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 primate, but only a philosophical amoeba.

This is Mark Linsibir, highly evolved philosophical, I'd say

Ubermensch, but as improv, I would say something before the Big Bang, were there souls that

would get to be incarnated? That's about where I am. Okay, that might be better than an amoeba.

I mean, I guess it depends how you look at it. I think a real actualized amoeba is better

than an unrealized potential being. We have two guests. We should introduce them. We've got a

philosopher and a poet. Philosopher, Shannon, introduce yourself. Yeah, hi, I'm Shannon. I have a degree

in philosophy and I also started doing improv around that same time I got that degree.

Audrey, please introduce yourself.

Hi, I'm Audrey Kohler. I'm a poet. I have been writing seriously for about five years.

I studied at the University of Alaska Southeast, and I've been writing ever since.

Awesome. Outstanding. And you're both in the Seattle Improv scene, is that right? What is that like?

What's that place like? It's not Chicago. It's not the Haven. Honestly, it's a real dream.

And we're both very lucky. We're ensemble members at unexpected productions. And I would say,

better than the Chicago scene because everybody I know in the Chicago scene is like, it's highly

competitive. And in Seattle, we do it because we love it and not because we're trying to be

discovered. And so we have a real license for artistic play. Oh, the gauntlet has been thrown down.

I'm stating it for everyone to hear.

And it's wet and damp from the weather and smells like a tuna.

That's fair.

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