Podcast appearances and mentions of harold commission

This week, James and Rob are joined by Jewel-Osco Employee of the Month Lauren Williams! They talk about Halloween, The Teenagers, Del Awards, being on the Harold Commission, and watching thousands of hours of improv shows.    Follow Lauren on instagram @ lauren_laurax   Becoming a member at the Devil's Daughter Patreon!   As always, please rate, review, and subscribe. 

On this week's episode, James and Rob sit down with one of the best: Molly Jones! They talk about Hitchcocktails, Clued In, improv structure, the pure Harold, what's it like to be on the Harold Commission, and surprising yourself.    See Molly on stage in Hitch*Cocktails, Clued In, and with her Harold Team Gone Gone. Follow her on instagram @ mollyjones611 and on twitter @ JonesMolly   As always, please rate, review, and subscribe. 

JIMMY PENNINGTON and ROSIE MOAN bicker and banter...then get real as shit on the newest PopFury. The first hour they vulgarly chat about the Women's March on Washington, Silence Retreats, Red Line EL confrontations and the new Monopoly pieces. Then they pivot into an honest and in-depth discussion of sexual harassment, misogyny and theater polices in the Chicago improv community. SHOW NOTES 0:00 Intro 1:15 Jimmy quit smoking...and replaced it chewing tobacco. He’s also way into working out now. Rosie and Sammy dive into his addictive personality. 8:20 Jimmy has quit Twitter and cable news in the wake of the election. Jimmy goes on a long Vietnam War jeremiad. “I’m trying to remain positive because I feel like a real shit…” 16:00 Rosie is attending the Women’s March on Washington this weekend...but not really due to poor planning. 20:00 Jimmy is considering attending a 10-day non-verbal silent camp retreat. 25:00 Rosie and her boyfriend Ben slept on an uneven bed for 2 years.  “I imagined her beating me up in my own fantasy.” 28:20 Rosie shares two horrible Red Line stories: a man pooping on her train car and being verbally (and physically) harassed by a homeless woman. She is thoroughly non-confrontational. 36:50 She is on a new health kick this January. 40:00 Goat Yoga is a thing. Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus is closing. “A goat cornered my mom and I think was trying to have sex with her!” 45:00 Hasbro is letting the internet decide its new Monopoly playing pieces.  49:15 Sammy reads Jimmy's final tweets...including Jimmy’s angry tweet response to an improvisor’s poor taste social media joke about someone’s passing. 56:15 Jimmy and Rosie deep dive into the uncomfortable topics of sexual harassment, misogyny, teachers dating students and institutional policies in the Chicago improv scene. We briefly touch on the Profiles Theater controversy. Sammy asks Rosie, who is on iO’s Harold Commission, if things are actually better now.  1:24:00 Outro Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode of the PopFury Podcast, please subscribe and rate us on iTunes or Stitcher! You can also listen to PopFury on Google Play Music! 

Matt Higbee is well-respected teacher and improviser at iO-Chicago with a huge following. He talks to Jimmy about the hard part of being on the Harold Commission, which decides which teams get to play and which teams are broken up; being bounced around and cut from teams when he started out; and why it's important to study one method of improvisation at a time.