Neurodivergent Minds in Comedy
hosted by Jen deHaan
Neurodivergent Minds in Comedy with Jen deHaan is released on its own website. The show is produced by StereoForest, and podcast episode pages that include transcripts released on this site.
Jen talks about the intersection of comedy and different neurotype profiles, focusing mostly on neurodivergent topics such as ADHD, autism, and more. Comedy is neurodiverse! You are doing comedy with neurodivergent minds, if you don’t have one yourself. So if you are doing comedy, improv, characters, acting, or other forms of creative performance or writing/scripts – this podcast is relevant to you.
Additional articles about this topic are released on the podcast’s dedicated site.
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Note: This podcast was formerly called “Neurodiversity and Improv” – the podcast changed its name in October 2024 on the one year anniversary of its release!
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Recent Episodes
Neurodiversity & Improv: Alexithymia & Improv (part 2) – Ep #19
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Neurodiversity & Improv: Alexithymia & Improv (part 1) – Ep #18
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Neurodiversity & Improv: Giving Notes (part 3) – Ep #17
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Neurodiversity & Improv: Getting Notes (part 2) – Ep #16
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Neurodiversity & Improv: Getting & Giving Notes (part 1) – Ep #15
This three-part series of episodes is about receiving notes as a neurodivergent improviser. …
Neurodiversity & Improv: Welcome to Season 2
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Neurodiversity & Improv: Ep 14 – Visual Imagery and Improv, Memory and Recall
Most humans have some amount of mental imagery, or visual imagery. You might find that you use …
Episode 13: Improv and Being Misunderstood, Part 1.
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Episode 12: Finding the unusual thing (and communicating better in scenes)
Noticing the unusual at the top of an improv scene can be hard. Learn when and how to do it, …
Episode 11: Neurodivergent observation makes improv scenes better (ft. Isolation)
I had A WEEK. So you’re getting AN EP that gets real. So this week I experienced something …
Episode 10: Hyperphantasia, Visual Imagination & Improv
So in this episode you learn about the spectrum of visual imagination, from lots to none, and …
Episode 9: Masking and Improv – Being the voice of reason
Masking is a common behaviour for autistic and/or ADHD people. It’s a trait that can be …
Host
Jen deHaan
Host
Jen deHaan has been an improv teacher and coach at World’s Greatest Improv School (WGIS), Compass Improv, and Queen City Comedy. She was also the Online School Director of WGIS then founded Flat Improv and StereoForest. She does improv and creates, directs, and produces comedy shows and podcasts such as this show here!
About the Show
Neurodivergent Minds in Comedy with Jen deHaan is a podcast about teaching and learning improv and is released on its own website. You can however get all of the bonus and early content for StereoForest and NeurodiversityImprov.com by joining StereoForest PLUS. This show was created and is written and produced by Jen deHaan of StereoForest.com.