Can Improv Fix Your Career? Your Relationship? Your Life? with Marry Holland and Matt Newell

Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Ana Marie Cox, Open Mike Eagle, and Andrew Steven

Society & Culture, Business, Performing Arts, Arts

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Actors and comedians Mary Holland and Matt Newell survived the WGA strike, the SAG strike, and a newborn... more or less simultaneously. They join Ana and Mike to talk about what going all-in on a creative life actually looks like, what improv teaches you about listening, and what happens when there is no plan B.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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