50 min listen
Everyone’s a comedian
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Aug 2, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Ken Jennings got famous for his record-breaking run on “Jeopardy!” But he stayed famous for his keen wit, and he joins Kurt Andersen to talk about his new book on the history and future of comedy, “Planet Funny.” Mira T. Lee explains how a Picasso painting, “Girl in a Mirror,” found its way into her debut novel. And the versatile 8-person vocal ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, performs their hauntingly beautiful music in our studio.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Aug 2, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Eugenia Cheng, Guilty Pleasures & Jacob Collier: On this week’s show, Eugenia Cheng whips up a delicious math lesson for Kurt. Plus, writer Sadie Stein defends one of the most detested words in the English language. Then, an art historian and a scientist explore the connection between bird plumage and by Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen