Comedy has become politicized to the point of you have to like certain rather than in pieces. Chappell's jokes are funny for the first one or two jokes, an hour of them, not so much. Do you think we're drawing too many lines around and fences around comedy? Sometimes I do. But not I don't think you're going to be the one to all of a sudden, Mike regularly says a really bad joke or something that gets you into trouble.
Today, we’re re-airing one of Blakeney Schick’s favorite episodes: an interview with her former yoga student, comedian and writer, Mike Birbiglia. Aging, parenting by mortality and dying alone or kinless: these are just some of the uplifting topics Kara and Nayeema tackle before the interview.
When we originally published this episode, Mike was deep in his latest Broadway show, “The Old Man and the Pool.” (The show completed its Broadway run in January, and will open for a limited run in London next month.) In it, Birbiglia doesn’t shy away from such heavy topics either. Birbiglia and Kara discuss mortality, parenthood, their last words and finding comedy in all of life — even the sad bits.
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