{"podcast":{"title":"The Funny Muscle Podcast","slug":"the-funny-muscle-podcast-6768867","podcast_index_feed_id":6768867,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/TheFunnyMuclePodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://TheFunnyMuclePodcast.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17883178/Funny_J_y8rqn4.jpg","author":"Mike Lukas and Chris Stiffler","episode_count":69,"summary":"Guided by the belief that anyone can learn to become funnier once they understand what to practice, the Funny Muscle Podcast aims to break down how pro comics get their best laughs. Comedian turned author Mike Lukas and cohost Chris Stiffler, an economics professor and open mic-er, use the game plan and concepts outlined in the Funny Muscle Book series to give listeners a better idea of how original (and funny) jokes are crafted.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T00:20:12.095944+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-funny-muscle-podcast-6768867"},"episode":{"title":"We Serve Only Bait and Switch","slug":"we-serve-only-bait-and-switch","published_at":"2026-05-21T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-funny-muscle-podcast-6768867/we-serve-only-bait-and-switch","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-funny-muscle-podcast-6768867","url":"https://TheFunnyMuclePodcast.podbean.com/e/we-serve-only-bait-and-switch/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dqhpm7444fwks6ic/FMP_Jezelnik8flq5.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the Funny Muscle Podcast, Mike and Chris break down the comedy of Anthony Jeselnik—a comic who, on paper, “shouldn’t work” by our own rules. While we’ve been preaching the power of stacking multiple heightening devices, Jeselnik leans almost entirely on bait-and-switch… and still absolutely crushes. The fellows dissect several of Jeselnik’s bits to show how his exceptional writing does the heavy lifting—and how his exceptional tightly controlled persona does the rest.","meta_description":"In this episode of the Funny Muscle Podcast, Mike and Chris break down the comedy of Anthony Jeselnik—a comic who, on paper, “shouldn’t work” by our own r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2629,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-funny-muscle-podcast-6768867/episodes/we-serve-only-bait-and-switch/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-funny-muscle-podcast-6768867/we-serve-only-bait-and-switch.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}