In this episode we are joined by the talented Tina Marie Serra, Salim Fadhley, Zhenya Armazov and Johanna Gustin, at Podfest Berlin with a live studio audience! The nightmare story of someone's morning routine, the phanton rain from trees in Berlin and the time Zhenya swindled a child for a game of Jenga are turned into hilarious improv skits with the sisters Hildie and Hilda, two sneaky sorceresses, a new improv podcast called What The Aphid and the turbulant tale of a family and their prized collection of boardgames. This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio. Hosted by Julia Joubert wit ..read more

This episode brings a fun but not unfamiliar change of pace: two-prov! This time we’re joined by Kevin Napier and Andrew Blumhagen of Bloodthirsty for a slow burn that gets weirder and weirder the longer you listen. Stories of smart appliances locking people in, abandoned e-scooters and Christmas Market bouncers inspire a newsworthy but unmemorable robbery, an emotional rollercoaster in a cellphone store and a festive season thug who’s been getting the wrong end of the stick this whole time. This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio. Hosted by Julia Joubert with production help from Jill ..read more

This episode of What’s The Mate brings together three familiar favourites; Angie Cornwell, Tina Joaquim and Carl Clancy. Stories of camping gone wrong, horrendous choice of advertising space, and viral videos of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz get turned into some of our favourite improv skits with little ticks and their “Blood Mothers”, political activists turned entertainers and employees who should seriously read the fineprint on their contracts. This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio. Hosted by Julia Joubert with production help from Jill Beytin. Thanks again to Tom Evans of www.part ..read more

This episode of What’s The Mate comes to you LIVE from Comedy Cafe Berlin for our Halloween Special! We bring you spooky adjacent stories about spiders scary enough to call emergency services, a skeleton who’s story doesn’t add up, and shared dreams that just don’t sit right. Our improvisers, Noah Telson, Amy Jane and Amanda King run with the tales and spin hilarious scenes throughout, all while dressed in costume with a live audience to egg them on! This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio. Thanks again to Tom Evans of Particle Sound for the theme song and to Hindenburg for their support ..read more

This episode of What’s The Mate brings together three familiar favourites; Angie Cornwell, Jenna Stone and Blake Farha of Kaleidoscope, this time under the umbrella of Macaroni Raincoat Shoe. Their choice, not ours. Stories of Yassification, pet dryers, 3D printed steaks and an unlawful house party get turned into the wackiest improv skits with bizarre magicians, a family who takes rules into their own hands and Duckie the overworked Dog. This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio. Thanks again to Tom Evans of Particle Sound for the theme song and to Hindenburg for their support. Catch Kal ..read more

In this episode of WTM we are joined by the incredibly talented Billy Mason-Wood, Alice Schmid and Noah Telson. We explore stories from the “notorious” Berlin swimming pools, bungled Amazon orders and Millennium school busses. Our improvisers take us on magical adventures featuring Elton John, soft cops, contactable rainforest dwellers, talented class presidents and *multiple* accents. This episode was brought to you by Bear Radio, produced and edited by Julia Joubert and Jill Beytin. Thank you as well, to Hindenburg and Tom Evans of Particle Sound. Looking to catch our guests live? You’ll ..read more

In this very special episode of What’s The Mate, we bring you wonderful tales from our very own Berlin, and improvisers Kevin Napier, Tina Joaquim and Blake Farha spin hilarious sketches throughout. This episode has everything: horse wars, uranium-laced fireman suits from Chernobyl, and an uppity hospital patient named Oscar. This week’s stories include Julia’s experience with the cute vintage hat that tried to kill her, the 23,000 (!!) charming gas lamps still burning in Berlin, and how Tina’s cat’s reputation at the vet precedes her…and that’s not always a good thing. This episode is broug ..read more

This episode comes to you from the Lakeside Film Festival where we were joined by Fünfdollar - featuring Caroline Clifford, Amanda King, Richard Killiam and Kieran Humphries - as well as a live audience! We hear all about the Berlin Police and their latest investment for patrolling the Spree, Julia's nightmare dog-sitting experience, Caroline's 70 000 euro transfer faux pas, and Richard's unexplained willingness to let anyone put anything into his mouth. As you can imagine, the improv that follows goes some gloriously strange places, so buckle up! Disclaimer: We at What's the Mate believe th ..read more

We’re back baby! And live from Podfest Berlin 2022! To kick off Season 4, we bring you Berlin’s newest musical-improv troupe - Jam Sandwich! Tina, Jenna, Angie, Blake, Richard and Joseph (on piano) join us LIVE to explore some of the weirder Berlin stories, including Julia’s metal-smelting ex housemate, an audience story about airport security and the team’s uneasy relationship with the German use of “hallo!”. These tales inspire some weird, wacky and gloriously catchy improvised skits - take a listen! This episode was brought to you by Bear Radio, with support from Podfest Berlin 2022, Hi ..read more

This week we are joined by the uber talented and brilliantly funny Steindór Jónsson, Andrea Andrésdottir and Carl Clancy aka A North Atlantic Extravaganza! They turned the true story of Germany’s scheme to pay Refugees to return home into a tale of Viking treks and weird Icelandic accents. “The Berlin Effect” inspired the creation of a Startup with rabid dogs & a no-pants policy and, a cat so large he needed two X-Rays introduced us to the fact that apparently Irish folk don’t understand the concept of a euphemism. As always, this episode is brought to you by Bear Radio, with support from ..read more