Laughing through the fear: Comedians find power in humor

This story aired in the April 28, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents. It’s a scary time for many immigrants in this country right now. From legal residents being illegally deported to international students being arrested for speaking out. It may feel weird to …

Using humor in communication helps scientists connect, build trust

New UGA research highlights the benefits of using jokes in science Scientists aren’t comedians, but it turns out a joke or two can go a long way. That’s according to a new University of Georgia study that found when researchers use humor in their …

Not at home with apartment hunting (humor)

When I had to move apartments the first time, I screamed and cried and wrote yards of bad poetry. Now when I have to move, I handle it coolly and calmly, and seldom come out of it having written anything worse than a sonnet. Finding a new home isn’t very …

4 zodiac signs who often use humor to deflect emotional pain

Life is a rollercoaster ride full of ups and downs, and we all have our unique ways of dealing with the emotional bumps along the way. Some of us retreat into a shell, some face it head-on, and others use humor as a shield to deflect the pain. It’s …

The Blackest of Comedies, ‘Dead Outlaw’ Ignores No Opportunity for Deliciously Inappropriate Humor

“Your mama’s dead/Your daddy’s dead/Your brother’s dead/And so are you”: Who would have thought that one of the catchiest tunes introduced in a Broadway musical this season would feature this refrain? “Dead,” the rollicking number with two …

Humor Therapy— Global Warming

Circa 2006 This global warming thing doesn’t sound that bad. I don’t know about you, but I get cold easily, so I welcome the heat; that’s why I moved to California—along with being able to get a yummy burrito. I lived back east for a long time, and …

Women Are Absolutely Destroying Men In The Humor Department With These 15 Tweets That Made Me Spit Out My Coffee

Get Rich Quick – Humor For Health

Circa 1995 I’m still awake at around 2am because my blind date stood me up. and I’m wondering if I should just fall asleep in the Barcalounger or make a pot of coffee and stay up all night watching some really awful John Wayne movies on TV, so I keep …

Matthew J. Palm: Opera Orlando double bill has humor, heat and hate

90 and viral: Unfiltered humor and down-home charm scores Tarrant County woman internet fame

Sally Maze, or 'Mustang Sally' as her daughter calls her, is a 90-year-old pistol who tells it like it is — giving folks an attitude to shoot for when they grow old. HURST, Texas — Sally Maze isn’t just 90 years old — she’s 90 years fabulous. The …