Too Shy to Talk to People (w/ Owen Burke)
Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer
Headgum & Nicole Byer
4.8 • 15.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Comedian Owen Burke (Drunk History) joins Nicole for a conversation recorded in the middle of the Los Angeles fires (things were unhinged). They talk about trying to function while the world is burning, the early days of UCB, and how Owen managed to find a wife while being painfully shy and awkward with dating—and how you can too. Plus, Nicole shares the time she gave John Mulaney her number. John, please call back.
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| 1:05.1 | Why won't you date me? Why won't you date me? Why won't you date me? Why won't you date me? |
| 1:15.7 | Please tell me why. Oh, baby, welcome to another episode of Why Won't You Date Me a Podcast where Meenable Byer was trying to figure out why I was so single, even though you could come in a little cup and say, that's the air purifier. |
| 1:39.3 | My guest today. |
| 1:41.1 | Is it OSHA? |
| 1:42.7 | I think Ocean would need to check that out or something. |
| 1:46.1 | I mean, if you lie and said it was an air purifier, I'd go, okay, I'll breathe it in. |
| 1:50.7 | My guest today is a comedy legend. |
| 1:53.1 | He was the former editor-in-chief at Funnier Dye and the artistic director at UCB Theater in New York City. |
| 1:59.4 | He's produced iconic comedies like drunk history. |
| 2:04.3 | The Chris Gether Show. |
| 2:06.6 | And Netflix is Murderville. |
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