Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

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124. Chris Distefano: Crowd Work With The Mob

This week Mike welcomes Comedy Cellar friend and comedy star Chris Distefano. Chris’s shares important lessons in failure: how a bad set got him booked on Letterman, and the advice his wife gave him about not listening to studio executives. Mike and Chris also dissect Chris’s famous 9/11 story, and why Chris’ “worst gig” story involves an actual knife at his throat.

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  151. Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Jokes

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  WIO Q&A: 4th NYC Show Added and Mike Answers All of Your Questions About T…

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  150. Michael Ian Black: How to Do Comedy with Your 10 Best Friends

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  149. Bridget Everett: The Star of HBO’s Somebody Somewhere on Risking It A…

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  148. Lin-Manuel Miranda: Everything is Basically the School Play

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  147. Hannah Gadsby Returns: Shake the Tree

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  Mike Answers Your Questions About Creativity and Discusses The Emmys

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  146. Jack Antonoff Returns: Working Out the New Theme Song

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  145. Matteo Lane: Working Towards the Masterpiece

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  144. Jon Laster Returns: The Throughline Is Habits

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  143. Zach Braff: Making A Movie is Like Throwing A Wedding

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  BEST OF WIO: Please Don't Destroy

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  142. Aisling Bea Returns: We Like You Here

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  141. Hannah Berner: Zaddy Issues

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  140. Stephen Merchant: 6 Foot 7 and Co-Created The Office

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  BEST OF WIO: Gary Gulman