Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out 206. Cazzie David: Spiritually a Boomer
Mar 16, 2026
Cazzie David, author, actor, and filmmaker known for Delusions and I Love You Forever, shares quirky personal tales and creative anxieties. She struggles to list five loves, recounts a rabid bobcat close call, and talks about directing, press nerves, online reactions to her essays, and privacy around journals. Conversations mix satire, family reactions, and rom-com-gone-wrong filmmaking.
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Use Future Self Visualization To Reduce Age Anxiety
- Practice imagining yourself older to normalize current anxieties about aging and reduce panic.
- Mike and Cazzie add 20 years as a satirical mental-health trick, e.g., Mike plays being 67 to make 31 feel less catastrophic.
Bobcat Leap Turned Outdoor Peace Into Fear
- Cazzie had a close call with a bobcat that leapt at a gate near her house, convincing her it's potentially rabid.
- She now carries an air horn and can't walk outside without fear because relocating bobcats in LA is illegal.
Five Things She Actually Loves Revealed On Mic
- Mike challenges Cazzie to list five things she loves; she struggles but ultimately lists nature, games, reality TV, staying home, and her cats Link and Mikey.
- The exchange reveals Cazzie's ambivalence between need and love and highlights her humor about modern comforts.
