LaughBox

Forget flying, invisibility or teleportation – the best superpower to covet is humor. Jennifer Keith’s superpower has been and always will be humor – in many forms.   As a certified Humor Professional and current president of the international Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Jennifer discovered the brain remembers two things – trauma and humor. Using her G.R.I.T. method of using hum...

Reverend Artist Barbara Ann Michaels. Jester of the Peace, is a clown theater performance artist and Ordained Interfaith Minister. Her mission is to put humor, art and love back in the medicine cabinet for generations to come. She founded an online town for humor and wellness including House of Holy Humor, the non-religious congregation for humor for wellbeing, Humor Arts Museum, for uplifting hum...

Dr. Lois Holzman and her East Side Institute colleagues and associates bring human and community development to the forefront of culture and social change through grassroots, performance activism worldwide. Trained as a developmental psychologist at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities, Lois is a leading proponent of a social therapeutic psychology of becoming —which she’s dubbed “non-knowing gro...

The Lead with Levity Podcast shows leaders (like you!) how to create space for humanity in business so you can have a fun, safe, and supportive company that people love. If you want to create the kind of work environment that your team can get excited about, where people feel valued and connected, then this is the show for you.  Dr. Walker has dedicated her career to helping organizations revamp t...

AATH's Sue Stevenson returns to the Laughbox podcast with a new book! Sue is a certified brain-based coach working with decision-makers, C-suite executives, professionals, solopreneurs, speakers, and coaches. She uses a varied and effective neuroscience-based skill set, that includes positive intelligence, applied and therapeutic humor, social learning, and peak performance strategies. Sue is best...

Based out of Chicago, Raghu has been making people laugh all over the country since 2010 with his saucy comedy. He shamelessly shares the humorous side of the various roles he plays as a husband, father and son. From being an Indian American to all the nuances ( or pile on) that life brings he leaves no stone unturned. He also recently taped his first comedy special with Dry Bar Comedy.   Upcoming...

Michael Kerr is a Canadian Hall of Fame speaker who travels the world researching, writing, and speaking about inspiring workplace cultures and businesses that leverage their humor resources to create outrageous results. He is also the author of eight books including The Jerk-Free Workplace: How You Can Take the Lead to Create a Happier, More Inspiring Workplace and The Humor Advantage: Why Some B...

Kathy Laurenhue heads Wiser Now, Inc., a multi-media publishing and staff development company focused on wellbeing in aging that aims to be practical and lighthearted in everything it produces, including her award-winning e-newsletter, Wiser Now Wednesday.  Wiser Now also provides dozens of online courses, webinars, and other services to a variety of clients in the U.S. and, in the past, Australia...

Trained as an actress and theatrical director, Marian has spent over 30 years designing and delivering playful social therapeutic workshops and programs.  An accomplished improvisational actor, Marian has performed improv comedy with This is Your Ridiculous Life and The Proverbial Loons, stand-up comedy at Caroline’s Comedy Club (NYC), and traveled to Central America exploring humanitarian clownin...

AATH Interviews Naomi Shafer of Clowns Without Borders Where other resources are scarce, Clowns Without Borders makes laughter abundant. These professional clowns and circus artists perform in refugee camps, conflict zones, and sites of natural disaster.  Read our take on if Laughter is the Best Medicine ( https://clownswithoutborders.org/is-laughter-the-best-medicine-these-clowns-say-absolutely/...

Introducing the CHIN group, Creative Humorists Inspiring Noodling. These are a bunch of AATH members of all levels joining together as a result of wanting to connect creatives, humor, and community!  Listen as they describe the feeling of an AATH conference, discuss their experience in the Humor Academy, try and come up with ways to solve problems with humor, and just laugh and have fun.  Giggle w...

Dick Hardwick, Corporate Comedian, and Clean Comedy! He has won the Gong Show twice, was a Star Search winner for one week and he talks with us about his history as an entertainer. Discussing his experience with such legends as Jerry Van Dyke, Jimmy Buffet, Reba McEntire, performing with Disney and at the Grand Ole Opry! Have a laugh and have a listen!

Serhiy Velichanskyi is a Ukrainian professional improviser and started Improversity as a way to help ESL teachers use improv and humor in teaching English. His plans were interrupted by the invasion of Ukraine.  Here he discusses how to improvise with war and find humor in difficult situations. Katy BEE and Jim-Bob are very grateful for this interview and learned some Ukrainian language in the pro...

Jim-Bob Williams and Katy BEE interview Dutch Martin this month about his history as a comedian and all of his other amazing talents.  Dutch Martin is in year 2 of the Humor Academy and started out running! He has studied improv, and taken many stand up classes and even added some humor to his yoga classes! He is a talented DOD professional in Northern Virginia, as well as a licensed hypnotist, yo...

For the past five years or so, Chip Lutz has driven the AATH into some amazing places, as past president, founder of the Humor Round Up and the man who made this Laughbox Podcast! In this episode he hands off the reigns of this glorious audio experience to Jim-Bob Williams and Katy BEE. Chip Lutz, who is he? Well, we stole this directly from his website (link below). Listen as he describes his nex...

We all have a story but sometimes we might not think that anyone wants to hear it OR we're scared to tell it.  There's power in your story...for you and those around you. On this episode I get to talk with story telling maven, Johanna Walker, about how to step up, step out, and step into sharing you....and your story.  ENJOY! More on Johanna.... Johanna is the fear-blasting, storytelling maven for...

Jill Knox was a light to the world and had a positive impact on everyone she met.  She not only served as President and board member of the Association but also was critical in the development and continuation of AATH's Humor Academy.  On this episode of Laughbox,  AATH remembers Jill.  We share some stories, some memories and even some laughs. Jill Poole Knox August 1, 1948 - January 16, 2021 Jil...

If you're like me, you've had those experiences in your life where you were sure that something BIGGER was happening but it was difficult to wrap your head around it.  Those are the moments were AWE was a factor...it took your breath away...it made you think...it put you in the moment that you needed to be in (perhaps at that moment). On this episode, I talk to my good friend, Allen Klein, about h...

WOW!  What a great time I had talking with Kathy Klotz-Guest on this episode.  We talk improv, we talk comedy, we talk leadership...we talk about it all!  I think you'll dig her too...Check it out! More on Kathy... Kathy Klotz-Guest, MA, MBA combines her business and comedy backgrounds to teach leaders, teams, and professionals how to use humor to enhance their business and personal lives. A forme...

First, let me apologize for not putting more episodes up as of late.  I started a full time school program and have been trying to get a good rhythm down on life.  But....I don't get paid for this so....here we are. This episode is rock solid.  Jeff Harry is a man after our own heart.  He believes in the lighter side and you'll find that out as we delve into the inner workings of his work.  ENJOY!...

“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength."—Maya Angelou Are you as tired of watching the news as I am?  Then....we've got something completely different to approach on this episode of Laughbox! On this episode, I get to talk to my good friend, Lisa Koenecke...."The Inclusion Ally!"  Within our association, we do a really good jo...

"To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it." - Charlie Chaplin If you're like me, you've been in the house for about a month and maybe finding the funny to cope is becoming a little harder to do.  Don't fret....we at AATH have your back and have decided to bring another expert on the show to share his wisdom on how to cope during the coronavirus! This episode brings the w...

  I have four children and love them all, however, I usually loved them more when we had some time apart.  I couldn't even imagine if I had to teach them something.....they'd still be in remediation. If you're in that boat, DO NOT FRET!  We, at AATH, have brought together some experts on how to get the job done, have fun, and make the learning stick (and keep your sanity in the process). If you'd...

"He who laughs, lasts." –Mary Pettibone Poole Yes, my friends, we are living in interesting times.  What does the future look like?  None of us know and that can be very disconcerting.  One thing we know will remain is our ability to laugh. Although life right now is anxious and uncertain, one of the interesting byproducts is how humor is helping people cope.  We, at AATH, have always known that h...

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin  I've titled this episode "It's About Time" because it is about time that I aired it!  My own mistake.  David and I had a great conversation at the conference last year and then I lost the interview.  Well, actually, I misplaced it.  Then....the other day...I found it!  YAHTZEE!! David and I discussed a lo...