-I want to talk about your podcast.
Is that okay? -I'd love it.
So, it's a podcast called "Working It Out,"
and it's -- Because I can't tour,
I'm, like, working out my new hour material
on a podcast every week for a year.
Like, my tour's rescheduled for a year from now.
-Really? -So every week --
So I had John Mulaney, Hannah Gadsby, David Sedaris,
like, all these people, and, like, we work out material.
And then I sometimes do these prompts,
which are kind of like writing prompts that I do for myself,
and then I ask the guest. So, like, I'll ask you --
Can I ask you one? -Yeah, sure.
-Do you remember a smell from your childhood?
-Oh, so many.
Play-Doh I think is a big smell for a lot of --
-Play-Doh's huge. That's a good one.
-That's a popular one, right?
-No, but no one's said that yet.
But I think about Play-Doh, the smell, all the time.
-Oh, and it makes you want to eat it.
Smells so good. -You just want to eat it.
-Yeah. -Jimmy, why wouldn't you eat it?
-Yeah. I don't know.
You should -- -I still eat it!
I'm a grown man! I eat Play-Doh!
-No, you don't eat Play-- You shouldn't eat Play-Doh at all.
-You know what I have is, when I was growing up,
my parents had air conditioning in their bedroom.
And it was the only one in the house.
And it was Massachusetts. And whenever it would get
really, really hot in the summer,
me and my brother would knock on their door,
like 1:00, 2:00 in the morning. We're boiling hot.
We have, like, our blankets and pillows,
and we're like, "Let us in!"
And when your children show up at your bedroom door
with blankets and pillows, nothing you can do about it.
And so they'd let us in, and we'd lie on the floor.
And this is the smell memory --
the smell of carpet
and combined with the smell of air conditioning,
which, I don't even know what it is,
but I don't think it's that healthy.
And -- But it's a very fond memory,
because it just makes me think of, like --
I think all I wanted in life was just to be around my parents
but for them not to talk.
-[ Laughs ]
-And I think that's what they wanted from me, too.
And I think in some ways, that's what we all want.
We just want to be around the people we love,
but nobody talks.
-I like that. Dude, this --
But what -- This is called, like, "The Slow Round?"
-This is "The Slow Round."
Another Slow Round question is called, "On a Loop."
And it's like, do you have a memory from your childhood
where it's on a loop, but it's not even a story.
It's just, like, a thing that you keep remembering.
-Oh, gosh.
-So, I had one that was, like, first day of kindergarten,
at Paton School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
The older kids, which was second graders,
which, it seemed like they were 10 feet tall.
These two second graders took us to the bathroom
to show us where it was.
And we walked in,
and then I didn't have to use the restroom,
and so I just walked out. But I was the only person.
And this one second grader,
he goes, "Get in there!"
And then I just, like, scurried back into the bathroom.
And I remember it to this day, just, like, "Get in there!"
I can't forget it.
-Wow! That -- No, I know what you're kind of talking about,
like, that weird thing where you're like,
it's not a real memory. It's nothing.
It just happened in your life.
-Yeah, it's just a random thing that I can't get out of my head.
-I just thought of another smell.
-What's that?
-Do you remember when someone vomited in your school?
-Oh, my God. They bring in the thing?
[ Laughs ] -Like sawdust or something?
[ Both laugh ]
[ Laughing ] The combination of throw-up smell and sawdust?
-[ Cackles ]
Yes! What was that? I just thought of it now.
I've never heard of -- What -- Is the company out of business?
Are they okay? We don't know.
-We don't know.
-Oh, we got to find out who makes that stuff.
But this is fantastic.
-Isn't it great?
-I love that idea. That's a great idea.
Dude, I need stuff to listen to,
so I'm so psyched about this podcast.
-I'm so proud of it.
You know, like, I've always wanted to do a show
where I can invite people on, but, like, I'm always on tour.
And this has been an opportunity to try this totally new thing.
-As soon as we're done talking,
I want to listen to you talk more.
-That makes me so happy.
-[ Laughs ] And I'm going to --
I'm going to Kindle your book.
-Paperwhite the book.
Kindle the book.
-Be the book. Look at that. That's it.
That's the next cover.
Mike Birbiglia, you're one of my faves, bud.
Stay safe, pal, okay?
-You, too. You, too. -Thank you, buddy.