Manoush's Favorites: Painfully Funny

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We're hard at work on new episodes of the TED Radio Hour, which will start rolling out in March. In the meantime, new host Manoush Zomorodi shares some of her favorite episodes of the show. This episode originally aired on March 24, 2017. Humans have a capacity to laugh even in the hardest of times. This hour, TED speakers describe how they use humor as a weapon and a shield, to ward off doubt, discrimination, and even depression. Guests include comedians Sandi Toksvig, Maysoon Zayid, Negin Farsad, and Kevin Breel.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Manouche Zomerode here.
0:02.4	If you haven't heard, I am the new host of the Ted Radio Hour.
0:06.0	And our team is hard at work on a ton of new episodes
0:09.2	and you'll start hearing those in March.
0:11.5	But until then, I wanted to share some of my favorite episodes
0:15.1	of the show from the past seven years.
0:17.7	So on today's show, we're talking about humor.
0:21.6	We all know humor is a natural coping mechanism
0:24.0	to deal with pain or just the general chaos of life.
0:27.4	In this episode, we'll hear from comedians
0:29.5	who have all used humor to pull themselves out
0:32.7	of some pretty dark moments.
0:35.2	The episode is called Painfully Funny,
0:37.3	and it originally aired in March 2017.
0:40.9	Enjoy.
0:42.4	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:49.4	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:51.5	Ted Talks.
0:52.3	Ted.
0:53.3	Ted.
0:54.3	Ted, technology.
0:55.3	Intertainment, design.
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