Good Hang with Amy Poehler

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Celebrity interviews with a friend-first pulse.

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Good Hang with Amy Poehler pairs affectionate celebrity conversations with loose, story-rich detours through comedy, music, acting, friendship, and memory. Episodes often begin with someone close to the guest offering a question, giving the main interview a personal running start.

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About Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Good Hang with Amy Poehler is a celebrity-interview comedy show that feels built from affection first and format second. The conversations have polish around the edges, but the center is deliberately human: friends, old colleagues, admirers, and fellow performers telling stories before anyone gets too official. A recurring opening device gives the show its shape. Before the main interview, someone connected to the guest comes in to talk well behind their back and plant a question. That small move changes the temperature. Guests arrive already framed by someone’s fondness, which makes the interviews feel less like a circuit stop and more like a room full of people remembering why they like each other. The range is broad. Kerry Washington’s episode touches the Bronx, activism, Scandal, Shondaland, Amazing Race, and Imperfect Women. Fred Armisen’s conversation turns SNL, Wednesday, punk bands, UCB, and conflict styles into a shared map of comic temperament. Brandi Carlile talks music, meeting heroes, hair, Returning to Myself, harmonizing, and the strange power of mistakes onstage. Steve Carell’s visit moves through Second City, Anchorman, The Office, Rooster, Boston feelings, and the awkward path from a bar conversation to a date. Viola Davis brings Rhode Island and Boston accents, Meryl Streep, skydiving, Judge Stone, Cicely Tyson, and a bluntly funny critique of love scenes that are all image and no writing. The clip episodes broaden the show’s memory bank. Parks and Recreation stories bring Mike Schur, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Katherine Hahn, Paul Rudd, Aubrey Plaza, Adam Scott, and a promised Nick Offerman into the orbit. SNL stories gather Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Martin Short, Andy Samberg, Tina Fey, Jack Black, Rachel Dratch, Kristen Wiig, Ana Gasteyer, and Mary Ellen Matthews around the good, bad, and ridiculous parts of that place. Another compilation asks guests what they watch or hear when they need comfort or a laugh. The show suits listeners who like craft talk with warmth, comedy history with gossip-level specificity, and famous people being treated as talented friends rather than promotional subjects.

Made for: For listeners who like warm comedy conversations, craft talk, SNL and Parks and Recreation stories, and celebrity interviews that wander into real friendship. It especially suits people who enjoy anecdotes more than interrogation.

What sets it apart: The friend-of-the-guest opening gives many episodes a personal question before the main interview even begins. That structure lets the show move quickly from praise and biography into specific memories, creative habits, and funny private textures.

In their own words

Come hang with Amy Poehler. Each week on her podcast, she'll welcome celebrities and fun people to her studio. They'll share stories about their careers, mutual friends, shared enthusiasms, and most importantly, what's been making them laugh. This podcast is not about trying to make you better or giving advice. Amy just wants to have a good time.

As heard by us

Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Amy Poehler turns career interviews into comedy by following guests toward the telling mistake, odd detail, or shared connection.

Amy Poehler builds each conversation around a guest's working life, then keeps tugging at the details that turn a career story into comedy. A recurring opening brings in someone who knows the guest and supplies a question, adding another relationship before Poehler takes over.

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Amy Poehler turns career retrospectives into warm shop talk you can actually relax into.

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  • celebrity career stories without the red-carpet sheen
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Best episodes of Good Hang with Amy Poehler

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Kerry WashingtonApr 14, 2026

A warm Kerry Washington interview that stays light, social, and close to her craft.

Kerry Washington gets a genuinely warm turn here, with Amy Poehler moving the chat from the Bronx to activism to Scandal without making it feel stiff.

Fred ArmisenApr 7, 2026

A loose, affectionate hang that turns old friendship into sharp, easy conversation.

Amy Poehler and Fred Armisen keep things loose and warm here, leaning on the kind of shorthand that only comes from a long shared history. The conversation moves from SNL to physical risk aversion, conflict styles, Wednesday, and the steady work of keeping a creative group…

Brandi CarlileMar 31, 2026

A warm, loose hang that finds shape in Brandi Carlile's craft, heroes, hair, and live-performance instincts.

Amy Poehler and Brandi Carlile settle into a warm, easy conversation that feels less like a formal interview than a real click between two people.

Steve CarellMar 24, 2026

A relaxed celebrity interview that turns career markers into small, human details.

Good Hang keeps Amy Poehler and Steve Carell in comfortable territory, with the conversation moving through Second City, the first impression, the bar across from the theater, and the slow path to asking each other out.

Viola DavisMar 17, 2026

A warm Viola Davis conversation that turns sharpest on craft and vanity.

This episode lets Viola Davis range from Rhode Island and Boston to Meryl Streep, a plane jump, and the new book she co-wrote with James Patterson. Amy Poehler keeps the tone easy and affectionate, which gives the sharper passages room to land.

What Makes the Guests of 'Good Hang' LaughMar 10, 2026

A breezy clip reel about what funny people watch to laugh or feel comforted.

This Good Hang clip compilation keeps things simple: it is a light sampler of what makes people laugh or feel comforted. The guest mix gives it shape, with Quinta Brunson, Hayley Williams, Cola Scola, Kristen Wiig, and Dakota Johnson all popping in while Amy keeps the…

Favorite 'Parks and Rec' MemoriesMar 3, 2026

A warm Parks and Rec clip package with cast chemistry, quick memories, and an easy pace.

This Good Hang episode pulls together Parks and Recreation cast stories, loose banter, and a few quick memories from the show’s early days. Amy Poehler keeps the pace easy, while Mike Schur, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Katherine Hahn, Paul Rudd, Aubrey Plaza, and Adam Scott all…

Stories from ‘Saturday Night Live’Feb 24, 2026

A celebratory SNL clip show built from familiar voices and backstage stories.

Amy Poehler marks Good Hang's 52-episode milestone with a cheerful SNL clip show that gathers cast members, hosts, and backstage voices around a shared set of stories.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Andrew Garfield

    Sep 29, 2026·1h 11m
  2. 2

    Ashley Padilla

    Sep 22, 2026·1h 16m
  3. 3

    Robert De Niro

    Sep 15, 2026·1h 18m
  4. 4

    Sandra Bullock

    Sep 8, 2026·1h 13m
  5. 5

    Kenan Thompson

    Sep 1, 2026·1h 8m
  6. 6

    D'Arcy Carden (Live)

    Aug 25, 2026·1h 26m
  7. 7

    Keke Palmer

    Aug 18, 2026·1h 5m
  8. 8

    Rosie O'Donnell

    Aug 11, 2026·1h 15m
  9. 9

    Lena Waithe

    Aug 4, 2026·1h 14m
  10. 10

    Anne Lamott

    Jul 28, 2026·1h 9m
  11. 11

    John Cena

    Jul 21, 2026·1h 7m
  12. 12

    Will Ferrell

    Jul 14, 2026·1h 15m
  13. 13

    Matt Damon

    Jul 7, 2026·1h 13m
  14. 14

    Mindy Kaling

    Jun 30, 2026·1h 2m
  15. 15

    Greta Lee

    Jun 23, 2026·1h 14m
  16. 16

    Sarah Sherman

    Jun 16, 2026·1h 13m
  17. 17

    Colman Domingo

    Jun 9, 2026·1h 14m
  18. 18

    Tom Holland

    Jun 2, 2026·1h 15m
  19. 19

    Lena Dunham

    May 26, 2026·1h 6m
  20. 20

    Paula Pell

    May 19, 2026·1h 12m
  21. 21

    Da'Vine Joy Randolph

    May 12, 2026·1h 14m
  22. 22

    Billie Eilish

    May 5, 2026·1h 24m
  23. 23

    Jon Hamm

    Apr 28, 2026·1h 13m
  24. 24

    Nick Offerman

    Apr 21, 2026·1h 5m
  25. 25

    Kerry Washington

    Hidden gem

    Kerry Washington talks about growing up in the Bronx, calling it the “forgotten borough” and linking that background to hustle, resilience, and pride.

    Apr 14, 2026·1h 8m·4 clips
  26. 26

    Fred Armisen

    Hidden gem

    Amy Poehler and Carrie Brownstein introduce Fred Armisen through SNL, Portlandia, Blue Man Group, and Fred's mixed family background, including the name Feridun.

    Apr 7, 2026·1h 9m·4 clips
  27. 27

    Brandi Carlile

    Amy opens with pure affection, treating Brandi Carlile like a gifted, funny, warm almost-friend before the conversation even settles.

    Mar 31, 2026·1h 13m·5 clips
  28. 28

    Steve Carell

    Steve Carell gets the couch-friend treatment.

    Mar 24, 2026·1h 17m·5 clips
  29. 29

    Viola Davis

    Viola Davis gets a warm Good Hang spotlight here.

    Mar 17, 2026·1h 20m·5 clips
  30. 30

    What Makes the Guests of 'Good Hang' Laugh

    Amy starts with one last clip compilation before season two returns next week.

    Mar 10, 2026·46m·3 clips
  31. 31

    Favorite 'Parks and Rec' Memories

    Parks nostalgia in clip-package form.

    Mar 3, 2026·1h 5m·4 clips
  32. 32

    Stories from ‘Saturday Night Live’

    Fifty-two episodes, deck of cards, baby.

    Feb 24, 2026·51m·3 clips
  33. 33

    Sarah McLachlan

    Amy welcomes Sarah McLachlan with easy couch-friend warmth.

    Feb 17, 2026·1h 3m·4 clips
  34. 34

    Jonathan Groff

    Jonathan Groff gets the Good Hang treatment.

    Feb 10, 2026·1h 24m·5 clips
  35. 35

    Carol Burnett

    Carol Burnett comes in like someone the host has carried around for years.

    Feb 3, 2026·1h 10m·5 clips
  36. 36

    Claire Danes

    Amy Poehler introduces a celebrity interview episode with Claire Danes, promising lighthearted conversation and laughs.

    Jan 27, 2026·1h 13m
  37. 37

    Jennifer Lawrence

    Amy Poehler interviews Jennifer Lawrence, discussing her career, parenthood, and singing Shania Twain.

    Jan 20, 2026·56m
  38. 38

    Ryan Coogler

    Amy Poehler interviews director Ryan Coogler, discussing his film Sinners, football, Jurassic Park, and the superiority of vampires over zombies.

    Jan 13, 2026·1h 4m
  39. 39

    Gwyneth Paltrow

    This episode features an interview with Gwyneth Paltrow discussing topics like codependency, bone density, and her new film Marty Supreme, with a pre-interview segment involving director Josh Safdie.

    Jan 6, 2026·57m
  40. 40

    Ana Gasteyer

    Hidden gem

    Holiday chaos, couch warmth, and a lot of delight.

    Dec 23, 2025·1h 13m·5 clips
  41. 41

    Rachel Sennott

    Amy opens with real delight.

    Dec 16, 2025·1h 14m·5 clips
  42. 42

    Maya Rudolph (Live)

    This live episode of Good Hang at the Fonda Theater features Amy Poehler hosting and introducing musician Amy Miles, with an anticipated appearance by Maya Rudolph.

    Dec 11, 2025·1h 25m
  43. 43

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    This episode features an interview with Julia Louis-Dreyfus discussing her podcast Wiser Than Me, Emmy wins, and personal anecdotes, with a cameo from Tony Hale.

    Dec 9, 2025·1h 7m
  44. 44

    Hayley Williams

    This episode features an interview with Hayley Williams, discussing her solo album, collaborations, and personal topics, with insights from her voice teacher Doug Peck.

    Dec 2, 2025·1h 11m
  45. 45

    Ina Garten

    Ina Garten arrives with a first gift, and Amy Poehler is instantly delighted.

    Nov 25, 2025·1h 10m·6 clips
  46. 46

    Ariana Grande

    Amy opens warmly.

    Nov 18, 2025·1h 7m·5 clips
  47. 47

    June Squibb

    Amy Poehler chats with actress June Squibb about her career, new film, and being 95, with a surprise call from Will Forte.

    Nov 11, 2025·1h 1m
  48. 48

    Sebastian Maniscalco (Live)

    Amy Poehler hosts a live comedy talk show with a musical guest and sponsor mentions.

    Nov 7, 2025·1h 16m
  49. 49

    Maya Hawke

    Amy Poehler chats with Maya Hawke about growing up in NYC, magic, and their roles in Inside Out 2.

    Nov 4, 2025·53m
  50. 50

    Kate McKinnon

    Amy Poehler interviews Kate McKinnon about woodworking, sketch comedy, and her upcoming projects, with a comedic check-in from Aidy Bryant.

    Oct 28, 2025·1h 7m
  51. 51

    Mariska Hargitay

    Amy Poehler interviews Mariska Hargitay about her documentary and Law & Order career.

    Oct 21, 2025·1h 6m
  52. 52

    Aziz Ansari

    Oct 14, 2025·1h 6m
  53. 53

    Rachel Dratch

    Oct 7, 2025·1h 20m
  54. 54

    Kristen Wiig

    Sep 30, 2025·1h 5m
  55. 55

    Regina Hall

    Sep 23, 2025·1h 11m
  56. 56

    Olivia Colman

    Sep 16, 2025·1h 8m
  57. 57

    Selena Gomez

    Sep 9, 2025·1h 6m
  58. 58

    Judge Judy Sheindlin

    Sep 2, 2025·1h 8m
  59. 59

    Zarna Garg

    Aug 26, 2025·1h 23m
  60. 60

    Aubrey Plaza

    Aug 19, 2025·1h 10m
  61. 61

    Adam Scott

    Aug 12, 2025·1h 12m
  62. 62

    The Jonas Brothers

    Aug 5, 2025·55m
  63. 63

    Leanne Morgan

    Jul 29, 2025·1h 16m
  64. 64

    Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer

    Jul 22, 2025·1h 12m
  65. 65

    Cole Escola

    Jul 15, 2025·1h 3m
  66. 66

    Andy Samberg

    Jul 8, 2025·1h 15m
  67. 67

    Idris Elba

    Jul 1, 2025·1h 7m
  68. 68

    Natasha Lyonne

    Jun 24, 2025·1h 1m
  69. 69

    Will Forte

    Jun 17, 2025·1h 1m
  70. 70

    Dakota Johnson

    Jun 10, 2025·59m
  71. 71

    Seth Meyers

    Jun 3, 2025·1h 2m
  72. 72

    Reneé Rapp

    May 27, 2025·1h 4m
  73. 73

    "Philly Justice"

    May 20, 2025·1h 17m
  74. 74

    Michelle Obama

    May 13, 2025·1h 2m
  75. 75

    Paul Rudd

    May 6, 2025·1h 8m
  76. 76

    Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner

    Amy Poehler hosts a fun, lighthearted interview with Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner, discussing stand-up comedy, female friendship, and quirky topics like pimple patches and anxiety medication.

    Apr 29, 2025·1h 2m
  77. 77

    Jack Black

    Amy Poehler introduces a fun conversation with Jack Black, discussing his career and projects, with a guest appearance by Aquafina.

    Apr 22, 2025·1h 6m
  78. 78

    Kathryn Hahn

    Amy Poehler interviews actress Catherine Hahn about her career, fame, and female friendships in a humorous, casual conversation.

    Apr 15, 2025·55m
  79. 79

    Quinta Brunson

    Amy Poehler hosts a fun, casual interview with Quinta Brunson, featuring surprise guests and lighthearted conversation.

    Apr 8, 2025·1h
  80. 80

    Ike Barinholtz

    Amy Poehler chats with Ike Barinholtz about his new show The Studio, with a comedic tone and sponsor reads.

    Apr 1, 2025·57m
  81. 81

    Rashida Jones

    Amy Poehler interviews Rashida Jones, discussing their friendship, work, and shared love of music, with help from comedic actors Retta and Darcy Carden.

    Mar 25, 2025·59m
  82. 82

    Martin Short

    Amy Poehler hosts a casual comedy interview with Martin Short, joined by surprise guests Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, and Colin Jost.

    Mar 18, 2025·1h 2m
  83. 83

    Tina Fey

    Amy Poehler kicks off her podcast by welcoming Tina Fey for a casual, humorous conversation about their lives and careers.

    Mar 18, 2025·57m
  84. 84

    Introducing 'Good Hang With Amy Poehler'

    Feb 10, 2025·1m