196. Michael Che: An Amateur Therapy Session
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...
15 Dec 20251h 12min
195. Arthur Brooks: The Science of Happiness and Humor
Arthur Brooks might be the only Working It Out guest who's crossed paths with Jerry Seinfeld, Oprah Winfrey, and the Dalai Lama. He’s a professor and bestselling author, whose books include The Happin...
8 Dec 202545min
194. Pete Holmes Returns: Vulnerability is Everything
This week, Pete Holmes returns to the studio for one of Working It Out’s most joke-dense episodes ever. Mike and Pete work out jokes about strangers in hot tubs, why Jerry Seinfeld sounds like his own...
1 Dec 20251h 3min
193. Vir Das Returns: How to Find Your Voice, Literally
The last time comedian Vir Das was on Working It Out, he and Mike discussed the intense reaction to a piece he performed called “Two Indias.” Now Vir returns to share how he moved on from the controve...
24 Nov 202554min
192. Leanne Morgan: In The Presence of a Comedy Angel
On the heels of her new special “Unspeakable Things,” Leanne Morgan joins the podcast this week to talk Southern beauty shop gossip, getting started in comedy selling jewelry door to door, and in what...
17 Nov 202542min
191. Todd Glass: The Ultimate Comic's Comic
Todd Glass was one of the first comics Mike opened for. It’s easy to see how, since then, Todd has become one of the most beloved comic of his generation, revered by comics including Nikki Glaser, Jud...
10 Nov 202559min
190. J. Hope Stein: Eavesdropping on the Eavesdropper
This week poet J. Hope Stein & Mike’s wife ‘Clo’ returns to the podcast. Jen reads original poetry that Mike uses as inspiration for his bits—and the two dispute whose side of the story is being told ...
3 Nov 202558min
189. Nick Offerman: The Man Behind the Mustache
Mike met Nick Offerman years ago at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Washington state, which is fitting because Nick is a man of nature, almost as well known for his woodworking as he is for his actin...
27 Okt 202557min
