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Oct 2022
49m 46s

#300 Jokes and humour with Delia Chiaro

James Royal-Lawson & Per Axbom
About this episode
We’ve been tacking jokes onto the end of our shows since Episode 138. So to celebrate Episode 300, we take a look at jokes and humour. We’re joined by Professor Delia Chiaro, who has spent decades researching humour to learn more about what makes things funny and if it’s safe for us to be humorous... 
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