184. KC Shornima: Get Comfortable With This Darkness

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and SNL writer KC Shornima might be the only Working It Out guest who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. KC and Mike get to the bottom of why she thrives in stressful situations like mountain climbing, camping on a glacier, and writing for Weekend Update. Mike asks KC some questions from her bosses, Michael Che and Colin Jost, and KC explains why she feels compelled to talk about difficult topics on stage. Please note: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault.

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0:00.0	If you look at the cadence on like format of a tragedy, it's the same as a joke, right?
0:06.8	Like there's like a set up tension and then there's this really unexpected event.
0:11.0	Yeah.
0:11.6	And that is the cadence of a joke.
0:13.2	And so like when you look at like Eidipus Rex, you know, it's like a really funny story.
0:18.1	If you just change like the theme song right because like he gets
0:23.4	this oracle and then the oracle's like you're gonna kill your dad and fuck your mom and he's like
0:28.1	oh my god I really don't want to do that I'm just gonna like go out and do other stuff and then
0:31.8	that whole quest ends with him killing his dad and fucking his mom and that's so funny yeah
0:36.7	great payoff and you know it's funny because that's every. And that's so funny. Yeah. Great payoff. And you know it's funny
0:39.2	because that's every episode of That's So Raven. That is the voice of the great Casey Shornima.
0:51.0	Casey is a stand-of-comedian who I wanted to have on this show forever. She's a writer
0:57.7	for Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live. She got her start in Nashville. We talk about her
1:02.5	origin of getting into stand-up, which is one of the most interesting origin stories of getting
1:06.0	into stand-up I've ever heard. This episode is here where you're listening,
1:11.5	but also on our YouTube channel.
1:14.7	If you wanted to watch this episode,
1:16.5	it is at Mike Berbiglia as my channel,
1:19.5	or you can search Working It Out.
1:21.4	We just hit 60,000 subscribers.
1:23.7	Thank you to everyone who's subscribed.
1:25.6	If you haven't, give it a shot.
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