i think comedy m gives you a feeling of community. i would encourage people to use your imagination, and to understand that you already are using it. And then that might resonate with you, or you might be blown away by how different it is and how you see it. But it's a form of self expression, which i think is very valuable. If we're denied that, we're denied a part of our humanity.
On a list of the least funny topics imaginable, the global refugee crisis, border disputes, and questions of citizenships are probably close to the top. And yet comedian Maeve Higgins has spent her career finding ways to make jokes about (and make sense of) the ways we draw lines across the globe. She’s a standup and a writer who speaks from the point of view of an Irish immigrant in the United States. In this episode, she talks about ways we can find funny and eye-opening vantage points to look at the realities and borders of the world, our place in it, and how imagination and laughter can help us through tough times.