Podcasts

If you are a bottom-up thinker, there are certain techniques in long-form improv that might work better if you try to do top-down thinking instead. Why would you do such a thing? And When? Listen Game and second beats might be challenging to a bottom-up thinker. You need to get used to wrapping up a …

Bottom-up thinking or bottom-up processing is common way for autistics to process information. It’s wired into our brains and affects EVERYTHING. How does this type of thinking affect doing improv scenes, especially when it comes to plots? In particular… when you weren’t expecting a plot, and suddenly things get plotty? Bottom-up thinking affects how we …

The sense of being perceived is all about the activity you are doing when you are being looked at by other people. Having strong feelings about this kind of perception is common particularly with the autistic neurotype. And it can sure seem illogical or contradictory at times, too. And… people look at you in improv… …

This episode details what neurodivergence is, and why it’s relevant to improv. I include a couple of examples in there. Check out the transcript tab on this page to see the text version of this episode. Listen This podcast is written and hosted by me, Jen deHaan and produced by StereoForest.com. You can submit your …

So this is where it all started. I’m writing this many months later – cause I guess I didn’t write anything way back when I started this thing. Kind of by accident. It wasn’t planned. I think I was testing my new microphone, sounded like a podcaster, and improvised a podcast. Anyway – there are …