Podcast

improv4humans with Matt Besser

From Earwolf Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Improv

Few names are as synonymous with improv as Matt Besser. Founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade and a regular performer in the world-famous show Asssscat, Matt brings you a fully improvised weekly podcast featuring the best improvisers in the universe. Music by Bobby Matthews and Dragoon.

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Improv chart
#34
Episodes
29
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr 17 min
On air since
2026
Latest episode
21 hours ago

Episodes

29 episodes, newest first

  1. GTA VI Leonida: Election Day Special (w/ Anthony Atamanuik)

    Episode 776

    Show notes

    On Election Day, Matt Besser walks the boardwalk of Vice Beach interviewing its residents about hot button political issues like the proliferation of rooftop snipers, bus hijackings, trigger happy cops, and NPC rights. "Sticky bombs don't kill people, people who use sticky bombs kill people."

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    1 hr 24 min
  2. Obsession4Shortform (feat. Matt Besser, Brett Morris, Will Hines, Danielle Schneider, Sidney Besser)

    Episode 775

    Show notes

    Brett's got a new studio and a new direction for the podcast in mind, but Besser won't go along without some extra help...

    Can Will Hines adapt to the new format??

    It's another I4H Halloween Parody Special!

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    45 min
  3. Green Lantern Ring Constructs (w/ Paul Rust, Pam Murphy)

    Episode 774

    Show notes

    Homemade Halloween costumes; Daylight Savings Time debate; do products taste like their logo?; celebrity water towers fight; fake sushi parties; CitrUs Is Us Usa; but that's not what I mint.

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    1 hr 17 min
  4. Ryhmezoning (w/ Connor Ratliff, Sebastian Conelli)

    Episode 773

    Show notes

    Bacterial phage does not matter! But buying nail clippers abroad? Do elevators have doors? Do Americans socialize on benches? Do you mind if I join you? Plus B.Y.O. Zingo joke for you to use at parties!

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    1 hr 20 min
  5. Claw Machine Cheats (w/ Anthony King, Chris Kula)

    Episode 772

    Show notes

    Besser hosts geniuses behind Jury Duty: Company Retreat: amateur horror houses; customer service harassment for GTA release; back-alley Grammy holograms; arcade rip off games; Six Flag roller coaster concerns; heroically watching sad docs; red head conspiracy SPF100.

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    1 hr 20 min
  6. Case Closed: Flat Earth (Ian Roberts, Sean Conroy, Chad Carter) [RE-RELEASE]

    Show notes

    FROM THE ARCHIVES: On this week's improv4humans, Matt Besser welcomes Mark Sargent, star of the Netflix flat earth documentary “Behind the Curve,” along with panel of fellow theorists Phil Graham, Sean Peters, and Chuck Crenshaw to explore the different factions and theories relating to the idea of a Flat Earth. They debate everything from the truth about Antarctica to the power of phone numbers and more, agreeing on only one thing: the Earth is NOT a globe.

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    1 hr 3 min
  7. Super Girl in Star Wars Bar (w/ Gil Ozeri, Craig Rowin)

    Episode 771

    Show notes

    Emmy pratfall awards scandal; Jordan's stolen championship ring; Shawn Bradley Monstar; anti-PCP actors; the AI takeover revealed.

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    1 hr 22 min
  8. Special episode: Young Washington & Michael (James Adomian, Mookie Blaiklock)

    Episode 770

    Show notes

    Due to a bizarre editing mishap, a major studio AI has combined the footage from YOUNG WASHINGTON and MICHAEL into one single never-before-seen cut. And Matt Besser has a copy.

    Starring James Adomian and Mookie Blaiklock

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    57 min
  9. Aura Farming (w/ Andy Daly, Dominic Dierkes)

    Episode 769

    Show notes

    Knuckle-heads & knuckle sandwiches; mattress store sound bath events; time visualization clocks; lawyers representing children against their parents.

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    1 hr 16 min
  10. Copperhead Helmet & Four Bad Swimmers (w/ Mary Holland, Ali Ghandour)

    Episode 768

    Show notes

    Copperhead in helmet; Drake in the dis studio; chalk-a-doodle expectations; talk show in helmet; babies thrown in deep end; fooling sharks with impressions; the youngest one in curls.

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    1 hr 24 min
  11. Friends In Real Life & the Secret Hole ( w/ Dan Lippert, Ryan Rosenberg)

    Episode 767

    Show notes

    Music guest, is the folk punk legend Patrick Schneeweis with his latest band, Friends In Real Life, with new songs inspiring scenes of secret places vs secret holes; poets vs scientists for dates; singing the news; SNITCH the Game Show; home buyer crying wolf for hugs from cops.

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    1 hr 6 min
  12. Buc-Ee’s Clean Bathrooms (w/ Edi Patterson, Ronnie Adrian)

    Episode 766

    Show notes

    Why Buc-Ele’s is so amazing; live werewolf transformation cuck show; British ham cube cuisine; eat to live not live to eat; hate of loud mastication; death of Caspar the Friendly Ghost.

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    1 hr 16 min
  13. Concert Piss Jeans (w/ Jon Mackey, Dhruv Singh)

    Episode 765

    Show notes

    Bison attack; Noah Kahan poop purse; bitch babies waiter infantilizing; airplane exit row treatment; Best Burger in LA (lard-ass); mutant teen heroes!

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    1 hr 18 min
  14. Musical Guest Ryan Walsh - Odd Phantoms (w/ Will Hines, Mookie Blaiklock)

    Episode 764

    Show notes

    Ryan Walsh of Hallelujah the Hills plays songs off his epic new album, DECK. Inspiring scenes of meeting friends by a dream waterfall; throwing star accidents; buzzkill at the concert; and many phantom regrets!

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    1 hr 10 min
  15. Borrowed Toilet Snakes (w/ John Gemberling, Aman Adumer)

    Episode 763

    Show notes

    Burning Man sand grime orgy; figurine face emotions; ransom on the bullet train; Anime Square; lots of Birch merch.

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    1 hr 25 min
  16. Laugh Kookaburra Laugh (w/ Colton Dunn, Joel Spence)

    Episode 762

    Show notes

    Silent discos over, drinking over, smoking is back; giraffe escapes private zoo; children escorting World Cup soccer players; Splash Mountain accident; double bubble (bubble inside another bubble); free hotel toothbrushes; blowtorch emporium; spiders hate farmerz; thank u 4 yr time!

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    1 hr 29 min
  17. The Odyssey: Penelope's 108 Suitors Bachelorette Contest (w/ James Adomian, Hillary Matthews)

    Episode 761

    Show notes

    While Odysseus was on his hero's journey his wife Penelope was left at home and forced to stave off one hundred and eight suitors including George Clooney, Sam Smith, Sisyphus, Elon Musk, Graham Platner, Jamie Kennedy, a giant, Christoher Nolan, Achilles, Big Ben from 60 Day Fiancé, and many more.

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    1 hr 10 min
  18. Musical Guest: Dylan Earl with Ian Roberts, Brian Huskey and Seth Morris

    Episode 760

    Show notes

    Arkansas Country artist Dylan Earl serenades the podcast for some unforgettable scenes.

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    1 hr 8 min
  19. Classic Re-Release: Episode 111 - Doug Levison, The Angry Trumpet Guy (Paul Rust, Sean Conroy, Billy Merritt)

    Show notes

    i4h classic rerelease!

    Paul Rust, Sean Conroy, and Billy Merritt join Matt Besser for a monumental improv4humans where they hear from Doug Levison aka the angry trumpet fight guy in another edition of Case Closed. Plus, Matt will soon be immortalized in trading card form!

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    1 hr 13 min
  20. Del Close Marathon 2026 (w/ Carl Tart, Tami Sagher, Jon Gabrus, Anthony Atamanuik, Sean Conroy, Joe Wengert, Danielle Schneider)

    Episode 759

    Show notes

    Improv4humans returns to NYC to celebrate the Del Close Marathon with ketamine doctor deejays; KobraKai mom cults; and you won't believe who the "snake guy"!

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    1 hr 1 min

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