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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

PEL Presents PvI#50: Pro Tips w/ Marla Cáceres

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Marla is an improviser from the Whirled News Tonight iO Theater show. We talk about obeying proper forms of behavior and drawing improv inspiration from outside sources. Plus, a thruple blind date and BBQ chain of custody. And introducing a new character, Lil' Confucius.

Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com.

Bill improvises (and teaches) at chicagoimprovstudio.com.

Hear more at philosophyimprov.com. Support the podcast to get all our post-game discussions, video versions of recent episodes, and other bonus stuff.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey all for this and some other episodes.

0:01.9

If you want to see the unedited video of the Zoom call,

0:05.2

go to patreon.com slash philosophy improv

0:08.5

and sign up for a small per episode donation. Thanks.

0:11.6

[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪

0:16.0

This is Philosophy vs. Improv where two stages

0:19.3

try to teach each other a thing or two

0:21.1

and maybe you the audience get something out of it as well.

0:24.2

My name is Mark Linson-Meyer,

0:26.2

an official formal philosophy chap

0:28.2

interested in expanding my official purview into improv.

0:31.7

And I am Bill Arnett, an improv gentleman

0:35.0

yet simply a young master in the field of philosophy

0:38.8

excited about becoming a full-fledged member of society.

0:42.3

And our special guest introduced yourself.

0:44.8

Hey everybody, I'm Marla Lachasitas.

0:46.6

I'm an improviser.

0:48.4

What I know of philosophy is from the good place

0:51.5

and my retention's not that great, so.

0:54.4

That's a good place to start, isn't it?

0:57.8

And you're friend of the TV show and not the metaphorical good place.

1:01.1

Oh, I mean, yeah.

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