The Netprov Provcast: Recent Episodes

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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