{"podcast":{"title":"Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out","slug":"mike-birbiglia-s-working-it-out-495078","podcast_index_feed_id":495078,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/MTW0B2El","website_url":"https://www.birbigs.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/0c959313-82dc-43ee-bc1e-f66340c4c821/ccbdb314-4628-4c89-a10f-079ac50f6aa5/3000x3000/mikebirbiglia-workingitout-3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast","episode_count":244,"summary":"Comedian Mike Birbiglia welcomes a different comedian or creator each week and together they work out original, untested material. And, occasionally, uncomfortable topics. Join them as they work it out.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T10:17:23.354636+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-birbiglia-s-working-it-out-495078"},"episode":{"title":"203. James Acaster: He Welcomes Hecklers","slug":"203-james-acaster-he-welcomes-hecklers","published_at":"2026-02-23T05:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-birbiglia-s-working-it-out-495078/203-james-acaster-he-welcomes-hecklers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-birbiglia-s-working-it-out-495078","url":"https://www.birbigs.com/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/afp-222748-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/32ea5a12-6e17-42a1-8b7f-3cd5287077bd/episodes/146dd500-938c-4d3e-98d0-66e141e8968f/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=32ea5a12-6e17-42a1-8b7f-3cd5287077bd&awEpisodeId=146dd500-938c-4d3e-98d0-66e141e8968f&feed=MTW0B2El","summary":"Beloved British comedian James Acaster and Mike have never met but they have a lot in common, including brushes with death early in their lives that influenced their comedy. James and Mike discuss James’s experience with hecklers, which is the subject of James’s new special Hecklers Welcome. Plus, James talks about having Robert De Niro on his podcast Off Menu, and he shares the best pre-show ritual that Mike has ever heard.","meta_description":"Beloved British comedian James Acaster and Mike have never met but they have a lot in common, including brushes with death early in their lives that influ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2952,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mike-birbiglia-s-working-it-out-495078/episodes/203-james-acaster-he-welcomes-hecklers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-birbiglia-s-working-it-out-495078/203-james-acaster-he-welcomes-hecklers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}