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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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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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Continuing our dissection of the Jordan Peterson / Pierre Poilievre interview, discussing Pierre’s bad economics, made-up history, racism, and fake populism. Donate to SRSLY WRONG to get early access, bonus episodes, and to support the show… Thank you!! http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Song by Harpers of the World: https://fasola.org/…
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Jordan Peterson interviewed the leader of Canada’s Conservative party, Pierre Poilievre, who is currently leading the polls to become the next prime minister. The Wrong Boys dive in to their discussions. Donate to SRSLY WRONG to get early access, bonus episodes, and to support the show… Thank you!! http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Song by Ha…
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The wrong boys HYPOCRITICALLY critique the idea of hypocrisy EVEN THOUGH they use the term themselves. How convenient! This episode is a critique of the idea of hypocrisy, it’s political usefulness, and a discussion on it’s appeal, origins, and so on. Donate to SRSLY WRONG to get early access, bonus episodes, and to support the show… Thank you!! ht…
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Simon is a professor at New York's New School for Social Research and moderates the New York Times' philosophy offering, The Stone. He joins Mark and Bill to discuss his new book, On Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy, and we used the occasion to explore how art and mysticism might be connected, including engaging in improv rituals. You can watch…
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Gather your family around the tape player for the yearly tradition of listening to the SRSLY WRONG christmas special,. In this classic sketch episode (re-run), we follow Jelcinda, the personal lawyer of an embattled and controversial Santa Claus, as she discovers the true meaning of christmas. Thanks for listening to our show this year!! New full-l…
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It's a TEAM PLAY episode just in time for the holiday season! Returning guests improviser and podcaster Sarah and recovering Philosophy Bro Tommy join Mark and Bill to talk AND EXPERIENCE friendship, with our longest single improv scene to date. What is friendship? Is it gendered? Do you know your friends enough to imitate them? Does one friendship…
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Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza is a horrifying nightmare. This episode is about that. Source Doc – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RHRU63m75QjHrcKy_bB_QBYCEJbofcIGyhynaB90qNo Donate to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund: https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Opening them…
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