Joking with Jim Holt

by Will Wilkinson on July 21, 2008

In this week’s Free Will, I chat with Jim Holt about his new book Stop Me If You Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes. Jim’s book was a lot of fun, and so was our talk. Here’s the not exactly stellar review in yesterday’s New York Times Book Review, but I liked this book because it made me laugh, think, and I read it in a half-hour.

  • GU
    Did you ever get any explanation about the "I would have thought Curb Your Enthusiasm is over your libertarian head" comment?
  • Yeah, that was weird.
  • Perhaps Free Will will improve the libertarian image...

    One intellectual (and hundreds of viewers) at a time.
  • Jonathan King
    The Alan Dundes paper on Auschwitz jokes was published here:

    Western Folklore, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Oct., 1983), pp. 249-260
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