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Matteo Lane | Working Towards the Masterpiece | Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out Podcast

Mike Birbiglia | February 27, 2026



This week on Mike Birbiglia’s Working it Out Podcast, Matteo Lane joins Mike for an episode that has something for everyone. From Matteo’s hilariously scorching takes on modern pop stars to tales of secret families to insight about what Matteo did when he hit a wall in his comedy career. Plus, Mike and Matteo work out jokes about Mike meeting the Pope in Rome and Matteo gets serious about his Liza Minelli impression.

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Hosted and Produced by Mike Birbiglia
Producers: Peter Salomone, Joseph Birbiglia, Mabel Lewis
Associate Producer: Gary Simons
Consulting Producer: Seth Barrish
Video Consultant: Graham Willoughby
Special Thanks: Marissa Hurwitz, Josh Upfal, David Raphael, Nina Cwik, J. Hope Stein, Oona
Music: Jack Antonoff and Bleachers

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  2. @PatDK

    February 27, 2026 at 6:14 am

    Matteo could absolutely bring back the old style entertainers like Sammy Davis Jr. who would tell funny stories and also sing… and Matteo has a damn good voice and he loves to flaunt it, do why not??

  6. @Chef_Betty81

    February 27, 2026 at 6:14 am

    People thinking comedians who have didn’t world views can’t be friends or on each other’s podcast because of something they think or said, are the actual problem.
    Get out of your echo chamber and talk to people who disagree with you

  11. @edmundtory6931

    February 27, 2026 at 6:14 am

    Matteo's so called husband from Mexico (Rodrigo) dumped him after only few months of 'marriage' 😢😢it seems Rodrigo was only after the green card and made a complete fool out of Matteo. Lets all take a moment to pray for poor cuck Matteo

  15. @stevielove4778

    February 27, 2026 at 6:14 am

    Is this supposed to be just a re-hash of other content you have already posted?? Is this what Birbiglis always does? His assistants watch content and interviews the guest has already done, and then structures “questions” to have the guest repeat it??

  20. @mattp701

    February 27, 2026 at 6:14 am

    Extremely self centered analysis of the importance/damage of platforming idiots like Schulz. American society has made it clear that entertainment a politics are the same thing in their eyes, so the question becomes: Is any amount of temporary laughter worth the certainty that some of the people laughing will use the joke as another brick in the foundation of their idiotic and dangerous belief system? I may have phrased it like a topic for philosophical debate, and if I made it a bit funnier I could probably get a podcast audience to take the question seriously, but go ask that to a trained ethicist and you might actually see what true joyous laughter looks like while you;re being escorted out. The existence of laughter isn't a moral imperative , but speaking truthfully and refusing aid to destructive ideologies both are. End of the day, you two are amongst the smartest comedians working, but that still puts you well outside of sniffing the same universe as the qualifications or intelligence necessary to craft a morally just comedy routine. Chappelle had it for a minute when he was focusing on race relations because he is so indisputably genius at comedic analysis of race that he actually became a force for understanding and justice. Comedians like that (Carlin, Pryor, etc.) consistently create moral value, and as such earn the right to work with potentially dangerous topics; meanwhile, the rest of you need to either accept that you aren't good enough to platform idiocy, or start working on getting much smarter/funnier much faster.
    TL;DR – Want the privilege of tolerating idiots? Get smarter, then get funnier about communicating intelligent ideas, and then execute your routine consistently enough to meaningfully support an imperative moral good. Until then, worry about your routine and let the adults worry about the social impacts of media, thanks.

  21. @Rmauer

    February 27, 2026 at 6:14 am

    Mateo‘s analysis of voices is spot on but What about Lady Gaga? Jann Arden Alanis Morissette? Adele? There are so many I think he just didn’t grow up with some artist around him.

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