Here is<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/01/things-that-are-different-in-europe" target="_blank"> the article</a> that first made me fall in love with Sarah Hutto's writing!Confidence Ad music is "Corporate Ad" by Scott Holmes.Intro and outro music is "Carefree to Careful" by Podington Bear.

Rachel Playe and Peter Salomone laugh with Maggie the dog

Science still can’t explain exactly what makes something funny- joy, surprise, insight, embarrassment, and fear can all elicit laughter, but WHYYYYY??? Host Abby Wambaugh, probably the only person in the world imprudent enough to get a degree in Humor and Social Change, will talk to comedians, writers, cartoonists, psychologists, and scientists to explore what makes us, (and them!) laugh and why. We’re doing it for science! For human understanding! And also to improve our host’s stand-up set.