How comedy helps us deal with hard truths (w/...

What does the pressure to be more efficient, more productive, and more useful do to us? Priyanka Mattoo is an author whose new book, How to Be Less Useful, addresses the joys of being inefficient and giving up control. Priyanka and Chris also discuss how traditional gender roles ...  Show more

Chris Gethard is a comedian and the host of the podcast Beautiful Anonymous, an unscripted, unpredictable show where one anonymous person calls in and shares their family woes, secret confessions, or anything at all they want to talk about for 60 minutes. The only rule is that Ch ...  Show more

There's a saying that comedy is tragedy plus time. Perhaps that's why some of our biggest problems feel easiest to manage with a dose of humor. Comedian, journalist and actor Roy Wood Jr. has spent his career finding the silly in the serious and using this tactic to influence rea ...  Show more

Roy Wood Jr. is a comedian, writer, and actor. He has served as a correspondent for The Daily Show on Comedy Central since 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

On this episode of Gold Minds, Kevin is joined by comedian, writer and host, Roy Wood Jr! From facing a prison sentence as a college student, to hosting a show on CNN - Roy has seen it all! And check out Have I Got News For You every Saturday on CNN! Like Gold Minds? SiriusXM sub ...  Show more