Peter McGraw
The Humor Code on WTF with Marc Maron
Wow! The Humor Code makes it onto Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast. Authors of The Humor Code, psychologist Peter McGraw and journalist Joel Warner, traveled around the world to find out what makes things are funny. They stop by the garage to share their findings and conclusions with Marc, including a scientific theory of humor. Plus, Eddie… Keep Reading »
Just wait one (academic) minute
Pete was recently invited to talk about what makes things funny for the WAMCs Academic Minute. (He also did one in 2013.) The Academic Minute features researchers from colleges and universities around the world, keeping listeners abreast of what’s new and exciting in the academy. Hosted by Dr. Lynn Pasquerella, President of Mount Holyoke College,… Keep Reading »
Being funny is difficult.
This post was originally published on our Huffington Post platform The studies run in the Humor Research Lab often require subjects to create something funny, like a write a joke or come up with an amusing caption. But when other folks are asked to rate what they’ve come up with, we run smack into an… Keep Reading »
Let’s talk about the differences between British and American comedy.
The nice people at The Dairy Center for the Arts invited Pete to do a Q & A about the British comedy film, Alan Partidge (starring the very funny Steve Coogan). The film shows on Thursday, June 26th at 7:00 pm (Q & A follows). Get your tickets HERE. And good news, the Dairy… Keep Reading »
The Humor Code gets duped at the equator
As part of the Humor Code, we went to Tanzania. The intro to the chapter explains what drew us there: Good news greets us in Uganda as we disembark our plane: “Uganda has defeated the outbreak of Ebola,” announces a large placard standing in the airport’s main hall. “Please have a nice stay.” Well, that’s… Keep Reading »
