Hey, podcast listeners.
This episode has lots of jokes.
Some people might find the jokes offensive.
In fact, the thin line between being funny and being offensive is our theme today.
If you're listening with young kids, you might want to save this for later.
I say a lot of absurd, over the top things, because if people see a train wreck possibly coming, they're gonna listen.
Welcome to Hidden Brain.
I'm Shankar Vedanta.
On today's episode, I'm going to give you a special technique to peer into someone else's head.
It's using humor.
The joke, what we laugh at and what we don't laugh at tell us very important things about ourselves and about other people.
You got people in lab coats examining dick jokes.
Comedian Bilba is here to help us explore why we laugh at jokes that push the boundaries.
NPR's Elizabeth Blair joined me for that conversation.
It's coming up soon, but first I want to tell you about some research into what makes people laugh.
This is Robert lynch.
He's an evolutionary anthropologist.
He studies how traits passed down through evolution affect human behavior.
He now works at the University of Missouri.
Instead of asking, do you prefer blacks or do you prefer whites?