Improvised TED Talks | Kory Mathewson & Julian Faid | TEDxUAlberta

With slides they've never seen before, and topics drawn from the audience, Kory and Julian improvise TED talks. In this uproarious video, watch both navigate their proposed topics and slide sets with made up facts and uncited research. Kory Mathewson is a polymath and an improvisor. Sharing the stage with top improvisors from across Canada, the United States, and Europe, Kory is a tour de force of improvisational prowess. He has been invited to perform at the Montreal Improv Festival, the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas, the Bellingham Improv Festival, Rapid Fire Theatre’s Improvaganza in Edmon- ton, and served as Artist in Residence at the Curious Comedy Theatre in Portland, Oregon. He performs as part of Rapid Fire Theatre’s TEDxRFT, 6 Degrees of Science and Off Book: The Improvised Musical, and Theatresports and Maestro shows. Julian Faid is a senior company member with Rapid Fire and has performed in weekly improv shows for over thirteen years. He has taught all levels of improvisational training through Rapid Fire Theaters workshop programs and has taught one-off workshops in Calgary, Vancouver, and Wellington, New Zealand. Julian has traveled to improv festivals across North America in cities such as Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Vancouver, Atlanta and Los Angeles. He was also nominated for “Best in Show” at the New Zealand Comedy Festival in Auckland New Zealand. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx