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

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

My name is Bill Arnett, an improv district manager, yet only a philosophy temp.

And this is Mark Linsheimer, a philosophy, I'm also going to say district

manager, but an improv assistant to the assistant district manager? Sure, sure, the one that

gets under everyone's skin. Yes, yes. And we have a special guest today. Please introduce yourself.

Hi, my name is Greg McBray. I failed at both philosophizing and stand-up comedy. And so I'm backup janitor now at the improv. Slop Bucket was my nickname, actually. But you have an employment at a university. I do. Yeah, I'm actually an associate professor at Ashland University. It's in Ohio. And I actually just accept, I don't know if you guys can tell the audience may not be able to tell, but I'm in a big, empty office because I've just accepted the job of interim provost, which I think was probably the dumbest thing I've ever said yes to in my life.

Intram provost is a way better title, Bill, than we came up with for... Oh, it's a fantastic title.

That's right.

I made it up myself.

It's one of those academia jobs that doesn't exist in the real world.

I can't go find a provost.

No.

You know...

Apple doesn't have one.

What do you want to be when you grow up, kids?

I want to be a provost.

Yeah. We interviewed a guy one time for a job at the university, and he began the interview by saying,

ever since I was 18 and first step foot on a campus, I knew I wanted to be a university

president.

And I thought, what a soul of this human being has just revealed to me.

Yes.

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