Isolation Conversations w/ Ben & Jenn

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Two friends and improvisers talk to folks stuck at home during the Coronavirus pandemic. They’re trying to find normalcy and humor in a not funny situation.

Jenn Bianchi


    • Oct 5, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 34m AVG DURATION
    • 32 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Isolation Conversations w/ Ben & Jenn

    Babies don't know with Meredith Fowler

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 30:57


    New mom Meredith talks with Ben and Jenn how having a baby is the best distraction from the world being a mess.

    Hobbies make the man with Gregory Phillips

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 43:49


    Popular dad about town Gregory Phillips talks with Ben and Jenn about all the hobbies he's started since this whole mess started.

    Surprise... It's Covid w/ Meredith Armstrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 45:08


    ER nurse Meredith Armstrong talks to Ben & Jenn about having Covid and taking care of patients in the before and during times.

    What to do when being social isn't working w/ Debby Olavarria

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 27:35


    She's not just a Social Butterfly but a Social Worker!

    All Al needs is another box fan w/ Alrinthea Carter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 33:22


    Al is our favorite multi tasker with nothing to task these past few months.

    Much to my husband's chagrin I've discovered Animal Crossing w/ Jesse Gephart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 30:04


    Ben and Jenn chat with Jesse Gephart about Theater online and raising chickens.  *Recorded 5.14.20

    Being an extrovert is real hard w/ James Machiels *recorded 5.13

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 29:46


    James has never met a stranger and you already want him to be your best friend. *Also this episode was recorded before the necessary protests that followed George Floyd's death.

    Keeping the shark in motion w/ Kelli Thomas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020 28:58


    What's a girl to do in quarantine when she is the kind of person that refuses to just sit down? Kelli talks to Ben and Jenn about keeping moving and keeping busy in these weird times.

    If not healthy, I'm at least sturdy w/ Bianca Casusol

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 37:15


    Bianca talks to Ben & Jenn about what its like to have probably had Covid-19. Then doesn't want to talk about it and wants laughter instead.

    You don't understand how it feels w/ Rebecca Jackson-Artis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 78:04


    This is a very special episode where our guest, who is a writer, comedian, and activist, Rebecca Jackson-Artis expresses an important outlook on life that our very white hosts will never really understand.

    Tigers, Lemurs, and a light up banjo w/ Brett Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 38:27


    She's an actor, comedian, and tiger expert!  What more do you need in a guest?

    Adam Mundy... a man who makes memories for a living

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 31:01


    Ben and Jenn chat with perhaps the most laid back guy on the east coast Adam F'n Mundy.

    When all else fails become a Pastor w/ Michael Shannon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 32:53


    This week's episode is with Michael Shannon who is a career grief councilor and Pastor in Chapel Hill NC.

    Ben's back from Alaska & Jenn broke her damn arm

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 31:42


    Ben & Jenn start season two of the podcast by reconnecting after a couple weeks apart!

    Nashville is a small town w/ Amanda Quinton

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 28:16


    Amanda Quinton talks with Ben and Jenn about how social distancing puts a real hurtin' on the business of music in Nashville TN.  

    I was a doomsday prepper without realizing it. w/ Mandy Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 27:48


    Mandy tells Ben & Jenn how she unknowingly has been preparing for shelter in place her whole life.

    Break on through to THE OTHER SIDE ACADEMY w/ Beau Clark

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 30:34


    Beau speaks to Ben & Jenn about what its like self isolating with 100 other people.

    Push forward and say YES! w/ Elizabeth Byland

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 34:55


    EB aka Elizabeth Byland might be the most positive person you will ever meet. Ben & Jenn are definitely better for having interviewed her!

    He's always been essential but now he's deemed so by the Government w/ Andy Livengood

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 27:16


    Theater 99 in Charleston's Andy Livengood talks to Ben & Jenn about his new take on his one man show Butcher Stories in a time of Covid.

    There's something wrong with my family w/ Caroline Cotter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 27:21


    Ben and Jenn talk to Caroline about all the crafts she's getting into. She says its a family trait and its also comforting. Who can argue with that?

    Kids are growing up in the pocket of Big Cup w/ Jeremy Alder

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 30:09


    Ben & Jenn talked to the Patron Saint of Twitter Jeremy Alder who admits that he is motivated by pure rage. You wouldn't know it by talking to him cause he legit is the nicest guy.

    Keep the humans in the parking lot w/ Dr. Andy Roark

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 40:54


    Dr Andy tells us all about life as Vet, painting by numbers, and how to deal with rearranging a major networking conference.

    Doctors can't say “We don't know what the F*CK it is” w/ Walter Ezell

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 37:59


    Retiree and Alchemy photographer legend Walter Ezell tells us what it's like staying busy in a world where everything he loves is shut down.

    Cops know the difference between real blood and GWAR blood w/ Brian James O'Connell

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 39:47


    Brian James O'Connell is a filmmaker, improviser, and all around great dude.  Ben & Jenn talk to BOC about sheltering in place in this weird time out in LA.  We also talk about how to find joy in Southern colloquialisms which means, especially for improvisers, that this was one heck of a rioting interview!

    Daily Activities with Jill Bernard

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2020 24:40


    Ben and Jenn talk to HUGE Theater's own Jill Bernard in Minneapolis.  She talks to us about making her weekly online show "Dumb Machine", teaching via zoom, and the importance of Fallout 4.  

    JoAnna Exotic herself just wants more cats with Jennie Stencel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 27:55


    Jennie Stencel is the owner and operator of The Idiot Box in Greensboro NC. Home of the North Carolina Comedy Festival which, because of The Coronavirus, is being postponed.

    Being a person of interest AND “A person under investigation” with Linnie Wheeless

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 28:30


    Linnie talks with Ben & Jenn about taking the Coronavirus test and the many adventures she has been on.

    A Nurse Practitioner tells us to stay the F*ck home w/ Cleo Estrera

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 29:20


    In this episode we talk with Cleo Estrera about the difficulties in getting tested in the early days of Covid-19.  We also talk about corgi butts.  And lets face it we all need more cute dog photos in our lives!

    Is a dishwasher a washing machine? with Jason Farr

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2020 31:27


    Jason Farr is taking his quarantine very serious and urges us to as well.

    Covid Montage scenes with Cale Evans

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 28:35


    Mr Cale Evans plays with Improv Charlotte, Now are the Foxes, and Queen City Comedy Experience. He explains the importance of family, bocci ball, conference call improv and most importantly MONTAGES!

    FOMO with Meg Pierson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 38:56


    This episode of Isolation Conversations we talk with Meg Pierson about sheltering in place away from Brooklyn and in her hometown of Greenville S.C.  She wants wine and a bathtub ya'll... just like every other kid that fell in love with Daryl Hannah in SPASH.  

    Isolation Conversations with Ben & Jenn

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 35:46


    Hey, stuck-at-home buddies!  We're Ben Burris and Jenn Bianchi, two at-home improvisers who are taking some time to ask fellow comedians, friends, and acquaintances a few questions about life in the Covid-19 pandemic.  This first episode is just a "Hey Howdy" introduction with your hosts.  *Also, apologies cause it's a little crackly.  We promise that is fixed for future episodes.   Ben Burris is one of the founders and former Artistic Director of Alchemy Comedy Theater in Greenville, S.C.  When he's not doing comedy or spending time with his family, he's at his day job as an engineer who works in the safety and automation field.  As of the start of this podcast, he is in isolation in Alaskan state quarantine at a hotel in Anchorage.   Jenn Bianchi is an improviser, teacher, and producer at The PIT-Chapel Hill.  She is the founder of the all-female improv team The Land Mermaids, a member of Elegant Peirogies at The PIT-Chapel Hill, and a member of Now Are the Foxes in Charlotte, NC.  When not doing improv she works as a Marketing Director for a life sciences consulting firm.  She loves her husband and stepson but most importantly her dog Basil.  

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