144. Jon Laster Returns: The Throughline Is Habits

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Comedian Jon Laster returns for his third appearance on Working It Out. Longtime friends from the Comedy Cellar, Mike and Jon catch up on Jon’s app Blapp, which highlights black-owned businesses, Jon’s more personal comedy material about his struggles with alcoholism, and why Jon calls his company “Thanks Mom.” Plus, Mike and Jon ponder how it is that Mike, despite working in nightclubs, has never even seen cocaine.

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0:00.0	There was a blizzard one time in Denver the buses stopped running and my mom's bank job I don't even I mean even now thinking about the distance it's a hell of a distance and my mom had to walk home
0:11.6	Yeah and my mom comes in and you could tell she's kind of stressed out,
0:15.2	like, oh, the buses aren't working.
0:16.9	And I heard my mom crying.
0:19.4	Yeah.
0:21.0	It still hurts.
0:25.0	Yeah.
0:26.0	But that was it.
0:28.0	That was the day I was like,
0:30.0	I'm gonna do something big. That is the voice of the great John Laster.
0:40.0	This is John's third appearance on this working it out podcast. He's a old friend of mine. I love talking to him
0:48.0	He's a great comic and storyteller in addition to being comic, he created an amazing app that I highly recommend called
0:56.1	Blap. It's sort of a yelp of sorts for black-owned businesses. He's got great stories. He's a fascinating person. I always
1:05.5	love talking to him. Thanks to everyone who came out to the shows at the Count
1:09.0	Basie Center in Red Bank, New Jersey. For people who saw the old man in the pool, this is an all new show.
1:15.9	It is currently called Please Stop the Ride and I'm going to be in Seattle this month,
1:20.9	Portland, San Francisco, Oakland, and then a whole bunch of dates all over the country.
1:25.0	Philadelphia, Madison, Milwaukee, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Nashville, and Charleston, South Carolina.
1:35.0	Check out Burbigs.com and join the mailing list
1:37.5	for all of the tour dates.
1:39.2	We're adding more for January and February,
1:42.2	and we're about to make a big announcement about New York City in March.
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