“When you are helpless with true laughter, it’s like orgasm. Your body gets taken over. If it didn’t feel so good, you’d think there was something wrong.”
Sex scientist, researcher, and romance novelist Emily Nagoski sees humor as a way to understand and appreciate sex and our bodies. She says that belly laughs and rough housing play completely shift our physiology. This is what makes her romance characters so relatable — there’s laughter in their foreplay and sex.
[S2] Hari Kondabolu: Comedy Is Therapeutic but Not Therapy
[S2] Sam Sanders: If I Can Laugh With You, I Can See You
[S2] Terry McMillan: Humor Is a Form of Hope
[S2] Amichai Lau-Lavie: Deep Laughter in the Place of the Deepest Pain
[S2] Heidi N. Moore: When It Comes to Finance and Comedy, It’s All About Patterns
[S2] Daniel José Older: How We Love Is by Roasting Each Other
[S2] Alexis Wilkinson: Disarming People with Laughter
[S2] Maureen Craig: This Strange, Peculiar Family I Call Mine
[S2] Lalo Alcaraz: We Have Entered the Satire Dimension
[S2] Lindy West: Comedy Helps Us Love Our Bodies
[S2] Derrick Clements: Humor Can Break Down Barriers of Pride
[S2] Margaret Cho: The Deep Connection Between Anger and Humor
[S2] Jonny Sun: Jokes Make the World a Little Less Lonely
Season 2 Preview — Humor as a Tool for Survival
[S1] Mike Stavlund: Running is an Inherent Good
[S1] Justin Whitaker: ChiRunning: A Sitting Meditation
[S1] Sarah Khasawinah: Active Freedom
[S1] Roger Joslin: Preparing for Both the Run and the Prayer
[S1] Mallary Tenore: I Always Think of My Mom When I'm Running
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