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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 261: What's behind the assault on humor?
Description: Pigweed and Crowhill review an imperial stout and discuss humor.Â
What makes a joke funny? Can we classify different types of jokes? Why do we tell jokes? What social purpose do they serve?Â
Can humor serve as a corrective, to show us how things are supposed to be? Do jokes train people in what's appropriate and inappropriate? The boys dig into these questions as they reflect on a recent Ricky Gervais performance.Â
The left used to defend offensive and irreverent humor. Now there are elements on the left that are trying to restrict hum...