Working It Out
Comedian Mike Birbiglia has been making the most of his halted 2020 stand-up tour with live-streamed ticketed events, a smattering of outdoor, distanced performances over the summer and his first podcast, Working It Out . The concept began as an Instagram Live series where Birbiglia and guests told jokes and chatted, encouraging viewers to donate money to shuttered comedy clubs across the country. Working It Out still invites on a comedian each episode, but it is more structured, with prompts from Birbiglia to generate conversation and maybe even some new material. It’s not the radio-verse’s slickest production quality and guests can be hit or miss, but when they hit — like SNL’s Bowen Yang — it’s superlative, and when they miss, it’s still two smart comics nerding out about their craft, and the shockingly prolific Birbiglia always has some good bits prepared to fill the space.
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Comedian Mike Birbiglia has been making the most of his halted 2020 stand-up tour with live-streamed ticketed events, a smattering of outdoor, distanced performances over the summer and his first podcast, Working It Out. The concept began as an Instagram Live series where Birbiglia and guests told jokes and chatted, encouraging viewers to donate money to shuttered comedy clubs across the country. Working It Out still invites on a comedian each episode, but it is more structured, with prompts from Birbiglia to generate conversation and maybe even some new material. It’s not the radio-verse’s slickest production quality and guests can be hit or miss, but when they hit — like SNL’s Bowen Yang — it’s superlative, and when they miss, it’s still two smart comics nerding out about their craft, and the shockingly prolific Birbiglia always has some good bits prepared to fill the space.
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