- 535
- Episodes
- 40
- Transcribed
- 24
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About You Just Have To Laugh
YOU JUST HAVE TO LAUGH (YJHTL) David Naster learned and survived how to make a living as a professional comedian. Then the comedian learned how Humor and Laugher helps us to survive. For over 44 years Naster has interviewed hundreds of real people that are really funny in situations that are NOT funny. The YJHTL's podcast intentions are to entertain and inspire how humor can help you through any Tough Time you may endure. Each week we will offer real people who are really funny that have found joy and laughed through their real problems.
- Publisher
- David Naster
- Category
- comedy
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Jun 2022
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
40 of 535 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
785. When doing humanitarian work in Myanmar(Burma) and his life is serious danger, Aaron Blue proves how and why You Just Have To Laugh.
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
784. Paige Barrow takes us to the front line of Ukraine and what the people and war are really about.
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
783. A father threw his baby in the river …he had reached his wits end. What happened within one year is the wonderful rehabilitation work Aaron Blue has dedicated his life too with the Charis Project.
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785. When doing humanitarian work in Myanmar(Burma) and his life is serious danger, Aaron Blue proves how and why You Just Have To Laugh.
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] However, she had no power. She had no real influence. I've heard on U.S. news reports referring to her as the de facto leader of Burma, and that just shows that journalists don't know how language works. De facto means in fact the leader, which isn't the case. She was never in fact the leader. She was a small cog whose position was tenuous at best ever. And her senior legal advisor was assassinated by government forces in the middle of the street in Yangon. And so she had no real power. She was given a position in order to make the international community happy and to make her local supporters happy. […]
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- Aaron Blue
- Paige Barrows
- Bo Nelson
- Jessie Nelson
- Jonah Nelson
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 22 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 90
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