The World
June 14, 2024
NPR
Pope Francis sees value in comedy — validating the importance of humor in tumultuous times
Word of Mouth
January 7, 2020
BBC Radio 4
How and why we live, breathe and think in metaphors
And here's a little squib from the BBC Radio 4 website on the pervasiveness of metaphor in everyday life
The Art of Manliness podcast
July 3, 2019
Why we need wit more than ever these days, and what you can do to start being a bit more witty
Think
May 31, 2019
On serendipity, intellectual playfulness, and the importance of wit in everyday life
JPR
March 4, 2019
The Jefferson Exchange
A conversation with Geoffrey Riley about the relationship between wit and meditation, juggling as a contemplative practice, and some truly awful/wonderful puns from his listeners
KUER
January 9, 2019
Radiowest
A conversation with Doug Fabrizio about Shakespeare's puns, witty tricksters, how wit might work in the brain, the relationship between attention and wit, and whether you need to suffer to be funny
Monocle 24 Sunday Brunch
December 23, 2018
Wit and writing under formal constraints, and why we need wit (starts 22:30) — now more than ever
The Gist
December 5, 2018
How do you explain wit, and why Buster Keaton is a master of the form
Here and Now
November 30, 2018
Why wit matters - from puns to partisanship
CBC
November 20, 2018
As It Happens
Why puns are the height of wit — plus watch the pun-off video between CBC hosts Jeff Douglas and Gavin Crawford
Writer's Bone
November 16, 2018
A Friday Morning Coffee conversation about wit, writing, and the liberating energy of working within formal constraints
Wisconsin Public Radio
November 12, 2018
Central Time
The Worth of Wit
Quartz
August 1, 2018
The case for puns as the most elevated display of wit
PBS Newshour
January 1, 2017
Post-election, how should newsrooms shift focus?
Radio New Zealand
October 19, 2016
The Jesse Mulligan Show
The Guardian Edinburgh Book Festival Podcast
Aug. 18, 2012
Translation and Metaphor
Boston Phoenix
Feb. 22, 2012
Page Views Q&A
Boston Globe
Feb. 18, 2012
G Force Q&A
The Kathleen Dunn Show
Feb. 22, 2011
Wisconsin Public Radio
The surprising importance of metaphor in our daily lives
Studio 360
Feb. 18, 2011
Metaphors are his sun, moon, and stars
Marie Claire
Feb. 11, 2011
Metaphor and Martha and the Vandellas
Editorial Intelligence
Feb. 10, 2011
Thought for The Day
Find out who the participants were
Business Matters
Feb. 10, 2011
Metaphor and the business of language
The Wall Street Journal
Feb. 8, 2011
Speakeasy
Author James Geary Gets Metaphorical On Us
Worldstreams Radio
Feb. 24, 2010
Around the World in Aphorisms
The Michigan Daily
Feb. 8, 2010
The Art of the Aphorism
BBC World Service
July 5, 2009
The World Today
Does humor have a place in politics? Find out in this excerpt from The World Today, hosted by Rebecca Kesby, with Vitali Vitaliev and James Geary.
A young boy's depiction of my gig at the
Swindon Festival of Literature
May 2006
MenteLocale
Oct. 25, 2008
From the Genoa Science Festival
Politicians hate aphorism
MenteLocale
Oct. 24, 2008
e=mc2 e un aforisma
BBC Radio 4
March 12, 2008
Midweek
On the Philosophy and the Aphorism conference
Voice of America
Wordmaster
Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists
Part 1 - Oct. 16, 2007
National Public Radio
Oct. 2, 2007
All Things Considered
Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists
Oneword Radio
July 12, 2006
Between the Lines
BBC Radio 4
Dec. 2, 2005
Word of Mouth
Writing and reading aphorisms
National Public Radio
Nov. 1, 2005
Morning Edition
The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism