Do you want to learn how to reduce your blood pressure, access natural painkillers, and strengthen your immune response? Do you live with stress in your life and want to reduce its impact? Check out â€Å"Podcast 137: Humor in Teaching, Part 1,† and you’ll learn how humor can help you achieve all of that and even more. In the podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the science of gelotology and describe how this specialized branch of linguistics seriously studies the science of what makes us laugh. Scientists have learned that not only is humor fun, but it provides both physical and emotional benefits that may even extend to material benefits. Listen in to the first of the two-part podcast on the topic. And if you are looking for a good laugh, check out Andrew’s â€Å"Joke of the Month† playlist on IEW’s YouTube Channel. Also, don’t forget to check out the second part of the podcast [next week?], when Andrew and Julie delve more into the topic of humor and discuss the qualities of what makes something humorous.