210. Ramy Youssef Returns: He Lit Up The Pyramids

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In the wake of the release of his new special “Ramy Youssef: In Love,” Mike welcomes Ramy Youssef back for his third appearance on the podcast. The two discuss why Ramy cannot reveal the price of his wedding nor the price he would pay to hear his dog talk for a day, what it’s like to write from the blank page, and what major celebrity might have stolen Ramy’s look. Plus, Mike has a few questions for Ramy about Martin Scorsese’s email address.

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0:00.0	So in your last special, I got thanked in the credits.
0:04.6	And then in this one, I noticed you thanked Martin Scorsese and Lauren Michaels.
0:08.5	So are you moving in a certain direction or is this the new regime?
0:14.1	No, you know what it is?
0:17.1	I think you did one of my Cherry Lane shows.
0:21.6	Yeah, you're right.
0:22.6	And so I always take a note when someone does a show with me.
0:25.6	That's what happened.
0:27.6	And so Lauren opened for me in Toronto.
0:32.6	That'd be fun, right?
0:34.6	Dude, I would, you talking the special about paying $10,000 to hear a dog talk?
0:40.3	I pay $10,000 to see Learn Michaels' stand-up.
0:48.5	That is the voice of the great Rami Youssef.
0:51.5	I love Rami Youssef.
0:53.2	It's his third appearance on the podcast. One of my favorite people. One of my favorite comics. He has a new special out called Rami Yusef In Love. It's on HBO Max. I couldn't recommend it more highly. Fantastic comedy special. We talk about that today. We talk about jokes, a lot of work on a lot of jokes today.
1:12.8	By the way, thanks to everyone who signed up for working out premium on Apple Podcasts.
1:16.5	We've been doing a lot of the different bonus episodes. Some of them, we work out just jokes.
1:21.5	It's like getting ready to go to the comedy seller, work out new jokes. Some of them, I'm with Pete Holmes and we're working out listener jokes.
1:28.6	That's really fun. To sign up for those episodes, you can go on the Apple Podcast app and you can
1:35.8	subscribe to premium. It's $4.99 a month. What you get is no ads. You support the show,
1:42.0	which is an independent production. and you get those bonus episodes.
1:46.0	I really appreciate it. Also, if you're in Los Angeles, I'm going to be there in a week.
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