The SoCap Improv Comedy Podcast

Hosted by Ralph MacLeod. Owner and Artistic Director of SoCap Comedy Theatre in Toronto. A bite-sized, 5-20 minute show on improv. This show is less about improv as performance (though that will be in here) but more about how improv can improve every aspect of your life.

Education Improv Comedy Self-Improvement

Update frequency: every 6 days
Average duration: 16 minutes
Episodes: 36
Years Active: 2023 - 2025

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The Association Game

The Association Game is a great warm up game for groups of 2 to 20. It helps people listen, say yes, get out of their heads, and build community. Not bad.

00:18:09 | Mon 29 May 2023

The Big Yes

The Big Yes, the overaccepting of your scene partner(s) offer, can have so many benefits especially at the start of scenes or interactions with friends and people in the real world.

00:15:22 | Mon 22 May 2023

The Argument Trap

Falling into the argument trap (aka denial of reality, gaslighting, refusing to engage) is detrimental to improv and the act of playing and discovery with other players. What it is, why it is, and h…

00:14:54 | Mon 15 May 2023

The Three Types of Conflict

In stories, there are generally three types of conflict. Person vs person, US vs the world/environment, and internal conflict. All are useful but sometimes it benefits us to flip between them.

00:19:16 | Mon 08 May 2023

Improv Builds Empathy

A great reason to take improv even if you never intend to perform is that it helps build empathy for your fellow human beings. Helps us to understand the journey of people completely unlike us with v…

00:12:02 | Mon 01 May 2023

The Three Act Structure for Improv

There are many types of Duo Scenes. The most common is the Hero's Journey, Story Circle w. a Single Main Character, aka the Three Act Structure. What is it? How to recognize it?

00:18:14 | Mon 24 Apr 2023

The Two Most Misunderstood Improv Concepts

What exactly do we mean by 'Yes, And' and what is 'positivity' in the improv sense of that word?

00:16:29 | Mon 17 Apr 2023

The Second Improv Rule for Life: Love What You Get

In life, as in improv, we can't control what happens to us only how we react to it. In improv, with it's emphasis on low stakes, we can choose to love all the things our scene partners and our envir…

00:13:22 | Mon 10 Apr 2023

Is Mocking Some People Okay or Not Okay?

Improv has changed a lot in the 35 years since I started. One thing is that we are much more sensitive to people different than us and no longer mock people based on generalities about them. However,…

00:11:19 | Mon 03 Apr 2023

Learning to Love Your Fear

Do you struggle with fear? Do you try to beat it into submission? Are you great at thinking of all the things that can go wrong? In this episode, Ralph suggest that we make friends with our fear. …

00:11:47 | Mon 27 Mar 2023

Using Humour and "Yes, And" to Dispel Conflict

Would you do anything to avoid conflict? Do you let other people push your buttons or get under your skin? In this week's episode, Ralph discusses how using humour and 'yes, and' can help handle som…

00:15:15 | Mon 20 Mar 2023

The Power of Play

In this week's episode, Ralph discusses the power of play.

Play is something our bodies crave and it helps us overcome our self consciousness and raise our self confidence. It helps us get into a st…

00:16:29 | Mon 13 Mar 2023

The First Improv Rule for Life - Control What You Can Control

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