I think I almost died. They put a stent in and it saved his life. And, you know, when I heard the news from my mom and my college sure, I thought he was going to die in. The most touching moments of the show were around your daughter reading to her. Despite these dark topics, the show is really funny for people that we're talking about death right now. Talk about how do you walk the line between comedy and sadness? You break away at times like that.
Aging, parenting by mortality and dying alone or kinless: these are just some of the uplifting topics Kara and Nayeema tackle today before our interview with Mike Birbiglia. The comedian and writer is deep in his latest Broadway show, “The Old Man and the Pool,” which 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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