Everything about the Seder reeks of serious. Serious symbols, serious meaning, serious lessons. Where is there room for laughter in this sacred place of meaning?

And what this actually means is that a lot of our laughter is doing kind of social affiliative work. So, we’re laughing as much to show that we like someone, we know someone, we’re part of the ...

But the human-exclusive brain system governing laughter is actually voluntary. Does this mean laughter can be manipulative? Listen to the full episode here to hear Becky and Emily's thoughts.