Hosted by Chris Duffy and presented by WBUR, You’re the Expert is a hilarious live show and podcast that brings academia out of the ivory tower and into your iPhone. Watch as three of New York’s funniest comedians try to guess what a leading professor studies all day. Through a series of hilarious games and quizzes, they’ll learn about the professor’s research, how it’s conducted, and why it actually matters. Recommended by both The Onion A.V. Club and PBS NOVA, You’re the Expert is fun, it’s funny, and you actually learn something. Don’t miss your chance to see this live taping right in downtown NYC!

Myq Kaplan Official Website | Myq Kaplan on Twitter

Myq Kaplan is a comedian named Myq Kaplan (pronounced “Mike”). He is a 2010 Last Comic Standing Finalist and has appeared on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, the Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, and all the other places he’s been. You can listen to Myq’s podcast, Hang Out With Me, on the Keith and The Girl network. His debut CD, Vegan Mind Meld, was one of iTunes’ top ten best-selling comedy albums in 2010, followed by Meat Robot in 2013 and his one-hour Netflix special Small Dork and Handsome in 2014.

Anna Drezen official site | Anna Drezen on Twitter

Anna Drezen is a comedian, writer, and actor living in Brooklyn, NY. She is currently a writer for Saturday Night Live. She regularly performs standup and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, the People’s Improv Theater, Union Hall, the Annoyance, and other clubs across the country. She is the editor-at-large of Reductress, a satirical women’s magazine (Forbes, “Best Websites for Women”), and is the coauthor of Reductress’ debut humor book, How to Win at Feminism (HarperOne).

Emmy on Twitter | Emmy Official Site

Emmy Blotnick is a comedian and writer based in New York. Her half hour standup special will air on Comedy Central later this year. Currently she is Head Writer/Co-Executive Producer of The President Show on Comedy Central. Previously, Emmy wrote for The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, Comedy Central’s @midnight with Chris Hardwick, TruTV’s Billy On The Street, MTV’s Nikki & Sara Live, Vh1’s Best Week Ever and others. As a performer, Emmy was named one of Comedy Central’s Comics To Watch and Time Out New York’s Women of Comedy. She has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, @midnight and in the Comedy Central web series New Timers. Emmy is originally from Boston, but regretfully has no accent or bar-fighting experience.

Chris Duffy is a standup comedian and improviser who has performed at colleges and festivals throughout the country (including SF Sketchfest, Caltech, Brown, Harvard, the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, the Cambridge Science Festival, and more). Chris is also the creator and host of You’re the Expert, a live show and public radio program on WBUR where three comedians try to guess what a professor studies all day. Don’t confuse him with professional bodybuilder Chris Duffy. While they share identical names and physiques, they are different people.
 
In addition to comedy, Chris is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Makeshift Magazine, and Wag’s Revue. Chris, a former fifth grade teacher, leads workshops at schools and universities on using humor in the classroom and consults on various projects at the intersection of comedy, education, and communication.
 
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