Nov 19th, 2008 · In their fourth appearance on Mountain Stage, the modern-day Irish traditionalists in Solas perform songs from their latest release, Love and Laughter. The set opens with a series of jigs and a traditional Irish love song, and later ends with a rendition of Bob Dylan's "Seven Curses."
Oct 29th, 2008 · We all know the economy isn't strong right now. Comedy duo Frangela prescribe laughter as the best medicine against the economic woes.
Oct 22nd, 2008 · Have you fried a turkey — when you only meant to roast it? Or seated an uncle next to someone they refuse to speak to? Whether it ended in laughter or tears, share your story here.
Oct 5th, 2008 · Satire has played a part in politics for hundreds of years, but how is it different in the YouTube era? Is it all in good fun, or is there something being lost in all the laughter?
Sep 11th, 2008 · Alan Ball's film follows the dark but shockingly funny story of Jasira, a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, as she navigates the confusing and frightening paths of adolescence and sexual awakening.
Sep 11th, 2008 · The Coen brothers' latest may be a comedy, but it's a Coen brothers comedy — meaning it's as bleak and hopeless as comedies are allowed to get before the laughter dies bitterly on your lips.
Aug 15th, 2008 · It's a common sound in the Australian bush, starting up just around daylight: the laughing call of the kookaburra. These birds get together in small groups, have a chat and then go into a full laughter song, letting other kookaburras know where their territory is.
May 31st, 2008 · Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo edited and contributed to a new volume called A Healing Touch: True Stories of Life, Death, and Hospice. He says the book that he and his five fellow writers thought would be about loss and grief turned into something very different.