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Meet the infamous and humorous Stanford Band

Meeting (and running with) the Stanford Band Last week, I met with the writers of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band. We had a great talk about the band’s use of humor. The meeting happened to be on the first Wednesday of the Spring quarter, which is one of

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My last blog post.

April Fools! (Two days early) Thanks. www.savagechickens.com .April Fools’ Day (aka All Fools’ Day)  – the one day a year dedicated to humor, where practical jokes and pranks are not just tolerated but encouraged. Though the origins of the day are debated, historians tend to believe that it started in

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Is happiness having what you want or wanting what you have?

I recently spent ten days at Texas Tech University, where I subjected the faculty of the psychology department to a round of video blog posts. As the second part of a four-part series, I asked Associate Professor, collaborator, and friend, Jeff Larsen: Is happiness having what you want or wanting

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Would helmets make women’s lacrosse more dangerous?

Moral Hazards and Women’s Lacrosse This week, I team up Decision Science News for a joint post. — Enjoy The New York Times just ran a piece called “A Case Against Helmets in Lacrosse“. The hook of the article is that wearing helmets, which one would expect to make the

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The Humor Research Lab launches it’s own humor website.

One day in HuRL, the Humor Research Lab, we were talking about our favorite sites on the Cheezburger Network (my favorite is FailBook, in case you care). Among other reasons, we decided that as scientist who study humor, we should be able to build a successful humor website. The team

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SOLO | Kristina Scharp | Family Estrangement
Podcast - Solo

Family Estrangement

  In this episode, Peter McGraw invites two guests to tackle the complex and emotionally charged topic of family estrangement, as requested by several members

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Podcast - I'm Not Joking

Curtain Call

  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

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