Original broadcast date: June 3, 2022. Humor can lighten the mood. But it can also provoke, cajole and inspire. This hour, TED speakers share how we can wield humor as a tool across all aspects of our ...

I research leaders who have passionate hobbies, and I recently zoomed in on the “comedians” category: managers who do standup comedy or improvisational theatre in their spare time. They believe that ...

Germany is in urgent need of "humor development aid," says Roger Boyes, the London Times correspondent in Berlin. He is distributing care packages in the form of a new book, a kind of autobiographical ...

Not that long ago, the greatest marketing email ever written popped into my inbox from BARK, a New York-based company. Its BarkBox and BarkShop brands sell dog toys and treats to the dog-obsessed. The ...

1.The poor are funnier than the rich. 2. A joke is never just a joke. It never has been. Humor is about risk and privilege; for women and other groups traditionally exiled from the centers of power, ...

Last weekend, Chris Rock performed a standup show live on Netflix. Rock, who is on the Mount Rushmore of standup comedians, was brilliant and funny as ever. One thing that stood out was his clarity of ...

We had Baltimore in Seattle a year ago. And we have Baltimore in Seattle right now. But what a difference. Last year -- in "Hairspray" at the 5th Avenue Theatre -- the opening song went, "Good morning ...