LaughBox

This Special Edition of Laughbox is for Steve Wilson to hand off the Internatioinal Humor Month to Drew Tarvin. Enjoy the history of National Humor Month with Larry Wilde and others in the story of how humor was proven to be the best medicine (and continues to be ). Steve Wilson, known as the “Cheerman of The Bored” and the one and only “Joyologist”, is the founder of World Laughter Tour, Inc. and...

Dani Klein Modisett is the Founder/CEO of the award-winning company bringing comic relief to those facing Alzheimer’s, Laughter On Call. LOC was launched to help her mother who became depressed facing the disease. In the ensuing 6 years the company has grown to help all people feeling isolated. To date it has trained thousands of caregivers and worked with over 600 companies around the world inclu...

Andrew Tarvin is the world’s first Humor Engineer teaching people how to get better results while having more fun. He has worked with thousands of people at 200+ organizations, including P&G, GE, and Microsoft. In 2025, Andrew became Director of International Humor Month for AATH. Combining his background as a project manager at Procter & Gamble with his experience as an international come...

Dr. Sam Shay, DC, IFMCP is a functional medicine expert, speaker, and comedian who has helped countless individuals optimize their health through personalized, data-driven strategies. Specializing in energy optimization, brain health, and overcoming fatigue and stress, Dr. Sam combines his health expertise with his unique comedic perspective to make health transformation accessible, engaging, and...

Mike Goodwin is a refreshingly funny comedian, keynote speaker, and content delivery coach. His signature bowtie represents his expectation-defying brand of comedy that leaves a variety of audiences - from churches to corporate events to swanky galas - laughing hysterically and completely inspired, without a foul or vulgar word spoken.  A native of Camden, South Carolina, Mike holds a master’s deg...

We are so excited to welcome Chris Duffy, Creative Extraordinaire to the podcast! We had so much fun and we hope you get some giggles from this episode.    Chris Duffy is a comedian, television writer, and radio/podcast host. Chris wrote for both seasons of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas on HBO, executive produced by John Oliver. He’s the creator/host of the streaming game show Wrong Answers Only, wh...

I am an Executive Coach, Trainer, Speaker, and Humor Ambassador.   I specialize in translating evidence-based techniques into actionable tools for teams. I have 25+ years of leadership experience in multinational companies and organizations. s and individuals, focusing on mindset shifts, communication, and leadership skills. I hold workshops integrating humor and improv with psychological research...

For over forty years, John Johnson (Simply Saint Nick) has been a character actor and historical presenter, notably bringing the role of Santa Claus to life in the most authentic way. His debut on stage (and as Santa no less) was at the age of six in an elementary school production of “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Since then, John has gone on to study acting with the Alban Arts Academy in Sai...

Marco was born in Chicago but has also lived in Mexico City and San Antonio. He holds two bachelor’s degrees in English and Psychology, as well as a Master of Jurisprudence. With 15 years of experience in the corporate sector, his roles have spanned product management, operations, governance, and call center positions. In 2011, after the birth of his first daughter, Marco began to feel ill. For ni...

Since his first open mic in 1999, Marc Yaffee has turned his love of stand up in to a thriving career. Stand up comedy has led Marc to perform in diverse locales far and wide around the globe. Marc’s 20 year comedic career has taken him across four continents, 11 countries and 43 states.  Marc’s past performance venues includes a tool shed in Iraq, atop a large rock in the Sierra Nevada Mountains...

Dr. Brad Miller on the Cancer and Comedy Podcast.     A month after retiring from a 43-year career as a pastor Dr. Brad Miller was diagnosed with cancer.  His reaction was to laugh to keep from crying.  He responded by combining his ministry experience with his doctoral degree in life transformation and his love of comedy to create the Cancer and Comedy Podcast designed to help people impacted by...

Wolf Brown is a native american stand-up comedy from the village of Bapchule located on the Gila River Indian Community. His style of comedy includes one-liners, story telling, and roasts. Being versatile in both comedy club and reservation humor. He is has become a rising star in the Arizona comedy scene as well as becoming a casino favorite.    His jokes are relatable to everyone, telling the st...

Karyn Buxman, RN, MSN, CSP, CPAE is an international speaker, successful author, master neuroplastician, brain-based coach, and neurohumorist (she lives at the intersection of humor and the brain). Karyn is the global authority on high performance humor and her undertakings include her TEDx talk— How Humor Saved the World . As a neurohumorist, Karyn’s career resides at the intersection of humor an...

Chris Palmer is an author, speaker, wildlife filmmaker, conservationist, educator, professor, and grandfather. He dedicated his professional career to conservation but now devotes his life to end-of-life activism. Bloomsbury will publish his 10th book, Achieving a Good Death: A Practical Guide to the End of Life , on October 1, 2024. He is a trained hospice volunteer and founded and runs an aging,...

Shelia M. Kennison is Professor of Psychology. She earned her Ph. D. in Psycholinguistics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and bachelor’s degree in linguistics and psychology from Harvard University. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Psychonomic Society. She has authored numerous works including academic journal articles and a textbook on the developmen...

Kyle Edgell started drawing caricatures in a bar.  For fun.  She never considered the talent she had to capture a likeness and connect with people a product to be “sold”…until a life-changing request to draw at a company picnic as entertainment allowed her to gift the drawings to her subjects and be paid for it.  Her insight and ability to encourage others through her art and humor grew into a car...

Funny Man Mike Cotayo   is a comedian who knows how to take the stage by storm. His unique blend of silly, smart and dark humor leaves audiences in hysterics, while making others snarf drinks through their nose. Funny Man Mike promises to have you coming back for more. Mike Joins Jim-Bob Williams and Katy BEE to discuss comedians with disabilities, what's funny about a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)...

Combining tax & humor? No tax authorities and practitioners implement that in the world, until Danny Septriadi starts it out!   As a tax practitioner & academia, Danny has been using humor in his 30 years professional life.    Experiencing humor as a resilience tool himself, he then founded the first world-record library of humor studies & Indonesian humor institute (IHIK3). Danny want...

Christiana Frank is a certified speaker, coach, consultant, program developer, and mentor. Since 1999, she has been helping corporate teams, educational institutions, and mental health facilities connect to themselves, each other, and the world at large.  Founder of  KidScape Productions and with a strong passion for helping all ages, you can typically find Mrs. Frank in areas of wellness and empo...

Meet Stefano Iaboni, a comedic performer from Rome who turned his love for the arts into a global adventure. Starting in circus school in Holland, Stefano soon found the weather and cuisine lacking. He relocated to Barcelona, where he immersed himself in the vibrant scene of nouveau clowning, collaborating with legends like Johnny Melville and Jango Edwards.   For a decade, Stefano thrived in Barc...

Known for his singing voice and impressions, Joey Gaynor is an actor, comedian and writer living in Los Angeles via Newark, New Jersey. After eight years on the road, Joey's break through came in the concert movie, "Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen" with Bill Hicks, Chris Rock and Tim Allen. A regular at the Comedy Store, Joey's performed with Richard Pryor, the Smother's Brothers, Sam Kinison, George Lope...

"After spending most of his life raising kids and working in the financial industry, Roland is spending the  rest of the time here on earth focused on the Heart of the Fathers Foundation project.  The foundation is focused on helping grandparents to have an effective connection with their grandchildren. Just like FDR says, "We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our...

Join us as we chronicle the 2024 AATH Conference with first hand interviews, sounds from the actual conference and some opportunities to giggle and guffaw!  Hear from some of the keynote speakers, breakout rooms and takeaways from this year's conference! We are unable to name all of the amazing folks that are on this, and we would like to thank all of the organizers for making this amazing confere...

Ros Ben-Moshe is a Laughter, Wellbeing and Positivity author, academic and practitioner. She is Adjunct lecturer at the School of Public Health and Psychology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, where she coordinates the Australian-first  Laughter, Resilience and Wellbeing online short course  for professionals. Her latest book,  The Laughter Effect – How to Build Joy, Resilience and Positivity in...

Richard Hawk The Leading Expert on Making Safety Fun It’s rare to find someone who is both a safety professional and an entertaining speaker and trainer. Richard Hawk has been in the safety and health field for more than 30 years. He spent 15 of them as a safety professional in the nuclear industry and as a safety advisor on constructions projects. Richard’s background also includes theater, where...