Joe List | How to Survive a Comedy Panic Attack | Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out
This week Mike welcomes to the podcast comedian, and fellow Massachusetts native, Joe List. Joe talks about what it’s like to be married to and raise a chid with another working comedian, Sarah Tollemache, and Joe tells a story about how he worked through a panic attack moments before doing stand-up on Conan. Mike and Joe also discuss Joe’s documentary feature that he directed about a comic who dropped out of traditional show business to run a comedy club in Key West, Florida. Plus, they work out new jokes about the military history of M&Ms, strange childhood memories, and the worst thing you could say to a child.
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Hosted and Produced by Mike Birbiglia
Producers: Peter Salomone, Joseph Birbiglia, Mabel Lewis, Gary Simons
Sound Mixed by Shubh Saran
Supervising Engineer: Kate Bilinski
Video Consultant: Graham Willoughby
Special Thanks: Marissa Hurwitz, Josh Upfal, David Raphael, Nina Cwik, J. Hope Stein, Oona
Music: Jack Antonoff and Bleachers
@ChuckBeans61
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
I have been a Birbiglia fan for decades and I strongly recommend anyone here who hasn't seen Joe List's hour specials here on Youtube to check them out. He has a lot of other great clips of him just messing around but his crafted hours have given me some of the hardest laughs I have had from a comic.
@alexg5636
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
I wish there were more pods with serious Joe, I love when he has this kind temperament
@samantha-eu3cc
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Birbiglia comes off as phony/trying too hard
@calvinhazen7310
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Mike giving List tips on his bit is a little presumptuous.
@ladytyphon7261
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Joe saying he isn’t sensitive KILLED me 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ladytyphon7261
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Being late is disrespectful of the other persons time.
@Cali94595
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
List is my guy and the host seems nice but this shows why pods are better when people actually know each other in real life.
@garayzion
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Blue Jay Oakerson 🐦
@Righton23
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Mark just makes up stories like when he lied about Netflix making him cut jokes and then he had to admit it
@Jesse.Wilder
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
My dads a homosexual man
@Maryyyycatherine
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
No chemistry here
@Guduchiii
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
It makes sense Mikes dad is a doctor. He’s got a doctors face
@BrickTop06
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
If anyone was a big Mindful Metal Jacket head, this is that earnest Joe we rarely get. Damn I miss that show.
@vpgonzo
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Put some pants on, Joe! But nice to see her wiser Joe like this. He needs to show this side more on his podcasts. Instead of all the nonsensical vulgarity and farting into mics.
@swaggooze3100
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
my father loves other fasteners
@PhiladelphiaFrame
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Joey Bag of Donuts
@contento66
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Mike is clearly paying for view counts…42k people have watched and only 108 comments- most of them fans of OTHER podcasts here because of Joe? OK, sure Whitney.
@trollsymctroll5361
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
the vocal fry is awesome
@winstonchurchill6934
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Say what you want about List, but I like how he does always try to help out the comics working their way up.. making appearances on their pods and having them on the road with him.. he’s a good shit
@chandranhigginscomedy
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Charlie Daniels!!
@Teddy-nd2jq
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
I like Mike but you can tell he trying too hard to be cool and casual
@costcoexecutivemember
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
battle of the foreheads
@LinkMAK.
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
nice shirt joe lol… PRAAAWWWWWWVIDENCE
@youk32
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Big Tuesgay here. Joe is so funny because he is so brutally honest. Love him and Normand for being just fun silly guys
@jchutch
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
a true meeting of the minds (foreheads)
@kylegordon00
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
My father is Bowen Yang
@AlexSoutheyMusic
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Possibly the best interview I've ever seen with List.
@CaptainTripsUndercover
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
nice bed hair
@TheFloridaMiniTour
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
This guy needs to get on Rogan. Would be one of the best guests all time.
@cgcostantino
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
I PAID TO WATCH LIST’s DOC, portrait of a comedian, AND ITS A REC FROM ME!
@kirkthedayman
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
My father’s gay! 🎉
@eatmanyzoos
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
two friends decided to share a gun, the only problem is: neither of them are doctors.
@MrValentineReacts
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
2 of the best comics working today. argue with a wall
@eriksoderberg4828
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
U reading this Joe? Thanx from Sweden.
@FSUBrando
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Hey look…It’s Chad Daniels!
@jetblak1111
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Birbigs AND List… I'm IN!
@kevinsmith5611
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Deer Tick rocks
@SilentKnight42069
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
It’s a bird with glasses man
@JohnnyAstrology
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
In Astrology Joe is an Aries sun and Virgo moon. Mike B is a Gemini sun and Sagittarius moon
@pickles1234567890
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Joe is becoming the Nas of comedy. Legend
@DockerVbox
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Trash usually has Methane gas, so probably not a bit unless you add things that are not organic.