Kathryn Hahn

Summary

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Kathryn Hahn Episode Summary

Release Date: April 15, 2025

In this lively episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, host Amy Poehler welcomes the multifaceted actress and comedian Kathryn Hahn to her studio. The conversation delves deep into their enduring friendship, Kathryn's creative process, her evolving relationship with fame, and the significance of female friendships. The episode is a blend of heartfelt discussions and uproarious humor, showcasing the chemistry between Amy and Kathryn.

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1. Celebrating Friendship and Shared Memories

Amy opens the conversation by reminiscing about her time working with Kathryn on Parks and Recreation. She highlights Kathryn's infectious energy and leadership on set.

Amy Poehler (14:08): "My first kind of real memory is in the trailer of Parks and Rec, and we used to... just kind of dance around for two or three songs."

Kathryn echoes this sentiment, praising Amy's ability to infuse joy into the workplace.

Kathryn Hahn (19:34): "We've been in the trenches. We've been through a lot of tough times together. We've been very honest with each other."

2. Kathryn’s Creative Process and Improvisation

The duo discusses Kathryn's knack for improvisation, particularly her memorable moments on Parks and Recreation.

Amy Poehler (15:19): "Every time I've done a scene with you, you are so good at improvising."

Kathryn shares insights into her improvisational style, emphasizing her comfort in the "messy middle" of creative processes.

Kathryn Hahn (12:08): "There is like a little on your toes feeling of growth that's happening while you're in it. That always feels super charged to me."

3. Navigating Fame and the Marvel Universe

A significant portion of their discussion centers around Kathryn's role in the Marvel universe, particularly her character Agatha, and the impact of her newfound fame.

Kathryn Hahn (31:44): "I love the very young queer women that are felt really like, loved Agatha all along. That was such a huge part of our audience."

Amy highlights the groundbreaking nature of Kathryn's role, including the first Marvel lesbian kiss.

Amy Poehler (35:06): "The first Marvel lesbian kiss, according to this paper that just flew in."

4. The Importance of Female Friendships

Amy and Kathryn delve into the depth of their friendship, discussing how female friendships serve as a source of comfort, honesty, and mutual support.

Kathryn Hahn (20:03): "It's so important to have women in your life that aren't family... just feels like, and also very affirming."

Amy emphasizes the value of maintaining close female bonds, especially in demanding industries.

Amy Poehler (19:55): "How are female friendships important to you? What do they do for you?"

5. Kathryn’s Current Projects: Continental Studios

Kathryn shares details about her latest project, Continental Studios, highlighting the collaborative environment with industry veterans like Catherine O'Hara, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg.

Kathryn Hahn (42:16): "We rehearsed each scene like a play... it was like a real challenge and so much fun."

Amy praises the intricate nature of the project, noting the dedication required to perfect each scene.

Amy Poehler (44:13): "Your look is incredible."

6. Light-Hearted Banter: Bathroom Etiquette and More

The conversation takes a humorous turn as Amy and Kathryn discuss common bathroom mishaps and pet peeves, showcasing their playful rapport.

Amy Poehler (48:36): "Women, you cannot pee on a seat to protect your own germs."

Kathryn Hahn (48:58): "Sometimes I'm like, women, lift up the freaking seat 100%."

7. Personal Anecdotes: Kathryn’s Dog Banjo

Wrapping up the episode, Kathryn shares amusing stories about her dog, Banjo, whose antics never fail to crack her up.

Kathryn Hahn (50:23): "Everything he does is so stupid that he makes me laugh so hard. He's a dingo."

Amy humorously speculates on who would voice Banjo in a hypothetical movie.

Amy Poehler (51:33): "So who would play Banjo in a movie if he was a human? Oh, it would be..."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Kathryn Hahn (19:34): "We've been in the trenches. We've been through a lot of tough times together."
• Amy Poehler (15:19): "Every time I've done a scene with you, you are so good at improvising."
• Kathryn Hahn (31:44): "I love the very young queer women that are felt really like, loved Agatha all along."
• Amy Poehler (35:06): "The first Marvel lesbian kiss, according to this paper that just flew in."
• Kathryn Hahn (20:03): "It's so important to have women in your life that aren't family..."
• Kathryn Hahn (50:23): "Everything he does is so stupid that he makes me laugh so hard. He's a dingo."

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Conclusion

This episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler beautifully intertwines laughter with meaningful conversations. Amy and Kathryn's candid discussions about their careers, personal lives, and the importance of genuine friendships offer listeners both entertainment and inspiration. Kathryn Hahn emerges as not only a talented actress but also a cherished friend, making this episode a delightful listen for fans and newcomers alike.

Transcript

[Amy Poehler]

Hi, everyone. This is Amy Poehler. Welcome to another episode of Good Hang. I'm very, very excited to introduce my next guest, the great Kathryn Hahn. What can I say about Kathryn? She's a legend. She's so talented, funny, smart. She can do it all. And people love working with her. And I loved working with her. And today we talked about what is her relationship to work? What is her process? How important is it for her to feel connected to the stuff that she does? How is she dealing with this new version of fame and popularity and how is it changing her life? And also how important female friendships are and how you really haven't met everyone you're supposed to meet, even at my age of 53. So. So I'm really excited for you to hear what Katherine and I talked about today. It was a really good hang. It always is with her. So check it out. But before we start, guess who we have as a special guest today talking about Kathryn Hahn and hanging in the studio. Oh, only Patti LuPone if her Zoom ever works.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Woo hoo hoo.

[Amy Poehler]

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[Patti LuPone]

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[Amy Poehler]

Patty, are you there? Have you joined us? She's not. She's not there. She's still not there. Okay, just so just to give you guys an update, Patty just checked in and said. Got it. I'll have to be on my phone. Okay, putting on slap now. I don't know what that means. I'm gonna say okay. Ha ha ha. Okay. Thanks so much. Okay. This is fun. So I don't Know what putting on slap means? It either means she's slapping on makeup or that's some kind of Broadway term.

[Kathryn Hahn]

There you are.

[Amy Poehler]

Wait, is that a term? Putting slap on?

[Unknown]

Yeah, Slap is an expression from. For makeup. Yeah, Putting slap on.

[Amy Poehler]

Ugh. I love Patty.

[Unknown]

I love you, too, darling. Let me just put a little more slap on.

[Amy Poehler]

So what are you doing these days?

[Unknown]

Singing.

[Amy Poehler]

Are you? Yeah, are you. Do you have a show tonight?

[Unknown]

No, I have a show on Monday, but what I have tonight is an opera.

[Amy Poehler]

You're attending it or you're singing it?

[Unknown]

No, I'm attending it. My friend is taking me. Let me just get the eyeshadow on. Darling, who can talk when you're putting eyeshadow on? But I'll try. My friend that wrote it is here because it just premiered. And we're going to the Senior citizen special. He's calling it dinner at 5:30. The opera starts at 7, and it's three hours long. And so we're going to go and have dinner at the Met, which is very exciting. It's very, you know, you feel like you're in, I don't know, another dimension when you go into the Metropolitan Opera House. But it's pretty incredible just to watch the people that show up and how they're dressed and how they act. Girl, I'm ready for you.

[Amy Poehler]

Oh, you look fantastic.

[Unknown]

I look hideous, but thank you. But let's talk about Katherine.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay, let's talk about Katherine. So today's episode, we're talking to Katherine. We're doing this fun thing where we're kind of talking behind people's backs before they come in just to kind of hear more perspective about them and what. What you think I should ask her or, you know, what you'd be interested in hearing her talk about. And tell me how, like, how you met and your. Your relationship with her.

[Unknown]

Well, we met on Agatha at the Table Reads. Basically, Catherine, because she was the leading lady, was incredibly generous, incredibly open, and incredibly inclusive and embraced, I think, the responsibility of a leading lady. And that's, you know, that comes without fear, basically. And she was fearless and generous. And one of my favorite things about her is she snorts when she laughs. So, you know, she's having a good time.

[Amy Poehler]

She's a big laugher. She's a big laugh.

[Unknown]

But when you get the snort, something was really funny. And that's, you know, one of her best qualities, her snort.

[Amy Poehler]

She is a real mix of a very poised and serious dramatic actor. And deeply goofy.

[Unknown]

Yeah, Very, very funny. And doesn't take It. Seriously, which is great. You know what I mean?

[Amy Poehler]

I'm going to ask her about this, but I want to ask you, too. I mean, the response has been huge for Agatha. It's everywhere. It's viral tiktoks. It's people waiting for you at the airport. Like, the. The way you get this giant, huge new group of people who know you and know your work. What has that been like?

[Unknown]

I don't have the kind of response that Katherine has gotten. I mean, in. In. I know that it's so. It's so weird because. Because I do so many different things. People. Some people know that I sing and do Broadway musicals, and some people know me from Steven's universe, and some people know me from Life Goes on. And some people know me from Agatha.

[Kathryn Hahn]

For Agatha.

[Unknown]

And the ones. I've been getting more. More fan mail about Agatha, which is great, because who would think that I would end up in the Marvel universe knowing nothing about it and choose to remain that way knowing nothing about it?

[Amy Poehler]

Any ideas of what I could ask Catherine today? Like, any questions?

[Unknown]

Ask her if she's ever thought about directing and would she cast me. I'm just curious to know whether she would want to direct. And of course, I need to get hired.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And I think she, you know, she.

[Unknown]

Would be a riot behind the camera. I think, you know, they'd have to take take after take if it was funny and she snorted. I think she'd be a great director. I think she would be a great director.

[Amy Poehler]

Agree. All right. Love you, Patty. Thank you so much.

[Unknown]

My pleasure.

[Amy Poehler]

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[Amy Poehler]

Everyone, this is Katherine.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Hi, everyone. Thank you for having me.

[Amy Poehler]

Katherine, I love you so much. Thank you for being on. Good hang.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I'm so happy to be here.

[Amy Poehler]

I love you. You know, I've only done a few episodes so far. This is very new. And I got a note recently from the great Bill Simmons, who is kind of like, I guess, my boss, but he. He is so good at podcasting and has created an empire and has allowed me to come do it. And he said, lose the ringer. And he said, lose the laptop.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Why? Oh, just so it's, like, more conversational, I guess.

[Amy Poehler]

How do you feel? Before I do, I just want to audition it one more time. How do you feel about it?

[Kathryn Hahn]

Listen, I think that that's fine for him if he doesn't need one, but if you need one, screw it. This is your podcast.

[Amy Poehler]

Well, I want to say to you and Bill that I like to look things up on here. It does take me a long time. It does take me a long time.

[Kathryn Hahn]

You're fact checking as it's going on. I think that's good.

[Amy Poehler]

Well, that I kind of was joking that I had it to just make it seem like I was fact checking, but I'm fact checking.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Have you ever used it?

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, I did.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Okay, okay, okay. If it's just there for evidence, maybe.

[Amy Poehler]

I was just watch I while I'm talking to you. I just have to catch up on the pit.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Wait, is that.

[Amy Poehler]

Is that.

[Kathryn Hahn]

The medical procedural. Okay, great. With the guy who's already been on a medical procedural. Okay, great. It's supposed to be great.

[Amy Poehler]

It's so good.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Okay, I gotta get into it.

[Amy Poehler]

I want to talk about.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Okay, good.

[Amy Poehler]

Just kidding. Okay, well, I just.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Talk about paradise.

[Amy Poehler]

Dr. Carter, aka Noah Wiley, is now in a new show which is nothing like er, but I'm a huge ER fan. But the pit is so pit. So because Bill told me to get rid of the laptop, I'm going to put it in half mask.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Good.

[Amy Poehler]

And then if I need it, I do feel like I want to. I want to watch something with you today.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Keep it there.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah. Half masked.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Don't close it.

[Amy Poehler]

But I, But Bill, I hear you and I appreciate that the. Because it looks love. And I, I have to say I'm still trying to figure out the process of this, so I so appreciate you coming in mid process.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I'm so happy. I love mid process.

[Amy Poehler]

You do?

[Kathryn Hahn]

I do, I do. Because it's still figuring itself out. So it. I, I like it. I don't like. I. It's better, it's more interesting than a well oiled machine. Ooh, yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

Tell me more about that. Because you're so. You do you. I love that about you is you love the, the, the messy middle of stuff.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I do. Because it. There is like a little on your toes feeling of, of, of growth that's happening while you're in it. And that always feels like super chargy to me if it's like, I don't know, it's more like sometimes it's good and like you know that you're gonna hit this, this and this. But I love conversations and I think, and I know you do too, that are like a little not so prescribed at the beginning.

[Amy Poehler]

You're so good at them. You're, you're, you're really, really good at hanging in.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Ah, yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

It's what makes you such a good person and friend but. And also such a good actor is you. You can like tolerate the in between, which I don't know if I can. I'm learning, I'm learning.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes, it is uncomfortable sometimes. Sometimes depending on what it really is, but just to sit in it and let it like. I'm not talking about podcast, but like life or like schmacting. Yeah, it's definitely like that in that kind of like uncomfortableness I think is like, like the time that you're going to be surprised.

[Amy Poehler]

Did you know that? Let me see if you can guess how many times, how many Episodes of Parks. You did. Do you. Do you would. You know, to guess?

[Kathryn Hahn]

I would say between 7 and 13.

[Amy Poehler]

10.

[Kathryn Hahn]

10. Okay. Between 7 and 13. That else. My. It's kind of right between. That's amazing. But it was such a huge impact on my life. Like, it's still the thing I get most recognized for.

[Amy Poehler]

Really.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes. And I just remember. Well, first of all, you were the most incredible number one on a call sheet because you had dance parties at lunch every day. And anybody that walked on that, like, set just was filled with such confidence and such joy, which is. I had the greatest time on that show.

[Amy Poehler]

I have such. I don't have the greatest.

[Kathryn Hahn]

That's where we kind of fell in.

[Amy Poehler]

Love, but that is. That's really. Katherine. Where we, I think, actually met. My first kind of, like, real memory is in the trailer of Parks and Rec, and we used to. Catherine is talking about dance parties, and we used to do a thing where just like, after lunch, we would play three songs. The great Autumn Butler, our makeup artist, had great taste in music. And we would just kind of dance around for two or three songs.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah. The best.

[Amy Poehler]

I think, for me, a way to honestly just keep my energy up.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

But it became a way to meet people in the trailer. And I remember two things I loved about you right away. How much you love to laugh. People that know. You know that, like, you. You love to laugh.

[Kathryn Hahn]

If someone's gonna break in a scene, it's this professional over here.

[Amy Poehler]

You know, I don't. Do you think you break a line?

[Kathryn Hahn]

I have to be really serious in my mind, like, if I have. Because if it starts to happen, it is tears.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And mucus.

[Amy Poehler]

But you. I have seen you in bloopers, and you're hanging in.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah, I do hang in.

[Amy Poehler]

You hang in.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I do. Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

You, in fact, go in harder. I think when people are.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I have to. I know it's a survival technique. I just have to dig in a little bit. I do. I go harder.

[Amy Poehler]

I feel like every time I've done a scene with you. You are so good at improvising. In fact, a lot of your character on Parks and Rec, Jen Barkley's moments were improvised.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Were they really?

[Amy Poehler]

Well, one of the favorites, one of TikTok and memes and GIFs and GIFs is Poncho.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah, Poncho was.

[Amy Poehler]

So let's talk about what happened. For people that have never seen that. What is it? Tell us what that scene was.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Well, I went to Ben and Leslie's house. I'm speaking as Jen Barkley. My character. I'm first person now.

[Amy Poehler]

Well, for people that aren't watching, she just transformed.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I just transformed.

[Amy Poehler]

Eyes turn dark, and she's a completely different person.

[Kathryn Hahn]

A lot more hairspray. I went to their house. They have children. I am not into children at all. I wore a plastic poncho so that I wouldn't get any sticky fingers or crap all over me. And at some point, the kids rush by with paint, nail me with the paint, and at some take just to make you guys laugh. I don't even. Did not have any idea it was going to be any. I just swung my arms open and went, poncho, poncho. And that really has become.

[Amy Poehler]

It has. It's like Batman's cape. I mean.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, that was the best. Like, I just wanting to make you guys laugh and just having so the. The energy was so loose. So I like. It's funny you say that. Improvising again. I can do it if I know who I am and like, the given circumstances and like that. I feel like I feel really free in that department. But just.

[Amy Poehler]

Well, you know how like, we. We were on set a lot, and I would watch you work, and I would say the same thing about Adam, and I wonder too, if it's because of your. Both of your training, but I would watch the way you two worked and you would have a moment where we. You'd stay really, really loose and. But just right before the scene. And I can think of a couple scenes. The great scene where. Where Jen Barkley is telling Leslie no, basically, you know, you have to start. Oh, you have to start thinking bigger, which is a huge moment in the show. I love the writing and that scene.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, my God, that scene.

[Amy Poehler]

Mike Schur and the writers, like, I just love how they slowly took care of Leslie and they sent people in to give her these messages. And Jen Barkley is just this, like, Gen X.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

Ball buster.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

Who kind of sees something that Leslie doesn't. Anyway, in that moment, when you're giving that speech, I remember very clearly right before the scene, you just took a moment. And I think we joked about it later because I was like. It was like watching. It was watching a real actor.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, God.

[Amy Poehler]

Just staying one more second on Parks because I do think that it. It was such a formative time in my life, obviously, for many reasons, and one of them was meeting you. Is what I always use that. Us as an example of is that you never know who you have yet to meet. No.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

I think, you know, when you're in your 40s, there's this feeling that you've pretty much. You have your old friends, your high school friends, you have maybe a partner and their friends. You have your kid, mom, friends.

[Kathryn Hahn]

College. Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

College. Yeah. You have, like, this. All these different groups of friends. And you think. I think I've met everybody that's going to be my close friends.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I have. I. I know, because sometimes those friends become just family, you know what I mean? As everybody grows and changes and, like, people, there's. They're so. In my life always. Always, always. But we are very different people. I don't know. You know, and you're right. There are people, like, I think even I've been in a lot. Lot of projects where you get, like, intimate really fast and everybody says goodbye. But then there are certain people where you. I didn't anticipate this. Like, I did. That was one of the pleasures for me, too, is, like, I did not anticipate that you would want to continue to be my friend after we did it. And then the fact that it's gotten, like, deeper and deeper and, like, now I don't know how to do it. I mean, like, I am so grateful for you in my.

[Amy Poehler]

We've, like, we've been in the trenches.

[Kathryn Hahn]

We've been in the trenches.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, we have. Yeah, we have. Like, we've been through a lot of tough times together. We've been very honest with each other. Yeah, We've, like. I think we've really, like, taken great pains to see each other.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah. Like, we're. Make it a priority.

[Amy Poehler]

And, I mean, I know how I feel about how important that is for me, but what. How. What. How are female friendships important to you? What do they do for you?

[Kathryn Hahn]

I think that the real female friends that I have, the deep ones, are fewer than I thought I would have. Like, the ones that are really, you know, have your back through anything, and there's a difference. Like these. It's so important to have women in your life that aren't family to grow old with in a way that it's, like you said, feels very honest and also hilarious, but also doesn't feel like we have to keep up anything together, like, keep up any sort of front. It just feels like. And also very affirming, like, to walk into these next chapters together just feels like it's not as terrifying. Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

The witch's road.

[Kathryn Hahn]

The witch's road.

[Amy Poehler]

The coven.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes. Coven on Coven. Yes. Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

That's why. I mean, that is why, when I watched that show, when I watched Agatha all along, that it was so moving. You just. Basically, you must hold hands with someone to go into the next step. And let's be honest. Our female friendships and relationships are gonna. You know, with the exception, maybe our sibling relationships will probably last the longest.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I know they will. And I think with my dear, dearest women, friends of which there are very few, that that is such a source of comfort just to be heard by another woman.

[Amy Poehler]

Yes.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Without judgment, without, like, anything but just love.

[Amy Poehler]

I know. I feel you. Speaking of other women.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

So we do this thing where we ask people before we have a guest to chat about the guest. So, like, I kind of, like, wanted.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I want to, like.

[Amy Poehler]

And we got Patti LuPone.

[Kathryn Hahn]

No, you did not.

[Amy Poehler]

Yes.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, my God. I was so excited. The wolf, Patty. The wolf. The wolf lupone. Of course. The wolf.

[Amy Poehler]

Of course.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, my God. I know. This is gonna be the best.

[Amy Poehler]

Well, first of all, what if it was like.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Well, she can't sing, but.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. Not talented. No.

[Kathryn Hahn]

She.

[Amy Poehler]

She's so great, isn't she?

[Kathryn Hahn]

I know.

[Amy Poehler]

Talk about, you know, a new friend that I want to. I mean, I feel like I keep. I have to stop telling her our. I have to stop asking her if we're friends. I just have to start believing that we are. But anyway.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, doll. She calls everyone doll. You're right. To have someone that is, like, in a different stage of our lives, that you can. That are so real. Very, very important.

[Amy Poehler]

I don't know about you, but I get very comfortable around.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

Older women who are very bossy. Yeah. Because I get very relaxed.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah. We're in good hands.

[Amy Poehler]

We're in good hands. And the few times that I've hung out with Patty, she's like, we're going for a walk, and she tells me what to buy, and it's just. Okay. So tell me about. About how you was. Was Agatha the first time you met her?

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And I remember when they said it was Patti LuPone, I was like, no. And then we. I met her at the first table read, and she just came in with so many questions, which, of course, like, she knew nothing about Marvel. I barely know anything about Marvel. So she was like, okay. And it was just all of these very detailed questions. But then she just forgot, and it didn't matter. She was. She'll stay. She'll still be like, I don't know anything about Marvel. She did. She told us that she did.

[Amy Poehler]

She said, well, I don't know anything about. Which I love.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I mean.

[Amy Poehler]

And also. And she said, you guys met at the Table read.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

And Agatha was a really big circus to lead.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, yes.

[Amy Poehler]

And you had to do a lot of big stuff on there.

[Kathryn Hahn]

A lot of swinging.

[Amy Poehler]

Oh, my gosh. So much. You know, if. If one is to. Acting is a little embarrassing.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, right.

[Amy Poehler]

You had to do so much stuff. Incredible birthing scenes and crazy stuff and.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Holding hands and singing.

[Amy Poehler]

Yes. So much fine lines. Incredible stuff.

[Kathryn Hahn]

But, like, walking in the razor's edge because we knew if it went one way or the other, it could be like, oh, wow.

[Amy Poehler]

And America voted. And it worked. America voted for if TikTok. TikTok is my government.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Okay. I know. And I gotta get on TikTok.

[Amy Poehler]

It's. It's so. I think it's wrapping up.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, I know. By perfect timing, as usual. Still my aoi.

[Amy Poehler]

It's like me and podcast. I'm like, let me get in there. And everyone's like, now. I'm like, yep, right before the door closes. But just for a second. What was it like to be on such a big show, making. Having to make really big choices with all these incredibly big personalities and people? It was just. It must have been something.

[Kathryn Hahn]

We were all. There was no trailers to go back to, really, because we were kind of far away always. So we would set up, like, a little coven of our chairs in a circle so, like, all of our crew chairs would be in a circle, and you could just hear us cackling, like, the whole, like. I mean, we just laughed. And Patty had a boombox, and she would get up and, like, dance or start singing, and we would all be like, it's coming out of her mouth right now.

[Amy Poehler]

So Patty wanted me to ask you two questions. First, she said she loves your snort. And we already got. Got it. We already got it once.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I thought, like, oh, it's not as cute anymore, but it still comes out.

[Amy Poehler]

I mean, you're talking to a person that laughs like a. I've been described as a raven. When a raven. When someone runs over a raven's foot. That's how somebody described my laugh one time. So, I mean, I don't know what you're talking about.

[Kathryn Hahn]

It's the greatest laugh ever.

[Amy Poehler]

It's just. I have a very witchy laugh, too.

[Kathryn Hahn]

You have a very witchy laugh and a very. You do. And it's like cackle and a very devious laugh. Sometimes it's a little cat that's at the mouth. I just love it so much because it's like a little devious and then huge cackles.

[Amy Poehler]

And you have a great Laugh too. Like, you laugh with your whole body.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I do.

[Amy Poehler]

You like?

[Kathryn Hahn]

I do. There she goes. But I really do. I do. I love a good laugh.

[Amy Poehler]

God, me too. Have you always been that way? Was that. Where did. Where like, have you always been that kind of person that loved a good laugh?

[Kathryn Hahn]

In high school, it started for sure, and then I was like, you know, I went to an all girls Catholic school, so we had like a. I mean, that group was constantly making fun of the nuns. And so it was just like crying all the time. Just crying all the time. Just like, just floating maxi pads in the. Like the same. In like Mary's pond. Like, there's like a statue of Mary and we just like. And the nurse like, okay, so there are maxi pads floating in the. It was like always like that.

[Amy Poehler]

Just like fun church giggle stuff.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Stupid. Like, you'd open up a locker and there'd be like a huge dick that you would pop out on a spring. Like, we were very.

[Amy Poehler]

My theory that Catholic school girls were, A, so bad.

[Kathryn Hahn]

They were so bad. Well, because everything was, you know, uniforms and there was like church every week and it all felt like. I don't know if I believe in any of this.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. Then B, they were just like, really.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Ready to go. Oh. I was like, let's go, let's go. And they were. I was like, any takers? Any takers? And there's not takers. Horny. So horny. And I was like, okay. I was like, is it my over plucked eyebrows? What's. What's happening? Is it my Catholic school uniform that my mom thought I was going to gain? Maybe, or like seven dress sizes, but I was literally like, kids would go down and see my skirt and just pull it off me. Like in school. So we had to wear boxers.

[Amy Poehler]

Oh, yeah. Boxers were a big. It was an all girls school.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

And they were pantsing you.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Pantsing me. Skirting.

[Amy Poehler]

They were skirting you.

[Kathryn Hahn]

In. In. I did go to co Ed Catholic elementary school and we would have something called Friday flip up day. So we knew to wear boxers because on Friday all the guys ran around and flipped up your skirt.

[Amy Poehler]

Oh, my God. Yeah.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And throw up day. Wednesday wedding day. I don't know what Tuesday or Monday was.

[Amy Poehler]

And they would just flip up your skirt. And back then we were like, the price of being a girl, it is.

[Kathryn Hahn]

We were like, oh, we better get prepared.

[Amy Poehler]

We were like, maybe someone will flip up my skirt today. So, so up.

[Kathryn Hahn]

So up.

[Amy Poehler]

So up. And. And the teachers were like, if you guys are doing the flip up, keep it. Outside of class.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I know about it. And then I remember some guy, some kid I was in sixth grade called me Gorilla Legs because I haven't shaved. I hadn't shaved my. And I was, like, horrified by that. So I went home and I tried to shave. And it was like a cheese grater. It was like I could see a curl of my skin before it started bleeding. And I was like, what? Oh, I still have scars.

[Amy Poehler]

Oh, no.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I didn't know how to do it. I went rogue with my dad's shaver in the tub.

[Amy Poehler]

Oh, no. Because of that stupid boy.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I was that stupid boy.

[Amy Poehler]

No, I had a stupid boy tell me one time that I looked like a frog, that my face looked like a frog. And I just. I still think about it. I mean, I still remember it. I just remember being like, well, I get. Yeah, but you just get that thing where you're like, well, I guess I'll live the life of a frog then. Like, you just immediately like, well, if one boy thinks it that, then it.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Shall be so, then it shall be so.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, I guess. Well, I'll be. They'll just flip up my skirt and I'll wear my boxers and shave my legs in the bathtub and wear. Have a face like a frog.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I mean, it's horrible. It's horrible. The I got from my nose my whole life, really?

[Amy Poehler]

For you, the size of your nose?

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes. And that I had such a. Almost such a, like, thing about it that I was like, when I'm 18, I'm getting a nose job, and now I'm so glad that I did it.

[Amy Poehler]

No.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah. And now I love my nose.

[Amy Poehler]

I just think people should know that you have never gotten any plastic surgery. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Kathryn Hahn]

No.

[Amy Poehler]

But I just.

[Kathryn Hahn]

But I think also we. I feel that way with you.

[Amy Poehler]

Like, we're in a treacherous time.

[Kathryn Hahn]

This is a treacherous moment where you're like, have to leave behind all that currency that. I really did. I wasn't. Listen, I wasn't like, that was my. That wasn't my. My currency in this business was never, like, same. Which I think is helpful going forward, because it's not. But, yeah, I'm like, but now you're.

[Amy Poehler]

Now you've gotten into Mother phase. Your mother Han.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Now I'm Mother Han. Because, honestly, this is my Instagram thing that my. I haven't used in the first fight. I kind of petered out on the dumbest one. I just haven't done it again. I put it on computer and, yeah, I haven't posted it, literally. It's the dumbest last one. I don't even know what it is, but it was just petered out. And we tried. My daughter tried to find a name for me or, like, whatever handle. Is that what it's called?

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, I think so.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And we couldn't find anything with my name. And then we saw Mother. Han, lowercase. And I was like, oh, that's funny. And she was like, you know the other connotations, though. And I was like, yeah, fine, I'll be cute. But then it has really a very. It does have a very specific following, which I love.

[Amy Poehler]

Well, that's what I'm saying is there's this amazing moment that's happening for you in general where, you know, people that have loved your work now for 20 years are seeing you get this kind of next level of recognition, and, you know, all that comes with, like, the Marvel machine.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

And there is this also celebration at the same time, led primarily by gay men, but not just gay men.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And young gay men. Gay women.

[Amy Poehler]

Young gay women who love the lesbian kiss that you had on Agatha with her beautiful Aubrey Plaza.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

Like, that are amazing. Aubrey deciding to just, like, be like Mother. And that feels like you're being anointed.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Which I'm like, it's Anne Bancroft and the Graduate. Like, that's what it feels like. There's like, a cougar vibe.

[Amy Poehler]

Yes.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Instead. But I also think that there's kind of like a. Because I don't. I mean, that's not who I am. But I guess it also means, like, I don't know what is. What do you think it means?

[Amy Poehler]

I think it's like a way. Yes.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Like a guy.

[Amy Poehler]

It's like a way to compliment someone's wisdom and fortitude without making them while still making them feel sexy.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

There's something that feels sexy about it because it's very Dom. It's very like, she will crush you. Like, it's a little bit of, like, Mother. Right. Maybe Instagram should have been. You should have tried to spell that out. But. But also there's a reverence to it. Like a respect. There's like a. There's like a loving respect. I, I, again, someone else could probably break down the etymology, and we all know where it comes back. It goes back to, like, the houses and, you know, like, all the queer culture back.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

Who are creating their own community and family.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I love it.

[Amy Poehler]

I know.

[Kathryn Hahn]

It moves me so much.

[Amy Poehler]

Me, too. And it's cool. And it's. It's just there's some. Something that's happening right now, I'm noticing in real time where women our age, in our 50s, in our business, used to kind of just be on the way out for the most part. There were a few, but a lot of them were not really regarded by young people as being vital.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

Producers of things.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah, it's kind of. It is changing.

[Amy Poehler]

I never liked milf.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I hated milk.

[Amy Poehler]

Me too. Why do we hate it?

[Kathryn Hahn]

Well, because it's a porn term. Probably bought a lot of. By a lot of young men that have a fetish for older women.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. I never.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Mothers.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. And also I didn't like it because it was like, oh, you'll still them.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

Let me check. Yeah, they don't want to fuck you. I just checked. Gut check, gut check, butt check.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Butt check. It's not happening for you.

[Amy Poehler]

It's like, oh, great.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I know. It was like, well, I had a couple milfs, and it's like, oh, God.

[Amy Poehler]

Maybe we don't like it too, because it sounds like milk.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah, maybe, maybe because. Yeah. But it just feels like it's from the dude's point of view in like a gross, porny way.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. Mother feels a little bit more.

[Kathryn Hahn]

You respect it.

[Amy Poehler]

And it feels more gay adjacent. Queer adjacent. So it feels a little.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah. Which I love so much. I love it so much. I love the very young queer women that are. Felt really like, loved Agatha all along. Like, that was such a huge part of our audience. That was very, very moving.

[Amy Poehler]

I mean, you were the first gay marvel kiss, right? A queer marvel kiss. I don't know.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I think so.

[Amy Poehler]

I have a piece of paper. Let me see. Yep.

[Kathryn Hahn]

It's not on the. Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

Oh, yes.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

The first Marvel lesbian kiss, according to this paper that just flew in. Hold on.

[Kathryn Hahn]

From the sky.

[Amy Poehler]

It's coming from the sky. Here we go.

[Kathryn Hahn]

But, yeah, that is pretty cool.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, that's.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah, it's cool.

[Amy Poehler]

That's cool.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And with Plaza. So it just could not be cooler.

[Amy Poehler]

I know. I know. Our beautiful baby Plaza. What's going. And I'm aware of. As your. As a therapist, I'm aware of the time. It's 11:48.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I am so fine with going.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay. Just letting you know because I wanted.

[Kathryn Hahn]

To never want this to end.

[Amy Poehler]

You have a long press day, and so I know you have to do a lot of talking, but. And you have to eat wings.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I don't want to eat.

[Amy Poehler]

You have to eat hot wings. I'm so sorry I don't have wings.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I know I should be Prepping before my diarrhea kicks in.

[Amy Poehler]

I Even thinking about it, I have that wings thing.

[Kathryn Hahn]

You have it? And you're like, no, I.

[Amy Poehler]

Absolutely not.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I. Cause I hate milk, so I don't know how to do it.

[Amy Poehler]

It's going to be a disaster for you.

[Kathryn Hahn]

No, it's going to be. Someone said peanut butter on toast beforehand. Line your stomach.

[Amy Poehler]

The things we go through for practice for no reason.

[Kathryn Hahn]

What do we have to do?

[Amy Poehler]

We have to line our stomach. How did this happen? How are we now doing eating spicy.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Things and spicier and spicier while being asked really interesting.

[Amy Poehler]

Really interesting questions. Really great question. But. But the way in which we're like, I guess. Yeah, I guess for this show I gotta have diarrhea for four days.

[Kathryn Hahn]

For four days. Ring of Fire. But I also. There's something about it that I was like, yes. Because it just felt so. So unique that it just.

[Amy Poehler]

Really good example of what we were talking about earlier. Like, you're like, this is going to be fun. I'm into it. You're into the. The lack of control. Yeah. And like, I'm like, am I gonna vomit?

[Kathryn Hahn]

Am I gonna. I don't know. We actually do. That is actually Friday, but I have a lot. But other stuff too. But I am a couple days to prep my stomach.

[Amy Poehler]

It's like a colonoscopy.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Like, in reverse. Because I think I gotta line it as thick as possible. So there's no way, like, my throat down to my colon has to just be lined with bread, yogurt, peanut butter, and just bread shoved in there.

[Amy Poehler]

Show business, baby.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Show business.

[Amy Poehler]

That's what. That's why we got into show business. To do stuff like that. To just eat weird hot stuff on camera for free.

[Kathryn Hahn]

For free.

[Amy Poehler]

But we were talking a little bit about the, like, way in which you're getting received. Like when you're out in public. That's a little overwhelming sometimes because of the fandom of it all. Like, there's. You're in a machine now that's bigger than maybe some other ones. And we were kind of talking about that feeling of, like, having to take on other people's energy and how do you balance the introversion and extroversion part of what we do?

[Kathryn Hahn]

Well, please excuse her. Okay. Oh, God.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, that's a good answer.

[Kathryn Hahn]

You know, we were talking about hot ones for a while. You got all, yeah, I need a Pepsi Academy. Okay. Fans. No, it's. You know, you're. I mean, Marvel is a totally different machine. And I am so rarely recognized in My life, like, you know, I just walk out. Like, I don't think about it. So I'm like, you know, I had one meal with Carrie, Kenny Silver, who I love so much. And she. Someone came up to our table and was like, sorry, I have to tell you, I love you. And I think it's so hilarious. You go out of the house looking like this. I was like, oh, thank you.

[Amy Poehler]

My thing is when people go, can I tell you who you look like? And I'm always like, please don't. No, it is never gonna be great. It's never gonna be great unless it's ScarJo or something. Like, it's never. And it's. And it's also. So it's always someone who is a hard 30 years older than who I am, which is fine, but. Okay, so let's talk about Philly justice before we talk about the studio and then we'll be done.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Actually, one of the most. The thing I'm almost the most proud of.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay, can you explain to people what we're talking about?

[Kathryn Hahn]

Okay. When we were. There's a bunch of the Parks and Rec actors. It was Paul Rudd, you, Rashida, Adam, and. Is that it?

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, me. We.

[Kathryn Hahn]

The.

[Amy Poehler]

The original picture that Philly justice was born out of was me, you, Rashida, Adam and.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And it was. We had like businessy outfits on. I think we were going to court or something or like, so all of us had, like, very businessy. And I don't know whose idea was it, but we took a. It was. Whose idea was it? But we were all in like kind of staggered stairs and what looked like the front of like a very, you know, a courthouse.

[Amy Poehler]

We pretended we were on a fake TV show in the 90s called Philly justice or the early 2000s.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

Crossed our arms.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

Then that became a text chain where we started pretending that we were. We were just pretending we had been.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Texting each other like, as the actors from it. Is the pilot going to be picked up? Like we were going to do like. We were all very excited. It was like a David Kelly esque show. So there was like some cachet. It wasn't like a shitty show.

[Amy Poehler]

Right. Katherine is playing like a lawyer.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Question mark, question mark.

[Amy Poehler]

We don't know. And who has a very tempestuous relationship with Angie Martinez, played by Rashida Jones.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

And we're not sure a lot of past lot. I mean, I think you guys are lovers.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Amy, please excuse her. She knows not what she's doing.

[Amy Poehler]

Like Robert Durst when he's guilty. So sorry. Every time I bring up being your lesbian tendencies, you start burping, and we're like, okay. But, I mean, I remember thinking, I can't believe how lucky I am that I'm working with people who want to also do this dumb thing.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

Like, yes, Fun, dumb things to me are love language. That's a way. Like, it's like, proves, like, safety, I guess, that. But if you're relaxed enough to do fun, dumb things, then you're in the right place.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah. And the older and older I get, I feel like just want that.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. Like, nothing is that important. Great transition into your new show and the studio. But it is. The studio is fun.

[Kathryn Hahn]

It is fun.

[Amy Poehler]

And you mentioned Catherine O'Hara. Talk to us about the show and the cast.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I mean, Catherine O'Hara, another goddess that I couldn't believe. We've only have a couple scenes in it, but I have gotten to know her through the press thing, and she is. We were saying, like, what I want to. Like, that's how I want to grow up.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Even though she's, you know, basically my aunt, but she is. I mean, on camera, not off camera. Like, just such a huge good egg. And it's Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Seth stars in it, and they both wrote all the episodes and directed all the episodes with, like, one shot. They're all, like, oners or some invisible seams. Wow. I know. But it's really incredible because we rehearsed each scene like a play. Like, we had to rehearse it a gazillion times with the camera and then know when the camera's gonna be on you and know, like, when to get out of the way for the camera and still, like, try to keep eye contact. It was so. It was like a. The challenges were so fun and juicy, and also, you knew that if you fucked up one line in it, you'd have to go back to the beginning. So, like, the tension of everybody really added to the tension of this. This fictional studio, Continental Studios, that Seth Rogen just became the head of and trying to save it. Like, it can't keep it from the streamers and also the, like, balance between art and money. Like Block. But, like, he. He's a lover of film that just wants to make, like, you know, Fox Catcher all the time. And they're like, you can't make it all the time. You have to make a Kool Aid movie, you know, so it's like the. The tension between. And it's Ike Barinholz is in it. Who's Freaking hilarious. He's so good. The best chase. We wonders Peach. Hilarious. And Bryan Cranston has, like, recurring as the. The money guy on top of the studio. And who do you play? I play the market. The head of marketing.

[Amy Poehler]

Your look is incredible.

[Kathryn Hahn]

It is incredible. And I feel like there's a lot of humans in Hollywood that just dress label to label.

[Amy Poehler]

So she's just totally got a girl.

[Kathryn Hahn]

At Saks who will bring the shit to the office, and she tries it on at lunch. Has a tab running. Running tab at Sachs.

[Amy Poehler]

Nice.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And also probably, you know, what is it? Delay The Dover street market. A lot of, like, street brands.

[Amy Poehler]

She has big nails. I remember that. Right.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Long, long nails.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And no personal life. So it's all filling like a deep, empty hole.

[Amy Poehler]

Yes.

[Kathryn Hahn]

That she gets that she just lives at her job.

[Amy Poehler]

And is it. You're gonna dig or can we.

[Kathryn Hahn]

It's weekly. Okay.

[Amy Poehler]

Great. I have to say, overall, I'm enjoying a more weekly thing because I feel like we binged too hard.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I do, too.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And it gives me a headache and also makes me feel, like, a little bit sick.

[Amy Poehler]

The binging is too much.

[Kathryn Hahn]

It's too much. It's too much. And you lose the.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Swallowed. At that time, I was like, three. I can't do three. On your podcast.

[Amy Poehler]

Three burps.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes. What is wrong with me? I just swallowed. It's the rule of threes.

[Amy Poehler]

You have to do one more burp for comedy.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Maybe that was the third, and it was just. I swallowed it. Now it's just a hot.

[Amy Poehler]

There are people I know that listen to these things, and they have a hard time, like, with whatever it's called. What's the word when you don't like mouth sounds? Oh, misophonia. Misophonia, where they don't like the milky mouth sounds of people. Which I understand.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I understand it. The worst is when you're talking to someone and there's little white cream on the creases of their mouth. And then when they talk, you can hear, like. And you just want to be like, slide them.

[Amy Poehler]

You want to slide them. And I feel like this is the end of our interview because. Where are we back? We're back to water.

[Kathryn Hahn]

We're back to water. How badly do you have to pee? Not at all.

[Amy Poehler]

I've been peeing this whole time. No.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, right. Next time, I'm gonna wear just. I don't even know how it works if there's an adult diver. Just a bucket.

[Amy Poehler]

No, you just pee. The thing people don't tell you. About podcasting.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

Which I learned when I first started.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

You pee anytime time. You just pee in your seat. All of the men you're watching, they're constantly peeing just underneath their table.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Gross. There's a stadium, buddy.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Or have you ever seen the women's version of that?

[Amy Poehler]

I haven't.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh. When did you get it?

[Amy Poehler]

My friend gave.

[Kathryn Hahn]

It's like a funnel. Because you could be, like.

[Amy Poehler]

So it isn't like a straight shot. Okay. Keep it in my car.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Okay. I thought you, like, keep it in my pants.

[Amy Poehler]

I keep it in my bed. No, it's a funnel that you. I suggest getting it. You're supposed to use it for camping, but I have it for my car because sometimes you're in traffic and it's. Oh, no. Like, what? And I.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Can you get that going while you're driving a car?

[Amy Poehler]

I have never. I've. To be fair, I've never actually used it.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh. Oh, okay.

[Amy Poehler]

But this. Knowing it's there.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I know that you have a backup. Maybe. Also, sometimes if there's a questionable gas.

[Amy Poehler]

Station restroom, I would rather cop squat. I would rather pull over and pee.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I've done that before.

[Amy Poehler]

Go to a gas station. Gas.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah, I've done that. Definitely in places that match. Like the national parks, where you, like, open the small one. It's just a hole.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I just think I just.

[Amy Poehler]

I've just pulled over and opened up my car door and just peed.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I think we all have.

[Amy Poehler]

I mean, what are you gonna do?

[Kathryn Hahn]

What are you gonna do?

[Amy Poehler]

Seriously?

[Kathryn Hahn]

No one wants a uti and you.

[Amy Poehler]

Can'T be, like, a man and pee in a bottle like a. Oh, my God.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Have you ever been? There's some streets in New York City. I know this is getting long, but there's some streets in New York that are like, the. Like, the arteries for getting off the bridges or whatever, that if you walk down, it's like filled Coke bottles with urine.

[Amy Poehler]

Men are so fucking disgusting.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Disgusting. But I have to tell you. Okay, last thing.

[Amy Poehler]

Sometimes.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Sometimes I'm like, women, lift up the freaking seat 100%. I'm like, I've sat so many times on other women's urine.

[Amy Poehler]

Women, you cannot pee on a seat to protect your own germs. Like, I know you can't pee. Not sit on a toilet seat. So that I have to sit on it.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes, lift it up. It's disgusting.

[Amy Poehler]

Also, if you're really that weird about it.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

Put toilet paper on the seat.

[Kathryn Hahn]

They have things for you.

[Amy Poehler]

They have things. Don't Squat on the seat, pee on it, and then leave.

[Kathryn Hahn]

And then leave.

[Amy Poehler]

You know what? Women are disgusting too.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Or wipe it off with a. And you're like, I know you just tried to wipe it off, but it's still there, bitch.

[Amy Poehler]

You're talking to a gal who left signs in a. In a. When I think it must have been when I was at snl, I was like, who is peeing on this seat?

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

I was like, hey, news flash. This is a disaster for those that follow a restroom.

[Kathryn Hahn]

For a lot of women.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Well, last thing. Growing up in Cleveland, we had faulty. What's it called, you know, when you flush a toilet? Plumbing. Plumbing. Ah, age. But my dad had a sign above the toilet that said, poop, flush, wipe, flush. Because if you put the poop and the. And the toilet paper in there, it overflow immediately. White flush, poop flush, white flush. I'm gonna leave you with that.

[Amy Poehler]

Anywho, but I think these are important things to say.

[Kathryn Hahn]

They are.

[Amy Poehler]

They are. They are.

[Kathryn Hahn]

We don't talk about it, but these are. But also just women. Lastly, lift up the Seat Justified name.

[Amy Poehler]

You don't have to. You don't have to lift. Yeah, don't.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Just sit on it, Sit on it. If you don't feel like sitting on it, lift it.

[Amy Poehler]

Sit on the seat.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Sit on the seat.

[Amy Poehler]

What? Like, where are we?

[Kathryn Hahn]

That's why they just. Where are we? You're so lucky to have a seat. There's a lot of people that just have to squat.

[Amy Poehler]

If someone ran for, like, Congress and their whole thing was sit on the seat, they'd win. They'd win.

[Kathryn Hahn]

They would win.

[Amy Poehler]

Sit on.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Sit on the seat. I'm start making bumper stickers.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay, I'm asking. I'm asking a bunch of people because you love to laugh and you have great laugh. I'm asking a bunch of people what are they doing right now to make themselves laugh? Like, what is the thing you're watching or doing or listening to? What cracks you up?

[Kathryn Hahn]

My dog really cracks me up. He's such a little wenus. Everything. His name is Banjo, and he's such an idiot. He has a. He's such a mutt. And he has his tail that's always so high. So he's got a really aggressive asshole. And everything he does is so stupid that he makes me laugh so hard. He's a dingo. Like, everything he does. What does he do?

[Amy Poehler]

What does he do?

[Kathryn Hahn]

Like, he'll walk, he'll get outside, and he'll, like, do laughs. Like, back and forth as Fast as he can from one side of the lawn to the other. Like, he won't stop. And he. He'll just have. He has this corn cob that he can chew, has a sound in it. And he'll just look at you and be like. Like. And you hear the. This horn going on for so long.

[Amy Poehler]

And so his anxiety is funny.

[Kathryn Hahn]

He has had a Conan for a third of his life because he constantly is eating something. Or he'll look at you like, ah, there's this blood gushing out of his back leg. And we're like, Banjo, he'll. He licked the skin off of his. His own little paw because he just was stressed out. And then he keeps licking it. So he's had to. Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

So who would play Banjo in a movie if he was a human? Oh, it would be.

[Kathryn Hahn]

It would be. He's got a lot of white male privilege. He is so blonde. It's not Patrick Schwarzenegger because he's really great, honestly.

[Amy Poehler]

It's a young Leo is really what?

[Kathryn Hahn]

It's a young Leo.

[Amy Poehler]

It's a young Leo. It's like.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

Maybe it's the kid from Baby Girl. What's his name? Yes, right. His.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I don't know his name.

[Amy Poehler]

The two of us, we have a laptop. We can't figure it out. Harris Dickinson.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Harris Dickinson.

[Amy Poehler]

Maybe it's a Harris Dickinson.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Yeah, with a little more like, I'll do whatever you say, but I forgot it already like that. His day focuses at 5:00. That's the only thing he holds onto is dinner at 5. Everything else is chaos. And all of a sudden, at 4:45, he's like, I love him so much.

[Amy Poehler]

Good news. We just got. We just heard that Austin Butler is excited to read for Banjo.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Oh, okay.

[Amy Poehler]

So.

[Kathryn Hahn]

Okay, maybe I'll put him out. I'm curious to see his.

[Amy Poehler]

I'd love to see him read.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I'd love to see him read. I'd love to see him read. Can't wait to get the tape.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay. I love you.

[Kathryn Hahn]

I love you so much.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay. Thank you to Kathryn Hahn, our great, hilarious friend. Man, that was so fun. She's so funny. And she was reminding us about dance parties, which we used to have on the set of Parks and Rec. And I want to remind you, you can always have your own. All you need is three songs, one other person, and the want and need to have fun. So do it now. Let's start with Brass in Pocket by the Pretenders. Take it slow, warm up and stretch, then go to Red Wine Supernova. Chapel Rowan. Sing all the lyrics really loudly and point to each other and then finish by going to the club with a little Rihanna. We found love in a hopeless place and pretend that you've lost your purse on the dance floor and run around. Three songs is all you need to change your day. Thank you guys so much for listening to another episode. Thanks for hanging. You've been listening to good hang. The executive producers for this show are Bill Simmons, Jenna Weissberman and me, Amy Poehler. The show is produced by the Ringer and Paper Kite. For the Ringer production by Jack Wilson, cat Spillane, Kaia McMullen and Alaia Zaneris. For Paper Kite production by Sam Green, Joel Lovell and Jenna Weiss Berman. Original music by Amy Miles I'm the one who was a really good hay this episode is brought to you by Uber Eats. Summer is almost here and you can now get almost anything you need for your sunny days delivered with Uber Eats. What do I mean by almost? Well, you can't get a summer blockbuster delivered, but you can get a block of cheese. A cabana that's a no. But a banana? That's a yes. A day of sunshine? No. A box of fine wines? Yes. Uber Eats can definitely get you that. Get almost almost anything delivered with Uber Eats. Order now for alcohol. You must be legal drinking age. Please enjoy responsibly. Product availability varies by region. C app for detail this episode is presented by the Toyota Grand Highlander. Life's journey brings constant change, filled with exciting surprises, new chapters and grand challenges. And the Toyota Grand Highlander is more than a vehicle. It's your partner in embracing all life throws at you. Blinked and the kids have grown up. The third row can fit three adults. From daily routines to life changing adventures, the Toyota Grand Highlander is up for every grand challenge. Learn [e-mail] GrandHighlander Toyota let's go Places.