Tonight, Joel Warner and I are headed to the Boulder (Bubble) for an event at the Boulder Bookstore on Pearl Street. We will be talking about our adventures, with a little help from comedians Kristin Rand and Troy Walker. 7:30 pm, Tuesday September 16th. Boulder Bookstore; 11th and Pearl Street
Salt Lake City friends, I am giving a talk tomorrow (9/11) at 7:00 pm at Westminster College’s Vieve Gore Concert Hall (which, evidently, is in the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory). The event is free. Because the event will be held on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I will
A guest post by Joe Toplyn Joe has written and produced television comedy for over twenty years. He won four Emmy Awards writing for Late Night with David Letterman, then went on to become co-head writer of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, head writer of Late Show with David
Quick post. The world has lost a great comedian. Robin Williams is the latest in a line of comedians (e.g., Pryor, Belushi) who died too young. His death raises a question about comedy that comes up again and again: Do comedians have a dark side? Joel Warner and I wrote
In my role as scholar (not adventurer), I often wear a sweater vest. The nice folks at Future-ish have further encouraged me to rock the vest by putting me on their Stylish Scientist List. Can you believe that? Even The Onion likes the vest (as much as The Onion can
Quick post today. I was invited to join LinkedIn’s new publishing platform. You might be sick of hearing about it by now, but I used the opportunity to (re)post my op-ed about humor in organizations Hope you like it (again). An excerpt: Humor isn’t part of most mission statements. Organizations
About this time last year my sabbatical was coming to an end. I wrote a sabbatical report in which I reflected on seven successes and failures during my time away from my “normal” professor gig. Spoiler alert: most were successes (thankfully). The last item asked what might be in store
Very little. Well, that is not exactly true. I traveled the world to understand humor, and I have watched a lot of British gangster films. Maybe that is why the nice people at The Dairy Center for the Arts invited me to do a Q & A about the British
In this introspective episode of Solo Thoughts, Peter McGraw delves into the life-altering insights gained from a year’s worth of solo psilocybin trips, exploring
Welcome to the final episode of I’M NOT JOKING. Comedian JD Lopez returns from Episode 1 to debrief and reflect on Peter’s experience building
