

Yes, Also
Yes, Also
In this love letter to improv comedy, comedian Suzi Barrett deep dives with veteran improvisers about their journeys through improv, discussing the philosophies, theories, tips, lessons, and stories they’ve gathered along the way. If you’re a student of improv, you need this podcast. If you’re a superfan of improv, you’ll love this podcast. New episodes every Tuesday!
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For full video, bonus eps, and improv scenes with Suzi and her guests, subscribe at yesalso.supercast.com !
Email us with your ideas and questions yesalsopod@gmail.com.
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Episodes
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Sep 16, 2025 • 45min
Yes, Also - Joe Fahey
Joe Fahey (Lohan, One Big Jam) talks about running a jam, navigating chaos, initiation techniques, personal POV, types of stakes, redefining confidence, genre minutia, creating movie blueprints, the joke of your scene, tagging for movement, re-investing, favorite coaching exercises, and more!Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.comHost: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Sep 9, 2025 • 53min
Yes, Also - Angela Giarratana
Angela Giarratana (Smosh, Dropout, UCB) talks about playing your strengths, helping the audience, evolving sketch styles, curing shame, her comedic voice, messing with scene partners, a hot take on improv, the shadow side of live-streaming, YouTube / Smosh / Dropout, comedy algorithms, applying improv to other genres, and more!Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.comHost: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Sep 2, 2025 • 50min
Yes, Also - Lloyd Ahlquist (aka Epic Lloyd)
Lloyd Ahlquist (Epic Rap Battles of History, Mission Improvable) talks about dropping out of college to do improv, learning to flock, setting up improv tour shows, the origin of West Side Comedy Theater, making a great jam, Epic Rap Battles of History, savvy show biz lessons, disaster corporate shows, cracking a room, mind-blowing improv memories, favorite teaching exercises, and more!Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.comHost: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Aug 26, 2025 • 51min
Yes, Also - Jon Mackey
Jon Mackey (Big Grande, The Brett DeMott Show with Buddy) talks about curing sadness with improv, naming teams, helping others be funny, moving and framing, adding fuel to a scene, how improv informs his directing, following your scene partner, his improv mantra, the Rolodex technique, lessons learned from creating an improv podcast, improvising bits during scripted sketches, and more!Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.comHost: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Aug 19, 2025 • 50min
Yes, Also - Christina Anthony
Christina Anthony (Mixed-ish, Second City) talks about her journey through Second City, taking character field trips, changing default assumptions, being an acomplice, her improv pet peeve, adding elements of improv to scripted work, rotating mediums, using music to develop characters, breaking forms, where improv overlaps with TV, Mixed-ish, and more!Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.comHost: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Aug 12, 2025 • 50min
Yes, Also - Asher Perlman
Asher Perlman (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Improvised Shakespeare) talks about performing for non-comedians, embracing intros, balancing art and comedy, noticing when a scene shifts, learning to not plan, funny touring stories, improvised Shakespeare, using prologues, tips for narrative improv, selling cartoons to The New Yorker, finding inspiration, practical brainstorming techniques, a mind-blowing improv moment, and more!Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.comHost: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

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Aug 5, 2025 • 1h 18min
Yes, Also - Jason Mantzoukas
Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made, Taskmaster) talks about early inspirations and mind-blowing moves, his POV as a jazz drummer, how to play helpful chaotic characters, moving a show forward, Taskmaster, playing a persona, more satisfying end-of-show connections, losing and winning an audience, stacking patterns, meaty responses, sustaining monoscenes, transformative notes, and MUCH more!Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.comHost: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Jul 29, 2025 • 49min
Yes, Also - Alex Song-Xia
Alex Song-Xia (Dimension 20, Rick and Morty) talks about self-sabotage, how improv and stand-up help each other, facing fears, saying mean things, Dropout / Dimension 20, playing complex morality, showing up in your characters, tools for subversive comedy, Asian AF, moving beyond the house team paradigm, and more!Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.comHost: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Jul 22, 2025 • 54min
Yes, Also - Ryan Archibald
Ryan Archibald (Second City, CMSimprov) talks about an athlete's approach, smallprov, applying short form skills to longform, Boom Chicago, audition and jam survival techniques, Atlanta, his teaching approach, uniting a room, the hardest he's ever broken, the Tulsa improv scene, process vs. results, and more!Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.comHost: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Jul 15, 2025 • 59min
Yes, Also - Paul Scheer
Paul Scheer (The League, How Did This Get Made?) talks about strong first lines, honoring an opening, early UCB shows, safety nets, hooks, playing with Mike Myers, logic guys, his improvised sitcom, bringing back niche, audience interview pointers, his favorite bad movie, marketing tricks, interesting ways to use a space, memorable shows, and more!Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: yesalsopod@gmail.comHost: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye