Kurt Andersen and actor Alan Arkin talk about why artists love to improvise — and how all of us improvise as well, whether we know it or not. Hear how spontaneity challenged the starched 1950s, how a jazz pianist’s brain moves ahead of his hands, and discover the strange methods behind improv comedy.
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