87. Atsuko Okatsuka: I'm Here to Make Friends

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

When Atsuko Okatsuka first appeared on Working It Out in 2021, she and Mike were both still developing their new shows. Now Mike’s The Old Man and the Pool is on Broadway and Atsuko’s The Intruder is an HBO comedy special. So Atsuko returns for a third chat with Mike to discuss the development of those shows. Plus jokes and stories about food conspiracies, making friends as an adult, and how to stop an awkward conversation.

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0:00.0	I was making my first, my second boyfriend laugh a lot and he was like, you should do
0:07.8	stand up.
0:08.8	You're like a stand up.
0:09.8	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:10.8	And I was like, what?
0:11.8	And yeah, and that's the first time I'd heard that.
0:15.4	It's so funny.
0:16.4	That's a very bold statement to make because this is like probably 2010 or so, 2008 even.
0:23.0	And then 2000 odds, like, it's not really a logical conclusion that one, because they're
0:28.7	funny, it should be a stand up comedian.
0:30.3	No, no.
0:31.3	I think I realized it was, he ultimately was trying to get rid of me.
0:37.3	That is the voice of Otsuko Akatsuka.
0:42.4	There's a brand new chat with Otsuko.
0:44.8	This is, this is so exciting.
0:47.4	This is the journey of the podcast.
0:50.3	If you're new to the podcast, this is a fun episode on its own.
0:55.0	Otsuko Akatsuka is a phenomenal comedian.
0:58.1	If you've been with the podcast for the last couple of years, Otsuko is literally, this
1:02.9	is our third episode.
1:04.7	We met because of the podcast.
1:07.7	Like I was a fan of hers through her Instagram.
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