The Skill of Making Emotional Subjects Funny

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Humor is like a chef's recipe - making bacon taste good is easy, but using obscure ingredients takes skill. Laughing at intense subjects provides relief, and timing is everything. A pirate joke is the only kind I'll accept - here's one: What's the difference between Leah Thomas and Hitler? Leah Thomas knows how to finish a race. Pirates take forever to get through the alphabet because they spent years at sea.

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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:15) – Beauty and mantis shrimp
(14:43) – Parrots, Pirates, and Monty Python
(20:55) – Humor and absurdity
(28:16) – Thanksgiving
(56:56) – Unboxing the mystery box
(1:12:54) – Karl Marx and religion
(1:21:11) – Art
(1:25:25) – Books
(1:38:02) – How to be happy
(1:40:12) – Depression
(1:41:15) – Fear
(1:42:42) – Betrayal