Is there a scientific formula for funny?

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2013

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Recorded live at the Los Angeles PodFest, this episode of SYSK delves into the longstanding attempt to break down what humans find funny into a scientifically reproducible formula. Join Josh and Chuck as they examine just why this extremely unfunny quest

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.3	Brought to you by the all new 2014 Toyota Corolla.
0:35.7	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Stuff You Should Know!
0:46.7	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:48.2	I'm Josh Clark with me as always, this Charles W. Chuck Bryant and with us, as not always,
0:54.3	is all of you guys here at LAPARCASFET.
0:57.4	It's a little unusual.
1:04.6	We've only done this a couple times before.
1:06.6	Yeah, a little South by Southwest.
1:08.3	Yeah, Comic Con.
1:09.3	A little Comic Con?
1:10.1	Yeah.
1:10.6	And now Podcast FET.
1:11.5	That's right.
1:12.6	And we've got a pretty good crew here, good group I can tell just by the looks of you guys.
1:18.1	And we've got a very special treat for all of you listeners at home.
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