2022 Summer: HUMOR :-): Recent Episodes
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Humour all over the world has its own varieties and peculiarities. The podcast by Noel, Karen and Lisa introduces you to the basic principles of Eastern European humour.
Do you ever find yourself watching a really bad movie and laughing about it? We know that feeling all too well and that is why we decided to investigate what makes bad movies funny. In order to find a possible answer to this question we watched an unquestionable classic of the genre, "The Room" by Tommy Wiseau.
Give our podcast a listen and maybe you will find yourself willing to watch the movie...
but you are doing it on your own responsibility so don't be mad at us if you go crazy in the process :)
"Inside relationships" is the podcast to help you with your relationships. Each week we invite people to deal with certain themes that we can meet inside a relationship and invite them to share their point of views and personal experiences. The theme of today is "humor" and for this episode we are with Philippa, Joshua and Florence. Good listening!
Failed an exam? It is what is it. Did not get the job? It is what it is. Anxiety and Depression? It is what it is. Self-depricating jokes? Hell yes! Why the stress and tears if you can just laugh about it, right? Right..?
Sources:
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„Infinite Jest- Wit and Humour in Italian Renaissance Art“ written by Paul Barolsky; University of Missouri Press Columbia, London 1978
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The website of the national museum Bargello: https://www.bargellomusei.beniculturali.it/musei/1/bargello/
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you can read Vasari´s biographies here (please note that these stories are not really accurate so take these with a grain of salt): „the Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects“ translated by Gaston de Vere; 10 Volumes; London
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Here are good pictures of the statue, and many: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Michelangelo%27s_Bacchus?uselang=de
Cover: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Michelangelo%27s_Bacchus?uselang=de#/media/File:Brogi,Giacomo(1822-1881)-_n._3180-Firenze-Galleria-_Bacco_di_Michelangelo.jpg
This giggly feeling you have when you are laughing, the slight stomach pain after laughing your ass off – have you ever wondered what laughing does to you and your body?
In our podcast we will dive into the positive effect laughing has on your health and psyche. Thanks for listening!
Memes are one of the biggest pop-cultural phenomenon we have right now. But what even are they? What is their history? How are they made? And what role do they play in our society and especially in the young generation? These questions will I, Mila, discuss with my fellow students and friends Aziza, Isabel and Simon. I‘m looking forward to your feedback and your thoughts on the matter, so please get in touch!
We all have been there: As embarassing it can feel to send an unintended text message to the wrong person at first, it can turn out to be a great and funny story to tell as well. Alexandra and Mia are going to talk about the German Comedy Podcast "Bratwurst und Baklava" story about texing fails and draw a parallel to their experiences and what makes it so funny.
Humour itself seems to be universal right? But how does it come that people around the world seem to have different kinds of humour and how does this affect our perception of humour? In this episode we - Franziska, Antonia, Evelina, Helin and Rebekka - will be talking about different kinds of humour, our own experiences with humour in different cultures and in what way our perceptions of humour as westerners differentiate from those of easterners.
Image: Photo by Bernard Hermant on Unsplash
other resources: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00123/full https://youtu.be/w-abKKg0sw8 http://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/humor
In this podcast, we discuss humor - memes, popular sitcoms, and their popularity. What makes us laugh, and how humor influences our lives and our relationships. We discuss our favorite comedic shows, why they make us laugh and how they gained their popularity.
Image: Laugh neon signage photo (Tim Mossholder. Unsplash) (https://unsplash.com/photos/imlD5dbcLM4) Intro/ Outro: Comedy Theme (hagfilms. freesound)(https://freesound.org/people/hagfilms/sounds/328178/)
Irony is a familiar method used to be funny and tell a joke. What many people, especially of the older generation, don't know is how Gen Z has completely mastered the way of ironic speech, going beyond the standard irony! Many layers of irony are required to decode what a joke is meant to say and usually the humour is merely limited to the people who are accustomed to its usage, making it special for only that demographic. Older generations might not find it funny, but we have made it our task to at least explain how Gen Z irony works!
For more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsuSveDAlpI