How Humans Communicate

Author: Brendan Middleton

How Humans Communicate explores the topic of human communication in all its countless forms from the earliest cave paintings to the latest technology tools. In each bite-sized episode, communications consultant and history nerd Brendan Middleton takes listeners on a fact-filled journey into humanity's past, present, and future ... as we continue our endless quest to be understood.
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Ep 2: Laughter
Episode 2
Thursday, 26 May, 2022

Did you know that fewer than 20 percent of giggles and guffaws in everyday conversation are in response to humor? Or that nervous tittering is an instinctive reaction to a perceived threat? In this episode, we probe the deep and ancient mysteries of laughter, a “universal part of the human vocabulary,” and explore its many roles in human communication.