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May 4, 2026
How Applied Improvisation Develops and Reinforces Interpersonal Skills
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Alun BeddingHOST
You know, how did you get into improv and then realize this is something that we can do as statisticians, as leaders?
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3:25Richard ZinkGUEST
Starting off, I've always been a fan of improv, and I was a huge fan growing up of Whose Line Is It Anyway? I started watching the British version on Comedy Central when I was in high school, and I always thought it was hilarious.
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3:43Richard ZinkGUEST
I was always amazed at how they could just come up with this stuff off the top of their head, and I never really thought about it much beyond that other than just a way of trying to be funny or entertaining.
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3:56Richard ZinkGUEST
And I think maybe eight or nine years ago, I don't remember the exact year, but I was listening to a podcast, the WTF Podcast with Ma- Mark Maron, and he was having an interview discussion with Alan Alda, who's an actor.
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4:12Richard ZinkGUEST
He was famously in MASH, and he hosted Scientific American Discoveries for a long time.
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4:18Richard ZinkGUEST
And he was talking about how scientists, when hosting this show, he would have these discussions with scientists, and he'd be really interested in what they were saying.
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