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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Aura Farming (w/ Andy Daly, Dominic Dierkes)
#15 trending · Improv
Knuckle-heads & knuckle sandwiches; mattress store sound bath events; time visualization clocks; lawyers representing children against their parents.
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Sep 10 1 h 16 min
Copperhead Helmet & Four Bad Swimmers (w/ Mary Holland, Ali Ghandour)
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
Sep 3 1 h 24 min
Friends In Real Life & the Secret Hole ( w/ Dan Lippert, Ryan Rosenberg)
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; poet
Aug 27 1 h 05 min
Buc-Ee’s Clean Bathrooms (w/ Edi Patterson, Ronnie Adrian)
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
Aug 20 1 h 15 min
Concert Piss Jeans (w/ Jon Mackey, Dhruv Singh)
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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Aug 13 1 h 18 min
Musical Guest Ryan Walsh - Odd Phantoms (w/ Will Hines, Mookie Blaiklock)
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 a
Aug 6 1 h 09 min
Borrowed Toilet Snakes (w/ John Gemberling, Aman Adumer)
Burning Man sand grime orgy; figurine face emotions; ransom on the bullet train; Anime Square; lots of Birch merch.
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Jul 30 1 h 25 min
Laugh Kookaburra Laugh (w/ Colton Dunn, Joel Spence)
Silent discos over, drinking over, smoking is back; giraffe escapes private zoo; children escorting World Cup soccer players; Splash Mountain accident; double bubble (bub
Jul 23 1 h 29 min
The Odyssey: Penelope's 108 Suitors Bachelorette Contest (w/ James Adomian, Hillary Matthews)
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, Sis
Jul 16 1 h 10 min
Musical Guest: Dylan Earl with Ian Roberts, Brian Huskey and Seth Morris
Arkansas Country artist Dylan Earl serenades the podcast for some unforgettable scenes.
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Jul 9 1 h 08 min
Classic Re-Release: Episode 111 - Doug Levison, The Angry Trumpet Guy (Paul Rust, Sean Conroy, Billy Merritt)
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
Jul 2 1 h 12 min
Del Close Marathon 2026 (w/ Carl Tart, Tami Sagher, Jon Gabrus, Anthony Atamanuik, Sean Conroy, Joe Wengert, Danielle Schneider)
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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Jun 25 1 h 00 min
NYT Puzzle Cheaters (w/ James Mannion, Molly Kiernan, Jack Brown)
Capitol One Cafe vs Starbucks Bank; teenage scorekeepers don't pay attention; video game profiles for sale; stairs for dogs prescription; New York Times puzzle cheaters e
Jun 18 1 h 19 min
Uhaul My Ass to Prom (w/ Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino)
Prom-posals; all syrup, no soda extortion; Dryads' big wish; pinball dad; sheen subscription; freestyle Coke machines; Vegas sphere schools; Christopher Robin's blustery
Jun 11 1 h 11 min
Brick Yr Phone (w/ Echo Kellum, Sebastian Conelli)
House on Jaden Smith's head for sale; secret skinny dipping spot disrupted; measuring it in cm; carving block birthday pass; eggs: whites vs yolks; hogging public art fig
Jun 4 1 h 23 min
Footloose For FIFA (w/ Jeff Hiller, Lennon Parham)
Cult recruiting; TSA rules; no breast pumps or waffle irons; cheekbones that cut glass; skating rink love; Bon Jovi vs Jesus when living on a prayer; and no pinching tips
May 28 1 h 18 min
Foot Models (w/ Betsy Sodaro, Mano Agapion)
American Girl doll foot model; A.I. complimenting breasts; Madonna/Sabrina WWYD; Muppets marrying human scandal; crying at wedding vows; Halloween stores vs Valentines Da
May 21 1 h 24 min
Formula One Kit Kat (w/ Oscar Montoya, Toni Charline)
Formula One Kit Kat heist; French taze Australian DJ making amazing mix; Rasputin privates museum; brave with bees; not enough alliteration; Smash! I.P.; Off Broadway goo
May 14 1 h 13 min
Oily Boxers Inside (w/ Craig Cackowski, Don Fanelli)
The way to San Jose; dick looks-like circuit; starting a token conspiracy; bear safety shit; candy twig diet.
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May 7 1 h 14 min
Terry Klein, Jackson Emmer & the Grackles (Danielle Schneider, Mookie Blaiklock)
Terry Klein and Jackson Emmer share their songs with lyrics that inspire scenes of old man knowledge of Nirvana shirts; the new Beetles on TikTok; grackles acting a fool;
Apr 30 1 h 08 min
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days in the top 50 since Dec 2025
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Where improv4humans with Matt Besser ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 14, 2026).
A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.
Always different and it can get really weird and funny. And some of these guests just shine. Lotta talent and lotsa variety. Interesting musicians from the underground. And Matt does weird stuff with the format. I love it. Oh and I’m always discovering new performers that are really funny etc new and old voices chop it up keep it fresh
ShrimpRipper · Feb 2026
This is the funniest podcast. Others make me chuckle a little. Sometimes a single ‘ha.’. But this show makes me lol on the skibbedy regular. It’s the only media that makes me go “Woohoo, it’s Thursday!” (Which is b/c new episodes drop on Thursdays, if you hadn’t put that together.) I mean, do have anything in your life that makes you cheer for a day? Thursday nonetheless?) I binged dozens of episodes before subscribing, and that subscription is the most joyful $40 I’ve spent this miserable year. It’s hilarious and exuberant improv from the improv greats. I mean come on. I happen to be an improv student, and so I really appreciate the sweet improv-related offerings that go into the subscription. But you don’t have to be an improv student to lol to this pod.
Casey Black · Nov 2025
The bit Matt does where he shouts commentary as people in the background of the scene with different voices makes me laugh every time.
R7589 · Apr 2024
Could say a lot but I’ll just say that I’ve been listening for years and I truly cherish this podcast, and i hope it continues for the REST OF MY LIFE. If I could only listen to one podcast period it might be this one (at least for comedy) and I listen to a lot of podcasts… truly important to me.
Rocksmocker · Jan 2024
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