About this episode

Ron Funches joins Mike Birbiglia for a conversation about comedy, personal experiences, and new comedic material.

This week Ron Funches joins Mike on the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about finding your comedic voice vs. faking it, Ron’s recent autism diagnosis, and Ron’s stint on the reality show, “Traitors.” Plus, Mike and Ron work out tons of new bits about remaking famous Black movies with all-white casts, death by chocolate, and the problem with a haircut Ron got in Budapest.

People in this episode

Host: Mike Birbiglia

Guest: Ron Funches

Topics covered

• comedic voice
• autism diagnosis
• reality TV
• comedy bits
• famous movies
• haircuts

Keywords

• Ron Funches
• Mike Birbiglia
• comedy
• autism
• reality show
• Traitors
• Budapest
• haircut
• comedic voice
• famous movies

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Traitors

Places: Budapest

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