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5/5 The Joke Book. In Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious, Freud explained why the joke, like the dream, provides a window to the unconscious. Lisa Appignanesi talks to therapist-turned-comedian Inder Manocha and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips to find out why we laugh and why we give ourselves away in jokes, and asks if there is a place for humour on the therapist's couch. For details see Monday

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Talks:
Lisa Appignanesi
Unknown:
Inder Manocha
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Adam Phillips
Source: Radio Times

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