Anthony Atamanuik and Jeff Hiller join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They’ll perform scenes about the scenery consultant on The Last of Us, nut puns, and hoarding musical equipment during the pandemic. Plus, Stephen A. Smith’s heated on-air exchange, an improv show post-breakup, and revisiting the classic sci-fi series Journey to the Unknown.

Ify Nwadiwe, Carl Tart, and Ronnie Adrian join Matt Besser LIVE from SF Sketchfest 2023! They take audience suggestions that inspire scenes about getting mugged with options, a fan of fruit-busting vids, making the delivery room catch, a championship chugging contest, and more! Check out www.mattbesser.com for info on the LIVE improv4humans event in Pasadena on April 6!

Adam Pally, Gil Ozeri, and Ben Rodgers join Matt Besser for scenes about crappy TSA loot, Planet Hollywood’s prison, sharing favorite YouTubers with your parents, Elon Musk’s meme behavior, scripting a date, and more! Check out www.mattbesser.com for info on the LIVE improv4humans event in Pasadena on April 6!

Colton Dunn and Joe Wengert join Matt Besser for improvised scenes about a questionable AirBnB, intrigue at a snack convention, and the dangers of rooftop basketball. Plus, a visit to the Sci-Fi Encyclopedia gives a new spin on the classic serial Phoenix Five, Coach Kirby Smart’s intense pregame speech inspires a pep talk for a pep talk, and everyone chases the high of their first divorce. Get tickets to see improv4humans LIVE at the Ice House here: https://www.showclix.com/event/ice-house-improv-for-humans-podcast/pre-sale

The incredible James McMurtry joins Katie Dippold, Seth Morris, and Matt Besser for a special live music episode of improv4humans! James performs songs that inspire scenes about a distracted therapist, a parent with unique methods of encouragement, waiting until the end of deer season to clean blood off the truck, an underground rock and roll school, and more! Check out www.mattbesser.com for info on the LIVE improv4humans event in Pasadena on April 6!

Betsy Sodaro and Mookie Blaiklock join Matt Besser for scenes about partygoers with bad audio, Rob Gronkowski’s quest for veteran benefits, and a harness pregnancy. Plus, getting called up to the Torah, a million dollar bribe to ignore your kid, and the Sci-Fi Encyclopedia’s Project U.F.O. inspires an alien abduction in a vineyard. Check out www.mattbesser.com for info on the LIVE improv4humans event in Pasadena on April 6! Theme music by Backhandhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0MpSJ0AA72rLRKEmy7F0cp?si=7Ikdm1F5SGCT1VbChUDaOw

Brace yourself for the biggest improv showdown of the year! On a special i4h Improv Super Bowl we’ll witness the best of Santa Fe (Rachel Michaela, Eric Weiss) and St. Louis (Rafe Williams, Kate Cole) go head to head to claim the honored title of improv4humans Super Bowl champions and pay tribute to improv legend Noah Gregoropoulos. Head over to the i4h twitter to cast your vote for the winner here!

Andy Daly and Vic Michaelis join Matt Besser for scenes about meddling in an ice cream war, laser tag regulars, and never-ending bits. Plus, a trip to the Sci-Fi Encyclopedia inspires a continuation of One Step Beyond in which a German officer desperately tries to escape a quaint British farm. Check out www.mattbesser.com for info on the LIVE improv4humans event in Pasadena on April 6!

Toni Charline, Dan Lippert, and Ryan Rosenberg join Matt Besser for a Man Dog Pod crossover episode of improv4humans! We’ll hear scenes about a run-in with The Ataris, soccer warm-up stories, initiating a 69-square, and more! Hear the last half hour exclusively on Man Dog Pod here. Check out www.mattbesser.com for info on the LIVE improv4humans event in Pasadena on April 6!

Jessica McKenna, Don Fanelli, and Zach Reino join Matt Besser this week for scenes about borrowing someone’s sides for an audition, coaching from the sidelines, baking one cookie for Halloween, the beep-boop section of a car dealership, regional phrases, and more! Get your tickets to see improv4humans live at SF Sketchfest here: https://sfsketchfest2023.sched.com/event/1DWTF

Jon Gabrus, John Gemberling, and Lisa Gilroy join Matt Besser for scenes about a tanning expert, banana nostalgia, and Santa’s response to a child’s note. Plus, the Sci-Fi Encyclopedia gives us Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories and a soldier who doesn’t know his poker. Get your tickets to see improv4humans LIVE at SF Sketchfest here: https://sfsketchfest2023.sched.com/event/1DWTF

Howard Kremer, engineer Brett Morris, and music blog Rosy Overdrive join Matt Besser for the annual Best of Music review! They share their top picks from the last year featuring tracks from GloRilla, Cardi B, First Aid Kit, Petey, The Staves, Weyes Blood, Haiku Hands, Mister Goblin, Wet Leg, The Smile, Paolo Nutini, Willow Smith, Kaitlin Butts, Phoenix, Flagman, Walker Hayes, The Beths, and more!  Check out Rosy Overdrive’s best-of lists here. Follow Matt Besser's music blog here. Get your tickets to improv4humans at SF Sketchfest here.

On a special LIVE improv4humans recorded in St. Louis, Ify Nwadiwe, Rafe Williams, and Kate Cole join Matt Besser for scenes about joining the army to discuss Space Jam, fighting climate change by buying a Tesla, a late-night vasectomy parlor, buying a landline phone, and more!

Austin Lucas and Sean Conroy join Matt Besser for a musical i4h Christmas special! Austin performs holiday twists on his own songs as well as some of the greatest classic carols that inspire scenes about the difference between divorced and divorcee, bad rhymes at Christmas mass, a tribute song that overtakes the original in popularity, an astronomy debate among wise men, and more!

On a special holiday i4h, join Rudolph, Hermey, Yukon Cornelius, Donner, Mrs. Donner, Charlie in the Box, Water Gun Who Shoots Jelly, and all your other favorite classic characters as they embark on an adventure to fight misogyny, bullying, and fracking in order to save Christmas from being stopped by COVID-19.   Featuring Jess McKenna, John Gemberling, Zach Reino, Danielle Schneider, and Mookie Blaiklock.

Pam Murphy, Will Hines, and Luka Jones join Matt Besser for scenes about a holo-companion, communal apartment events, and a football coach with a mission to save the American sitcom. Plus, pickleball passions run high, and they revisit the classic sci-fi series Space: Above and Beyond.

Musical guest Craig Finn of The Hold Steady joins improvisers Brian Huskey, Danielle Schneider, and Seth Morris for this week’s improv4humans in the SXM Garage! Craig performs songs that inspire scenes about a well-organized drug dealer, marketing a dumpling shop, a whisper club, and more! Check out Craig’s new album here.

Mary Holland, Bob Dassie, and Kimia Behpoornia join Matt Besser for improvised scenes about being shut down at a party, the worst house on Halloween, a Santa Claus that wants to clean your teeth, and more!

Dhruv Uday Singh, Vic Michaelis, and James Mannion join Matt Besser for scenes about legitimate pirates, a stolen SNL sketch in court, being thankful for nothing, and more. Plus, 60s sci-fi show The Invaders inspires a murder mystery with alien suspects.

Bobby Moynihan, Hillary Matthews, and Ali Ghandour join Matt Besser for improvised scenes about de-canonized Star Wars characters, fireproofing a dorm room, revisiting sci-fi in The Adventures of Don Quick, and a visit to a prestige pumpkin patch.