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What happens when Atlanta improvisers open up about the craft they love? Joel Camargo finds out, sitting down with performers across every experience level to talk philosophy, technique, stories, and the lessons that stick with you long after the lights go down. If you study improv, this is essential listening. If you live and breathe it, you're going to feel right at home.
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Update frequency:
every 11 days
Average audio length:
83 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
15 episodes
since May 18, 2026
episodic
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I sit down with Sam Aluyon, musician, improviser, and one of the kindest people in the Atlanta improv scene, just days before Sam moves to Chicago. Sam shares how he found improv while rebuilding his life after a divorce and loss, and how he went all-in on the community to find his people. We talk …
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This week I sit down with my mentor Maged Rushdie — a veteran and ensemble member at Dad's Garage who you've seen in Blackground, The Tight Acquaintances, and Invasion Christmas Carol (which he's also directed). Maged has been improvising since 2001, and we cover an enormous amount o…
This week I'm joined by Jenny Holden, a true veteran of the improv world who's put blood, sweat, and tears into the craft and performed all over the country and around the globe.
We trace her winding path from a high school art kid at Dad's Garage, to wardrobe work in Las Vegas, to …
This week I sit down with the amazing Aaren Lasky — actress, singer, experienced improviser, and one of my dearest friends in the Atlanta scene. Aaren has a love of imagination and storytelling that goes all the way back to childhood, and we trace how that spark carried her through theater, voice t…
This week I'm joined by Malik Whitfield, a staple of the Atlanta improv and comedy community, and one of my favorite people to watch grow on stage. Malik moved to Atlanta chasing stand-up and ended up falling headfirst into improv along the way — and I loved getting to trace that whole journey…
In this episode, I sit down with Drew Turner, one of Atlanta's most prolific independent improv producers. Drew's journey to improv starts in an unexpected place — he wanted to be a video game designer, took a drama class as an easy elective, and got bitten by the theater bug surrounded b…
In part two, Cole and I pick up right where we left off and go even deeper into the craft, the personal, and the philosophical sides of improv. Cole opens up about Two Worms, the duo format he does with Meg that he calls his favorite thing to perform in the entire world. He shares the story of a qu…
In part one of this two-part episode, I sit down with Cole Wadsworth, one of the most unique and physical improvisers in Atlanta. Cole's energy is unlike anything you've ever seen on stage, and this conversation is just as unpredictable and joyful as his performances.
Cole shares how iIt …
I sit down with Alice Garriga, a performer in the Atlanta improv scene and a member of the indie team French Improv. Alice takes us through her journey from comedy classes at the Alliance Theater in third grade, to a professional play in eighth grade, to performing arts high school, to joining the …
In the very first episode of The Joy of Improv Podcast, I sit down with one of my favorite performers in Atlanta, Ana Bernot-Reilly. Ana shares how she discovered improv in high school, fell in love with long form scene work at SCAD, and moved to Atlanta with one mission: find a two-person improv p…
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