Chris Duffy

speaker

468 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 4d ago

Chris Duffy’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 5 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 3.

Appearances

newest first · ▶ plays the moment

TED Talks Daily · Sunday Pick: Why you should try improv comedy (w/ Rick Andrews) | How to Be a Better Human · 19 Jul 2026 podcast

Think of something that is quote unquote correct.

Have you ever done a private improv lesson?

Like for one person?

Is that even possible?

Because of this podcast and because of the book that I wrote, I've interviewed several therapists and psychologists who study anxiety.

And one of the things that they all talked about that feels really related here is how

one of the most effective treatments for people who are anxious is to just have them test the thing that they're afraid of against reality right like you're afraid that if you go out in the street something terrible will happen so let's go out in the street for five minutes just see like you're walking on the sidewalk did something terrible happen no okay maybe that means that like it's a valid fear but it's not a guaranteed thing that is going to happen and i think the reason why

Yeah.

It's a great question.

I mean, my honest answer is that I think so much of who I am is because of doing improv and comedy.

And I started doing it when I was young.

So I wasn't like a fully formed person yet.

You know, I was like in college and still figuring out who I was.

So it's hard for me to say like, this is who I was before, because I think the formation of who I am, it's kind of tied to it.

But I think the biggest thing was realizing that the best thing I could do if I wanted to look good

was to not make myself look good, but to make the people that I was there with look good.

Like that that was the secret trick is you want everyone to enjoy the show.

Don't make it so you're the best person in the show.

Make it so the other person on stage is the best person in the show.

And then they're trying to do the same thing.

Showing 401–420 of 468 · page 21 of 24