Isolation Conversations w/ Ben & Jenn: Recent Episodes
Jenn Bianchi
Two friends and improvisers talk to folks stuck at home during the Coronavirus pandemic. They’re trying to find normalcy and humor in a not funny situation.
New mom Meredith talks with Ben and Jenn how having a baby is the best distraction from the world being a mess.
Popular dad about town Gregory Phillips talks with Ben and Jenn about all the hobbies he's started since this whole mess started.
ER nurse Meredith Armstrong talks to Ben & Jenn about having Covid and taking care of patients in the before and during times.
Ben and Jenn chat with Jesse Gephart about Theater online and raising chickens. *Recorded 5.14.20
James has never met a stranger and you already want him to be your best friend. *Also this episode was recorded before the necessary protests that followed George Floyd's death.
What's a girl to do in quarantine when she is the kind of person that refuses to just sit down? Kelli talks to Ben and Jenn about keeping moving and keeping busy in these weird times.
Bianca talks to Ben & Jenn about what its like to have probably had Covid-19. Then doesn't want to talk about it and wants laughter instead.
This is a very special episode where our guest, who is a writer, comedian, and activist, Rebecca Jackson-Artis expresses an important outlook on life that our very white hosts will never really understand.
Ben and Jenn chat with perhaps the most laid back guy on the east coast Adam F'n Mundy.
This week's episode is with Michael Shannon who is a career grief councilor and Pastor in Chapel Hill NC.
Amanda Quinton talks with Ben and Jenn about how social distancing puts a real hurtin' on the business of music in Nashville TN.
Mandy tells Ben & Jenn how she unknowingly has been preparing for shelter in place her whole life.
EB aka Elizabeth Byland might be the most positive person you will ever meet. Ben & Jenn are definitely better for having interviewed her!
Theater 99 in Charleston's Andy Livengood talks to Ben & Jenn about his new take on his one man show Butcher Stories in a time of Covid.
Ben and Jenn talk to Caroline about all the crafts she's getting into. She says its a family trait and its also comforting. Who can argue with that?
Ben & Jenn talked to the Patron Saint of Twitter Jeremy Alder who admits that he is motivated by pure rage. You wouldn’t know it by talking to him cause he legit is the nicest guy.
Dr Andy tells us all about life as Vet, painting by numbers, and how to deal with rearranging a major networking conference.
Retiree and Alchemy photographer legend Walter Ezell tells us what it’s like staying busy in a world where everything he loves is shut down.
Brian James O'Connell is a filmmaker, improviser, and all around great dude. Ben & Jenn talk to BOC about sheltering in place in this weird time out in LA. We also talk about how to find joy in Southern colloquialisms which means, especially for improvisers, that this was one heck of a rioting interview!
Ben and Jenn talk to HUGE Theater's own Jill Bernard in Minneapolis. She talks to us about making her weekly online show "Dumb Machine", teaching via zoom, and the importance of Fallout 4.
Jennie Stencel is the owner and operator of The Idiot Box in Greensboro NC. Home of the North Carolina Comedy Festival which, because of The Coronavirus, is being postponed.
Linnie talks with Ben & Jenn about taking the Coronavirus test and the many adventures she has been on.
In this episode we talk with Cleo Estrera about the difficulties in getting tested in the early days of Covid-19. We also talk about corgi butts. And lets face it we all need more cute dog photos in our lives!
Mr Cale Evans plays with Improv Charlotte, Now are the Foxes, and Queen City Comedy Experience. He explains the importance of family, bocci ball, conference call improv and most importantly MONTAGES!
This episode of Isolation Conversations we talk with Meg Pierson about sheltering in place away from Brooklyn and in her hometown of Greenville S.C. She wants wine and a bathtub ya'll... just like every other kid that fell in love with Daryl Hannah in SPASH.
Hey, stuck-at-home buddies! We're Ben Burris and Jenn Bianchi, two at-home improvisers who are taking some time to ask fellow comedians, friends, and acquaintances a few questions about life in the Covid-19 pandemic. This first episode is just a "Hey Howdy" introduction with your hosts. *Also, apologies cause it's a little crackly. We promise that is fixed for future episodes. Ben Burris is one of the founders and former Artistic Director of Alchemy Comedy Theater in Greenville, S.C. When he's not doing comedy or spending time with his family, he's at his day job as an engineer who works in the safety and automation field. As of the start of this podcast, he is in isolation in Alaskan state quarantine at a hotel in Anchorage. Jenn Bianchi is an improviser, teacher, and producer at The PIT-Chapel Hill. She is the founder of the all-female improv team The Land Mermaids, a member of Elegant Peirogies at The PIT-Chapel Hill, and a member of Now Are the Foxes in Charlotte, NC. When not doing improv she works as a Marketing Director for a life sciences consulting firm. She loves her husband and stepson but most importantly her dog Basil.