Join host Chris Duffy, parrot expert Dr. John McCormack, and our panel of comedians to learn all about our colorful neighbors!
THE HOST
Chris Duffy is a comedian, television writer, and radio/podcast host. Chris currently hosts TED’s hit podcast How to Be a Better Human. He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News, NPR, and National Geographic Explorer. Chris wrote for both seasons of Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas on HBO, executive-produced by John Oliver. He’s the creator/host of the streaming game show Wrong Answers Only, where three comedians try to guess what a leading scientist does all day, in partnership with LabX at the National Academy of Sciences. He has performed live in venues as big as a sold-out Lincoln Center and as small as a walk-in closet (also sold out). Chris is both a former fifth-grade teacher and a former fifth-grade student. He is currently writing a nonfiction book about humor for Doubleday.
THE EXPERT
Dr. John McCormack is the Director and Curator of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology and a Professor of Biology at Occidental College in Los Angeles. John is one of the lead investigators of Occidental’s Free-Flying Los Angeles Parrot Project (FLAPP) where he studies parrot DNA to learn more about the ecology and evolution of LA’s parrot population.
THE COMEDIANS
