Episodes 99
Avg. Duration 1h 2m
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Since Nov 2023
Latest Episode Sep 2025

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Glimpse into the lives of comedians, improvisers, comedy writers, and other funny people from business, science, and the arts. Host Dr, Peter McGraw—a behavioral scientist, business school professor, and Director of the Humor Research Lab (aka HuRL)—sits down with funny people for a wide-ranging discussion of their habits, motivations, and secrets to success.

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Curtain Call

Sep 24, 2025 1h 16m

Welcome to the final episode of I'M NOT JOKING. Comedian JD Lopez returns from Episode 1 to debrief and reflect on Peter’s experience building a podcast and using it to seed his 2020 book, Shtick to…

Dropping Babies With Anthony Jeselnik

Sep 17, 2025 1h 22m

Anthony Jeselnik is a comedian, writer, actor, and producer. His most recent Netflix special is Fire in the Maternity Ward, and you can see him on his Comedy Central show, Good Talk with Anthony…

Answering Business Questions With Shane Mauss

Sep 10, 2025 1h 32m

Welcome to the second special dual taping of I’m Not Joking, and Here We Are, Shane Mauss’s science podcast. This episode coincides with the launch of Peter’s new book, Shtick To Business, which you…

Shtick to Business with Shane Mauss

Sep 03, 2025 57m

Welcome to a special dual taping of I’m Not Joking and Here We Are, Shane Mauss’s science podcast. This episode coincides with the launch of Peter’s new book, Shtick to Business, which you can find…

Creative Help From The Masters Of Comedy

Aug 27, 2025 1h 10m

Did you know that you can hire the world’s funniest people to help you with your company’s creative work? Meet the founders of a new company that helps you do just that. Peter McGraw chats with…

All Your Single Friends With Daliya Karnofsky And Avra Friedma

Aug 20, 2025 1h 4m

Welcome to a special dual taping of my podcasts. Both episodes are coming out just before my book, Shtick to Business, which launches on April Fool’s Day. The first is “I’m Not Joking,” the podcast…

Man In Cargo Pants

Aug 13, 2025 1h 15m

Alex Berg is an LA-based comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Before coming to LA, he studied psychology at Vassar College. You may have seen him on Terriers, The Goldbergs, and Reno! 911. He is a…

Man In Comedy Suit With Ryan Stout

Aug 06, 2025 1h 23m

Ryan Stout is a comedian who has appeared on CONAN, HBO’s Funny as Hell, Comedy Central’s @Midnight, and his own half-hour special: Comedy Central Presents… Ryan Stout. He was also a regular panelist…

Developing A Character With Emily Pendergast

Jul 30, 2025 1h

Emily Pendergast is a member of the prestigious Groundlings Main Company. She was most recently seen in the final season of the Emmy Award winning HBO series Veep as Jonah’s wife, Beth Ryan. She will…

The Irishman With David Nihill

Jul 23, 2025 52m

David Nihill is the author of the best-selling book Do You Talk Funny? and the Founder of FunnyBizz Conference. His work has been featured in Inc., Lifehacker, The Huffington Post, Fast Company,…

Unverified with Ari Shaffir

Jul 16, 2025 1h 2m

This episode was taped prior to Ari Shaffir’s controversial tweet about Kobe Bryant. Ari Shaffir is a stand-up comedian. He is producer and host of the Skeptic Tank podcast. He also co-hosts the…

Curating Comedy With Jake Kroeger

Jul 09, 2025 1h 5m

Jake Kroeger is a comedian, producer, and writer. Nobody knows what’s going in comedy in Los Angeles better than Jake. He created and runs The Comedy Bureau, the central source of information of…

Thinking Scientifically with Shane Snow

Jul 02, 2025 52m

Shane Snow is an award-winning journalist, entrepreneur, and the author of three books—including the #1 business bestseller Dream Teams. He speaks about innovation and teamwork, has performed comedy…

Looking for the Illogical with Merrill Markoe

Jun 25, 2025 1h 4m

Merrill Markoe is a comedian, comedy writer, author of ten books, and Emmy award Winning writer and producer of the Late Show with David Letterman. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and…

Things Are Gonna Get Easier with Jeff Kreisler

Jun 18, 2025 58m

Jeff Kreisler is a lawyer turned comedian, author and champion for behavioral economics. His first book, Get Rich Cheating, was a satirical look at cheating. His second book, Dollars And Sense: How…

People Stories with Kristin Newman

Jun 11, 2025 1h 13m

Kristin Newman has been writing and producing television for over 20 years, on shows including “That ’70s Show,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Chuck,” “Galavant,” “The Muppets,” “The Neighbors,” “The…

Relationships And Other Things With Stephanie McHugh

Jun 04, 2025 1h 31m

Stephanie McHugh is a comedian, speaker, voice over artist, and humor coach. She has been part of the Denver Comedy scene for over 16 years. She was on Nick at Nite’s TV Show “America’s Funniest Mom”…

Talking About Jokes with Jesse David Fox

May 28, 2025 1h 41m

Jesse David Fox is a writer who works at New York Magazine, first as a blogger and then a comedy columnist for New York Magazine’s pop culture site Vulture.com. In 2017, Jesse launched his podcast,…

Thinking about Class with Madison Shepard

May 21, 2025 1h 7m

Madison Shepard is a stand-up, writer, and actor. She’s appeared on Comedy Central’s The New Negroes. She’s performed at The S.F. Sketch Fest, Broke LA, and Laugh Riot Grrrl Festival. She studied…

Cheap Transformations with Todd Glass

May 14, 2025 1h 38m

Todd Glass started comedy at age 16. He has performed stand-up on The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel, and Conan O’Brian. You can see his recent special “Act Happy” on Netflix. Love the show? Subscribe,…

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