What Makes a Joke Offensive

Finland routinely winds up at the top of global happiness surveys. Why? In this episode, I flew to Helsinki to wander around and chat up locals. Trying to figure out why: Their social trust is so teeteringly high How their social safety nets work How this combines to result in th ... Show More

It turns out, young voters (under fifty) are openly hostile to political parties, and are most likely to flip from election to election. This means the game is about to change as Millennials displace Baby Boomers as the largest voting bloc. So what happens? Adam Brandon is a seni ... Show More

Greg Lukianoff is the President of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and along with Nadine Strossen, is the author of "The War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech--And Why They Fail." 

Some people have issues with Dave Chappelle's development ideas in Yellow Springs Ohio. Johnny Mac has issues with Vulture's list of the best stand-up specials of this year. Did The Daily Show outsmart us with this guest host thing given the writers strike? Was this an awful seas ... Show More

A theory suggests all Adam Sandler movies are interconnected!  (That's the final story today, so don't get mad when it's not in leadoff) Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Seinfeld's Elaine.  (Is she hot?) Jack Whitehall got some bad reviews Jim Gaffigan on Dad Jokes. Marc Maron on juggling ... Show More

Chris Rock opened his show Thursday night with some jokes about the Queen's death, pointed in the direction of Meghan Markle. Dave Chappelle also had a few jokes. Some comedians got in hot water for ill timed jokes. Even the Weird Al movie got in a little trouble. Scott Thompson ... Show More

Sean McCarthy on Daily Beast asks: Why Are Male Comedians So Scared to Talk About Louis C.K.? The New York Times profiled Shane Gillis Joe Pera announced a new special Tim Hawkins wrote an ode to Buc-ees Eddie Murphy to make a Pink Panther movie? Seth Meyers played a gig for Sale ... Show More