Comedian Taylor Tomlinson shares with Mike Birbiglia how it feels when she gets too personal with audiences. The two also discuss why you have to love doing comedy and how Taylor may attempt to do a clean hour of comedy in this clip from her March 2026 appearance on Working […]
Filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s resume is a laundry list of hits: Project Hail Mary, The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and more. Their success with projects that didn’t initially seem like good ideas has even spawned a verb in Hollywood, “to Lord and Miller” […]
Michael Che explains to comedian Mike Birbiglia why there are always rumors that he is leaving SNL and why he thinks that every summer in this clip from his January 2026 appearance on Working It Out. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/vjzN0KbST4A
This week Mike and Robby Hoffman sit down for their first in-depth conversation like, as Robby puts it, two cats cautiously getting to know each other. Mike and Robby work out new jokes about vending machines and AI, share advice about marriage, and Robby begs Mike’s fans to stop sending […]
Chelsea Handler details to Mike Birbiglia the story of confronting Woody Allen at a dinner. She also shares that she’s not afraid to make you uncomfortable with the truth. The two then discuss how she doesn’t think she’ll run out of stories in this clip from her July 2025 appearance […]
Since The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone was last on the podcast, he survived a nearly 20 foot fall from a ladder. Now Jorma tells the full ladder story and explains how the near death experience changed his life. Plus, Jorma talks about directing his new movie, Over Your Dead Body, […]
A Clip from Stephen Colbert’s January 2025 appearance on Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out Podcast, in honor of The Late Show coming to a close. Colbert shares with Mike Birbiglia the power of performing at the Ed Sullivan Theater and the gratitude he feels getting to perform. The two also […]
Ahead of the release of his new album “Everyone For Ten Minutes,” Jack returns to Working It Out. Mike and Jack break open why Jack has never listened to Mike’s podcast, what Jack wanted to say about marriage and loneliness on his new album, and what Bill Burr, Frank Langella, […]
Comedian John Mulaney asks Mike Birbiglia to tell the 2 jokes that Mike has never told on stage. They also discuss if an accurate impression of John exists in this clip from Mulaney’s January 2026 appearance on Working It Out. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/grCwCymyFVY
British comedian Nish Kumar returns to the podcast to discuss the humbling nature of stand-up comedy, lessons learned from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and more. Nish explains the concept of his new tour, “Angry Humour From a Really Nice Guy,” and how he finds the comedy within his pessimistic views […]
