LIVE IN LA: Wrong Answers Only
Dec
11
7:30 PM19:30

LIVE IN LA: Wrong Answers Only

Environmental and Chemical Engineer Kandis Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz joins host Chris Duffy and comedians Karen Chee and Lauren Lapkus for this hilarious panel show!

Produced by LabX, a public engagement program at the National Academy of Sciences, Wrong Answers Only is science comedy game show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert. You can come to the show live in person or watch the livestream from anywhere you’d like!

THIS MONTH’S EXPERT:
Kandis Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz is an environmental and chemical engineer who specializes in turning trash into treasure. As Director of the USC Sustainable Lab, Leslie works on projects relating to carbon capture and developing technologies that turn agricultural waste into water filtration systems.

Tickets: $5
Also available for livestream with RSVP!

Tickets and details here

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LIVE AT SF SKETCHFEST: Wrong Answers Only
Jan
26
7:00 PM19:00

LIVE AT SF SKETCHFEST: Wrong Answers Only

Live at SF Sketchfest, my favorite comedy festival in the world!

“Three comedians. One expert. So many ridiculously wrong answers. Wrong Answers Only is a hilarious, interactive live show that features celebrity guests, a scientific expert, and audience members learning about exciting research through games and quizzes. Hosted by Chris Duffy, with guests Samm Levine, Aparna Nancherla and more! Presented by LabX, a program of the National Academy of Sciences.” Get tickets here

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LIVE IN LA: Talkies (Standup Comedy)
Oct
17
8:00 PM20:00

LIVE IN LA: Talkies (Standup Comedy)

TICKETS AND DETAILS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talkies-comedy-short-films-tickets-350801916977

Started in the basement of San Francisco’s Lost Weekend Video store (RIP), this experimental monthly show has a new home in LA at the Whammy Analog VHS store every third Thursday!

Featuring your hosts - George Chen Land Smith Nick Stargu Aviva Siegel

When: Thursday - October 17TH @ 8pm PT

Where: Whammy Analog - 2514 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026

Price: $10

Guest Line up:
Chase O'Donnell
Chris Duffy
Orion Levine
Christina Catherine Martinez
Arthur Steur

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talkies-comedy-short-films-tickets-350801916977

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LIVE IN LA: Wrong Answers Only - Food Science
Oct
9
7:30 PM19:30

LIVE IN LA: Wrong Answers Only - Food Science

Food designer and molecular biologist Eric Schulze joins host Chris Duffy and comedians Aparna Nancherla, Rob Haze, and Jared Goldstein for this hilarious panel show!

Produced by LabX, a public engagement program at the National Academy of Sciences, Wrong Answers Only is science comedy game show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert. You can come to the show live in person or watch the livestream from anywhere you’d like!

THIS MONTH’S EXPERT:
Eric Schulze is a professional scientist, entrepreneur, educator, and designer of food from the DNA up. He’s done it all so far: worked in the Obama administration as a novel food and drug regulator, built new food companies in Silicon Valley, and designed the very first ever cultivated meat you can buy today, and is now designing new species of animals. Yes, you heard that correctly. He was the founding host of The Smithsonian’s first ever digital show and has written for the voice of God himself, Morgan Freeman. Prior to recreating Jurassic Park IRL, Dr. Schulze failed at college basketball, portrait art, and selling women’s shoes. He teaches and works with companies all around the world and is happily based on LA with his wife. 

Tickets: $5
Also available for livestream with RSVP!

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LIVE IN NYC: Wrong Answers Only - Data Privacy
Sep
19
7:00 PM19:00

LIVE IN NYC: Wrong Answers Only - Data Privacy

Wrong Answers Only is an interactive comedy show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert. This installment features guest comedians Ziwe, Wyatt Cenac, and Michael Cruz Kayne. Computer security and data privacy expert Rebecca Wright is our guest. Hosted by Chris Duffy.

TICKETS AND MORE INFO HERE

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LIVE IN NYC: Wrong Answers Only - Bugs!
May
23
7:00 PM19:00

LIVE IN NYC: Wrong Answers Only - Bugs!

Wrong Answers Only is an interactive comedy show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert. This installment is all about dragonflies, cockroaches, termites and other bugs featuring Dr. Jessica Ware (American Museum of Natural History) and comedians Josh Gondelman, Alison Leiby, and more.

TICKETS AND MORE INFO HERE

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LIVE IN LA: Wrong Answers Only - Monsters
May
1
7:30 PM19:30

LIVE IN LA: Wrong Answers Only - Monsters

Monster expert Emily Zarka joins host Chris Duffy and comedians Aparna Nancherla, Rob Haze, and Guy Branum for this science comedy game show!

Produced by LabX, a public engagement program at the National Academy of Sciences, Wrong Answers Only is science comedy game show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert. You can come to the show live in person or watch the livestream from anywhere you’d like!

THIS MONTH’S EXPERT:
Emily Zarka is a professor, writer, TV host, and most importantly a monster expert. She earned her PhD in English, specializing in British Romantic literature with an emphasis on the Gothic. Emily now uses that degree to approach literature and film through monsters, applying the theory that human history is monster history.

Tickets: $5
Also available for livestream with RSVP!

Tickets and details here

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LIVE IN VANCOUVER: TED2024 "The Brave and The Brilliant"
Apr
15
to Apr 19

LIVE IN VANCOUVER: TED2024 "The Brave and The Brilliant"

  • Vancouver Convention Centre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

I’m going to be giving a mainstage TED Talk at the conference in Vancouver this year. I’m very excited about the opportunity. It will certainly be the first time I’ve been on a lineup with RuPaul, Kesha, and the governor of Utah. Classic comedy stuff! For more details (and info on how to attend in person or watch via livestream) click here: tedtalks.social/3tU9KUD

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LIVE IN NYC: Wrong Answers Only - Swarms!
Nov
9
7:30 PM19:30

LIVE IN NYC: Wrong Answers Only - Swarms!

Wrong Answers Only is an interactive show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert.

THIS MONTHS EXPERT

Simon Garnier is an Associate Professor of Biology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and head of the Swarm Lab. His research aims to reveal how collective intelligence works in systems as diverse as ant colonies, human crowds, and robotic swarms.

GET TICKETS HERE: https://caveat-website.herokuapp.com/events/wrong-answers-only-11-9-2023

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LIVE IN LA: Wrong Answers Only - Impulse Buying
Oct
11
7:30 PM19:30

LIVE IN LA: Wrong Answers Only - Impulse Buying

Behavioral economist Alison Sanchez joins host Chris Duffy and comedians Lauren Lapkus, Paul F. Tompkins, and Zac Oyama for this science comedy game show!

Produced by LabX, a public engagement program at the National Academy of Sciences, Wrong Answers Only is science comedy game show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert. You can come to the show live in person or watch the livestream from anywhere you’d like!

THIS MONTH’S EXPERT:
Alison Sanchez is an associate professor of economics and business analytics at the University of San Diego, a former runner-up for homecoming queen, and a huge fan of The Great British Bake Off. Her research combines behavioral economics with techniques and insights from neuroscience, psychology, information theory and machine learning with a focus on consumer behavior. 

Tickets: $5
Also available for livestream with RSVP!

Tickets and details here

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LIVE IN NYC: Wrong Answers Only
Sep
14
7:30 PM19:30

LIVE IN NYC: Wrong Answers Only

Music & memory expert Pablo Ripollés joins host Chris Duffy and our all-star panel of comedians for another episode of Wrong Answers Only! Featuring comedians Karen Chee, Jo Firestone, and more!

https://www.caveat.nyc/events/wrong-answers-only-9-14-2023

21+/PG-13ish (Are we going to curse? Yes, yes we probably will.)

Wrong Answers Only is an interactive show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert.

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ONLINE: Roy Wood Jr. interview for TED "How comedy can make us better humans"
Sep
12
12:00 PM12:00

ONLINE: Roy Wood Jr. interview for TED "How comedy can make us better humans"

There’s a saying that comedy is tragedy plus time. Perhaps that’s why some of our biggest problems feel easiest to manage with a dose of humor. Comedian and actor Roy Wood Jr. has spent his career finding silly in the serious and using this tactic to influence real change. Join us for a live conversation hosted by How to Be a Better Human’s Chris Duffy where Wood Jr. shares how we can confront history with humor and use comedy to improve ourselves and our world.

Details and registration here

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Unprecedented Times (IMPROV IN L.A.)
May
7
7:00 PM19:00

Unprecedented Times (IMPROV IN L.A.)

  • Upright Citizens Brigade - Franklin (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

UNPRECEDENTED TIMES brings together a group of Los Angeles’ funniest improvisers to create a night of hilarious comedy based on U.S. history. Featuring performers from HBO, The Onion / Clickhole, Improvised Shakespeare, The Second City, and more.

A middle school history teacher does their best to tell us everything they know about a time period or event in U.S. History picked at random by the audience. A group of hilarious comedians then grills the teacher about what they’ve said and uses that interaction to create a night of truly unprecedented comedy. Tickets/more info

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LIVE IN LA: Wrong Answers Only - Guardian of the Galazy
Apr
26
7:30 PM19:30

LIVE IN LA: Wrong Answers Only - Guardian of the Galazy

Real life Guardian of the Galaxy Moogega Cooper joins host Chris Duffy and comedians Emily Heller, Aparna Nancherla, and Lauren Lapkus for this science comedy game show!

Produced by LabX, a public engagement program at the National Academy of Sciences, Wrong Answers Only is science comedy game show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert. 

THE EXPERT
A real life “Guardian of the Galaxy,” Dr. Moogega (Moo-ji-gae) “Moo” Cooper holds the awesome responsibility of keeping the red planet safe from any of the Earth’s contaminants. Moo is the planetary protection lead of the famed NASA 2020 Mars mission—with its highly viewed landing on February 18, 2021.

THE COMEDIANS
Emily Heller
Aparna Nancherla
Lauren Lapkus

TICKET LINK: https://www.dynastytypewriter.com/events-calendar?loxi_pathname=%2Fwrong-answers-only-w-paul-f-tompkins-lauren-lapkus-aparna-nancherla-and-more-4358

Also available for livestream with RSVP!

6:30pm Doors

Lineup subject to change | No item minimum | No late entry

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Unprecedented Times (IMPROV IN L.A.)
Mar
19
7:00 PM19:00

Unprecedented Times (IMPROV IN L.A.)

  • Upright Citizens Brigade - Franklin (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

UNPRECEDENTED TIMES brings together a group of Los Angeles’ funniest improvisers to create a night of hilarious comedy based on U.S. history. Featuring performers from HBO, The Onion / Clickhole, Improvised Shakespeare, The Second City, and more.

A middle school history teacher does their best to tell us everything they know about a time period or event in U.S. History picked at random by the audience. A group of hilarious comedians then grills the teacher about what they’ve said and uses that interaction to create a night of truly unprecedented comedy. Tickets/more info

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Butterboy (STANDUP IN NYC)
Mar
13
8:00 PM20:00

Butterboy (STANDUP IN NYC)

Butterboy is a weekly stand-up comedy show hosted by two chuckle monsters (Maeve Higgins and Jo Firestone) every Monday at Littlefield in Brooklyn, NY. Each week they come clutching with them a horde of the freshest, silver-tongued comics and phone sex operators this world has to offer. Legends in their own right, these three friends Maeve Higgins and Jo Firestone combine forces to host the funniest and best show in town! Accompanied by the musical stylings of Donwill and the sensual silence of a rotating Idris Elba impersonator, you won't want to miss it. Plus, find out which parts of this blurb are bold, unapologetic lies! TICKETS AND DETAILS HERE

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Wrong Answers Only LIVE! (PANEL SHOW IN NYC)
Mar
9
7:30 PM19:30

Wrong Answers Only LIVE! (PANEL SHOW IN NYC)

After a sold out show in November, Wrong Answers Only returns to NYC for a special one-night only live event featuring comedians Josh Sharp, Maeve Higgins, and Michael Cruz Kayne interviewing Dr. Mandë Holford about her research on killer snails. https://caveat.nyc/events/wrong-answers-only-3-9-2023

Doors 7:00 PM, show 7:30 PM. Tickets are FREE but you need to register online

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Wrong Answers Only (STREAMING ONLINE)
Feb
9
5:30 PM17:30

Wrong Answers Only (STREAMING ONLINE)

Thursday, February 9th at 5:30 p.m. Pacific / 8:30 p.m. Eastern. This month, we’re talking all about ANIMAL POOP with the Oregon Zoo’s Dr. Laurel Fink and comedians Naomi Ekperigin, Chrissy Shackelford, and Zac Oyama. You can watch the show from anywhere, it’s interactive, hilarious, and best of all, it’s FREE! Register online here

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Unprecedented Times (IMPROV IN L.A.)
Jan
22
7:00 PM19:00

Unprecedented Times (IMPROV IN L.A.)

  • Upright Citizens Brigade - Franklin (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

UNPRECEDENTED TIMES brings together a group of Los Angeles’ funniest improvisers to create a night of hilarious comedy based on U.S. history. Featuring performers from HBO, The Onion / Clickhole, Improvised Shakespeare, The Second City, and more.

A middle school history teacher does their best to tell us everything they know about a time period or event in U.S. History picked at random by the audience. A group of hilarious comedians then grills the teacher about what they’ve said and uses that interaction to create a night of truly unprecedented comedy. DETAILS AND TICKETS HERE

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Wrong Answers Only (STREAMING ONLINE)
Jan
12
5:30 PM17:30

Wrong Answers Only (STREAMING ONLINE)

Thursday, January 12th at 5:30 p.m. Pacific / 8:30 p.m. Eastern. This month, we’re talking all about VOLCANOES with comedians Aparna Nancherla, Josh Sharp, and Danielle Perez. Our guest is Dr. Diana Roman, a volcanologist whose goal is to understand the likelihood and timing of volcanic eruptions. You can watch the show from anywhere, it’s interactive, hilarious, and best of all, it’s FREE! Register online here

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Stage Fright LIVE at the New York Comedy Festival (NYC)
Nov
10
9:30 PM21:30

Stage Fright LIVE at the New York Comedy Festival (NYC)

Stage Fright is a hilarious night of comedy all about confronting (and maybe even overcoming) your biggest fears. Watch as NYC's funniest performers tackle what terrifies them, everything from airplanes to public speaking to giant spiders. Bravely hosted by Chris Duffy and Ashley Brooke Roberts. Featuring Jo Firestone, Cocoon Central Dance Team (Sunita Mani, Tallie Medel, and Eleanore Pienta), and more surprise guests! Get tickets here

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Wrong Answers Only LIVE! (NYC)
Nov
10
7:30 PM19:30

Wrong Answers Only LIVE! (NYC)

We’re bringing the popular streaming science comedy show Wrong Answers Only to NYC for a special live event featuring Josh Gondelman, CJ Hunt, and Karen Chee interviewing Dr. Alexandra Horowitz from the Dog Cognition Lab. https://caveat.nyc/series/wrong-answers-only/

Doors 7:00 PM, show 7:30 PM. Tickets are FREE but you need to register online

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Big League Comedy (LA)
Oct
23
8:30 PM20:30

Big League Comedy (LA)

I’m doing standup on this free comedy show hosted by some of LA’s funniest. here’s the info:

Kiss your dog/cat/lizard goodbye and join us at Bigfoot Lodge on Sunday, October 23rd for a night of hahahas . We've invited our favorite comedians and pals to entertain you and we promise they will do a great job or ELSE. This spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime show is free. It's true! We can't believe it either. See you soon!

************* RSVP If You'd Like OR Just Show Up! ****************

Hosted by Nick Maritato, Alex Song-Xia, and Ashley Brooke Roberts

DOORS 8:30 / SHOW AT 9

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Wrong Answers Only (ONLINE)
Oct
13
5:30 PM17:30

Wrong Answers Only (ONLINE)

Thursday, October 13th at 5:30 p.m. Pacific / 8:30 p.m. Eastern. On October’s show, we’re interviewing David Gruber, a coral reef and photosynthesis expert. He has discovered scores of novel fluorescent (AKA GLOWING!) compounds from marine animals. He discovered the first biofluorescent sea turtle and is the lead of Project CETI, a nonprofit looking to decipher communication among sperm whales. Featuring comedians including multiple Emmy-award winning comedy writer Chrissy Shackelford, standup comedian Rob Haze, and more. FREE! Register online here

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Wrong Answers Only (ONLINE)
Jun
9
5:30 PM17:30

Wrong Answers Only (ONLINE)

Three Comedians. One Expert. So many ridiculously wrong answers. WRONG ANSWERS ONLY is an interactive show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert. Hosted by Chris Duffy and brought to you by LabX and the National Academy of Sciences. Live online for free at 5:30 PM PACIFIC / 8:30 PM EASTERN Details and free tickets here

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