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#26 Social design and Invisible Privilege | Risa Puno of The Privilege of Escape
Immersion Nation Podcast - November 08, 2019 23:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe often think of people as so individual, so removed from their context. As individuals. But try as we might, we are.. the constantly shifting point that sits at the intersection of our internal identity and our external environment. And if you think about the curve of human history, this f...
#25 Soundbaths, soundscapes, and flourishing experiments with Andrew Hoepfner of House World
Immersion Nation Podcast - November 01, 2019 17:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe word ‘soundscape’ seems to get lobbed around haphazardly, kind of like a half deflated football picked up out of a sense of obligation around the Thanksgiving season. However, the idea of a ‘soundscape’ seems to have a bit more vigor when applied more literally to an immersive experience. Es...
#24 Possession, Regret, and The Cutting Room Floor with Patrick Mueller of Control Group Productions
Immersion Nation Podcast - October 25, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis is a season of the surreal. On some certain, inexplicable terms we find ourselves drawn to the ethereal, the supernatural, the unknown, and the misunderstood. At the intersection of all these things lies The Cutting Room Floor. The Cutting Room Floor is not a traditional haunt, no. This...
#24 Possession, Regret, and The Cutting Room Floor with Patrick Mueller of Control Group Productions
Immersion Nation Podcast - October 25, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis is a season of the surreal. On some certain, inexplicable terms we find ourselves drawn to the ethereal, the supernatural, the unknown, and the misunderstood. At the intersection of all these things lies The Cutting Room Floor. The Cutting Room Floor is not a traditional haunt, no. This...
#23 The Heightened Mystery of Poe’s Passing With Aaron Salazar of Poseidon Theatre company
Immersion Nation Podcast - October 18, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsOn the date of this recording, 170 years ago, Edgar Allan Poe died. It is disputed exactly how Poe died, and why. But there is a theory... Now, if you were to find yourself in manhattan 50 years ago, you might also find a group of young adults, gathered in a basement with Poe’s words eager on t...
#22 Privilege, Play, and Starting conversations with Risa Puno of The Privilege of Escape
Immersion Nation Podcast - October 11, 2019 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA door has opened with the rise of immersive experience. Immersive experience can be fun, and wondrous, mind bending, but it can also aid incredible empathy in a way that very few other things can. The privilege of escape is an escape room and an experience that uses this fact to address the r...
#21 The value of play pt. 1
Immersion Nation Podcast - October 04, 2019 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhy is play important? What is the value of play? Well, today’s episode of the immersion Nation Podcast is a little bit different. This is the first in a series of mini episodes that we’re going to be releasing periodically in place of our normal interviews. We’ve been asking guests of the I...
# 20 The playful experience of chaos with Jessica Creane of IKantKoan
Immersion Nation Podcast - September 28, 2019 00:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsOn May 18th, 2019, Ikantkoan Games founder Jessica Creane took the TED stage, under unusual circumstances, to give a talk about chaos theory. She explained that as a game designer, she takes complex systems and turns them into “playful interactive experiences” Today, Jessica joins the show to t...
#19 Invisible but not hidden: Wellness and the transformation economy with Melinda Lauw of Whisperlodge
Immersion Nation Podcast - September 20, 2019 22:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsOn a humid August night in williamsburg brooklyn, Melinda Lauw, cofounder of the genre creating asmr experience, Whisperlodge, took the stage at new york immersive night. Melinda explained that she thought of immersive experience as a kind of wellness practice. At that moment I was sitting in th...
#18 Hallowed Haunt: Inside a nationally acclaimed haunted experience: Dwayne Sanburn of The 13th Gate
Immersion Nation Podcast - September 13, 2019 11:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn Baton Rouge, Louisiana, sitting just off the bank of the mississippi river is The 13th Gate. A repeatedly nationally acclaimed haunted house and escape room. The founder and owner -an understated multi-medium master- Dwayne Sanburn joins the podcast to discuss the experience that has repeated...
#17 Mimes, Accidental Immersion, and the Power of Story: Billy Angel of Story Works
Immersion Nation Podcast - September 06, 2019 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsStories are trust. They create understanding and shared meaning. Stories are the fabric of culture so it is befitting that Billy Angel has carved his path through the world with his stories. From the Netherlands, to the UK, to the co-founding of Story Works in the United States. In this conve...
#16 Fluid identity, empathy, and the struggle to understand: CoAct Productions
Immersion Nation Podcast - August 30, 2019 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIdentity is a complex topic under the best of circumstances. We are often defined by the invisible scripts we learned so long ago we forget we’re even reciting lines. The Severance Theory casts you in the role of someone contending with DID. Dissociative Identity Disorder, commonly known as mult...
#15 What does it mean to be human?: Ben Cox of Trailblazer Productions
Immersion Nation Podcast - August 23, 2019 11:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsImagine if human touch were a felony. What would that world look like? Ben Cox of Trailblazer Productions is exploring this question in his productions of TOUCH & TOUCH: INCARNATION. Ben joins the Immersion Nation Podcast for an adventure through dystopian futures, cultural change, and the prese...
#14 Carnivals, crowns, and learning the power to change: Caroline Murphy of Incantrix productions
Immersion Nation Podcast - August 15, 2019 12:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAny who have truly lost themselves in an immersive experience have glimpsed the potential of immersion as a whole. Caroline Murphy -co-founder of Incantrix production- discusses this potential, and the cause behind the air of wonder and openness that often follows audiences out the doors, after...
Mini-Episode #13.5 New and upcoming with Windy City Playhouse
Immersion Nation Podcast - August 12, 2019 19:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWindy City Playhouse has so much coming up, we pulled this clip out of the conversation in Episode 13 to try out a new format. If you have not heard Ep. 13, you can check that out here: And, of course, you can DM Immersion Nation on Instagram if you have any thoughts, questions, comments, or ...
#13 Emotional realism, being first, and the infinite learning curve: Amy Rubenstein of Windy City Playhouse
Immersion Nation Podcast - August 08, 2019 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAmy Rubenstein is in many ways the metaphorical tip of the spear within the burgeoning world of immersive theater in Chicago. As the artistic director of Windy City Playhouse, Amy explains the path to creating a bracingly lifelike visage of 1960’s Georgia in their recent show, Southern Gothic. ...
#12 Data Privacy and Immersive for social good: Justin Fyles of Any One Thing
Immersion Nation Podcast - August 01, 2019 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAny One Thing, can be thought of as similar to the futuristic Netflix series, ‘Black Mirror’ (excluding episode 1, for any who stopped there). Subtracting a heavy portion of darkness, ‘Any One Thing’ (or A1T) explores the edge of what could be possible with technology, today, or in the very...
# 11 Game VS. Story, A love tale: Haley and Cameron Cooper of Strange Bird Immersive.
Immersion Nation Podcast - July 25, 2019 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt’s rare that you find an actor in an escape room. It’s even more rare to discover that the actor doesn’t detract from you an experience, but helps create it. Cameron and Haley, are masters of this very thing. Madame Daphne guides you through a seance in attempt to contact the ghost of Harry Ho...
# 11 Game VS. Story, A love tale: Haley and Cameron Cooper of Strange Bird Immersive.
Immersion Nation Podcast - July 25, 2019 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt’s rare that you find an actor in an escape room. It’s even more rare to discover that the actor doesn’t detract from you an experience, but helps create it. Cameron and Haley, are masters of this very thing. Madame Daphne guides you through a seance in attempt to contact the ghost of Harry Ho...
#10 VR, AI, and the edge of immersive media: Pete Billington of Fable Studio
Immersion Nation Podcast - July 18, 2019 09:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings“I’m absolutely convinced that the best way to learn is through play” Fable Studios has created a piece of Immersive storytelling that is pushing the boundaries of both technology and immersion as a creative medium; Wolves In the walls. A Virtual Reality story based on the book, Wolves in the W...
#9 building curiosity: Inside a world class escape room- Allie Jorde & Eliza’bot’ Sonder of Palace Games
Immersion Nation Podcast - July 11, 2019 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPalace games has been deemed the best escape room in the country. Based in the immersive tech capital, San Francisco they push to blur the lines between reality and fiction in their brilliantly engineered rooms. Adding to the environment, they are actually built into the San Fran palace of fine ...
#8 You are seen, you are essential: Relearning play with -The Speakeasy Society’s artistic directors
Immersion Nation Podcast - July 03, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsFor 7 years Artistic Directors Genevieve Gearhart, Julianne Just, and Matthew Bamberg-Johnson of the Speakeasy society have shown LA’s immersive community the evolution of an artform. With more experience than most working in the LA area, they have a unique understanding of the word ‘play’ and ...
#7 Candles, memory, and the value of new perspective -Christoff Visscher
Immersion Nation Podcast - June 27, 2019 14:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDescription: An immersive experience based on memory and scent. Christoff Visscher has learned how to harness the link between nostalgia and our sense of smell to create emotionally resonant stories, worlds, and perspective. Through Cantrip Candles and Tales By Candlelight, he is exploring the ...
#6 Opting out, consent, and the Immersive revolution -Spencer Williams
Immersion Nation Podcast - June 20, 2019 14:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDescription: Spencer Williams has followed a common thread. From documentary, to haunted corn mazes, to boutique immersive experiences for only 1 to 3 guests. The desire to watch a story, a world, a new perspective unfold brought him to the front edge of immersive entertainment. Creating Walk...
#5 Magic realism, one-on-ones, and the shape of change -Spencer Williams
Immersion Nation Podcast - June 12, 2019 15:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSpencer Williams has followed a common thread. From documentary, to haunted corn mazes, to boutique immersive experiences for only 1 to 3 guests. The desire to watch a story, a world, a new perspective unfold brought him to the front edge of immersive entertainment. Creating Walk the Night Imm...
#4 Police helicopters, rigid narratives, and the barrier to entry -Lauren Ludwig and Monica Miklas
Immersion Nation Podcast - June 06, 2019 14:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMonica Miklas and Lauren Ludwig travel through the fringe, to the front lines of immersive entertainment. Encountering overzealous onlookers, confused law enforcement, and a lifelong frustration with the 4th wall; they solve the problems that come with being on the front edge of a new wave. Base...
#4 Police helicopters, rigid narratives, and the barrier to entry -Lauren Ludwig and Monica Miklas
Immersion Nation Podcast - June 06, 2019 14:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMonica Miklas and Lauren Ludwig travel through the fringe, to the front lines of immersive entertainment. Encountering overzealous onlookers, confused law enforcement, and a lifelong frustration with the 4th wall; they solve the problems that come with being on the front edge of a new wave. Base...
#3 Surplus reality, cultural communication, and the ancient roots of immersion -Marcia Angel
Immersion Nation Podcast - May 30, 2019 21:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMarcia Angel, Cofounder of Story Works, has been working in both drama and psychology for more than 3 decades. Her staple event, Playback Improv, is one of the oldest most personally impactful vehicles for immersive experience. Originating in Nepal, playback mirrors the stories of the audience t...
#2 VR baptism, improv endings, and the state of play -Ian Mckneely & Austen Anderson
Immersion Nation Podcast - May 24, 2019 21:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIan McNeely & Austen Anderson are the shakespearean trained, co-founders of Broken Ghost immersives. Deploying a seemingly infinite supply of creativity, they create experiences that cater to any type of player. They have created The Bunker, and Rogue’s Gallery, and formerly the wake. Multi-la...
#1 Rebellious acting, Wonka marketing, and 'Wolverine' on broadway -Scott Cramton
Immersion Nation Podcast - May 23, 2019 15:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsScott Cramton is the founder of American Immersion Theater with over 1,000 immersive shows under his belt. Over the course of 15 years Scott has developed and refined socially immersive experiences. Scott was born with a cleft palate and -naturally- chose to act professionally. Often, one’s g...
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