Monster Baby: A Curious Romp Through the Worlds of Mindfulness and Improvisation

Monster Baby: A Curious Romp Through the Worlds of Mindfulness and Improvisation


Latest Episodes

Monster Baby #107 Getting Engaged
May 09, 2024

What does it mean to be engaged? Big news from Monster Baby land: Lisa got engaged! For Episode, #107 she and Ted take the opportunity to explore just what that meansboth in a marital sense and in an

Monster Baby #106 The Eyes Have It
December 13, 2023

How often do YOU hold eye contact? Why or why not? If youre like Ted and Lisa of the Monster Baby Podcast, theres a lot therefor both mindfulness and improvwithin the world and practice of eye con

Monster Baby #105 Kickin’ It Back Up!
November 14, 2023

Whats been cooking in Ted and Lisas improv and mindfulness kitchen over this last while? Its been a few months since the Monster Baby crew gathered for an episode so its time to get caught up! Ted

Monster Baby #104 Clanging! (A Conversation with Dion Flynn and Josh Radnor)
February 08, 2023

How does a silly verbal tennis match become a profound spiritual practice? Inspired by the intro Clanging game they played on the immediately previous Monster Baby episode #103, Ted and Lisa invi

Monster Baby #103 You Contain Multitudes (Considering Identity)
December 21, 2022

Who are you? Answering that question well may require more angles than we usually think of. After starting with a delightful new game (Clanging, introduced by Dion Flynn and Josh Radnor) (2:25), Ted

Monster Baby #102 The Joy of Collective Imagination: A Conversation with Dan Klein
October 31, 2022

Its so fun to make stuff up together! Thats one of the truths that Ted and Lisa uncover in conversation with their dear friend, Dan Klein, master teacher of improvisation in the drama, Graduate Scho

Monster Baby #101 RE: Relaxation
August 17, 2022

What if we putrelaxation first? Inspired by mindfulness practitioner Bill Morgans book, The Meditators Dilemma, Ted and Lisa explore the value of putting relaxation in front of other forms of med

Monster Baby #100 Celebrating the 100th Episode!
May 18, 2022

Time for a celebration and retrospectiveMonster Baby reaches 1oo episodes! Welcome to the party, peopleMonster Baby has reached a milestone! In honor of this, the 100th episode of Ted and Lisas cu

Monster Baby #99 Freestyle Life Supreme (A Conversation with Larry Dorsey, Jr.)
March 06, 2022

Rhythm and improvised poetry can lift the highs and heal the lows. For Monster Baby Podcast episode #99, Ted and Lisa link up with San Francisco freestyler, improvisor, music-maker, comedian, actor, L

Monster Baby #98 Coming Home
December 22, 2021

What makes a home home? Sparked by Lisas move into a new apartment, she and Ted consider the many elements that go into feeling at home. The two warm up with a playful new spontaneity game called