Archive - Neurodiversity and Improv - Podcast & Articles

Alexithymia and Improv (part 1) - Ep #18

If you improvise with, or teach, more than 10 people then you've probably done improv with someone who experiences alexithymia, which involves…

Sep 24 •

28:51

Alexithymia and Improv - Part One

If you improvise with, or teach, more than 10 people then you're probably doing improv with someone who experiences alexithymia, which involves…

Sep 17 •

Giving Notes to Students (part 3) - Ep #17

It can be a challenge to help everyone with feedback in a diverse class or team setting. But a few simple things can help a wider range of improvisers.

Sep 3 •

30:14

August 2024

Bonus: The Improv Practice of Verbal Processors

Listen now | Verbal processors do so to learn and understand new concepts and idea. But what about when they're improvisers.

Aug 25 •

8:04

Getting Notes You Don't Understand (part 2) - Ep #16

If you're a student, it can be hard to figure out what to do when you get a note that you don't understand or is unexpected. Just asking for…

Aug 20 •

29:31

Getting & Giving Notes (part 1) - Ep #15

Getting notes and giving notes - and having them understood by everyone - can be difficult when there is a communication gap between neurotypes

Aug 6 •

30:36

July 2024

Introduction to Season 2

Welcome to the next season of the Neurodiversity & Improv podcast - what's new?

Jul 30 •

3:31

March 2024

Bottom Up Thinking & Improv: Plot-based sets

Improvising plot-driven sets might not come quite as naturally to bottom-up thinkers. How do you figure out the type of thinker you are, and how does it…

Mar 14 •

Episode 14: Visual Imagery and Improv - Memory and Recall

Using visual imagination can help your improv scenes, but also help you remember details better. Part 2 of Ep. 10: Hyperphantasia, Visual Imagination …

Mar 7 •

31:38

February 2024

Finding the unusual thing (and communicating better in scenes)

It's hard to notice the unusual at the top of an improv scene. Learn when and how to do it! Even if you're unusual too, like me! For EVERYONE: how to…

Feb 28 •

Episode 13: Improv and Being Misunderstood, Part 1.

Learn about the social communication style differences between humans that can affect how you are understood or misunderstood in and outside of scenes…

Feb 21 •

32:35

Masking and Improv: Being the voice of reason

Have you had an issue being the voice of reason in scenes? Grounding a scene? This written version of podcast episode 9 discusses what's "normal…

Feb 12 •

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