Mike Birbiglia: great comedian, great interviewer

Mike! My man! I love you soo much.
I love you so much that I was willing to risk my 18yo daughter’s disdain, and introduce her to your work. She listened to your podcast. She watched “The New One”. She was so complimentary. She said, and I quote, “he is among the top five men that I would feel safe with”…she’s very intuitive.
But my real man crush is Jack Antonoff. Imagine how excited I was when I found out that you were friends. I would imagine you two at lunch each week saying witty and insightful things that were only shared with each other , and the playing ultimate frisbee in Central Park. This would bring me such joy.
BUT, I must now defend my man Jack. He wrote you such a beautiful theme song. I find myself humming it sometimes at random, whether or not there are new Working It Outs to listen to. Here’s the thing though, are you still working it out with your guests?
When Jimmie Kimmel gave you grief about not “working it out”, I wanted to leap up and defend you. I could have given him so many examples where he was wrong.
But now, I am beginning to think that he was clairvoyant. Less and less “working it out”seems to happen on your show. And ok, that’s fine, I guess. The show’s still great, and you’re still great.
But, poor Jack. You’ve turned his beautiful gift into a lie.