Why Do We Laugh? with Nuar Alsadir

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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What the hell is laughter? Why do we do it, and what is its purpose? This week, psychoanalyst Nuar Alsadir joins Adam to discuss her theories about the origins of laughter, its effect on other people, and its purpose in various scenarios. Buy Nuar’s book at http://factuallypod.com/books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:30.8	Hello and welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Connover.
0:33.5	Thank you so much for joining me once again,
0:36.0	as I talked to an incredible expert
0:37.7	about all the amazing shit that they know that I don't know
0:40.4	and that you might not know.
0:41.7	Both of our minds are gonna get blown together
0:44.2	and we're gonna have a fantastic time doing it.
0:46.3	You know, after years of doing that intro,
0:48.1	I'm still a little bit ambivalent about it,
0:49.5	but I say it every time,
0:51.0	just because it does feel good rolling off the tongue.
0:53.6	I wanna remind everybody that I am going on tour
0:56.6	once again this year from March 23rd through 25th,
0:59.4	I'm gonna be in Austin, Texas at the Capital City Comedy Club.
1:02.4	From May 5th through May 6th,
1:04.0	I'll be in San Francisco at Cobb's Comedy Club
1:06.4	from May 11th through 13th,
1:07.9	I'll be in San Antonio, Texas
1:09.4	and from June 8th through 10th,
1:10.9	I'll be in Batavia, Illinois,
1:12.6	just outside Chicago, please come out and see me.
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