Debbie Millman
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229 appearances
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1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2 Apr
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From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman.
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On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on.
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On this episode, a conversation with Chris Duffy about his career in comedy and about the importance of humor.
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Anyone can be funny, and especially anyone can laugh more.
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Chris Duffy has spent his career moving fluidly between teaching, stand-up comedy, writing, and podcasting, all of which are shaped by curiosity, improvisation, and responsibility.
Chris is currently the host of the podcast How to Be a Better Human, where his conversations center on practical wisdom, vulnerability, and growth.
His new book, Humor Me, How Laughing More Can Make You Present, Connected, and Happy, is about how to laugh more every day and how to find more humor in the world, which is certainly what we can use more of now.
Chris Duffy, welcome to Design Matters.
Chris, I read that one of your earliest memories is when you brought a book of shaggy dog jokes to the hospital to cheer up your great-uncle Norman after he had a heart attack.
What gave you the sense back then that humor could be a way for him to heal?
You are a fellow native New Yorker and grew up in a tiny fifth-floor apartment in Manhattan.
Your dad was originally from the Midwest, so how did you all end up in the city?
Wow.
That is dedication and loyalty.
You've written that you also grew up around terrorism as your dad worked in the World Trade Center during the 1993 bombing and just barely missed the last train to make it into the Twin Towers on 9-11.
And you wrote this about the experience.
I remember that night in 1993 when dad walked into our apartment, his face jet black with soot, his suit covered in ash.
Chris, how did those early experiences impact your sense of the city and your place in it?
Was this when you first turned to books as a refuge?
You attended Brown University.
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