Understanding and laughter flow as McCarthy Center Lecture helps get Disagreeing Better initiative underway
Danger Boat performed their Theater of Public Policy show on the St. John’s University campus on September 19th. Tane Danger interviewed Washington University professor of Law, John Inazu, about his latest book, “Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences With Empathy and Respect”.
Human Connection as a Political Cudgel
Recently, a photo from one of our past shows was used to score political points. Co-Founder Tane Danger wrote about how he felt about that for the Star Tribune.
T2P2’s Tane Danger: ‘If there was ever a time when we needed each other, it’s now’
Where can you go for advice in a crisis? Ask an improviser. No, really. Who is better at making things up on the fly? At solving problems with the tools and materials at hand? Who is most willing to try the untried?
Exploring issues with improv, the Theater of Public Policy is seriously funny
The swingingest mayoral debate in the history of Minneapolis went down last October at the Bryant-Lake Bowl.
Perched on stools on the tiny stage, six of the leading candidates took questions from a bow-tied young moderator whose earnest demeanor couldn't hide his whip-smart political savvy.
Move Over, Stewart and Colbert: Meet The Millennial Duo Mining Public Policy For Laughs
Like many Millennials, Tane Danger and Brandon Boat think politics are a joke, except this twosome mean that literally. They're the brains behind The Theater of Public Policy, a Minneapolis-based improv troupe that focuses on lampooning political issues both local and national.