YesBot

By Chris Mead

After finding an abandoned YesBot 5000 improv robot in the woods behind his house, improviser (and amateur roboticist) Chris Mead embarks on a mission to programme it to be the world's best improviser... more

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The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

YesBot episodes:

July 17, 2017 Heather Urquhart
Guest Name: Heather Urquhart
Location: Brighton/London, UK
Years improvising: 18
Team affiliations: The Maydays, Showstopper, 10,000,000,000 Love Stories, The Playground, The Bumper Blyton Improvised Adventure
Improv style: Truthful, silly, connected, musical (when I’m allowed)
Website: www.heatherurquhart.com
Twitter: @musicimprov
Additional notes: Today’s robot is probably different to yesterday’s robot and tomorrow’s. Bit like improv I guess.
Here’s a Youtube video that sums up life for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoTmNU_5A0
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28min
July 02, 2017 Dylan Emery
Guest Name: Dylan Emery
Location: London
Years improvising: 16 – although my first improv was actually 32 years ago when my amazing English teacher would do impro classes once a week.
Team affiliations: The Showstoppers, Grand Theft Impro, The Crunchy Frog Collective, The School of Night, Ghost Couple, The London 50-Hour Improvathons, Extempore Theatre.
Improv style: Theatrical. Ambitious. Well-acted or well clowned. Unexpected.
Website: www.dylanemery.com
Twitter: @dylanemery
Additional notes: Something to watch – the brilliant Kurt Smeaton and his impro/sketch troupe Falcon Powder made a series of educational webcasts called The Whole Truths. First episode of six: Wolves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tND1J13xXH4
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45min
June 26, 2017 Valerie Ward
Guest Name:Valerie Ward
Location: Austin TX
Years improvising: 16
Team affiliations: Parallelogramophonograph, Echo Lake
Improv style: Narrative, organic, stylized, playful, connected
Website: www.pgraph.com
Additional notes: What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself — and thus make yourself indispensable. -Andre Gide
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36min
June 05, 2017 Joe Samuel
Guest Name: Joe Samuel
Location: Brighton
Years improvising: 40 on piano, 10 as an improviser musician
Team affiliations: The Maydays, The Dreaming, Theatre De L’Oignon, The Concept
Improv style: Music
Website: www.joesamuel.co.uk
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39min
May 29, 2017 Naomi Petersen
Guest Name: Naomi Petersen
Location: London
Years improvising: 4
Team affiliations: The Free Association, Sweet Fanny Adams, Nicely Turned Out, Wednesdays
Improv style: Playful, Committed, Big On Game
Website: www.thefreeassociation.co.uk
Twitter: @NaomiPetersen
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31min
May 22, 2017 Adam Meggido
Guest Name: Adam Meggido
Location: London
Years improvising: FOREVER!!!!
Team affiliations: Showstopper, The School of Night, Rhapsodes, The Society of Strange, The London 50 Hour Improvathons
Improv style: LET’S PUT ON A SHOW!
Website: www.theshowstoppers.org and www.extemporetheatre.com
Twitter: @adammeggido
Additional notes: I’ve worked in theatre all my life
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38min
May 15, 2017 Rachel Parris
Guest name: Rachel Parris
Location: London
Years Improvising: 10 years
Team Affiliations: Austentatious, The Beau Zeaux, Monkey Toast
Improv style: Long form narrative (in Austentatious anyway). In other things: Harold, scenic short-form, musical…
Website: rachelparris.com
Twitter: @rachelparris
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38min
May 08, 2017 John Cremer
Guest Name: John Cremer
Location: Rural Sussex
Years improvising: 24 years
Team affiliations: The Maydays. Guest on Whirled News Tonight.
Improv style: Character led, emotional, provocative, absurd.
Website: www.johncremer.co.uk
Twitter: @johncremer
Additional notes: My main non-improv influences are Monty Python, Alan Partridge, Ivor Cutler, Van Morrison, George Gurdjieff, Beethoven, holocaust literature, Cheri Huber, Cormac McCarthy and salt water fly fishing.
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25min
May 01, 2017 Ruth Bratt
Guest Name: Ruth Bratt
Location: London
Years improvising: 17
Team affiliations: Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, The Glenda J Collective, guest with Comedy Store Players, The London Improvathon, Panthercannon, Ghost Couple, Letts Vegas
Improv style: Narrative, fun, playful, generous. Good.
Website: www.ruthbratt.com
Twitter: @ruthbratt
Additional notes: If I’m ever feeling down, I watch these videos.
Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens
Way Out West
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1h 1min
April 24, 2017 David Shore
Guest Name: David Shore
Location: Toronto, Canada
Years improvising: 20 years
Team affiliations: Monkey Toast (Toronto and London), Bald (London), Alumnus Second City Mainstage (Toronto) & IO West
Improv style: Organic Chicago-Style (focusing on letting the scene happen)
Website: monkeytoast.com
Twitter: @thedavidshore
Additional notes: Taking risks in improv isn’t about making bold, big or crazy moves, it’s about trusting your ideas and yourself and not being afraid to suck or tank in front of an audience or your peers.
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38min

FAQs about YesBot:

How many episodes does YesBot have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.