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Common Sense Communism

Common Sense Communism

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Hello! If you are a Srsly Wrong listener, we recommend starting with Episode 1, since that's where we directly address Srsly Wrong. Episodes 1, 2, and 3 have Srsly-Wrong style skits. Episodes 4 and 5 are rather quote-heavy. In the future, we plan to experiment with limiting the number of quotes we include and doing more discussion, doing different types of discussion, different types of skits, and different editing decisions (e.g., music)! If you have any feedback, please email srslyleft@gma ...
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Philosophy vs. Improv

Mark Linsenmayer, Bill Arnett

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Mark Linsenmayer (host of The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast) and Bill Arnett (head of the Chicago Improv Studio) each try to teach each other their crafts via conversation, sketches, and what can only be called performance art. No taking turns!
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Warning: This episode completely destroys cars with facts, logic, and emotion. If you love your vroom vroom death machine, beware. Listening may generate the desire to imagine a new world, not built for cars at the expense of human life, but built for us. Cars destroyed with facts and logic. If you’re wondering what happened to episode 337, it’s on…
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Shannon the philosopher and Audrey the poet are Seattle improv buddies that form a duo called Closer to Clarity that uses improv to answer audience members' big life questions (BLQs). Through these guests and their BLQs, philosophy and poetry face off and mind meld and do-si-do as we play through two wacky corporate office scenes and return once ag…
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In this NEW BONUS EP only for BEAUTIFUL GENIUSES, the Wrong Boys read the whole Abundance Book and they give it a fair hearing, including some props for a few good points, but ultimately are more annoyed by its’ shortcomings like non-sequitur arguments, strange structure, some bad points, and sterilized political agenda (which is one which intentio…
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Greg teaches philosophy (and is Interim Provost) at Ashland, loves Xenophon, and runs a podcast. We reflect on the dangers of radon and other "natural" things. How might one of our government agencies become more natural, and would we want that? Are fart jokes the most naturally funny kind? Then, Greg the trucker visits Empty Street and embezzles d…
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Attention Revolutionaries! Prepare yourselves for a tactical download of madcap strategy for finally winning the class war, and bringing about a perfect, library socialist future. Theme Song by Far Flowers Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong/ The Banana Peel Sequence Shawn mentioned in Sherlock Jr.: https://youtu.be/fZuq…
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Mark and Bill are joined by the actor/improviser who directs Camp Improv Utopia and is involved in managing improv spaces such as Denver's Rise Comedy. We talk about the notion of community, with a scene about the neighborhood watch and a return to Empty Street to deal seriously in a public-service-announcement/after-school special sort of way with…
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Mark and Bill introduce a new potential setting and some characters for ongoing use in future improvisations. We talk about techniques for doing that and wrap up by getting an update from Bill on his substitute teaching and talking about what makes for a good teacher. You can choose to watch this on unedited video. Learn more about your ad choices.…
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Local legend Sean Orr comes on the ol’ srsly wrong pod to talk about running for office in the Vancouver City Council by-election. He’s cool, and we like him. Full disclosure: Shawn is one of his campaign managers. Support the show on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Support Sean Orr’s campaign, if you live in Vancouver (anyone in BC can…
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Mark and Bill are joined by two north-of-the-border podcasters, Shawn Vulliez and Aaron Moritz, who incorporate both improv and philosophy in their dirty leftist podcast. We simulate conversation as competing knowers-of-the-good-life and talk about using improv for political purposes. Note that this was recorded back in December when we were in the…
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Randy is a literature guy who has written a couple of books about improv and here joins Mark and Bill to talk about WINGING IT: Improv's Power and Peril in the Age of Trump, wherein he basically blames improv for giving us the orange man. Our scenes are about Trumpers hustling a fast food joint and improv for dogs. Mark and Bill stick around for so…
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Doing a half-assed job of anything is widely disparaged in our society, but why is that? Who decided these ass requirements? Are these reasonable ass expectations? How much ass does each of us truly have to give? Donate to SRSLY WRONG to get early access, bonus episodes, and to support the show… Thank you!! http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme s…
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