100. Ira Glass Part 3: The Best Advice

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Ira Glass was the first guest on Working It Out back in June 2020, and now he’s back for the 100th episode. The two friends and collaborators discuss Ira’s most famous pieces of advice for creatives, and Ira attempts to “work out” Mike’s life. Plus, a final version of Mike’s “cancer story,” which he has been working on, with Ira’s feedback, since episode 1.

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0:00.0	Do you ever think about the fact that your public persona is someone who's just eminently
0:09.0	relaxed?
0:10.0	There's something very relaxed in your presentation on stage.
0:13.4	Although on stage, the things you talk about are anxieties and things like that.
0:18.3	It's not just relaxed all the time, but you present as relaxed, but who you are is not
0:26.1	relaxed.
0:27.1	So now we're working it out, but with my life.
0:30.1	That's the voice of Ira Glass.
0:39.6	That's a real, famous voice.
0:43.2	You might just know his voice.
0:44.6	He's very esteemed, radio legend, host and producer, creator of this American life.
0:53.5	He's won everything.
0:56.7	He's won at the game of life.
0:58.9	He's won his 10th Peabody Award.
1:02.5	I've got him a Carthor grant.
1:06.0	I don't even want to go into it.
1:07.4	There's just too many things.
1:09.9	This is our 100th episode of the show.
1:11.6	And Ira was the first episode way back when three years ago.
1:17.4	And thank you for staying with us all this time.
1:19.8	He is now three years later the 100th episode.
1:25.0	And for good reason, he is someone who I've worked with so much and who I've learned so
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