Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out
By Mike Birbiglia
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Reviews: 5
Episodes: 212
Dan in Cleveland
Jan 7, 2025
Mike "Bahooski" is a hilarious comedian. I started listening to him in early 2000. Amazing storyteller in his specials and now great interviewer. Favorite episode is with Stephen Colbert who I don't believe I have ever heard swear before this.
Mar 19, 2024
The episode with Ilana Glasier is one of my fav pods ever! Mike is a very thoughtful interviewer.
Dec 8, 2021
Marie D
Jun 10, 2021
This pod has great guests and the conversation is always fascinating, even if I am unfamiliar with Mike's guest. If you are interested in the craft of comedy, you need to listen! If you're not, it is always entertaining and wicked funny!
Jul 21, 2020
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192. Leanne Morgan: In The Presence of a Comedy Angel
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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191. Todd Glass: The Ultimate Comic's Comic
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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190. J. Hope Stein: Eavesdropping on the Eavesdropper
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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189. Nick Offerman: The Man Behind the Mustache
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Caleb Hearon: Improv Saved His Life
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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187. Jenny Slate: Unafraid of Sadness
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Questlove: The Art of Self-Sabotage
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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186. Sebastian Maniscalco: What Is He Even Doing Here?
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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185. Julio Torres: Off-Broadway, SNL, and Why Barbie Isn’t Pink
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Announcing Working It Out Premium
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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184. KC Shornima: Get Comfortable With This Darkness
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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183. Ryan Hamilton Returns: You Better Have Some Jokes
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Ben Stiller and Adam Scott: Working it Innie and Outie
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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182. Fred Armisen Returns: Is He Joking?
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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181. Jo Firestone Returns: The Best Stand-Up (Who Doesn’t Do Stand-Up)
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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180. Kumail Nanjiani: Oh, Mary!, The Big Sick, and a Return to Stand-Up
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Q&A: Mike Answers Voicemails About AI and Weird Audience Energy
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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179. Bob Odenkirk: The Art of Anger in Comedy
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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178. Alex Edelman Returns: Boston Sports and Hospital Clowns
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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177. Chelsea Handler: Why She Must Say It
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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176. Jane Wickline & Liva Pierce: SNL, Dukes, and Working Out Songs
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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175. Malik Elassal: One of The Adults
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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174. Pete Docter: The Inside Out of Pixar’s Process
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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173. Atsuko Okatsuka Returns: The Dizzy Duo
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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172. Nick Kroll Returns: Neil Digression Tyson
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Mike Reads His New York Times Essay, Plus Best of: Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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171. Nikki Glaser Returns: The Team Captain of Comedy (Plus: Mike’s New Special!)
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May 26, 2025 |
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Advice for New-ish Comedians (with Gary Simons and Listener Questions)
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May 19, 2025 |
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170. Please Don't Destroy Returns: The Journey of an SNL Sketch from Pitch to Air
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May 12, 2025 |
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169. Ira Glass Returns: Ira Tries Stand-Up Comedy (For Real)
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May 05, 2025 |
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168. Zarna Garg Returns: One Follower at a Time, a Million Times
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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167. Jessica Kirson: She's the Man
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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166. Questlove: The Art of Self-Sabotage
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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165: Rachel Feinstein Returns: Everything She Says Could Be a Bit
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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164. Andrew Schulz: Give Him 10 Seconds
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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163. Josh Johnson: Reinventing the Modern Comedy Special
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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BEST OF WIO: Mike Reads a New Piece of Writing, Plus Elizabeth Gilbert Re-Air
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Q&A: Mike Answers Voicemails About Comedy Advice and Crying Babies at Shows
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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162. Pete Holmes Returns: Comedy That’s Clean, Dirty, or PG-13
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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161. Nathan Lane Returns: The Safest Thing You Can Do Is Take a Risk
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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160. Rory Scovel Returns: How To Do 600 Minutes of Improvised Standup
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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159. Hasan Minhaj Returns: Off with His Head, On with His Jokes
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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158. Ben Stiller and Adam Scott: Working it Innie and Outie
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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157. Matt Rogers: Las Culturistas Meets Las Birbiglia-istas
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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156. Stephen Colbert Returns: A Gift from the Comedy Gods
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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155. David Sedaris Returns: A Creative’s Dream and a Fact Checker’s Nightmare
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Pete Holmes and Mike Make the Definitive Christmas Movie List
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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154. Fortune Feimster: Don't Borrow Trouble
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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153. Maria Bamford Returns: Marketable Mania
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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152. Gary Gulman Returns: Mommy, Look!
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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151. Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Jokes
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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WIO Q&A: 4th NYC Show Added and Mike Answers All of Your Questions About The Good Life
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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150. Michael Ian Black: How to Do Comedy with Your 10 Best Friends
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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149. Bridget Everett: The Star of HBO’s Somebody Somewhere on Risking It All
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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148. Lin-Manuel Miranda: Everything is Basically the School Play
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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147. Hannah Gadsby Returns: Shake the Tree
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Mike Answers Your Questions About Creativity and Discusses The Emmys
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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146. Jack Antonoff Returns: Working Out the New Theme Song
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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145. Matteo Lane: Working Towards the Masterpiece
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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144. Jon Laster Returns: The Throughline Is Habits
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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143. Zach Braff: Making A Movie is Like Throwing A Wedding
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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142. Aisling Bea Returns: We Like You Here
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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141. Hannah Berner: Zaddy Issues
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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140. Stephen Merchant: 6 Foot 7 and Co-Created The Office
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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139. Catherine Cohen: How to Make Your Doctor Laugh
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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138. Tig Notaro Returns: Clown Cars and Lesbian Party Buses
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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137. Neal Brennan Returns: How to Be 3% Funnier
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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The History of Comedy Since Seinfeld with Jesse David Fox
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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136. Sal Vulcano: A Bonafide Lunatic
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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135. Janine Harouni: But She's Funny
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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134. Pete Holmes Returns: Working It Weird
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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133. Rachel Feinstein Returns: She’s On Fire
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Screenwriting Advice You’ll Actually Use with John August
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May 20, 2024 |
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132. Judd Apatow Returns: Hold On To That Authenticity
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May 13, 2024 |
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131. Chris Fleming: He Should Be Way More Popular
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May 06, 2024 |
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130. Rory Scovel: Dare to Be Funny
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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129. J. Hope Stein Returns: Earth Day Poetry from Clo
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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The Wisdom of Chicago Improv with Liz Allen
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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128. Alex Edelman Returns: He Did His Best
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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127. Esther Povitsky: What Is Your Comedy Attachment Style?
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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126. Seth Meyers: SNL, Late Night, and a Ton of New Jokes
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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125. Ilana Glazer: Life Lessons from the Broad City Star
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Mike Answers Your Questions About Comedy
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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124. Chris Distefano: Crowd Work With The Mob
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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123. Please Don't Destroy: SNL’s Three Sad Virgins
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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122. Roy Wood Jr: Perfect Jokes From an Imperfect Messenger
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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121. Maddie Wiener: How to Find the Humor in a Panic Attack
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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120. Ronny Chieng Returns: Classic American Show Business
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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119. Rosebud Baker Returns: Pregnant with Jokes and People
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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118. John Early: A Man With Needs
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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The Very Best Working It Out Moments of 2023
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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117. Beth Stelling Returns: Two Skeletons Telling Jokes
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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116. Jimmy Carr Returns: The World Ordered A Comedian
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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The Old Man and the Pool: Spoilers Only
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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115. Pete Holmes Returns (Again): The Funniest and Longest Episode Yet
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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114. Jo Firestone Returns: Fact Check This Episode
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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113. Todd Barry: The Inventor of Crowd Work
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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112. Ramy Youssef Returns: You Already Love Him
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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111. Gary Simons: A New Comedian Asks Mike 10 Key Questions About Starting Out in Comedy
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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110. Greg Warren: Comedy Lessons From a Salesman
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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109. Gary Gulman Returns: Work Friends or Friend Friends?
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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108. Nimesh Patel: Comedy is Cancer Plus Time
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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107. Hasan Minhaj Returns: Good Boy Syndrome
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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106. Joe Birbiglia Returns: You Think I Give a Care About Christmas Parmesan?
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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105. Kate Berlant: The Comedy Special That Almost Didn’t Come Out
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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104. Jim Gaffigan: Dark Comedy from the Cleanest Comedian
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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103. Liz Kingsman: The London Comedy Exchange Program
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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102. Tom Papa: Conflict Resolution with an Old Friend
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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101. Elyse Myers: Telling Stories Literally Anywhere
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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100. Ira Glass Part 3: The Best Advice
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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6 Tips For Bringing Your Solo Show to Broadway (and the West End!)
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May 29, 2023 |
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99. Craig Mazin: The Definitive "The Last of Us" Interview, Sort Of
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May 15, 2023 |
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98. Ray Romano: Sometimes the Setup is the Punchline
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May 01, 2023 |
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97. Bert Kreischer: Inside A Storytelling Machine
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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96. Alex Edelman Part 3: The Broadway Debut
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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95. Nick Kroll: Old Friends
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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94. Jorma Taccone: The Lonely Island’s Comedy Revolution
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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93. Rachel Feinstein: Don't Call Your Wife "Big Guy"
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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92. Vir Das: Getting Cancelled Except For Real
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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91. Ryan Hamilton: Utah, Idaho, and the Clean Trick
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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90. Marc Forster: A Man Called Marc
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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89. Chris Redd: How to Express Your Mind on Stage
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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88. Seth Barrish: Mike and Seth’s 15 Year Phone Call
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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87. Atsuko Okatsuka: I'm Here to Make Friends
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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86. Wendy MacNaughton: Putting On Your Art Eyes
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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85. Iliza Shlesinger: When You're Hot Forever
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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84. Chloe Fineman: The SNL Star Who Can Literally Do Anything
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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83. Chris Gethard: Don’t Think Twice About Being Naked
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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82. Sam Morril: What Did You Do? My Act.
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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81. J. Hope Stein: Jokes and Poems
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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80. Larry Wilmore: Putting It Out There
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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79. Sarah Sherman: From New Faces to SNL
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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78. Jimmy Fallon: Dip It in Ranch
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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77. Joe Birbiglia: Who Doesn’t Like Free Stuff?
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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76. Jessi Klein: This Is the Reason For Comedy
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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75. Zarna Garg: Humor is a Strategy
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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74. Ben Stiller: Get Some Sleep
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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73. Michael J. Fox: When Your Hero Comes on Your Podcast
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May 30, 2022 |
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72. Drew Barrymore: Do What You Love
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May 16, 2022 |
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71. Alex Edelman Returns: The 25 Word Pitch
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May 02, 2022 |
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70. Judd Apatow Returns (Again): He Has Fettuccine in His Heart
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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69. Atsuko Okatsuka Returns: How to Become Yourself
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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68. Taylor Tomlinson Returns: She's Not Like Us
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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67. Lynn Shawcroft: How Mitch Hedberg Wrote Jokes
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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66. David Cross: Fully Committed Dad
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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65. Jon Laster Returns: Playing Legacy Ball
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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64. Mo Amer: The Creative Savings Account
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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63. Sarah Millican: Put The Email Address In Last
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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62. Hannah Einbinder: The Joke’s on You For Loving a Clown
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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61. John Green: The Fault in Our Birbiglias
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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60. Rosebud Baker: Addicted to Comedy
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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59. Alex Edelman: A Jewish Person Walks Into a Meeting of White Supremacists
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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58. Jimmy Carr: Life Is Better With Laughter
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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57. Stephen Colbert: Laughter As An Act Of Love
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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56. Atsuko Okatsuka: Her Life Should Be a Movie
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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55. Sterlin Harjo: Comedy From Tragedy and Reservation Dogs
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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54. Phoebe Robinson: Is She a Writer? Oh Yes, She Is
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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53. Pete Holmes Returns: Paperback Pete and His Soft Body
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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52. Randall Park: His Superpower is Turtle Figurines
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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51. Jim Gaffigan: We Met in 1997 at a Pizzeria
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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50. Kate Micucci: Don't Think Thrice
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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49. Keegan-Michael Key: Schmigadon't Think Twice
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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48. Judd Apatow Returns: Judd Has Notes
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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47. Malcolm Gladwell: 10,000 Hours of Jokes
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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46. Brie Larson: Captain Marvel Helps Captain Jokes
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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45. Neal Brennan: The Comedy Whisperer
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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44. Sarah Silverman: A Hard Comedy Reset
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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43. Bill Hader: This Episode Has It All
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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42. Quinta Brunson: Flinging Cats, Lovingly
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May 31, 2021 |
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41. Jack Antonoff: Jokes Are The Melodies Of Comedy
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May 18, 2021 |
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40. Aisling Bea: The Right Amount of a Bit Much
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May 10, 2021 |
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39. Nish Kumar: The Sidekick Soliloquy
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May 03, 2021 |
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38. Conan O'Brien: It's His Birthday, Celebrate Him
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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37. Jo Firestone: Onomatopizza and the Fyrestone Fest
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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36. Gary Gulman: The Joke Nerd Summit You've Been Waiting For
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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35. Fred Armisen: The Secret Comedy Rules of Portlandia and SNL
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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34. Aubrey Plaza: A Four-Quadrant Superstar
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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33. Nathan Lane: He Deserves Special Treatment
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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32. Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis Meets Mid-Life Crisis
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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31. The Sklar Brothers: How to Say I Love You, Freshly
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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30. Nikki Glaser: The Taylor Swift of Comedy
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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29. Frank Oz: Frank Being Frank
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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28. The Lucas Bros: Losing Their Minds Together
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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27. Rachel Bloom: The Inception of the “Please Stop The Ride” Musical
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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26. All Jokes Considered: The Staff Picks The Best Of 2020
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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25. Ira Glass: The Highly Anticipated Return
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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24. Natasha Lyonne: No F**kin’ Around
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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23. Ramy Youssef: Kicked in the Golden Globes
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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22. Abbi Jacobson: The Broad City Makeout Party
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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21. Bowen Yang: How Do You Write a Sketch For SNL?
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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A Letter From a Comedian To College Students Everywhere
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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20. Jacqueline Novak: 50 Ways To Get Eaten By the Garage Door
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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19. Beth Stelling: Dreaming About Sex With Your Dad
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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18. Jon Favreau & Tommy Vietor: Pod Save Birbiglia
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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17. Pete Holmes: What Podcast Would Jesus Listen To?
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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16. Maria Bamford: Your Comedy Vaccine
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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15. Jimmy Kimmel: This Week He Hosts The Emmys, But First....He Works It Out.
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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14. Tig Notaro: Hot Vegan Lesbian Clickbait
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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13. Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America…and Mike Birbiglia!
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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12. Sam Jay: America’s Next Big Comedy Star
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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11. Judd Apatow: The Cinema Mogul Tries to Ruin Mike’s Podcast
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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10. Roy Wood Jr: From Birmingham to The Daily Show to Broadway?
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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9. Melissa Villaseñor: Mike Writes Jokes with the SNL Star in Real Time!
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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8. Hasan Minhaj: Sometimes Living Through History... Sucks
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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7. Sarah Cooper: America’s Funniest Lip-Syncer-In-Chief— In Her Own Words
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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6. David Sedaris: Mike Trades Funny Stories With His Comedy Hero
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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5. Hannah Gadsby: Solo Shows and Spectrum Gazelles with a Master of the Craft
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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4. Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, & J. Hope Stein: The Poetry of Mike’s favorite band “The National”
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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3. Jon Laster: Lessons from Black Lives Matter. Also, Honey Buns.
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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2. John Mulaney: Shooting Hoops with the Michael Jordan of Comedy
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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1. Ira Glass: A Podcast Legend Teaches Mike How to Make a Podcast
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out: Trailer
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May 30, 2020 |