Leviathan bills itself as the monster of all improv shows, and a canny beast it is. It works like this: a guest storyteller tells a series of stories based on suggestions from the audience, and then a group of hardy improvisers riff off those stories through a serious of hilarious sketches.

When Leviathan producer Shelley McLendon invited be to risk my dignity on stage, I demurred, intimidated the idea of having to generate not one but multiple stories off the cuff. But as we talked further about her guest curating an episode of State of Wonder, it became hard to resist the opportunity, if only because spectacular failure can make for great radio. (Then again, it can also make for truly awful radio.)

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