PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #45: Meaningful Road Trips w/ Dee Bradley Baker
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Voice actor Dee, who has a background in both improv and stand-up, talks to Mark and Bill about the meaning of life and engages in THREE scenes all about a parent trying to get some kids into a vehicle and on the road. Also, does COVID cause ennui?
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| 0:00.0 | This is Philosophy vs Improv where two stages try to teach each other a thing or two and |
| 0:09.8 | maybe you the audience gets something out of it as well. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm Mark Linsomire, a philosophy meaning manga who today seeks meaning through improvisation. |
| 0:18.0 | And I am Bill Arnet, an improv, manga seller, I guess, of improv who is curious about buying |
| 0:25.6 | philosophy. |
| 0:26.6 | And our special guest, D, introduce yourself. |
| 0:29.0 | Hey, I'm D. Bradley Baker, I'm a voice actor and dad recovering philosophy major from |
| 0:35.0 | college and open to whatever affirmations I can throw at what comes out of me. |
| 0:41.3 | And you have done some improv among your comedic training, is that right? |
| 0:45.4 | Yeah, I spent a couple of years flopping around on the stage with the SAC theater folks |
| 0:49.6 | down in Orlando theater and they were very, very good and I learned a lot from them. |
| 0:54.4 | Along with a lot of other live performing that I did at the time, right around 1990 back |
| 0:59.2 | in the Shire. |
| 1:00.6 | I mean, in general, I just think there's a lot to say about the improvisational stance towards |
| 1:05.6 | writing or creating or parenting or living. |
| 1:09.2 | And in general, it's just this really useful frame of how to process your life as well |
| 1:16.0 | as a conversation. |
| 1:17.4 | Sure. |
| 1:18.4 | Someone is ready to talk about the cross section of these two disciplines. |
| 1:22.6 | Very nice. |
| 1:23.6 | Thank you for folks who are maybe not familiar with the show. |
| 1:27.3 | Bill and I each prepared a lesson of some sort. |
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