Many Chautauqua speakers use video clips to help convey their points. But all Sophie Scott needed was some audio. Introducing her Wednesday morning lecture with
Lectures
Kelly Carlin has questions for W. Kamau Bell. Lots of them. About comedy. About humanity. About race. About political correctness — and how they all
When people are nervous, they crack a joke. According to Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, millennia of worry and anxiety among the Jewish people have made them
The Rev. Susan Sparks’ father, Herb, told her life only required two tools: WD-40 and duct tape. Sparks and Rabbi Bob Alper, two-thirds of the
Turn on the television to almost any late-night comedy show this year, and chances are the host is talking about President Donald Trump. Sometimes, they
Before a joke can get to the good part — the punchline — it needs a setup. Interestingly, the same is true of joke-tellers. “I
Laughter is everywhere, said neuroscientist Sophie Scott. “It’s happening all the time,” she said. “We use laughter continuously in interactions.” Scott is the Wellcome Trust
The Rev. Christopher Leighton said his Interfaith Lecture being scheduled after comedian Lewis Black’s morning lecture was “cruel and unusual punishment.” Leighton’s talk, titled “Going
I have been studying human voices and human speech for nearly 30 years. It’s easy to see why voices and speech matter — they’re still our
For decades, comedian David Steinberg has polarized generations with his countercultural political satire. From his mock sermons on “The Smothers Brothers Comedic Hour” to President
For the Rev. Susan Sparks and Rabbi Bob Alper, comedy didn’t just build a bridge — it built a stage. On that stage, Sparks and
From disgusting comedy clubs to the prestigious White House Correspondents’ dinner, Lewis Black has stood on a lot of stages over the course of his
Lewis Black has been angry about politics for a long time. And he’s been letting that anger out through comedy for nearly as long. Keeping
Humor is not always a laughing matter. At least, that is what the Rev. Christopher Leighton will argue during his lecture, “Going over the Edge:
In his 1957 “Birth of a New Nation” speech, Martin Luther King Jr. describes America’s ideal trajectory as a “beloved community.” Alan Mittleman, Aaron Rabinowitz
Ted Olson is happy he’s talking about the judiciary. “I could’ve drawn one of the other branches of government and had to talk about the