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Screw Everyone is comedian Ophira Eisenberg's wisecracking account of how she spent most of her life saying "yes" to everything - and everyone - and how that attitude ultimately helped her overcome her phobia of commitment. Skeptical about long-term relationships, Eisenberg approached dating as a sort of research experiment from early on: She spent her twenties traveling from futon to futon and gathering data, figuring that one day she'd put it all together somehow and build her own perfect Frankenmate.

Ophira Eisenberg is the hilarious host of NPR's hit trivia comedy show Ask Me Another, a regular host and storyteller at The Moth, and a stand-up comedian based in Brooklyn, NY - but originally from Canada. Ophira's new comedy album, Bangs!, recorded at the intimate Brooklyn mainstay, Union Hall, showcases her unique ability to seamlessly move from acerbic one-liners to autobiographical stories, while airing biting commentaries on the dating app phenomenon TINDR, being married to a comic book nerd, and the singular luxuries of big city living - like being able to cry in public, undisturbed.

This extended session of Laughter Therapy explores the history of all things funny, presenting a cornucopia of comedy from the pioneers of vaudeville and the silent film era, to the wildly creative innovators that transformed television in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, to the modern practitioners that continue to bend the boundaries of comedy today.