

Improv is Dead
Tim Lyons
Improv is Dead is an immersive comedy podcast hosted by Damian Anaya, Tim Lyons, and Dan White. Every week we chat 'n prov, then apply some slick post-production effects, to create a totally unique show where all of their biggest comedy perversions freely penetrate your gentle, delicate ears.
Support the pod! For bonus episodes, access to our Discord and more premium content join our Patreon at Patreon.com/improvisdead
Support the pod! For bonus episodes, access to our Discord and more premium content join our Patreon at Patreon.com/improvisdead
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Mar 31, 2026 • 3min
Can anyone hear this...the story so far...are we coming through...?
Improv is Dead...back..April fools Paradox...sent us...into anoth...prov-verse!Plz st4nd by...Support the pod and join our Patreon for bonus scenes, back log episodes, and exclusive premium content!

Mar 24, 2026 • 50min
That Dogs Gonna Run with Mark Ratterman
Support the pod and join our Patreon for bonus scenes, back log episodes, and exclusive premium content!Mark Ratterman pops by the pod again for some chat'n'prov about getting our cards read, running for fun, and new hip haircuts.Check out Marks pod with Cook County Social Club "Get it to Dutch: A Screen Writers JourneySign up for Marks Cook County Workshop at iOHosts:Hosts: Damian Anaya, Tim LyonsSound Design by Nick

Mar 17, 2026 • 49min
The Curtain That Moves with Elim Almedom and Daniela Aguilar
Support the pod and join our Patreon for bonus scenes, back log episodes, and exclusive premium content!Elim Almedom and Daniela Aguilar are Women of a Certain age every Thursday night at LSI in Chicago. They pop by the pod to chat'n'prov about being fashionably late, making yourself at home, and a club for bad dreams.Hosts:Hosts: Damian Anaya, Tim LyonsSound Design by Nick

Mar 10, 2026 • 53min
Dungledore Vs. Mark Neato with Ariel Sinha
Support the pod and join our Patreon for bonus scenes, back log episodes, and exclusive premium content!Our guest today is a producer and performer on one of the hottest shows in Chicago, the consistently SOLD OUT Friday show at LSI ft. Holy Goat. Not only is she a hilarious improviser, she’s also an incredible illustrator who’s done work with The Chicago Bulls, White Sox, Bears and more! You can follow her work and shows on IG @arielsinhaha, returning to the pod, it’s the very funny Ariel Sinah.Hosts:Hosts: Damian Anaya, Tim LyonsSound Design by Nick

Mar 3, 2026 • 53min
Claude's Song
Support the pod and join our Patreon for bonus scenes, back log episodes, and exclusive premium content!The fellas get into talking Blink 182, how much life is left and what we want to do with it. It sounds deeper than we get unfortunately.Sound Design by NickHosts:Hosts: Damian Anaya, Tim Lyons, and Dan White

Feb 24, 2026 • 47min
The DVD with Lauren Frost
Support the pod and join our Patreon for bonus scenes, back log episodes, and exclusive premium content!Lauren Frost is back to get her prov on!Lauren does shows all over Chicago including the famous Wednesday night free show at iO with Birdlady and Dumb John. She also co-hosts one of the hottest spots to get your indie team up to play at Open Stage Thursdays at The Western Bar and Kitchen. Starting March 19 you can check her out with her duo Lerin and 3 Actors Living in a Cave during their Thursday night run at LSI. Her stand-up and characters were recently featured in The Lincoln Lodge’s Future of Comedy Festival. She’s got a big laugh, big glasses, and has taken all the improv classes. The very funny improviser and comedian, Lauren Frost.!Hosts:Hosts: Damian Anaya, Tim Lyons

Feb 17, 2026 • 45min
Sweet Trampoline Dreams with Cadence Messier and Grace Goze
Support the pod and join our Patreon for bonus scenes, back log episodes, and exclusive premium content!This week we've got two folks making their pod debuts in a big way!Grace GozeGrace is a self proclaimed improv pervert and alumna of The Second City’s 2024 Victor Wong Fellowship. She performs weekly with High Stakes Productions and currently her Harold team and first all-POC house team at iO, D.A.R.E. Dropouts Presents: After School Special is happening every Saturday at 9:30 pm. She also hosts, writes, and produces her very own late-night style talk show (that we had the privilege of being on) Good Graces Tonight.Cadence MessierCadence is a local improv and sketch comedian by night and dog walker by day. Follow on instagram @cadence_messier and catch the debut of her all female sketch team, The Carries, at Bughouse Theater in March! She also performs with The Wretched as an iO House Team at The iO Theater.Hosts:Hosts: Damian Anaya, Tim LyonsSound Design by Nick

Feb 10, 2026 • 55min
Ted Zepplin ft. Barely Naked Ladies with TJ Jagodowski
Support the pod and join our Patreon for bonus scenes, back log episodes, and exclusive premium content!Our guest today is hitting his record 6 time appearance on the pod which means we get him roughly once a year and even that blows my mind. You’ve seen him in countless Film and TV projects from The Great and Powerful OZ to Get Hard. He’s one half of an iconic improv duo you can show to you parents and say “see, this is why I do it” to help make them understand with TJ and Dave and you can currently catch him in his new movie alongside Matt Trudeu, Meir Steinberg, and Michael Shannon called BULLS streaming on Apple TV+. Heck of card player, helluva a magnet fisherman, and one of the all time great improvisers, It's TJ Jagodowski.Hosts:Hosts: Damian Anaya, Tim Lyons,Sound Design By Nick

Feb 3, 2026 • 54min
Bald Avatar
Support the pod and join our Patreon for bonus scenes, back log episodes, and exclusive premium content!This week we FUDGE out to chat'n'prov about Tim's foot health, Dan's VR obsession and Damian being Mandela effected by Avatar.Minnesota Ways to HelpHosts:Hosts: Damian Anaya, Tim Lyons, and Dan WhiteSound Design by Nick

Jan 27, 2026 • 58min
Fire County with Laurel Krabacher
Support the pod and join our Patreon for bonus scenes, back log episodes, and exclusive premium content!The Minneapolis Edit Ways to HelpStand with MinnesotaA Minnesota Built, constantly updated resource hub connecting you with mutual aid, funds, legal supports, food assistance, rent help. and volunteer opportunities,MN NOICEStatewide directory of organizations that support immigrants and refugees across Minnesota from legal help to community serviceCommunity Aid Network MNOrganizes weekly free food distributions across the Twin Cities and supports volunteer participation.Our guest today is quite possibly one of the funniest people we’ve ever had the privilege of performing with. In 2016 she was stretched out by Orlando Bloom on Netflix’s EASY, she’s had roles on Chicago Med and PD, for years she absolutely put on a clinic at Second City on their ETC stage providing them with countless characters that they will cash in on for years to come. She’s truly one of a kind, it’s Laurel Krabacher. We chat'n'prov about what makes a bf a bff, TV roles, and getting set on fire for a big finale.Sound Design by NickHosts:Hosts: Damian Anaya, Tim Lyons,


