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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

PEL Presents PvI#90: Empty Street

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Casey, Paskin, Philosophy, Linsenmayer, Society & Culture, Alwan

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

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.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is philosophy versus improv where two sages try to teach each other a thing or two,

0:09.5

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

0:12.8

I'm Mark Lintonmeyer, stretching out before you with the philosophy, point in the way.

0:18.7

And I am Bill Arnett hoarding the improv, keeping it all to myself.

0:24.5

Yeah, I guess that's at least so far this year because this is the first time we've recorded in

0:30.4

2025.

0:32.4

Correct.

0:33.4

For various reasons.

0:36.7

Various reasons.

0:39.5

How do you, I mean, I know some of it was schedules and whatever, but also just, I don't know, we'd settled into a late in the day thing where, you know, if you've been doing a lot of stuff that day,

0:54.3

it's hard by four o'clock as opposed to like, I'm up and raring to go.

0:58.6

How does you, as far as the improving going, the philosophy,

1:03.5

philosophizing, we can also address, but like how much of it seems to be dependent on your,

1:08.8

your whims, your energy levels at the moment.

1:12.9

You're always doing an evening show.

1:15.0

But you're getting in front of people, and so it's a different thing.

1:18.2

Yeah.

1:18.8

You know, there are definitely days where I feel more plugged in to my muse, to my artistic center, to the source, the river that always flows.

1:35.1

But, you know, sometimes the flow of that river can be faster or slower.

1:40.7

But the other part of it is, is just through doing it so much, there is kind of a muscle

1:44.8

memory aspect to it.

1:45.9

Sure.

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