The Netprov Provcast

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The Netprov Provcast episodes

  • The Church of the SubGenius — S6, ep 4
    The Church of the SubGenius — S6, ep 4
    We talk about the Church of the SubGenius with still more authentic ’20s-era Zoom glitches.
    Featured Netprov:
    Church of the SubGenius
    Touching upon:
    A Troika Bell Ring-Off
    Advise from Russian Authors
    Corrections from last podcast
    War and Peace
    Church of the SubGenius
    A Devival with Rev. Ivan Stang
    J.R. “Bob” Dobbs
    Kayfabe and professional wrestling
    A True Netprov Can’t be Broken
    Q Anon
    The role of intention in Netprov
    Intern: Jaston
    Sponsor: Hip Boots
    26 min
  • Launching 2021 with Technical Difficulties & Vamping — S6, ep 3
    Launching 2021 with Technical Difficulties & Vamping — S6, ep 3
    We talk about improv antics via Zoom, Rob’s forthcoming Netprov book, Grace, Wit & Charm and more! Bonus: Hear some authentic ’20s-era Zoom glitches.
    Featured Netprov:
    Grace Wit & Charm
    Touching upon:
    Personal Quarantine Bubble
    Technical difficulties
    Random Top 5 podcast
    Hipster Zoom affectations
    Ian Hatcher’s Digital Voice
    Electronic Literature Organization 2021 Feb 1 submission deadline
    Cathy Podeszwa
    The UnZoomable Class (created with Margaret Rhee & SA Smythe)
    UnderAcademy College
    Grace, Wit & Charm
    More Electronic Literature Organization hype
    Matt Kirschenbaum on ELO
    The Forthcoming Netprov Book (Amherst Press)
    Multi-level Marketing
    Premise-apnia
    Rob’s fiction writing course at UM Duluth
    Window Swap
    French 201: Northern French Cuisine
    Vamping galore
    Subscription chess 2.0
    Intern: Delilah
    Sponsor: Soom Donut Cushion
    29 min
  • Interview with Improver Randy California, part 2 — S6, ep 2
    Interview with Improver Randy California, part 2 — S6, ep 2
    We talk about schools of improv in Seattle with improv and podcast Master Randy California of The Cycle of Life Podcast, The Study Buddies Podcast, and his newest podcast Random Top Five.
    Featured Netprov:
    All-Time High
    Touching upon:
    T-Rex Songs
    Trisha Arnold
    Stand-Up
    Keep it simple
    Cruise Loving
    “Various Shoes,” the play
    The Love Boat
    Standup at Flappers
    Co-Diving Standup
    Study Buddies
    Random Top 5
    Intern: Sebastopol
    Sponsor: Office Bed Blanket, your formal home conferencing office decor
    20 min
  • Interview with Improver Randy California, part 1 — S6, ep 1
    Interview with Randy California, part 1 — S6, ep 1
    We talk about schools of improv in Seattle with improv and podcast Master Randy California of The Cycle of Life Podcast, The Study Buddies Podcast, and his newest podcast Random Top Five.
    Touching upon:
    Reluctant Sky Diving Instructor
    How to Brush off Your Undergraduate Education
    Comedy Co-diving
    Improv in Seattle
    Invisible Seattle
    Jet City
    U Dab
    Groundlings
    Second City
    Acme Improv
    Upright Citizens Brigade
    Intern: Sebastopol
    Sponsor: Office Bed Blanket, your formal home conferencing office decor
    18 min
  • Interview with Patrick Jagoda, part 2 — S4, ep 22
    Interview with Patrick Jagoda, part 1 — S4, ep 21
    An interview with ARG-master Patrick Jagoda of Fourcast Lab from the University of Chicago.
    Featured ARG:
    Echo by Fourcast Lab
    Touching upon:
    Echo ARG
    Ghostbusters Minivan
    ARG Multiverse
    Quests
    Rabit Holes and Warrens
    Terrarium
    Remembering Jeff Watson
    The Thing from the Future
    Middle School Outreach
    Finding diverse audiences
    Intern: Manny
    Sponsor: Tauro’s “Special” Toffees
    24 min
  • Interview with Patrick Jagoda, part 1 — S4, ep 21
    Interview with Patrick Jagoda, part 1 — S4, ep 21
    An interview with ARG-master Patrick Jagoda of Fourcast Lab (https://fourcastlab.com/) from the University of Chicago.
    Featured ARG:
    Echo by Fourcast Lab
    Touching upon:
    Stephanie Boluk and Patrick LeMieux
    Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
    Echo, ARG
    Heidi Coleman, Marc Downie, Patrick, Ben Kolak, Kristen Schilt, Ashlyn Sparrow
    A Labyrinth
    Patrick’s ELO talk
    Twitch
    Seed
    An ARG riot
    Harold Garfinkel Breaching Experiments
    I Love Bees
    The Beast
    This is Not a Game
    Jane McGonigal
    Intern: Manny
    27 min
  • Introducing Moody Locales — S4, ep20
    Introducing Moody Locales — S4, ep19
    Rob and Mark introduce Moody Locales, the fall 2020 netprov
    Featured Netprov:
    Touching upon:
    You’re muted in perpertuity
    Fool’s Advocate, Esquire
    Yet Another Existential Threat
    Parking Lot of Near Misses
    A Cold Shoulder on the 110
    Why use Reddit for Netprov?
    Archiving Netprovs
    Mark’s Mom & Son
    Intern: Jonas
    Sponsor: Porcupine Mittens
    37 min
  • Netprov in the Age of Trump — S4, ep19
    Netprov in the Age of Trump — S4, ep19
    Rob and Mark discuss what it means to create netprov during the Trump Presidency.
    Featured Netprov:
    Touching upon:
    Blue Jimmy Kimmels
    Featured Player Cathy Podeszwa
    Yellow Journalism
    Teapot Dome Scandal
    Trustable Journalism
    18th and 19th Century fake news
    Mark Twain on Repetition and Humor
    The Spectator
    Copyright pages
    The Mid-Atlantic Stage Accent
    Annus Horribilis
    Baby Trump Balloon
    Huizinga’s Hoy Zingers
    Intern: Jonas
    Sponsor: Porcupine Mittens
    25 min
  • Interview with Jeremy Hight part 2– s4, ep. 18
    Interview with Jeremy Hight part 2 — s4, ep.18
    It’s part one of our interview with writer extraordinaire, bag of hyphens, Jeremy Hight, author of many works of electronic and print literature, and nice guy to boot!
    Featured Netprov:
    Fantasy Spoils, All-Time High
    Touching upon:
    A Middle-Aged Virgin Elf
    The Polite Canadian Part of Jeremy
    Claire Donato
    Jeff T. Johnson
    A Bot that hates Jeremy’s writing
    Jeffrey Vallance
    Blinky the Vons Chicken
    Nimbus
    The Flaneur
    34 North, 118 West
    AR Maps on the US-Mexico Border
    Preview of our Fall Netprov
    The Archives of Buckminster Fuller
    The Situationists’ Psychogeography
    Slavoj Žižek T-shirts
    Intern: Charlene
    Sponsor: Buzzword Begone
    20 min
  • Interview with Jeremy Hight part 1 — s4, ep. 17
    Interview with Jeremy Hight part 1 — s4, ep.17
    It’s part one of our interview with writer extraordinaire, bag of hyphens, Jeremy Hight, author of many works of electronic and print literature, and nice guy to boot!
    Featured Netprov: Monstrous Weather
    Alex Mitchell’s adaptation: Monstrous Weathered
    Mark Marino’s adaptation: Monstrous Weather twine
    34 North, 118 West
    Jeff Knowlton and Naomi Spellman
    Vanilla Sky, Abre Los Ojos (Did he say, ‘Obre’?)
    Cake Frosting, Unsweetened Oatmeal
    Teleconnected Weather
    The Worst Pumpkin Ever
    The LA Flood Project
    Ghosts and other hauntings
    Horrific Pudding
    Intern: Charlene
    Sponsor: Buzzword Begone
    20 min

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A recording of Mark and Rob preparing for their weekly podcast about netprov, or online improv. Netprov is a form of digital literature and online performance. Join us for discussions of creative…