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LaughBox
by Jim-Bob Williams and Katy BEE
Humor improves education, leadership, marketing, medicine, relationships, and just about everything in life. Join us as we discuss applying humor with the most interesting guests in the known galaxy!Laughbox is a presentation of the AATH (Association of Applied & Therapeutic Humor, www.aath.org).- All opinions of our guests are their own.- Not intended to replace professional therapy. - Call your doctor if you laugh for 4 hours or more.
Episodes
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Episode 146 - The HANDOFF with Steve Wilson
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...
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Episode 145 - Dani Klien Modisett and Laughter on Call
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.…
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Andrew Tarvin Introduces International Humor Month 2025
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...
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Episode 143 - Dr Sam Shay - NeuroSpicy: Love, Life, & Comedy on the Spectrum
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...
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Episode 142 - Mike Goodwin, Comedian - Refreshingly Funny
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…
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Episode 141 Chris Duffy - Creative Comedian, Writer and Podcaster Extraordinaire
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,...
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Episode 40 - Bea Bincze - Humor Coach, Graduating CHP, and Public Speaker
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,...
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Episode 139 - A Christmas Surprise with Simply St. Nick
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...
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Episode 138 - Marco Gamboa Novelist and Stand up Comedian Within Normal Limits
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...
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Episode 137 - Marc Yaffee Stand-Up Comedian, Writer & Podcast Host
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...
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Episode 136 - Brad Miller - Cancer and Comedy Podcast
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…
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Episode 135 - Gilarious Wolf - Native American Comedian - Wolf Brown
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...
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Episode 134 - Karyn Buxman - NeuroHumorist - and Humor Academy
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...
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Episode 133 - Chris Palmer - Author, Filmmaker Extraordinaire!
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...
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Episode 132 - Shelia Kennison - Neuroscience of Humor
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…
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Episode 131 Kyle Edgell CHP - Caricatures As An Experience
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…
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Episode 130 - MUST LISTEN! Comedian and Speaker Mike Cotayo
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…
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Episode 129 - The Indonesian Humor Institute Pioneers - Danny Septriadi and Ulwan Fakhri
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...
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Episode 128 - Christiana Frank Applied Improvisation Consultant and Speaker
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...
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Episode 127 - Stefano Iaboni Smile Solution
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,...
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Episode 126 - Comedian Joey Gaynor - The Full Gaynor
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...
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Episode 125 - Roland Thompson - The Connection Grandpa
"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...
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Episode 124 - The 2024 Conference Casserole!
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...
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Episode 123- Ros Ben-Moshe and the Laughter Effect
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...
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Episode 122 Richard Hawk Makes Safety Fun!
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…
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Episode 121 Gina Ramsey and Her Burnt Gloveboxes
Gina Ramsey, based in Superior, WI, is passionate about making a difference through humor, inspiration, and connection. Her book, "Burnt Gloveboxes: Embracing Life When It Goes Up In Flames," humorously navigates life's unexpected moments. Celebrated for her on-demand singing impersonations and...
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Episode 120 Mike Lukas and Fine Tuning Your Funny Muscle
Mike Lukas grew up in Cleveland and was a successful internationally touring comedian and improvisor (NBC, Comedy Central, Second City, CBS Radio, A&E) for twenty-four years before he decided to hang up his clown shoes and give writing a full time go. Now hammering his keyboard out of Dallas…
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Episode 119 Paul Osincup and The Humor Habit
Paul Osincup, CHP is a Keynote Speaker, Humor Strategist, and Past President of AATH. Paul's global mission for workplace happiness has provided him the opportunity to work with hundreds of organizations like the U.S. Airforce, Google, Discover, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Leadership. He's...
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Ep118 -REPOST- Live a Beautiful Life Podcast with Joy First Foundation and Adam Williams
Our New Year Episode is a repost of Adam Williams of the Live a Beautiful Life Podcast interviewing Katy BEE about Joy First Foundation. https://www.liveabeautifullifepodcast.com/ photo by Nick Le A place to explore the many paths that lead to living a beautiful life. For more information on Joy...
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REPOST - Episode 47Jess Ruggieri, MHP, CEHC Fun as Function
In the name of FUN and PLAY we repost Jess Ruggieri from episode 47 with Chip Lutz, Enjoy!! "Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." - Michael Jordan Are you ready to have some fun? I am but, then again, I'm always up for having some fun. But did you know that fun can be functional in improving...
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Episode 117- Hail to the Chief Episode Roberta Gold, President of AATH
Roberta is the 2023-2024 president of AATH! Hail to the Chief! LOL Sign up for her free weekly newsletter, Laughter Rocks! at: www.laf4u.com Roberta Gold is a Recreation Therapist and a Certified Humor Professional who founded Laughter for the Health of it in 1985 with one mission: To empower...
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Episode 116 - Dave Shelton Talks about Writing for National Lampoon, and Being Bitchy the Clown
Dave, an award winning film and television writer, cartoonist, author, musician and voice actor, has had his writing compared to the likes of Ray Bradbury and David Lynch and his cartoon work to that of Charles Schulz, one of Dave’s idols. As senior writer and head of cartoons at National…
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Episode 115 - Katy Maag talks about Laughter, Resilience, and Our Inner 3 Year Old!
Katy has always used humor to diffuse stress and anxiety of patients but was intrigued to learn more of the practice of Laughter Yoga when her work started an Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. She traveled three hours to participate in several programs before taking the leap into becoming…
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Episode 114 - Steve Wilson Returns to Talk about The World Laughter Tour, History, Theories, and Joy!!
“We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.” —Joseph Campbell Steve Wilson returns to LaughBox with Katy BEE and Jim-Bob Williams to talk about the inception and history of laughter clubs and what “Good Hearted Living” can do for us with six practices! Since its...
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Episode 113 -The Doctor of Fun, Megan Bendtzen, Funology, and Get in the Game Show!
Megan Bendtzen is the CEO and Founder of TheDoctorofFun.com. A former Fortune 100 Work Zombie 😆, she walked away from her 25-year corporate career to bring new life to the world she left when she discovered the Prescription for Happiness and the Cure for the Common Life! Megan’s mission is to…
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Episode 112 - Welcome Back Allen Klein, Jollytologist and the Laughiest Interview!
Allen Klein is a Jollytologist® and “Ambassador of Light” who shows audience’s worldwide how to use humor and positivity to deal with life’s not-so-funny stuff. He is a TEDx presenter on the power of intention and the author of over 30 books including the best-selling book, The Healing Power of...
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Episode 111 - Happy Birthday Nancy Norton! Tromedy Podcaster and Comedian
Nancy Norton is an award winning comedian and keynote speaker who presents "The Power of Humor" She is the first woman to win the Boston Comedy Festival, then the very next year, placed first in the Seattle International Comedy Competition, the first woman to win that since 1985 and then, for...
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Episode 110 - Timothy Killilea - Firefighting, Resilience, Side Jobs, and Improvisational Creativity
Tim is a firefighter and a curator of side jobs. From operating a Paleo bakery to implementing an electric powered, residential landscaping company, there are a lot of things he has said, "Yes, and!" to. Adding something is important to him, so is his passion to expand access to improv comedy and...
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Episode 109 - Way Back Time Machine -Vintage Allen Klein Interview with Chip Lutz
This episode, we revive the Chip Lutz interview with the one and only Allen Klein! Yes, Allen, Jim-Bob and I would love to do a follow up interview with you! Meanwhile, enjoy this vintage episode one more time! Go back in time in this episode to the humble beginnings of Chip Lutz as he just…
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Episode 108 - Humor is a Gateway Drug to Joy with Bonita Joy
For a complementary Humor Journal with ten humor prompts to help recognize the fun and funny in daily life so that you can grow your humor muscle and experience more joy, go to https://joy.funandfunnier.com website: https://bonitajoyyoder.com https://www.facebook.com/bonita.yoder.5...
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Episode 107 - AATH Interviews Lynn Perreault of Laughter Business Academy!
Helloooo, I am Lynn Perreault, Ph.D., Founder of Laughter Business Academy (2010), Positive Business/Community/Health/Social Psychologist (2005), Qualified Uppiness Trainer (2022), Certified Laughter Yoga Leader & Teacher (2008), and Applied Improvisation Practitioner (1990). My mission is to…
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Episode 106 - AATH Interviews Bobby Benavides - Clean Comic Collaboration with Taking Up Your Time
Bobby Benavides has been doing comedy for several years in West Virginia. He has a wife and four kids, all of which, he practices his material on, regularly. When he isn’t doing comedy he is an air guitar enthusiast. He mainly specializes in slow jams, and will perform at weddings. He enjoys...
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Episode 105-LaughBox Welcomes Frank Chindamo of Laugh MD for a Return Visit
Frank began his media career in writing and production at SNL. He's won 30+ awards for writing/producing comedy videos for HBO, Showtime, CBS, PBS, Comedy Central and more. He launched the world’s first mobile comedy channel, featured on the front pages of Forbes, the LA Times, and in the Wall...
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Episode 104 - Chip Lutz first Laughbox Episode - and 2023 winner of the Doug Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award
Doug Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award We reposted the very first Laughbox episode to honor Chip Lutz as the recipient of the lifetime achievement award in 2023 Thank you, Chip! Are you wondering about AATH? This is a brief descriptive episode about the Association of Applied and Therapeutic...
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Episode 103 - 2023 Conference MishMash - Interviews, and Sound Bytes
Join Jim-Bob Williams and Katy BEE as they chronicle the 2023 AATH Conference with first hand interviews, sounds from the actual conference and some opportunities to giggle and guffaw! Hear about some of the keynote speakers, breakout rooms and takeaways from this year's conference! For images…
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Episode 102- Carla H Brown - Joy Coach, Laughter Yogi, and GriefYoga Instructor - Giggles, Guffaws, and Finding Our Joy
Carla H Brown is a dynamic force for laughter, levity and joy on the planet! A self-proclaimed, recovering serious person, Carla chose to seek out more joy, after experiencing an auto-immune illness, which left her temporarily paralyzed. This slowing down gave her the opportunity to be fully...
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Episode 101 - CHP Robin Phoenix Johnson Talks about Life with The Best Medicine Brigade, and Healarious! Veterans and Humor!
Robin Phoenix Johnson President, HEAL*ARIOUS, Founder Best Medicine Brigade After more than 20 years of military service, Lieutenant Colonel Robin Johnson, USA, Ret., discovered her new mission in improving people, organizations, and communities with humor. Level II Certified Humor Professional...
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Episode 100 - Izzy Gesell Returns with A New Book and More!
Izzy Gesell is an “organizational alchemist” who helps people navigate their internal logjams and emerge more confident, spontaneous and effective. Through keynotes, workshops and coaching sessions, Izzy delivers meaningful material in an enjoyable way. His unique approach to personal and...
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Episode 99-Mary Kay Morrison and the Humor Academy Flashmob!
This episode is a flashmob game show starring Mary Kay and Don Morrison and members of the Humor Academy and graduate Certified Humor Professionals. Mary Kay Morrison - Founder Jim-Bob Williams - CHP Katy BEE - Level 1 Don Morrison - Level 2 Fatima Ahmed - Level 1 and Peace Scholar Roberta Gold -...
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Episode 98 - AATH Humor Academy Project- Discussing Joy First Foundation with Katy BEE, Olivia Vo and CHP Cathy Grippi - Joyful Moments, The Ripple Effect, and Who Needs Joy on Thursday?
Kate McGlynn, aka Katy BEE is a first year Humor Academy student with AATH and the founder of a new Non-profit Joy First Foundation - https://www.joyfirst.org/ - which is dedicated to bringing, evoking, creating, and offering joy to all living beings. Joyful Moments are online and in-person...
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Humor improves education, leadership, marketing, medicine, relationships, and just about everything in life. Join us as we discuss applying humor with the most interesting guests in the known galaxy!Laughbox is a presentation of the AATH (Association of Applied & Therapeutic Humor, www.aath.org).- All opinions of our guests are their own.- Not intended to replace professional therapy. - Call your doctor if you laugh for 4 hours or more.
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