Improvly Speaking

About Improvly Speaking

Dayna Gowan is a speaker, improviser, and Facilitator of Fun, and the Founder of Improvly Speaking. Each episode, she brings you golden, beautiful, delicious nuggets of wisdom about public speaking, improv, performance, creativity and anything in between. Learning public speaking and improvisation skills has changed her life and made her a more confident speaker, colleague, and friend. Listeners will be inspired to face their public speaking fears, try new things, flex their creativity muscles, and say “Yes, and…” to challenges and roadblocks in both their personal and professional lives.

Publisher

Dayna Gowan

Category

arts · comedy · education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

2 Nov 2022

Latest episode

15 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

60 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Aug 2026

   Embracing the Yes, And Moments in the Classroom, in Career Pivots, and in Life with Joe Van Haecke

   In this episode of Improvly Speaking, Dayna Gowan welcomes back Joe Van Haecke, experienced improviser, performer, and teacher, for a follow-up and check-in conversation. They talk about Joe’s journey of his career pivot, knowing when it was time to let go of a dream, and discovering his purpose in teaching. Dayna and Joe explore how the “Yes, And” moments show up everyday in the classroom and in parenting, how perfection can keep people stuck (and how improv helps people break out of ...

2. 

   24 Jul 2026

   What is ImprovCon?: Why You Can’t Miss the First-Ever Improv Convention with Chris "Jazz" Colthurst

   What if there was one place where the entire improv community could come together? That's exactly the question Chris "Jazz" Colthurst set out to answer with ImprovCon. In this episode of Improvly Speaking, Dayna Gowan chats with Jazz, the Founder and Executive Producer of ImprovCon, a convention dedicated to celebrating and advancing the entire improv ecosystem. Jazz shares about his 25-year improv journey, the surprising inspiration behind the first-ever improv convention, and why bringing i...

3. 

   5 Jun 2026

   How to Use Humor So People Listen, Connect, & Engage with Dr. Mike Cundall

   What if humor wasn’t something “extra” or “nice to have” in your work, life, and improv – but a must-have tool for connection, resilience, and wellbeing? In this episode of Improvly Speaking, Dayna Gowan sits down with Dr. Michael Cundall Jr. (better known as Dr. Mike), Professor of Philosophy, author, TEDx Speaker, and founder of Mirth Management, a company that helps people improve their workplace through humor. Dr. Mike shares the science behind humor, why humor belongs everywhere from the...

Who has been a guest on Improvly Speaking

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jessica Halem
• Matthew Krekeler
• Salma Soliman

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

21

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68