175. Malik Elassal: One of The Adults

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Malik Elassal is a stand-up comic, writer, actor, and one of the stars of Adults on FX. Meeting for the first time, Mike and Malik discuss Malik’s winding road to stand-up, including working as a long haul trucker. Malik talks about dealing with his conspiracy-minded cousins, his encounters with Islamophobia, and why you should never leave your comedy set list open on your phone when you’re at the airport. Please Consider Donating To: The Red Cross

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0:00.0	You have a joke where you accidentally show an airport desk attendant your set list?
0:06.0	The real story is I was sitting next to this girl at the airport and we were just chatting
0:11.0	and our flight was delayed and then my phone was sitting there charging and I went up to go and get some information about the flight and I got a text
0:20.0	and my set list just lit up and it said like
0:22.3	bulletproof hijab yeah like all this this crazy shit and then she came back and she wasn't as like
0:28.5	nice to me for like a second she was like being like weird because she was just like okay what is this
0:34.4	plan what is this what is this to do plan? By the way, great plan.
0:39.4	Great plan.
0:40.1	Bulletproof a job.
0:41.0	Oh, my God.
0:41.7	Are you kidding me?
0:43.6	Sharks.
0:45.2	That's the other bit?
0:46.2	Yeah, yeah.
0:46.5	Sharks.
0:47.7	First we start with sharks.
0:49.1	Yeah, yeah.
0:49.6	Then we have the bulletproof of jobs.
0:56.0	That is the voice of the great Malick Alassal.
0:59.0	Malik is a comedian and actor.
1:00.7	He's one of the stars of the new FX show adults,
1:04.0	which I love, produced by my good friend, Nick Kroll.
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