The After Improv Podcast

Heather Sejnowski, a member of the Go! Comedy resident cast and the League of Pointless Improvisers, moved from Detroit to Chicago this week. But before she left, Heather visited the After Improv Podcast. Heather opened up in a way no guest, and perhaps she herself, ever has. By the time this episode is over, you might want to give her a hug. She would rather you didn't. Instead, if you still can, call your mom.

Colony Fest 2016 is in books, and the After Improv Podcast crew is here to give you the complete rundown. Special guests Audra Jantz, Joe Jakubowski and Mitch Haba sit in as we talk to some of the finalists of Planet Ant’s annual improv tournament, play clips from the finals, address behind-the-scenes controversies and interview the winners. Plus we talk about the closing of 7 Brothers and the roast of its owner, George. And more: * Mitch-haps * Tuesday * Wednesday * It’s Brother and Son * Missing brother? * Thursday * Friday * Breaking the third wall * The finals * Donate! * The roast * Heather’s feelings * Don’t Think Twice movie review * Fact of the week * Job update * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

Joe Jakubowski, Mitch Haba and Audra Jantz, three-fourths of the writing team behind “With Extra Onions,” the latest Planet Ant student sketch show, visit the After Improv Podcast this week. The trio talks about the process of writing and producing the show and how it differed from what we went through doing the same thing. Best part — you still have time to check out the show this weekend. But listen to this first! * Variations on a theme * Meet the writers * Audra plays * An onion by any other name * The process * An established municipality * Jell-O wrestling * Dirextor * The actors * Auditions * Casting

Emily Engelhart, Pointless League of Improvisers member, Go! Comedy launch cast member and certified genuinely nice person, visits the After Improv Podcast this week. Emily talks about how improv helped her come out of her shell, her love of elephants, being a part of a launch cast and a home team, improv camp, her love of foreign candy, selling dirt, and more: * Noice * Queen of gifts * Emily’s Yes-And moment * Loyola * Public to private * Friends from summer * Augie * Elephants * Improv blue * Wilderness Girls * Auditioning * Pointless * Camping * DCP * The family business * Kindness counts * Heather’s feelings * Candy crush * Job updates * Fact of the week

When we last left Tom Schultz, he was about to head out on a rally across Morocco. We find out if he is alive and, if so, how he got into improv. Tom’s girlfriend Amber Barker makes history as our first non-improvising guest and sits in to help tell the story of how she and Tom met during a road rally to Mongolia.

Improvisor, teacher, writer, stage manager and Go! Comedy head chef (really) Pete Jacokes visits the After Improv Podcast this week. Pete talks about how getting unaccepted from college led him to improv, nagging his way onto the Planet Ant home team, being fired multiple times -- sometimes from the same business -- getting fired from seven jobs at once, dancing with his wife at her first wedding, why he hates watching improv, sleepwalking and if he’s really as grumpy as he sometimes appears. Check it out! * Bad knees * The Family Jacokes * Son of a referee * Unaccepted * Improv nerd * Planet nag * Stealing Suzie * The Inferno * Teaching * Hate-love * Boo-ha ha * Go! Comedy * Head chef * “Who is that?” * The horrors of barprov * Worst show ever * Stage managing 101 * Hate to watch * The write stuff * Pete hates the gang * Gruff enough * Go! sketch vs. Ant sketch * PJ * Human Amusements * The future * Jimmy John’s * Heather’s feelings * Fact of the week * Play us in * Attack of the anxiety * Sleepwalk with me * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

In the second part of a two-part interview, improvisors Travis Pelto and Joe Hingelberg get real about what it’s like when your best friend has more success than you, how their improv has predicted today’s hottest trends, why if you work at Quicken Loans you might have seen videos of Travis, the time Joe got real with the group’s Intro II class and why it’s important to have a life outside of improv. Also, possibly the worst mashup ever. And so much more: * Go! Comedy * Joe Versus The Travis * Bryan Lark * Futurists * Getting produced * Green-eyed monsters * Different styles * Telemarketing Travis * Travis the teacher * Joe the teacher * Kindness counts * Move or pull back * Monster Noises mention * FOMO * Inside man * Heather’s feelings * Joe loves babies * Fact of the week * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

Joe Hingelberg and Travis Pelto met in their improv club in high school and have been best friends ever since. Both members of the Go! Comedy resident cast and the Planet Ant home team, the duo visits the After Improv Podcast this week in the first of a two-part interview. Joe and Travis set a podcast record for shout-outs and talk about how their high school improv experience built up their egos a little too much, how they were humbled, pretending to be long-lost pals in Kohl’s, how they support each other’s successes without getting jealous, and so much more: Mr. Brun’s Improv Club * Forever 15 (and 14) * Because we can * In the style of commedia dell'arte * The young ones * The educator acid school aide test * Man of the cloth * Go Broncos! * Mr. Natural’s * Mongolian Barbecue * Well, look who it is * Competition * Novi! * Bombing in the Inferno * Meeting Pete Jacokes and Mike McGettigan * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

Planet Ant founding member Margaret Edwartowski comes even more correct in Part II of our two-part interview. Margaret talks about her work with Y Arts and the Detroit Creativity Project, bad habits in improv students that drive her crazy, her biggest epiphany in improv, what it takes to make the Planet Ant home team, why the home team has changed up their sets lately and what it’s like teaching improv in kid jail. * I’m not improv-ing * Stoppers vs. Watchers * Bad Habits * Character lesson * Her call * J.B. Interrupts * Rut of course * The Detroit Creativity Project * Novi * Mama Cass * The future of the Planet * Face the music * Heather’s look * J.B. is outside? * Fact of the week * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

Planet Ant founding member and home team leader Margaret Edwartowski visits the After Improv Podcast this week and comes correct like you wouldn’t believe. Margaret reveals she’s never taken an improv class and talks about her Second City days, doing improv on a cruise ship, the origin of Bill Murray’s “Caddyshack” character, losing her temper during improv sets, playing racquetball with Keegan-Michael Key, how improv brought her and her then-future husband together and so much more in the first of a two-part interview: * In the beginning * Never has she ever * Thespian * Strike up the band * Favorite child * 7 Brothers * Second City * Boyfriend material * Come correct * Cruisin’ * Bottle of Red * Accents * Saint McGettigan * Surprisingly straight * Rock stars * Joel Murray * The kid * Temper, temper * Garrett and Mark * Fear of an Ant Planet * Teaching * Alexander Technique * Racquetball * Katt Williams * “Fabulous” host * Writing * Working with Mike McGettigan