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Episode 64: Look, Ma, No Plans! What Improv Can Teach Us about Being Human
The Two Humans “wing it” with improv master Susan Messing as they discuss why improvisation makes humans unique.
Episode 64: Look, Ma, No Plans! What Improv Can Teach Us about Being Human
An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans
Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.
http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com
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Resources:
Asma, Stephen T.
2017 The Evolution of Imagination. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
Collins, Christopher
2013 Paleopoetics: The Evolution of the Preliterate Imagination. Columbia University Press, New York, NY.
DePasquale, Diana and Melinda M. Lewis
2012 Yes…And, Here We Are Twenty Years Later: Del Close and the Influence of Long Form Improvisation on Contemporary American Comedy. Studies in American Humor, 2012, New Series 3, No. 25 (2012), pp. 59-76.
De Waal, Frans
1982 Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
Ferraro, Gary and Susan Andreatta
2012 Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA.
Fuentes, Agustin
2017 The Creative Spark: How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional. Dutton, New York, NY.
Halpern, Charna, Del Close, and Kim “Howard” Johnson
1994 Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation. Meriwether Publishing, Denver, CO.
Haviland, William A., Dana Walrath, Harold E. L. Prins, and Bunny McBride
2011 Evolution and Prehistory: The Human Challenge, Nineth Edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA.
Improv Cincinnati
2022 Master Class with Susan Messing. Improv Cincinnati (website), www.improvcincinnati.com/supercharge/master-class-with-susan-messing#.
Johnstone, Keith
1982 Impro: Improvisation and the Theater. Routledge, New York, NY.
Landau, Andrew T. and Charles J. Limb
2017 The Neuroscience of Improvisation. Music Educators Journal, Vol. 103, No. 3 (March 2017), pp. 27-33.
Mithen, Steven
2001 The Evolution of Imagination: An Archaeological Perspective. Substance, 2001, Vol. 30, No. 1/2, Issue 94/95: Special Issue: On the Origin of Fictions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2001), pp. 28-54.
Spolin, Viola
1999 Improvisation for the Theater (Third Edition). Northwestern University Press, Evanston, IL.
Storr, Will
2006 Will Storr Vs. The Supernatural. Harper, New York, NY.
Wagner, Andreas
2019 Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us about Creativity. Basic Books, New York, NY.
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By John LehrThe Two Humans “wing it” with improv master Susan Messing as they discuss why improvisation makes humans unique.
Episode 64: Look, Ma, No Plans! What Improv Can Teach Us about Being Human
An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans
Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.
http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542
IG @introtoanthrowith2humans
Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011
Resources:
Asma, Stephen T.
2017 The Evolution of Imagination. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
Collins, Christopher
2013 Paleopoetics: The Evolution of the Preliterate Imagination. Columbia University Press, New York, NY.
DePasquale, Diana and Melinda M. Lewis
2012 Yes…And, Here We Are Twenty Years Later: Del Close and the Influence of Long Form Improvisation on Contemporary American Comedy. Studies in American Humor, 2012, New Series 3, No. 25 (2012), pp. 59-76.
De Waal, Frans
1982 Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
Ferraro, Gary and Susan Andreatta
2012 Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA.
Fuentes, Agustin
2017 The Creative Spark: How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional. Dutton, New York, NY.
Halpern, Charna, Del Close, and Kim “Howard” Johnson
1994 Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation. Meriwether Publishing, Denver, CO.
Haviland, William A., Dana Walrath, Harold E. L. Prins, and Bunny McBride
2011 Evolution and Prehistory: The Human Challenge, Nineth Edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA.
Improv Cincinnati
2022 Master Class with Susan Messing. Improv Cincinnati (website), www.improvcincinnati.com/supercharge/master-class-with-susan-messing#.
Johnstone, Keith
1982 Impro: Improvisation and the Theater. Routledge, New York, NY.
Landau, Andrew T. and Charles J. Limb
2017 The Neuroscience of Improvisation. Music Educators Journal, Vol. 103, No. 3 (March 2017), pp. 27-33.
Mithen, Steven
2001 The Evolution of Imagination: An Archaeological Perspective. Substance, 2001, Vol. 30, No. 1/2, Issue 94/95: Special Issue: On the Origin of Fictions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2001), pp. 28-54.
Spolin, Viola
1999 Improvisation for the Theater (Third Edition). Northwestern University Press, Evanston, IL.
Storr, Will
2006 Will Storr Vs. The Supernatural. Harper, New York, NY.
Wagner, Andreas
2019 Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us about Creativity. Basic Books, New York, NY.