214. Robby Hoffman: It's a New Dawn

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week Mike and Robby Hoffman sit down for their first in-depth conversation like, as Robby puts it, two cats cautiously getting to know each other. Mike and Robby work out new jokes about vending machines and AI, share advice about marriage, and Robby begs Mike’s fans to stop sending him emails. Plus, Robby tells the stories of how she got cast in Hacks, and how her outspokenness at a writers guild meeting drew the attention of John Mulaney, who went on to direct Robby’s Netflix special Wake Up.

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0:00.0	I don't know you. Just like you didn't know me, I don't know you as well. We are getting to know each other. Yeah. And I'm enjoying this. Me too. Yeah, we're kind of like two cats, you know, like, oh yeah, I know that building's got a cat. Yeah. I got a cat. Yeah, yeah. And now the cats are like meeting at the, at the gate.
0:23.2	Right.
0:23.4	You know, there's like, they know a cat in common.
0:25.9	Yeah, yeah.
0:26.5	They know some cats.
0:27.9	Yeah.
0:28.6	Smelling him.
0:30.0	He's smelling me.
0:31.8	Working it out because it's not done.
0:36.5	Working it out. That is the voice of the great Robbie Hoffman.
0:43.6	Robbie Hoffman's on the podcast.
0:45.5	We are thrilled.
0:46.6	Robbie is having quite a moment in culture.
0:50.4	She has a new special on Netflix that was directed by my buddy John Mullaney.
0:57.5	She is on hacks.
0:59.3	She is on rooster.
1:01.3	She is everywhere right now.
1:03.1	She's having quite a moment, and it is awesome.
1:06.7	She's super funny.
1:07.6	It's such a gratifying thing when you see someone who's super talented and worked really hard and they're just having everything to work for them.
1:16.7	We've a great talk today. We talk about comedy, the state of the world, vending machines. We cover a lot of ground.
1:21.9	She is one of a kind. I love to talk to her. We work out bits, which is one of my favorite things.
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