An Unlikely Pairing of Comedy and Policy | OAS Episode 194
Tane Danger, co-founder of Minnesota’s Theater of Public Policy, is the keynote speaker at this year's professional development seminar for two legislative staff groups. On the podcast, he discussed how the skills you need for improv, such as careful listening, are also skills that can help in a legislative environment.
NCSL Podcasts · Tane Danger, Ed Smith
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Show Notes
Improv comedy may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of public policy, but Tane Danger suggests maybe it should be. Danger is the keynote speaker at this year's professional development seminar for two legislative staff groups—the Research Editorial, Legal and Committee Staff (RELACS) and the Legislative Research Librarians (LRL). The meeting is Sept. 19-22 in Minneapolis and at the state Capitol in St. Paul.
Danger co-founded the Theater of Public Policy in Minnesota, which combines serious public policy discussion with improv comedy. On the podcast, he discussed how the skills you need for improv, such as careful listening, are also skills that can help in a legislative environment. He also laid out how his two-day presentation to the legislative staff groups will involve both a talk and a workshop.
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