BEST of WIO (w/ New Bonus Intro): Atsuko Okatsuka Part III

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Atsuko Okatsuka: I'm Here to Make Friends (Recorded December 2022 with a new bonus intro from this week) 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 has been on Broadway and Atsuko’s The Intruder is an HBO comedy special. 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. Please consider donating to https://downtownwomenscenter.org/

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Mike Probeglia.
0:01.8	This is working it out.
0:03.3	This is the best episode with my friend,
0:05.8	Otsuko Akatsuka, since this aired in December,
0:11.0	her special, the intruder,
0:13.2	was a huge hit on HBO.
0:15.8	She is out on tour right now.
0:18.0	And I asked her if she would introduce this episode
0:22.4	with me today.
0:23.6	Otsuko, thanks for doing this.
0:25.2	So fun, that sounds great.
0:27.9	One of the themes that a thematic thing
0:30.8	running through all three of our episodes,
0:32.5	and people should listen to him back to back
0:34.0	because it's kind of funny.
0:35.3	When in our first episode,
0:36.6	we didn't really know each other at all.
0:39.0	Yes.
0:39.8	And by the third episode, best friends?
0:44.6	Yeah, I mean, by the third episode,
0:46.4	I think we were like, we had become such close friends
0:49.0	that we were asking questions like,
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