Jo Firestone | The Best Stand-Up (Who Doesn’t Do Stand-Up) | Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out Podcast
Jo Firestone is a multi-talented writer, actor, and comedian. In her third appearance on Working It Out, Jo explains the thought process behind her experimental live comedy shows, which often involve clay, paper mache, and pie. Jo also delves into the experience of working as the head writer of After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson and discusses being the subject of a search warrant by the Paramount lot police after a golf cart mishap. Plus, Jo and Mike break down the various text acronyms for laughter and compare their experiences taking martial arts classes.
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Hosted and Produced by Mike Birbiglia
Producers: Peter Salomone, Joseph Birbiglia, Mabel Lewis, Gary Simons
Video Consultant: Graham Willoughby
Special Thanks: Marissa Hurwitz, Josh Upfal, David Raphael, Nina Cwik, J. Hope Stein, Oona
Music: Jack Antonoff and Bleachers
@shesmokebbq
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Great podcast as usual. Please have Emily Catalano on!!!
@kevinmackler
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
ijbol at "we can stack on top of each other and do a slam dunk"
@RE4SHADOW
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
I had not heard of her before this podcast and I listened to it twice. She needs to stay in it, great guest.
@MelodyL
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Look up Peelander-Z “So Many Mike”
@helenl3193
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
T-job jobo is just fun to say! 😂
@AstraeaAntiope
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
"5 Mikes", "Everybody's a Magician", "Short Ugly"…this woman is a font of titles.
@LauraLizSmith
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
I was literally cry laughing at the Google docs😂
@chrishernandez8525
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Everything around 44:20 is so beautiful
@LamaThubten
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
“I’m taller than children.” 😂
@missabiss
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Jo is my comedy support human
@coreycarp4780
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
i love jo
@Tuesday245
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
I love her!!
@josh34578
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
I relate to the part near the end where Jo talks about being a fan of a thing vs wanting to make that thing.
@pricerowland
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Mike has had a ton of funny people on, but I've never seen someone where every single thing they said was hilarious.
@chaunceylock
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Could we get her and Amy Sedaris together?
@ericapietricola2249
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
It is so comforting to hear the occasional word from Mike that sounds so Massachusetts. This episode it was “room”. IYKYK
@jakem9604
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
so many mikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPPI2yyxrOM
@agitslop
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
BLESS THE TELEPHONE
@agitslop
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
I went to a show hosted my jo and Aparna Nancherla years ago and I think about them all the time still. Incredibly funny person.
@erdemmemisyazici3950
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
It was great to have this one collective set of works as the only option for everyone to see we used to call "the T.V." Like Jay Leno. He was on the T.V.
Now that we live with millions of intersecting "T.V."s, there is no such thing left anymore as "that thing everybody saw last night."
It's like everyone has their own talk show we call social media and the only thing they can relate to in unison is talking about Samsung or Sony, because that's what it says on the gizmos that do this. Rest is alienating.
Only people profiting from this are the tech companies. If you wanted to make "the T.V." again, where would you market it?
Privacy is a luxury few people can afford now and it used to be free. 😊 That distance between people would be amazing to have again but it starts at home.
It needs to be objectively hard to know anything about each other and it isn't. For $20 I can get a list of anybody's address, relatives, email, phone numbers. For $2000 I can get a live drone feed of them in their house. Rest is free. Their favorite foods, what time they go to bed, who they date, their medical history all at the tip of my fingertips.
I can't do this with some buildings. Usually these buildings are square and black and they perform government functions. Why can't we all have that sort of privacy? The price tag.
For the average person it's too expensive to privacy-proof your house, transportation, and everything else. Glass houses for all.
@JosephBigelow-fb7hm
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Jo and Mike!!!
@crusadercrew
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
If you close your eyes you get to see how a minion talks if it knew English
@HeatherisGroovy
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Heater.
@DreamSpiders
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Where can i watch the first episode with her? Ive seen the second episode already but the first seems to be lost
@CPaulCounts
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
❤❤❤❤❤
@kyleandrewsofficial
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Love how hard Lisa Plankton made her laugh. 😂
@iceandsteam
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Her voice sounds like she grew up inside of a clock
@3HenKiss
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
I like Jo Firestone's voice and the way she speaks and enunciates. I wish she was a little less self deprecating because I don't know if she believes it or not and I think she is delightful.
@wizbeff3453
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
THERMADOOR!
@anthonychilds8193
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
"they called me 'little piece of crap'"…."did they mean it affectionately?"
@mellyp5302
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
😂😂
@anthonychilds8193
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Literally everything she says is funny because she's serious and has the complete opposite perspective of what is funny for her. The easy fix is for her MB to direct her show, not change a word, or delivery and just say absolutely everything she doesn't think is funny and she will slay and MB will be her biggest fan. Which is exactly how this episode is going 30 min in. This conversation, removing all of Mike's dialogue, would be a great comedy special.
@katerwaller
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Major Richard Lewis vibes. Love it!
@sanpritilife
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
It’s like the beautiful hamster in my brain that controls my executive functioning skills became animated like an Inside Out character.
@mountainclawoutdoors
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
This podcast has the most amount of guests saying "for me"
@growingheart8039
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Cold open till repeat= 5 minutes😮
Firestone for the win! 🎉
@pastelcow4881
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
I love this interview. I love this podcast. That being said, I don't think that there is any reason to continue announcing the "slow round." I humbly suggest that you just keep asking questions and don't announce it.
@angusmchull3229
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
I love Jo Firestone! She is so unique and funny as hell. Thanks for having her on.
@thehollywoodhealer
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Jo is a delight and cracks me up – just her voice cheers me up.
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