Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

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196. Michael Che: An Amateur Therapy Session

12/15/2025 • 72 min

Mike started this podcast so that one day Michael Che would come on. Today is that day. In this all-timer episode, Mike and Che work out tons of jokes and discuss the advice Lorne Michaels gave to Che that he’ll never forget, how Che went from designing and selling t-shirts on the street to being a stand-up comic, and what keeps him coming back to SNL. Plus, the… Play episode

195. Arthur Brooks: The Science of Happiness and Humor
194. Pete Holmes Returns: Vulnerability is Everything
193. Vir Das Returns: How to Find Your Voice, Literally
192. Leanne Morgan: In The Presence of a Comedy Angel
191. Todd Glass: The Ultimate Comic's Comic
190. J. Hope Stein: Eavesdropping on the Eavesdropper
189. Nick Offerman: The Man Behind the Mustache
Caleb Hearon: Improv Saved His Life
187. Jenny Slate: Unafraid of Sadness
Questlove: The Art of Self-Sabotage
186. Sebastian Maniscalco: What Is He Even Doing Here?
185. Julio Torres: Off-Broadway, SNL, and Why Barbie Isn’t Pink
Announcing Working It Out Premium
184. KC Shornima: Get Comfortable With This Darkness
183. Ryan Hamilton Returns: You Better Have Some Jokes
Ben Stiller and Adam Scott: Working it Innie and Outie
182. Fred Armisen Returns: Is He Joking?
181. Jo Firestone Returns: The Best Stand-Up (Who Doesn’t Do Stand-Up)
180. Kumail Nanjiani: Oh, Mary!, The Big Sick, and a Return to Stand-Up
Q&A: Mike Answers Voicemails About AI and Weird Audience Energy
179. Bob Odenkirk: The Art of Anger in Comedy
178. Alex Edelman Returns: Boston Sports and Hospital Clowns
177. Chelsea Handler: Why She Must Say It
176. Jane Wickline & Liva Pierce: SNL, Dukes, and Working Out Songs
175. Malik Elassal: One of The Adults
174. Pete Docter: The Inside Out of Pixar’s Process
173. Atsuko Okatsuka Returns: The Dizzy Duo
172. Nick Kroll Returns: Neil Digression Tyson
Mike Reads His New York Times Essay, Plus Best of: Lin-Manuel Miranda
171. Nikki Glaser Returns: The Team Captain of Comedy (Plus: Mike’s New Sp…
Advice for New-ish Comedians (with Gary Simons and Listener Questions)
170. Please Don't Destroy Returns: The Journey of an SNL Sketch from Pitch…
169. Ira Glass Returns: Ira Tries Stand-Up Comedy (For Real)
168. Zarna Garg Returns: One Follower at a Time, a Million Times
167. Jessica Kirson: She's the Man
166. Questlove: The Art of Self-Sabotage
165: Rachel Feinstein Returns: Everything She Says Could Be a Bit
164. Andrew Schulz: Give Him 10 Seconds
163. Josh Johnson: Reinventing the Modern Comedy Special
BEST OF WIO: Mike Reads a New Piece of Writing, Plus Elizabeth Gilbert Re-…
Q&A: Mike Answers Voicemails About Comedy Advice and Crying Babies at Shows
162. Pete Holmes Returns: Comedy That’s Clean, Dirty, or PG-13
161. Nathan Lane Returns: The Safest Thing You Can Do Is Take a Risk
160. Rory Scovel Returns: How To Do 600 Minutes of Improvised Standup
159. Hasan Minhaj Returns: Off with His Head, On with His Jokes
158. Ben Stiller and Adam Scott: Working it Innie and Outie
157. Matt Rogers: Las Culturistas Meets Las Birbiglia-istas
156. Stephen Colbert Returns: A Gift from the Comedy Gods
155. David Sedaris Returns: A Creative’s Dream and a Fact Checker’s Nightm…

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