#137: How to Be Funnier With Peter McGraw

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2015

⏱️ 37 minutes

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It’s a question that philosophers have taken on since Aristotle. What makes something funny? Going beyond that– why do we laugh in the first place? Because if you step back and look at it, laughing is pretty dang weird. Well, my guest today on the podcast went on a world wide tour to uncover the science of humor. His name is Peter McGraw. He’s a behavioral scientist at the University of Colorado in Boulder and he’s the co-author of the book The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny. Today on the podcast Peter and I discuss the findings from his research around the world as well as in his humor lab at the University of Colorado. If you’re looking to add a bit more humor into your life, you won’t want to miss this.

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0:00.0	We're at Mika here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.5	So here's a question that's played philosopher since Airsoft.
0:20.9	You actually grappled with this question.
0:23.3	What makes something funny?
0:25.5	And for that matter, why do we laugh in the first place?
0:27.5	If you take a step back, laughing is kind of weird, right?
0:30.4	You're smiling, you're making these weird noises, you're breathing heavy.
0:34.0	What's going on there?
0:35.0	Well, my guest today went on a worldwide tour to uncover the answers to these questions.
0:40.3	His name is Peter McGraw.
0:41.8	He is a behavioral scientist at the University of Colorado.
0:45.7	And he co-wrote a book called The Humor Code.
0:48.5	He highlights all this research that's being done about humor and as well as his own research
0:53.4	that he's done on humor, figuring out what makes things funny.
0:57.0	And he actually created a humor lab at the University of Colorado to figure out scientifically
1:01.8	what makes things funny.
1:02.8	And he highlights this all in his book.
1:05.0	It's a really fun book and also you get some really great insights about humor and what
1:08.0	you can do to become funnier.
1:10.1	So today in the podcast, we're going to discuss some of the research that Peter has uncovered.
1:13.2	And we'll also talk about some practical tips that you can implement today to be a funnier
1:17.2	man.
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