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Peter McGraw

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http://petermcgraw.org

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Humor and Comedy, Business, Self Help

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Dr. Peter McGraw is a bachelor, behavioral economist, and business school professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

He hosts the podcast Solo-The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life, he writes for Single Insights – The Science of Solos, and hosts The Solo Salon. His latest book, Solo: Building a Remarkable Life of Your Own, launches in 2024.

As a global expert on the scientific study of humor, McGraw founded the Humor Research Lab (aka HuRL) and has spent more than fifteen years examining the antecedents and consequences of humor. In 2014, he co-authored The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny. In 2020, he authored: Shtick to Business: What the Masters of Comedy can Teach You about Breaking Rules, Being Fea ...more

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Want to hear hundreds of whoopee cushions?

MyHumor Code co-author Joel Warner and I were recently invited by Chicago Ideas Week to give a talk on our book. We start the show by setting off hundreds of whoopee cushions.

Check it out:

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	The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny by Peter McGraw (Goodreads Author), Joel Warner (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 1,018 ratings — published 2014 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solo: Building a Remarkable Life of Your Own 3.83 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shtick to Business: What the Masters of Comedy Can Teach You about Breaking Rules, Being Fearless, and Building a Serious Career 4.25 avg rating — 71 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process”
― Peter McGraw, The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny

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“E. B. White wrote ‘Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.’ ”
― Peter McGraw, The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny

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