Humons!

When I started improv4humans, podcasting was in its infancy. I didn’t even know what a podcast was. My idea then was to take what we were doing on stage at ASSSSCAT and at the same time, secretly fulfill my Howard Stern wannabe fantasies. It sounded like a good hobby.

But over the years, i4h became more than just a podcast for me; it’s a labor of love and creative exploration featuring what I genuinely believe are the best improvisers in the universe. I proudly consider them the i4h ensemble. We have dug deeper into not just scene work, but sharing real life experiences, connecting as friends, finding comedy in the most challenging places we could, and keeping us sustained during the pandemic and industry upheaval.

Shortly after we started, Brett Morris became the dedicated engineer to the show, and with his production skills we quickly started to realize what was possible within the podcast medium that just wasn’t there before. I got excited to delve deeper into immersive audio experiences, and we created Stolen Idea, My Dead Wife, and Estates Of Perfection, along with my stand up experiment Besser vs. Audience. These are high concept limited series that Brett and I worked our asses off on. We’re truly proud of them, and never felt like they were given a proper stage.

We’re thrilled to have total control over our own content for the first time, and include it all together in one place for you to discover.

Everyone knows there’s three things that I love to talk about: comedy, music, and science fiction. I’m an expert in one of those things. That will be the Professor Besser feed. I purposely kept discussion of improv itself out of i4h all these years, saving that for workshops. But this platform will allow me to teach and explore the craft of comedy in at least four unique podcasts. Best Taste In The Universe will be a separate feed with different podcasts for those who want to geek out with me on music and science fiction.

I’m looking forward to seeing you all on Discord, where you can give us suggestions for scenes, leave questions for Professor Besser, or even challenge Matty B’s taste! And I’m even thinking about hitting the road to teach improv in some of your hometowns. That’s why we ask your city and theater upon sign-up, so that if there’s enough fans from your town, I’ll come to YOU. There are tons of exciting possibilities with this platform, made possible with your help.

Hopefully you can see I really don’t want this place to just be another subscription for more of the same. My biggest motivation is to give our ensemble a platform where they get paid for being geniuses, and to give YOU not just more comedy, but a hub for all things improv. Where we can share all of our ideas and experience directly, and you can learn the techniques yourselves, watch old hidden gems, and hear the stories behind the most important scenes, sketches, and shows. And we can enjoy some killer music and sci-fi while we’re at it!

Thank you all, and keep being humon!

Matt Besser