Chris Duffy | from Design Matters
4/2/20261 hr 23 min
Chris Duffy—comedian, writer, and host of the TED podcast How to Be a Better Human—joins to discuss how humor shaped his path from teaching and improv to podcasting and television. Together, they explore why laughing more isn’t about being funny, but about attention, vulnerability, and connection, and how humor helps us stay human.
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Chris Duffy· Host1:05
Hello, we have a special bonus episode for you today. It is a conversation that I had with the incredible Debbie Millman, the host of another TED podcast called Design Matters. And I had the immense honor of getting to sit down with Debbie and talk about my life and my work and my new book, Humor Me. Uh, it was such a gift. I think Debbie is truly, like, one of the all-time great interviewers, a hall of fame podcaster.