The format of the talk show is similar to popular TV comedy talk shows such as “The Tonight Show” or “The Graham Norton Show,” but instead of pop culture celebrities, it will feature finance researchers as guests. Researchers who participate in the “Explain it to a Comedian” interviews on Thursday or Friday will be eligible to be interviewed on the talk show. 

The talk show will be open to conference participants as well as to the wider public. It will be filmed for possible dissemination in video and/or film form. Audience members who do not wish to be filmed will be invited to sit in a specially designated area.

Interviewers: Dhaya Lakshminarayanan and Sammy Obeid 

Interviewees: Bengt Holmström (MIT), Laura Veldkamp (Columbia University), Sanjai Bhagat (University of Colorado), Alexander Wagner (University of Zurich), Victor Lyonnet (Ohio State University), Merih Sevilir (ESMT Berlin and IWH), Robert Kosowski (Imperial College London) and Paul Smeets (University of Amsterdam).

More Information

Detailed information on the Finance+Humor activities is on our website: https://efa2023.efa-meetings.org/program/financehumor/.

Attending the Talk Show

For more information about the talk show and to reserve a free ticket (unless you are an EFA conference participant), see https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/finance-meets-comedy-talk-show-tickets-638225167657.