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The Curtain That Moves with Elim Almedom and Daniela Aguilar

Tue, 17 Mar 2026

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.

See us LIVE in LA March 18th at 7:30 pm at Lyric Hyperion!

Join our Patreon ⁠for $5 a month for bonus eps, back log eps, and exclusive premium content!

Hosts:

Hosts: ⁠Damian Anaya⁠, ⁠Tim Lyons⁠

Sound Design by Nick

Dungledore Vs. Mark Neato with Ariel Sinha

Tue, 10 Mar 2026

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.

Join our Patreon ⁠for $5 a month for bonus eps, back log eps, and exclusive premium content!

Hosts:

Hosts: ⁠Damian Anaya⁠, ⁠Tim Lyons⁠

Sound Design by Nick

Claude's Song

Tue, 03 Mar 2026

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 Nick

Come see us LIVE in LA March 18th at Lyric Hyperion!

⁠Join our Patreon ⁠for $5 a month for bonus eps, back log eps, and exclusive premium content!

Hosts:

Hosts: ⁠Damian Anaya⁠, ⁠Tim Lyons⁠, and Dan White

Sound by Nick

The DVD with Lauren Frost

Tue, 24 Feb 2026

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.!

⁠Join our Patreon ⁠for $5 a month for bonus eps, back log eps, and exclusive premium content!

Hosts:

Hosts: ⁠Damian Anaya⁠, ⁠Tim Lyons⁠

Sound Design by Tim

Sweet Trampoline Dreams with Cadence Messier and Grace Goze

Tue, 17 Feb 2026

This week we've got two folks making their pod debuts in a big way!

Grace Goze

Grace 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 Messier

Cadence 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.

⁠Join our Patreon ⁠for $5 a month for bonus eps, back log eps, and exclusive premium content!

Hosts:

Hosts: ⁠Damian Anaya⁠, ⁠Tim Lyons⁠

Sound Design by Nick

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