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Muslim Comics Tour America To Fight Stereotypes With Laughs

Dean Obeidallah and Negin Farsad, co-directors of The Muslims Are Coming! Shereen Marisol Meraji/Code Switch hide caption

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Muslim Comics Tour America To Fight Stereotypes With Laughs

'The Muslims Are Coming!' is a new documentary that follows Muslim comics performing stand-up routines all over the U.S. Their mission: help Americans equate Islam with funny, not fundamentalist.

Muslim Comics Tour America To Fight Stereotypes With Laughs

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Thursday

Thursday

Comedian Hari Kondabolu On Diversity, Race And Burger King
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Comedian Hari Kondabolu On Diversity, Race And Burger King

An Indian-American comedian unafraid to joke politely about race and politics, Hari Kondabolu regularly challenges long-standing beliefs with his material. While his comedy is about being treated like an outsider, the jokes offer a sense of community.

Comedian Hari Kondabolu On Diversity, Race And Burger King

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Monday

An Anthropologist Walks Into A Bar And Asks, 'Why Is This Joke Funny?'

Megan Lutz, left, and Justin Chun react to amateur comedian Robert Lynch at the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan, N.Y. Lynch is an anthropologist researching what laughing reveals about us. Melanie Burford for NPR hide caption

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An Anthropologist Walks Into A Bar And Asks, 'Why Is This Joke Funny?'

Graduate student Robert Lynch is on a quest to deconstruct our built-in instinct for humor, and find out why making people laugh could be important to the way we've adapted to survive.

An Anthropologist Walks Into A Bar And Asks, 'Why Is This Joke Funny?'

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