Launching 2021 with Technical Difficulties & Vamping — S6, ep 3
We talk about improv antics via Zoom, Rob’s forthcoming Netprov book, Grace, Wit & Charm and more! Bonus: Hear some authentic ’20s-era Zoom glitches.
Featured Netprov:
Grace Wit & Charm
Touching upon:
Personal Quarantine Bubble
Technical difficulties
Random Top 5 podcast
Hipster Zoom affectations
Ian Hatcher’s Digital Voice
Electronic Literature Organization 2021 Feb 1 submission deadline
Cathy Podeszwa
The UnZoomable Class (created with Margaret Rhee & SA Smythe)
UnderAcademy College
Grace, Wit & Charm
More Electronic Literature Organization hype
Matt Kirschenbaum on ELO
The Forthcoming Netprov Book (Amherst Press)
Multi-level Marketing
Premise-apnia
Rob’s fiction writing course at UM Duluth
Window Swap
French 201: Northern French Cuisine
Vamping galore
Subscription chess 2.0
Intern: Delilah
Sponsor: Soom Donut Cushion
Jan 30, 2021
28 min
Interview with Improver Randy California, part 2 — S6, ep 2
We talk about schools of improv in Seattle with improv and podcast Master Randy California of The Cycle of Life Podcast, The Study Buddies Podcast, and his newest podcast Random Top Five.
Featured Netprov:
All-Time High
Touching upon:
T-Rex Songs
Trisha Arnold
Stand-Up
Keep it simple
Cruise Loving
“Various Shoes,” the play
The Love Boat
Standup at Flappers
Co-Diving Standup
Study Buddies
Random Top 5
Intern: Sebastopol
Sponsor: Office Bed Blanket, your formal home conferencing office decor
Jan 23, 2021
19 min
Interview with Randy California, part 1 — S6, ep 1
We talk about schools of improv in Seattle with improv and podcast Master Randy California of The Cycle of Life Podcast, The Study Buddies Podcast, and his newest podcast Random Top Five.
Touching upon:
Reluctant Sky Diving Instructor
How to Brush off Your Undergraduate Education
Comedy Co-diving
Improv in Seattle
Invisible Seattle
Jet City
U Dab
Groundlings
Second City
Acme Improv
Upright Citizens Brigade
Intern: Sebastopol
Sponsor: Office Bed Blanket, your formal home conferencing office decor
Jan 9, 2021
17 min
Interview with Patrick Jagoda, part 1 — S4, ep 21
An interview with ARG-master Patrick Jagoda of Fourcast Lab from the University of Chicago.
Featured ARG:
Echo by Fourcast Lab
Touching upon:
Echo ARG
Ghostbusters Minivan
ARG Multiverse
Quests
Rabit Holes and Warrens
Terrarium
Remembering Jeff Watson
The Thing from the Future
Middle School Outreach
Finding diverse audiences
Intern: Manny
Sponsor: Tauro’s “Special” Toffees
Dec 12, 2020
23 min
Interview with Patrick Jagoda, part 1 — S4, ep 21
An interview with ARG-master Patrick Jagoda of Fourcast Lab (https://fourcastlab.com/) from the University of Chicago.
Featured ARG:
Echo by Fourcast Lab
Touching upon:
Stephanie Boluk and Patrick LeMieux
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
Echo, ARG
Heidi Coleman, Marc Downie, Patrick, Ben Kolak, Kristen Schilt, Ashlyn Sparrow
A Labyrinth
Patrick’s ELO talk
Twitch
Seed
An ARG riot
Harold Garfinkel Breaching Experiments
I Love Bees
The Beast
This is Not a Game
Jane McGonigal
Intern: Manny
Dec 3, 2020
26 min
Introducing Moody Locales — S4, ep19
Rob and Mark introduce Moody Locales, the fall 2020 netprov
Featured Netprov:
Touching upon:
You’re muted in perpertuity
Fool’s Advocate, Esquire
Yet Another Existential Threat
Parking Lot of Near Misses
A Cold Shoulder on the 110
Why use Reddit for Netprov?
Archiving Netprovs
Mark’s Mom & Son
Intern: Jonas
Sponsor: Porcupine Mittens
Oct 30, 2020
36 min
Netprov in the Age of Trump — S4, ep19
Rob and Mark discuss what it means to create netprov during the Trump Presidency.
Featured Netprov:
Touching upon:
Blue Jimmy Kimmels
Featured Player Cathy Podeszwa
Yellow Journalism
Teapot Dome Scandal
Trustable Journalism
18th and 19th Century fake news
Mark Twain on Repetition and Humor
The Spectator
Copyright pages
The Mid-Atlantic Stage Accent
Annus Horribilis
Baby Trump Balloon
Huizinga’s Hoy Zingers
Intern: Jonas
Sponsor: Porcupine Mittens
Oct 23, 2020
24 min
Interview with Jeremy Hight part 2 — s4, ep.18
It’s part one of our interview with writer extraordinaire, bag of hyphens, Jeremy Hight, author of many works of electronic and print literature, and nice guy to boot!
Featured Netprov:
Fantasy Spoils, All-Time High
Touching upon:
A Middle-Aged Virgin Elf
The Polite Canadian Part of Jeremy
Claire Donato
Jeff T. Johnson
A Bot that hates Jeremy’s writing
Jeffrey Vallance
Blinky the Vons Chicken
Nimbus
The Flaneur
34 North, 118 West
AR Maps on the US-Mexico Border
Preview of our Fall Netprov
The Archives of Buckminster Fuller
The Situationists’ Psychogeography
Slavoj Žižek T-shirts
Intern: Charlene
Sponsor: Buzzword Begone
Oct 9, 2020
19 min
Interview with Jeremy Hight part 1 — s4, ep.17
It’s part one of our interview with writer extraordinaire, bag of hyphens, Jeremy Hight, author of many works of electronic and print literature, and nice guy to boot!
Featured Netprov: Monstrous Weather
Alex Mitchell’s adaptation: Monstrous Weathered
Mark Marino’s adaptation: Monstrous Weather twine
34 North, 118 West
Jeff Knowlton and Naomi Spellman
Vanilla Sky, Abre Los Ojos (Did he say, ‘Obre’?)
Cake Frosting, Unsweetened Oatmeal
Teleconnected Weather
The Worst Pumpkin Ever
The LA Flood Project
Ghosts and other hauntings
Horrific Pudding
Intern: Charlene
Sponsor: Buzzword Begone
Oct 2, 2020
19 min