PvI#117: Mark and Mary in the Triboobal Aftermath

PvI#117: Mark and Mary in the Triboobal Aftermath

From Philosophy vs. Improv by Mark Linsenmayer

May 19, 2026 · 53 min · Season 5 · Episode 117

About this episode

Mark and Mary discuss the lessons learned from a previous episode and explore themes of comfort zones, fear, and professionalism.

We are REELING from our REDACTED episode , and so we talk about the lessons we learned from that and start thinking about what it is to be out of one’s comfort zone: How do fear and ego issues interact? Is playfulness a lack of professionalism? Are both arrogance and humility products of fear? Plus, cutting-edge surgery reality shows, Schrödinger’s hostile cat and Dr. Brenda’s sentient food samples, Bishop Jim vs. Trudy the Innocent, and more! Image note : The prompt for MidJourney was “a three-breasted angry cat, as if drawn by a child.” This was the only one of eight options that gave me three of anything. Clearly MidJourney is not down with three-boob fetishism. You can choose to watch this unedited on YouTube : Hear more PvI . Support the podcast to get an ad-free experience and all our bonus content, which including the Redacted episode and (for most episodes) post-game chatter.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Linsenmayer

Guest: Mary

Topics covered

  • comfort zone
  • fear
  • ego
  • playfulness
  • arrogance
  • humility
  • surgery reality shows

Keywords

  • comfort zone
  • fear
  • ego
  • playfulness
  • arrogance
  • humility
  • surgery shows
  • sentient food
  • angry cat

Mentioned in this episode

Products: cutting-edge surgery reality shows

Books & works: MidJourney

Places: Triboobal

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