“This one” is Birbiglia’s new one-man show The Good Life, and in terms of production, it’s a far cry from telling a story in a bar in every measurable way. For one thing, we’re not at a bar, we’re at ...

For a lapsed Catholic, comedian Mike Birbiglia sure loves a good confession. His standard joke format begins with an observation, goes somewhere surprising, and ends with an admission. Early in his ...

May 19 (UPI) --Netflix released a trailer for Mike Birbiglia's new stand-up comedy special, The Good Life, which debuts on the streaming service May 26. The trailer, released Monday, finds the ...

From the outside, comedian Mike Birbiglia might enjoy what some would call "the good life." He's an Emmy Award nominee for Best Variety Special Writing for The Old Man and the Pool, one of several ...

Mike Birbiglia has mined his medical, emotional and existential crises for long-form comedic storytelling for the better part of two decades. This time, however, the stakes feel somehow more vital as ...

A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: It's not very often that I listen to a middle aged man from Massachusetts who tells jokes for a living and think to myself, "That dude gets me." But I ...

“When I was a kid, I always viewed my dad as larger than life,” Mike Birbiglia says in the trailer for his upcoming special. “He was a doctor, and in his free time, he got his law degree. That’s how ...

Join us for an unmissable evening with Emmy-nominated actor, writer, and producer Natasha Rothwell, in a wide-ranging conversation with entertainment journalist Reshma Gopaldas about The White Lotus — ...

Every week, a guest draws a card from NPR's Wild Card deck and answers a big question about their life. Comedian Mike Birbiglia is known for finding funny ways into serious topics. And when writing ...

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer questions we often don't discuss. Comedian Mike Birbiglia talks about his relationship with his parents as he figured out how to tackle serious ideas with a kid.