How to Be Funny (Right Now)

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I ask women in comedy—cartoonists, writers, comics, and more— about how humor makes us braver, stronger, hotter, for moments when we need it the most. They say you shouldn’t dissect the frog because you’ll kill the joke, but I dig into the heads and hearts of hilarious people so you don’t have to.

Episodes

  1. How to Be Serious

    May 22

    How to Be Serious

    Zilu Wang, Beatriz Pugeda, and Tooky Kavanagh sit down with Amy Chu to discuss humor as a form of communication, why getting a laugh is not the point, and how getting specific and serious in your comedy is the first step to being funny. More about the guests Zilu Wang is an improviser and board-certified music therapist (MT-BC). She founded Let's/Zheng⁠, a Chinese improv group that also holds bilingual improv workshops. Beatriz Pugeda is a writer and the editor-in-chief of Little Old Lady (LOL), a literary humor and comics site. Tooky Kavanagh is a stand-up comedian and performer. She's headlined shows all over New England and was a comic-in-residence at the Comedy Studio. More about the host Amy Chu is a cartoonist and writer in Boston. Her work can be found on camoot.weebly.com.

    35 min
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I ask women in comedy—cartoonists, writers, comics, and more— about how humor makes us braver, stronger, hotter, for moments when we need it the most. They say you shouldn’t dissect the frog because you’ll kill the joke, but I dig into the heads and hearts of hilarious people so you don’t have to.

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