How comedy helps us deal with hard truths | Roy Wood Jr.

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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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There's a saying that comedy is tragedy plus time. Perhaps that's why some of our biggest problems feel easiest to manage with a dose of humor. Comedian, journalist and actor Roy Wood Jr. has spent his career finding the silly in the serious and using this tactic to influence real change. Listen in to learn how you can tap into the powers of humor in your own life. (This conversation, hosted by comedian Chris Duffy, was part of an exclusive TED Membership event. TED Membership is the best way to support and engage with the big ideas you love from TED. To learn more, visit ted.com/membership.)

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:09.6	I'm Elise Hugh.
0:10.6	It's Ted Talks Daily.
0:11.6	Something a little different today, a Ted membership conversation between the Emmy-nominated
0:15.7	comedian Roy Wood Jr. and another comedian, Chris Duffy, who hosts the Ted Podcast,
0:21.6	How to Be a Better Human.
0:23.1	The two of them cover how the most important social issues and comedy intersect.
0:28.0	How to use humor and how to leave a legacy with our work all after the break.
0:35.1	We all have bad days, and sometimes bad weeks, and maybe even bad years.
0:39.8	But the good news is we don't have to figure out life all alone.
0:43.2	I'm comedian Chris Duffy, host of Ted's How to Be a Better Human Podcast.
0:47.4	And our show is about the little ways that you can improve your life, actual practical
0:51.0	tips that you can put into place that will make your day to day better.
0:54.7	Whether it is setting boundaries at work or rethinking how you clean your house, each
0:58.9	episode has conversations with experts who share tips on how to navigate life's ups and
1:03.8	downs.
1:04.8	Find how to be a better human wherever you're listening to this.
1:09.2	You know, for a lot of us, the world can feel like a really chaotic place.
1:13.3	There are so many things happening all over the world, all at once.
1:16.8	And with cable news and the internet and social media, we have access to all of it.
1:21.2	And while there are a lot of good things, peppered in there, so much of the information
1:24.7	we get can feel big and heavy and weighty, which is why for many of us, the preferred way
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