Inside Scoop of the Comedy writing process

This is one of my favorite podcasts—Mike Birbiglia is one of my favorite comedians. His work is thoughtful, clever, personal and heartfelt yet I’m laughing the whole time. As an Indianapolis native, I love getting a heads up on when he is coming to town. The best episodes of this podcast are ones where Mike and his guest really dig into the creative process of their comedy and workshop their jokes. Ira Glass, John Mulaney, Iliza Shlesinger jump out for that. Recent episodes of Bert Kreischer and Ray Romano stand out for that as well—but don’t be fooled by the title, sometimes they just don’t really work out anything and it turns into a more typical podcast interview with a comedian. Those are my least favorite episodes. My favorite question he asks is “what are you working on right now?” I think some guests don’t always want to answer that though. Still 5 out of 5!