Dystopia Now

Dystopia Now

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Dystopia Now episodes

  • Nutrition talk with Lori Koors

    What does a nutrition coach do and who hires one?

    I sit down with Lori Koors, who owns Seeds of Change Nutrition (https://seedsofchangenutrition.com/), to find out the answers to those questions. 

    And hey, improv fans ... we'll get back to making stuff up very soon.

    Enjoy the show and check out our new website copodco.com to see what else we're working on.

    Music Credits: John Bartmann/Happy Clappy; God is Gay/Poisson

    29 min
  • Anthony Windsor II and the 48 Hour Film Project
    Hey wackos, we're coming back strong from a one-week break.
    We talk to director/writer/performer Anthony Windsor II about his short film Road Trip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rHrJCAhnLI) and the competition itself. Anthony has a million things going on, so we were thrilled to get a chance to meet him.
    Plus, a bigshot music exec listens to Shotgun Mike's new songs and we told everyone about our new website copodco.com.
    Music Credits: John Bartmann/Happy Clappy; Shotgun Mike Hostettler
    49 min
  • The vapor trail
    No improv on this one. I sit down with Dmitry Yakover, owner of AltSmoke, to talk about vaping, playing poker and living life by your own rules.
    Music Credits: John Bartmann/Happy Clappy; God is Gay/Poisson
    32 min
  • The resurrection of Second Coming
    No improv this week. Instead, we talk about the release of Second Coming from AHOY Comics. Religious zealots got it cancelled by the original publisher, paving the way for the upstart company to pick it up. And speaking of religious zealots ...
    Music Credits: John Bartmann/Happy Clappy; God is Gay/Poisson
    57 min
  • Depress conference
    I call every show a disaster, but this one truly is. We tried something new and ... well ... we won't be trying it again. But I got a cool podium sorta thing out of the deal. Check back next week, when we'll be back to the usual buffoonery.
    Music Credits: God is Gay/Poisson
    Sounds: ZapSplat
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    19 min
  • Elemini: Goodbye to The Walking Dead
    I'm taking a quick break from the usual format to pay tribute to the last 15 years of one of my favorite comics. Some people are mad that the series is ending or how it was executed, but the heck with them. They aren't welcome on my gazebo. And yes, there are spoilers.
    Music Credits: John Bartmann/Happy Clappy; Fields Ohio/Eerie Wolves; Ask Again/Let's Apocalypse Later; God is Gay/Poisson
    14 min
  • The Counterfeit Paprika Caper
    Who knew that covering an improvised chili cook-off would lead to a police investigation and the winner winding up in handcuffs? The things I go through to appease corporate ...
    Special thanks to guests Jeremy Pelzer (Columbus Improv Comedy Meetup!), Raymond Brahler, James Russell and Nicole Roumeliote.
    Music Credits: John Bartmann/Happy Clappy; God is Gay/Poisson
    Sound effects: ZapSplat
    33 min
  • A message from corporate
    Bad news, wackos ... Corporate is on the warpath and wants me to start making some changes, so they sent a couple of suits to try and push Shotgun Mike and I around. You know what we say to that? Shuttlecock! 
    Music Credits: John Bartmann/Happy Clappy; God is Gay/Poisson
    30 min
  • The giggle economy
    Hey wackos, I'm back. This time I outsmarted my improv classmates, who once again didn't show up, and made them agree to send someone in their place. We've got Alex, who was hired through Upwork to be on the show, and Billamy, who is just now embracing the gig economy. Bad news, though ... Shotgun Mike is hiding from me. 
    Music Credits: God is Gay/Poisson
    Sounds: ZapSplat.com
    30 min

About Dystopia Now

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Who needs dystopian fiction when you’ve got the real thing right outside? Kerouac and Todd try to make sense of a world gone haywire.