How to find the humor in everyday life (with Jo Firestone)

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  Ted audio collective.

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  You'Re listening to how to be a better human.

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  I'm your host, Chris Duffy.

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  On today's episode, we're talking about comedy and humor.

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  And personally, I rely very heavily on jokes and laughter to get through hard times.

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  I rely on jokes and laughter to get through all times.

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  But especially when things get stressful, when they're uncertain like they are right now, I feel like we sometimes really need to puncture the seriousness and the stress with a good, deep laugh.

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  I am a big believer in that.

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  I literally have a piece of paper taped up above my desk that says, laugh hard every day.

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  I love that.

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  I try so hard to seek that out for myself, and I also try really hard in my work to give that to other people.

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  Now, at the same time, I often have doubts about the power or the necessity of comedy.

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  When there are so many huge problems in desperate need of being fixed, it feels kind of ridiculous to be like, what the world needs now are my little jokes.

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  I am basically a hero.

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  I don't think that that checks out.

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  That's not how I feel.

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  But based on the conversations that I've had with all of the incredible guests on this show, I do think that it's striking that the best humans, they're able to do both.

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  They work on the real problems.

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  They don't ignore them, but they also are able to find ways to laugh and to connect with other people.

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  And our guest today is Joe Firestone.

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