Beyond the basement

Beyond the Basement podcast is the playground of Chris Kenworthy - an improviser, facilitator and coach, who’s exploring a broader range of what it is to be human.

Improv Comedy Education Self-Improvement

Update frequency: every 3 days
Average duration: 18 minutes
Episodes: 270
Years Active: 2020 - 2025

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Love and chaos

In case you haven't noticed, which seems unlikely, we got a puppy. Dog, it turns out are agents of change. Catalysts for personal growth and destruction. I've also become a walking cliché for middle …

00:11:01 | Tue 02 Nov 2021

The improv come-down (final day on retreat)

The improv retreat comes to an end, and I'm left to process the fall-out on Birmingham New Street station concourse. Alone. Broken. Sleep-deprived. Yet deeply inspired.

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00:09:54 | Mon 25 Oct 2021

Peaking on improv (day two of retreat)

It's the second day of this comedy improv retreat my intuition hoodwinked me into attending. This is so much fun, so much to learn, nice people I'm having a nice time are you I can't slow my brain do…

00:09:49 | Sun 24 Oct 2021

That's what we call it in the improv industry, darling

Facing the demons/music on day one of this daft improv retreat my intuition signed me up for.

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00:15:06 | Fri 22 Oct 2021

Gammon Scout master and the watch

That time my dead grandad's watch nearly got me nonced by a guy with calves like gammon.

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00:12:07 | Mon 16 Aug 2021

The top 3 times I almost died (teenage edition)

More grim recollections from a misspent adolescence in a northern industrial town.

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00:12:35 | Fri 30 Jul 2021

Bees on the brain with Gaz

Gaz has a magnificent, racing mind. Here we attempt to unearth wisdom from how he manages thoughts into action, and what it's like living with ADHD. Bit of a departure from my usual audio blog format…

00:32:15 | Thu 24 Jun 2021

SPIBS: split personalities in business syndrome

Have you got a professional self and a personal self? Do colleagues or clients get a different version of you than at play? Sounds tiring...

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00:06:41 | Tue 22 Jun 2021

Putting the feelers out for improv-minded folk

Just throwing this one out to the universe. Looking for a collaborator to play with an idea I've got for subverting seriousness. Comedians, performers, stand-up, artists. Is that you? Know anyone?

Th…

00:04:37 | Mon 21 Jun 2021

All is well with the world. Or is it? #AudioMo day 18

Everything's in its place. I'm stealing a march on the day. What could go wrong? How do some people find contentment amongst the chaos, even when things aren't going so well?

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00:05:38 | Sat 19 Jun 2021

A chance encounter by a skip #AudioMo

I'm not ashamed to say I'm drawn to rubbish. Skips, bins, fly-tipping, fruity dog eggs and obscene graffiti. Our effluent says a lot about humanity.

Or perhaps my curiosity says more about me, and my…

00:05:36 | Wed 16 Jun 2021

An audience with your inner critic

Reflections on a thing I did with some people. A workshop with improv and role play, getting to know the inner critic. Here's what happened. Photo credit: Andy T https://unsplash.com/photos/EiDWIYspZ…

00:10:44 | Tue 15 Jun 2021

Friday Fireside with Happy Start School

You know when you say yes to something significant, then pop it in your calendar when it's ages away, then all of a sudden it comes along and turns out it's ACTUALLY happening? We'll, that's the stor…

00:08:07 | Mon 14 Jun 2021

You can't be serious?

That time all the buses went wrong and I thought I could run a better public transport system than a district council. Why so serious? How might humour be a route out? Why is fun, play and compassion…

00:06:10 | Thu 10 Jun 2021

What it's like being an Airbnb host

Our experiences so far of hosting two Airbnb lets in our home. Airbnb is a website to rent out rooms or property. How it's going, stories about interesting guests and how to make it work. Our listing…

00:15:59 | Tue 08 Jun 2021

Society is antisocial? #AudioMo

Uh oh, Chris has been on his own for to long. #AudioMo day 7.

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00:03:49 | Mon 07 Jun 2021

Incestuous terrapins #AudioMo

Fond-ish memories of a childhood pond. Day 4 of the #AudioMo challenge to record an audio blog every day in June. Photo by Benjamin Wong: https://unsplash.com/photos/Z_OmqGohZHc?utm_source=unsplash&u…

00:06:25 | Fri 04 Jun 2021

Always a seagull without wings #AudioMo

Today we play a little game about thoughts and feelings. https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1618206

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00:03:00 | Thu 03 Jun 2021

Stuck on how? #AudioMo

This one's for folk feeling stuck in the impossibility of a perennial problem. Whichever way you turn, is there a roadblock? Live and (partly) unscripted from the allotment. Inspired by June's #Audio…

00:24:50 | Wed 02 Jun 2021

Honk hog #AudioMo

Here's how to give your day a lift, completely for free. Or end it with crushing disappointment before it even began. Part of the #AudioMo experiment: https://audiomo.tumblr.com/

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00:05:26 | Tue 01 Jun 2021

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