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Tag: The Humor Code

Truth Or Truth With Jill Cohen

Truth Or Truth With Jill Cohen SOLO 142 | Single Living

  Peter McGraw invites Jill Cohen, a remarkable solo and frequent contributor to the podcast, back into the Solo Studio. They play “Truth or Truth,” where they ask each other questions about single living and pursuing a remarkable life. — Listen to Episode #142 here   Truth Or Truth With Jill Cohen In this episode, I […]

Cheap Transformations with Todd Glass

Cheap Transformations with Todd Glass

  Todd Glass started comedy at age 16. He has performed stand-up on The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel, and Conan O’Brian. You can see his recent special “Act Happy” on Netflix. — Listen to Episode #81 here Cheap Transformations with Todd Glass Our guest is Todd Glass. Todd started comedy at age sixteen in Philadelphia […]

Searching For Magnificent Obsessives with Joel Warner

Searching For Magnificent Obsessives with Joel Warner

  Joel Warner is an award-winning former staff writer for Westword and International Business Times who’s been published in Esquire, WIRED, Newsweek, Men’s Journal, Men’s Health, Bloomberg Businessweek, Popular Science, and Slate. He’s co-author of The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny published by Simon & Schuster in 2014 and author […]

Being A Professional with Mark Masters

Being A Professional with Mark Masters

  Mark Masters is a comedian based in Denver, Colorado. He specializes in clean material and has performed in showcases in New York City and Miami. He is just kicking off his career and recently published a book, Not Good Yet, that addresses his first six months as a comic. — Listen to Episode #66 […]

Another Benign Violation: Roast Me

Being publicly degraded is distressing.  However, a popular subreddit on Reddit, /r/roastme, is populated by people asking to get roasted by  strangers. The results are… pretty funny. actually: The Benign Violation Theory helps explain what makes this process so funny. Humor arises when something is wrong yet okay, threatening yet safe, or what we call a […]

Launch!

As you probably know, I’ve been working with a journalist, Joel Warner, on a book about the science of humor. After years of work, The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny hits bookstores today. This is not an April Fool’s joke. During our travels we questioned experts, from Louis C.K. to […]