2020-07-06
36 分钟Also: how does a comedian cope with tragedy? With Eugene Mirman.
He gave you a pink sweater, too.
Yeah, we all have the same pink sweater.
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Stephen Dubner, and you're listening to.
No stupid questions today on the show.
Would it be better to have funerals and give eulogies before people die?
They could turn into interventions, essentially.
You know, there's something I've been wanting to say to you for a long time now.
Also, comedian Eugene Merman joins us to discuss the question, what do all funny things have in common?
They're all small, they're all yellow, they're always delicious.
So, Angela, I had a question to ask you today, and it suddenly became much more timely.
Unfortunately, though, because it's a question about death, we've discussed death a bit on this show.
Yeah, my original question was going to be, wouldn't it be better generally to have funerals for people before they die?
Because, you know, we tell stories about people and discuss their virtues, and it makes me sad that so many people gather together to share stories about the dead person and they aren't there to hear them.
You know, I know some people do this Tuesdays with Maury, the book by Mitch Albom had a famous living funeral, but I think they should be the.
Norm, not the exception.
Yeah.
So I wanted to know what you think about that.
And then just last night, you let me know that a mutual friend of ours had died.
Anders Erikson.