What Happens When a Comedian Walks Into a Volcano?

What Happens When a Comedian Walks Into a Volcano?

In February 2023, comedian Ben Miller traded late-night punchlines for lava flows as the first stand-up comic ever selected as artist-in-residence at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. The prestigious program typically hosts painters, poets and even Grammy-nominated musicians — in other words, “serious” artists. Somehow, a professional joke-slinger made the cut. For a full month on the Big Island, Miller immersed himself in the raw power and layer…