The Johns Hopkins PhD Who Teaches Scientists to Be Funny - Adam Ruben
He has a PhD from Johns Hopkins. He teaches stand-up comedy there. And at his first gig after COVID, in front of a live audience again for the first time - he broke down.
Adam Ruben has spent 20 years at the intersection of science and laughter, and what he's figured out about comedy, storytelling, and getting through hard things is genuinely unexpected.
What separates a joke that lands from one that doesn't? How do you read a room and tailor humour to completely different audiences and settings? Can storytelling and comedy actually be a vehicle for revisiting the hardest moments in life?…
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