John Mulaney: He's Funny and Here's Why
About this episode
Mike Birbiglia interviews John Mulaney, discussing their friendship and various comedic topics.
(Recorded January 2026) For the 200th episode of Working It Out, Mike sits down with one of his oldest friends and one of the podcast’s first ever guests, John Mulaney. The two discuss monkeys wearing space suits, old stories from the road, and how John’s career changed after having kids. They work out new jokes about the time John asked Mike to go skydiving, getting yelled at by substitute teachers, and a story about an interaction with Frank Sinatra that—until Mike tells it on stage—John cannot find peace. Plus, John brings a literal buzzer into the interview so that he can hit it if he finds Mike guilty of a certain tendency.
People in this episode
Host: Mike Birbiglia
Guest: John Mulaney
Topics covered
- comedy
- friendship
- parenthood
- storytelling
- joke writing
Keywords
- John Mulaney
- Mike Birbiglia
- comedy
- skydiving
- parenthood
- Frank Sinatra
- jokes
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