97. Bert Kreischer: Inside A Storytelling Machine

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Bert Kresicher have known each other a little bit for a long time. Now they sit down for an in-depth chat about how to develop a story for standup, why Florida is so strange, and why Bert decided to change the course of his comedy career. Plus, they discuss their shared love for legendary comedic storyteller David Sedaris.

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0:00.0	My wife calls me a soft narcissist,
0:03.9	and then I have a kind of a periscope view
0:06.2	of the way I see the world,
0:07.8	and it's all about me.
0:09.3	Yeah, and I leave a large wake.
0:11.7	She's like, yeah, and at times you do not stop
0:17.4	to make sure everyone's okay.
0:18.9	Oh, then interesting.
0:19.9	Like I had Liam one time tell a very vulnerable story
0:22.6	about me on a podcast.
0:24.7	And I was like, I was like, yo, what was the hope of that?
0:27.2	She was like, are you being serious?
0:28.8	Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
0:35.8	That is the voice of the great Bert Kreischer.
0:39.8	For anyone who is wondering, yes,
0:42.6	Bert wore his shirt during the interview.
0:46.0	Literally, I interviewed Bert Romano yesterday,
0:49.5	and that comes out next week.
0:51.9	And he's, and I told him I had a Bert Kreischer,
0:54.1	and he said, did he wear a shirt, and he did.
0:56.9	But we took a couple photos after,
0:58.8	and he lifted up his shirt.
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