The Jonas Brothers

Summary

Podcast Summary: Good Hang with Amy Poehler – featuring The Jonas Brothers

Podcast Information:

• Title: Good Hang with Amy Poehler
• Host: Amy Poehler (The Ringer)
• Episode: The Jonas Brothers
• Release Date: August 5, 2025
• Description: Host Amy Poehler welcomes celebrities to share stories about their careers, mutual friends, shared enthusiasms, and what’s been making them laugh.

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Introduction and Setting the Stage

The episode begins with Amy Poehler expressing her excitement about hosting The Jonas Brothers—Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas. She teases a playful guessing game about sharing her birthday with one of the brothers and mentions topics like their new album, "Greetings from Your Hometown," their admiration for the Bee Gees, Broadway experiences, and even a rendition from "Les Misérables."

Connection with Jack McBrayer

Before diving into the main conversation, Amy introduces Jack McBrayer, a close friend and fellow comedian.

• Jack McBrayer (02:11): Engages in light-hearted banter with Amy, reminiscing about their last meeting on Valentine's Day at Radio City Music Hall.

Key Insights:

• Jack shares how he met The Jonas Brothers during a Saturday Night Live (SNL) appearance in 2009.
• He highlights the genuine nature of the Jonas brothers and their strong familial bond despite the challenges of working closely together.

Notable Quote:

• Jack McBrayer (03:25): “But they’re all just genuine human beings, just wonderful young men.”

Introducing The Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers join the conversation, delving into their 20-year journey as a band, their recent tours, and personal growth.

Key Topics:

1. Touring and 20th Anniversary:

   • Celebrating two decades in the music industry.
   • Discussing the evolution of their tours, including performing five albums in a single show, leading to physically exhausting experiences.

   Notable Quote:

   • Kevin Jonas (16:21): “We have to really take care of our body. For me, I was like, not drinking before shows and then trying to get at least six, seven hours of sleep.”

2. Balancing Fame and Personal Life:

   • Navigating the complexities of long-term fame.
   • Emphasizing the importance of redefining success to focus on enjoying their work and being with family.

   Notable Quotes:

   • Joe Jonas (18:57): “Success means enjoying my time doing what I love.”
   • Nick Jonas (19:14): “Trying your best to be a kind and thoughtful person while you're dealing with your own shit.”

3. Relationship with Their Hometown:

   • Reflecting on their roots in Wyckoff, New Jersey, and how it influences their music and sense of community.
   • Discussing the multi-generational effect of their fan base and the safe space their music provides.

   Notable Quote:

   • Nick Jonas (14:07): “Our fans have chosen this family, meaning our family, but also each other. It’s like we felt safe in our hometown growing up and with each other.”

Comedy and Music Synergy

Amy explores the intersection of comedy and music, highlighting the Jonas Brothers' comedic ventures and their relationship with humor.

Key Topics:

1. SNL Experience:

   • Sharing their memorable SNL skit with host Alec Baldwin, where they portrayed an 80s hair metal band called "Property of the Queen."

   Notable Quote:

   • Nick Jonas (25:21): “The song’s just come out. Very excited about.”

2. Creative Process and Humor:

   • Discussing their habit of creating humorous, "dumb" songs and spoofing popular tracks as a litmus test for potential hits.
   • Emphasizing the importance of flexibility and humor in maintaining longevity in the entertainment industry.

   Notable Quote:

   • Nick Jonas (23:16): “I have this theory. It’s a litmus test for me if a song could be a hit. If you can spoof it.”

Navigating Conflict and Team Dynamics

The conversation shifts to how the brothers handle conflicts within the band, showcasing their interpersonal dynamics.

Key Topics:

1. Conflict Resolution Styles:

   • Nick tends to mediate and observe, Kevin often acts as a referee, and Joe identifies as more reactive, working through his emotions.

   Notable Quotes:

   • Nick Jonas (44:21): “None of us are really yellers. We can be like, defensive, reactive.”
   • Joe Jonas (45:15): “I just snap back and I don’t always mean what I’m saying.”

2. Support Systems:

   • Highlighting the built-in safety net of being brothers, which makes highs more enjoyable and lows easier to navigate.

   Notable Quote:

   • Nick Jonas (48:19): “There is a built-in safety net... It makes every high super high, makes every low a little easier to navigate.”

Personal Interests and Humor Outside Music

Amy delves into the brothers' favorite shows, movies, and comedic interests that keep them laughing amidst their busy lives.

Key Topics:

1. Favorite Shows and Rewatches:

   • Nick enjoys “The Four Seasons” on Netflix, while Joe is currently rewatching “The Big Bang Theory” with his wife, finding comfort in familiar, feel-good sitcoms.

   Notable Quote:

   • Nick Jonas (49:30): “I really enjoyed the Four Seasons show on Netflix. I liked that a lot.”
   • Joe Jonas (51:50): “We just like to start it as, like, feel good.”

2. Comedy Collaborations:

   • Sharing amusing anecdotes about setting up Instagram accounts for celebrities like Molly Shannon and interactions with fellow comedians like Jack McBrayer.

Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts

As the episode wraps up, Amy emphasizes the importance of camaraderie and mutual support among the brothers, thanking them for their openness and humor.

Key Insights:

• The strong familial bond among The Jonas Brothers is a cornerstone of their enduring success.
• Their ability to blend humor with serious discussions about fame and personal growth sets them apart in the music industry.

Notable Quote:

• Nick Jonas (48:55): “Real connection and love and respect. And we’re family, like we’re blood. So it hits different.”

Conclusion

Amy Poehler's "Good Hang" with The Jonas Brothers offers an intimate look into their personal lives, career milestones, and the enduring bond that keeps them united after two decades in the spotlight. From humorous anecdotes to heartfelt reflections on fame and family, the episode is a testament to their resilience, humor, and the genuine connections that drive their success.

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Notable Timestamps and Quotes:

• Jack McBrayer (03:25): “But they’re all just genuine human beings, just wonderful young men.”
• Kevin Jonas (16:21): “We have to really take care of our body. For me, I was like, not drinking before shows and then trying to get at least six, seven hours of sleep.”
• Joe Jonas (18:57): “Success means enjoying my time doing what I love.”
• Nick Jonas (19:14): “Trying your best to be a kind and thoughtful person while you're dealing with your own shit.”
• Nick Jonas (48:19): “There is a built-in safety net... It makes every high super high, makes every low a little easier to navigate.”

This comprehensive summary captures the essence of the episode, highlighting the key discussions, insights, and the dynamic interaction between Amy Poehler and The Jonas Brothers. Whether you're a fan or a new listener, this summary provides a thorough overview of the engaging and heartfelt conversations that define this episode.

Transcript

[Amy Poehler]

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[Jack McBrayer]

I'm Jack.

[Amy Poehler]

McBreech.

[Jack McBrayer]

McBrayer McBrazzel polka.

[Amy Poehler]

How are you? You know, one of the best things about doing these things is that I just get to say hi, people. And I miss you. It's good to see you.

[Jack McBrayer]

Oh, it's been a minute. I guess the last time I would have seen you was February 14th at Radio City Music hall for the SNL music thing.

[Amy Poehler]

Oh, that's right. For the big 50th celebration.

[Kevin Jonas]

How are you?

[Jack McBrayer]

I can't believe I'm doing this. What is this, by the way?

[Amy Poehler]

Oh, I don't know. Who knows? It's a. It's a. It's a pyramid scheme. No, this is a podcast called Good Hang, and I'm heading with the Jonas Brothers on tomorrow.

[Jack McBrayer]

I'm familiar. I'm familiar.

[Amy Poehler]

When did you become first familiar with the Jonas Brothers as an entity rather than actual people?

[Jack McBrayer]

Good question. As an entity, I mean, it would have been, I guess, early in their career because we knew, like, who all the Disney kids were, and they were some of the OG Disney kids. But I mean, because I am older than everyone.

[Amy Poehler]

Not me, sir. Not me.

[Jack McBrayer]

We're a close second.

[Amy Poehler]

Still gotcha. Still gotcha.

[Jack McBrayer]

But I didn't necessarily know their work. I knew they were very, very popular, and I knew that they did movies together as brothers. And, you know, it was interesting to watch that evolution because, I mean, I could not even imagine working with any member of my family. And yet here they were with this whole empire.

[Amy Poehler]

I know, it's really, really fun to. About the questions I want to ask them because it is. They are working with their family. It is not a family business. Is not easy.

[Jack McBrayer]

It's a very interesting dynamic to watch. But also, they are all just genuine human beings, just wonderful young men. And it really has been a pleasure to get to know all of them together and each of them individually.

[Amy Poehler]

So how did you meet them? How did you become friends?

[Jack McBrayer]

February 14th, another Valentine's Day 2009. Alec Baldwin was hosting Saturday Night Love with your musical guest, the Jonas Brothers. And Alec very graciously had an opportunity for me to come up during the monologue and do a fun little bit with them. And so because I'm there for the, you know, days leading up to it, for those rehearsals, I got to hang out with the Jonas Brothers. So delightful. They were just big fans of comedy, and they're just like, again, good, solid folk. So that is when I met them. And over the years, our paths crisscrossed through different things. I was staying at the same hotel in Toronto as Nick Jonas several years later, and they all came to Saturday Night Live again when Demi Lovato was a musical guest. So a lot of just crisscrossing through the years. And then more recently, Nick Jonas got back into acting, or, you know, focusing on acting, and was on a show called Scream Queens with my neighbor Glen.

[Joe Jonas]

Powell.

[Jack McBrayer]

Nights and all that kind of stuff.

[Amy Poehler]

You are so connected, Jack.

[Jack McBrayer]

I might be too connected. It's weird. It's suspicious.

[Amy Poehler]

It's fantastic. I mean, it's the best.

[Jack McBrayer]

I love people are the best.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay, so Glenn and you and Nick and others have game nights, I'm hoping correct.

[Jack McBrayer]

Game nights, movie night. Oh, oh, oh, you're gonna love this. Nick Jonas favorite movie is they Came Together.

[Amy Poehler]

And you know why I know this?

[Jack McBrayer]

During COVID During COVID I went to your driveway.

[Amy Poehler]

There was only a few people I saw during COVID and one of them was Jack McBrayer, who came to my driveway masked and gloved. Cause that was back when we were really. We were taking all precautions to sign a they Came Together poster, a film that me and Paul Rudd did for Nick Jonas.

[Jack McBrayer]

Nick Jonas, whose birthday is the same.

[Amy Poehler]

Birthday as mine, September 16th. And the reason why Jack knows that is because Jack is a savant. Is a savant. One of his love languages is you remember and you take deep. You care deeply about reaching out to people on their birthday. And everyone gets a Jack McBrayer happy birthday text. And it means a lot to a lot of us.

[Jack McBrayer]

It's so fun. And, you know, I learned a lot. Some people are like, oh, you only texted me this year. I like it when you call me so I can keep the message. I was like, oh, my gosh. So, yeah, I try to shake it up today. I only have one. It's Leslie Powell, Glen Powell's sister. Oh, I do.

[Nick Jonas]

Whole families.

[Jack McBrayer]

I know. It's like, let's see, Kevin Jonas is November 5, Joe Jonas August 15, and Nick Jonas September 16.

[Amy Poehler]

And so, as Nick and Joe and Kevin's friend, what question do you think I should ask them today?

[Jack McBrayer]

What is their conflict resolution situation? Like, I wonder. Like, I think that their lives are so unique because they've been famous so much longer than they've been not famous. What does that feel like?

[Amy Poehler]

What you're talking about is so interesting because the question there is like, you've had. You've had to deal with fame for a really long time. What's your relationship to it now?

[Jack McBrayer]

And I wonder too, like, if each of the individual brothers deals with it differently. For example, you know, Kevin and his family are off on the east coast and. And you know, there's co parenting going on with. There's just a lot of different versions of what's happening and. But they're all just solid dudes and is always, always a joy to see each and every one of them. I'm such a fan of them as people. Also, they're good at music.

[Amy Poehler]

They're really good at music.

[Jack McBrayer]

They're very ugly.

[Amy Poehler]

All right, Jack, I love you. Thank you so much for giving us the time and the question.

[Jack McBrayer]

Oh, my gosh. Well, I hope it was helpful. And yes, have so much fun with them. I'm so happy to see you.

[Amy Poehler]

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[Nick Jonas]

Thanks for having us.

[Amy Poehler]

And also, you have. We just found out that Nick has two shows tonight.

[Nick Jonas]

You have two shows.

[Amy Poehler]

It's a two show day, which I know from Broadway means you have a matinee and a matinee, an evening show. And so thank you for not for like talking because I know a lot of people have to save their voice for a two show day.

[Nick Jonas]

Well, a lot of people are weak.

[Amy Poehler]

That's for sure. That's for sure.

[Kevin Jonas]

You gotta hit the vocal joint.

[Amy Poehler]

Basically. You guys are pros. I mean, and you have to sing all the time and Good. And sing good.

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah, you can sing, but you gotta. Singing is one thing. Singing good is another, you know?

[Amy Poehler]

Totally. And do you worry about losing your voice?

[Nick Jonas]

Yeah, I was paranoid about losing my voice or getting sick today or just in general. Just this whole run.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, it's kind of like a living stress dream.

[Nick Jonas]

Oh my gosh.

[Amy Poehler]

I mean, have you had to cancel shows because of.

[Kevin Jonas]

Because of Nick? Yeah, we've canceled shows.

[Nick Jonas]

There was a long run because of me.

[Kevin Jonas]

The first show we ever canceled was in Zurich. Nick didn't like Zurich, so we were like, we had to cancel the show.

[Amy Poehler]

He was like, I'm out of here.

[Kevin Jonas]

But it was nice because we did have a great day off in Zurich.

[Amy Poehler]

It was fantastic.

[Kevin Jonas]

Stayed in the zoo.

[Amy Poehler]

Nothing better than cancel plans. And I know you love your fans and you want to provide, of course.

[Kevin Jonas]

But there's nothing you can do about.

[Amy Poehler]

It if there's nothing you can do about it if your plans are canceled. There's no better.

[Joe Jonas]

Especially if you're not the one canceling them.

[Amy Poehler]

But you were in Le Miz as.

[Nick Jonas]

A little kid one day more. Another day, another destiny.

[Kevin Jonas]

You got It.

[Amy Poehler]

I know a place where no one cries.

[Joe Jonas]

That show is. I saw it so many times.

[Amy Poehler]

Me too.

[Joe Jonas]

When Nick Love. It's actually one of my.

[Amy Poehler]

Like, when. When your brother was in it.

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah, when he was in it. And so it was one of those things where I felt so empowered, though, and so, like, cool kid. Because my class in that year that he was in the show went there on a field trip. Like, that's their field trip every year was to go see Les Mis, my history class, I guess. And he was in the show that day. I was like, yes, my brother.

[Amy Poehler]

I can get you backstage if you want it.

[Joe Jonas]

Kind of. No, I got to, like, leave. Like, stay there afterwards. And, like, they all went back to school, and I was like, cool hanging out, you know?

[Amy Poehler]

You were like, I'm not going back to school today.

[Joe Jonas]

That's so cool. Thanks, Nick. You finally made me feel like I.

[Amy Poehler]

Wanted to say eldest child to eldest child. First of all, not a big deal, but you arrived first today.

[Joe Jonas]

I always arrive first.

[Amy Poehler]

Of course you do. Because, I mean, congratulations. Having an older brother who's keeping it together, but the.

[Joe Jonas]

Definitely not keeping it together. But I'll be on time.

[Amy Poehler]

But the eldest child. And you guys are basically. You kind of. You two share the middle section. Cause you were the baby until.

[Kevin Jonas]

Right? Oh, yeah, we're. Yeah, we share the middle child.

[Nick Jonas]

For those who don't know, we have a younger brother named Franklin. Jonas.

[Amy Poehler]

Franklin was born, like, eight years later than you.

[Nick Jonas]

Eight years? Yeah, after me. He's incredible.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Nick Jonas]

But he's. You know, he took away.

[Kevin Jonas]

I was originally in the middle child, and then now he fucked it all up.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. He took everything from both of you. I mean, you're not the baby. You're not the middle.

[Kevin Jonas]

Yeah, I don't know what.

[Nick Jonas]

I don't matter.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. You're the second of four. There's literally no name for it.

[Nick Jonas]

How many siblings do you have?

[Amy Poehler]

I have just a younger brother. That's it. So I'm the eldest. Eldest sister. You guys don't have any sisters to, like, keep you, like, you keep your brains functioning, basically.

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah. It's a lot.

[Amy Poehler]

It is.

[Joe Jonas]

It's a lot of boys.

[Amy Poehler]

It's a lot of boys.

[Joe Jonas]

But now we all have girls, so it's. You know.

[Amy Poehler]

That's right.

[Joe Jonas]

So it's gonna be a whole thing.

[Amy Poehler]

God is fair. God is fair. Okay. We are going to talk about your new record, but I want to talk about New Jersey.

[Joe Jonas]

Cool.

[Amy Poehler]

So many good singers from New Jersey. So many good bands from New Jersey.

[Kevin Jonas]

And people and people. Some people.

[Amy Poehler]

Tell us about your hometown.

[Joe Jonas]

Wow. We grew up in a place called Wyckoff, New Jersey. I still live in New Jersey because I never really got out.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Joe Jonas]

So choice sucked me back in, of course. But no, growing up in Jersey was the first time. Like, we did grow up in Dallas as well, in North Carolina and Arizona. We, like, moved around a bunch with our family, but New Jersey is where we, like, was home, like, growing up. And when I think it's the first place, I remember feeling like riding bikes, seeing houses, like kids playing in, you know, the yards. And like, it was like the first.

[Nick Jonas]

Time you saw houses.

[Joe Jonas]

Oh, we lived in. Yeah.

[Nick Jonas]

Sorry. It's just a really funny way to put that.

[Joe Jonas]

I meant to see like, white picket fence, house like that. Like the American dream. Yes. I. I've never seen a home before.

[Kevin Jonas]

First time I ride a bike. Tall house.

[Joe Jonas]

But yeah, you also do the show.

[Kevin Jonas]

After 12 o' clock and still, like, you know.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, but. But you're where you. Where you're like your hometown. And it's the name of your new record. Like, it's. It means something to you. It's like, you know that like, they saying, like, you can't take the. You can't take the Wyckoff, New Jersey out of the boy. Like, like, you, you. It's like you're like a homing pigeon or something. Like, you do end up going back to some version of it or. Or deeply rejecting it. It's like one or the other.

[Nick Jonas]

That was one of the things that we talked a lot about because we, you know, we're also gearing up for the tour, which represents, you know, our 20th anniversary being a band.

[Amy Poehler]

I know. Congratulations.

[Nick Jonas]

Thank you. It's been a wild ride. But one of the things in just talking through creative that we initially sort of butted heads on and then we found this sort of solve for it emotionally, is like, not everyone has a great relationship with their hometown, to your point.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Nick Jonas]

And not everyone has a great relationship with their family. But one of the things that we're, I think, most grateful for is that our fans have chosen this family, but meaning our family, but also each other. And you see it at the shows and they really band together. To say that even if your relationship with your hometown is complicated, even if your relationship with your family is complicated, you're safe here in the same way that we felt safe in our hometown growing up and with each other. And it's a pretty incredible thing to look out and see now, that sort of multi generational effect. Of the fan base.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Nick Jonas]

And how it stems, you know, to some really deep touch points for us both with our. Our roots in Jersey and our musical roots. Speaking of some of those. Those legends from Jersey.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay. I want to talk about the tour because I'm obsessed with how people act on tour. You ha. You have all toured at various stages of your life. And let me just say congratulations on 20 years. I think when people think of you because they met you when you were young, they still think of you. And by the way, this is gonna be great. As you get older, people will always think you' than you are, but they knew you and met you when you were younger. And I don't think they realize the amount of time you've been performing. 20 years together is a huge milestone and it's awesome. And you've now, I'm sure, gone out and toured in a million different ways. And tours probably feel different every time you go out. Now that you're this age, what does touring look like to you? What do you do not do? Saving your voice, Going out at night. What does it look like?

[Joe Jonas]

Wow.

[Kevin Jonas]

I think it changed a lot for us over the last five years. Our most recent tour we went on, it was celebrating five albums.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Kevin Jonas]

So we were trying to play five albums in one show. It's about a two and a half hour show.

[Amy Poehler]

Wow.

[Kevin Jonas]

We did a lot of medleys, so we were able to make the time. But it was a lot on our voice and just physically exhausting. And we played I think, 100 and some hundred. How many? I don't even know. It was a lot of shows.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Kevin Jonas]

It's really impressive.

[Amy Poehler]

Incredible.

[Kevin Jonas]

And thank you.

[Amy Poehler]

It is, it's.

[Kevin Jonas]

And we had you start to realize you're not in your early 20s anymore. You have to really take care of your body. And so for me, I was like, not drinking before shows and then trying to, you know, get at least six, seven hours of sleep. We also all have kids, so we have to be up and we want to be up in the morning.

[Amy Poehler]

Six or seven. It's not enough.

[Kevin Jonas]

Not enough.

[Amy Poehler]

And then after the show, pretty hungry.

[Nick Jonas]

It takes time to kind of like wind down and decompress. The high is so.

[Joe Jonas]

Nick takes way longer. Like, I'll be. I could be asleep within an hour, like on the plane. There's so many photos of Joe Hazard, me just, you know, passed out. It's just one of those things. I'll watch a movie, but Nick will be up till 4 or 5 in the morning. Just because of the come down.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Nick Jonas]

Just, you know, my mind's, like, racing after the show about how they could be better. And.

[Amy Poehler]

You gather everyone together and you give them notes.

[Kevin Jonas]

The note. Yeah, the notes take a while too.

[Joe Jonas]

I think the thing that's the most different from me is hours, hours, hours of notes. I think the thing that's most different for me is, like, I've spent a little bit more time. Like, after this last tour, I noticed it even more so. But, like, working with someone, like a therapist, to help me understand that coming down from it all, like, after a big project like that, like, being in the midst of the touring, I was so in it for so long that I feel like coming the come off, it can be so dramatic as well. It's almost like everyone says, like, talk about, like, the show blues. Like, after you do a project, like, the next morning you wake up and there's like. You're, like, kind of depressed. Well, it can be the same for me, at least in my personal story about, like, after a tour.

[Amy Poehler]

Yes, of course, re.

[Joe Jonas]

Acclimating can be difficult.

[Amy Poehler]

It's so interesting you say that because, you know, I wanted to ask you, like, your relationship to fame. You've been famous for a long time, and it's. That's a microcosm of the bigger idea of, like, sometimes success or things that are successful or just, like, big, giant serotonin bursts and, like, cortisol dumps and all that stuff. Like, it is. It is a roller coaster to come down from.

[Joe Jonas]

Well, I think redefining for myself is redefining what the goal is and redefining what a win is.

[Amy Poehler]

Right.

[Joe Jonas]

Because things change constantly about, like, what success means. Yeah, I think now for me, success means enjoying my time doing what I love. And no matter what the outcome is, as long as we're doing it together, as long as my family is with us and enjoying that and they're happy. And that's a win for me. Obviously, you do want milestones to happen, but that's the bigger picture.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Nick Jonas]

It's easier to say some of these things and truly believe that you have a grip and a perspective on how to maintain some sanity. And then functionally, you get into the weeds of life in the public eye and traversing all that is complicated about it. I think it's just about trying your best to. And it's gonna sound so cliche before I say it, but trying your best to be a kind and thoughtful person while you're dealing with your own shit.

[Amy Poehler]

That's absolutely right. And I feel the older you get the more you realize, the less you know. Like, you were like, oh, I actually am less certain.

[Nick Jonas]

And there's some freedom in that, too.

[Amy Poehler]

Totally. But you're fine with fame, Joe.

[Kevin Jonas]

I'm actually really good at it.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Kevin Jonas]

I don't really understand what they're talking about, to be honest. You get it.

[Amy Poehler]

I don't have no problem. It feels like, literally, like, every time.

[Kevin Jonas]

I know.

[Amy Poehler]

So, like, I'm always, like, feeling totally fine.

[Nick Jonas]

We can hear you guys.

[Kevin Jonas]

Oh, I'm sorry. I don't want to sound like a broken record, but I actually told them to say all that. And I will add that the why kind of what you mentioned earlier, like, that was also on that tour that we were on. I think more so, like, after a while, you're like 60 shows in. You're like, wow, this mountain that we're gonna climb every night and I'm tired. Or you're going through something really crazy in your personal life and you feel like, okay, well, how do I navigate this and also try to do a great performance?

[Amy Poehler]

I mean, as a person that goes to very few concerts because they're too late, they're too long.

[Kevin Jonas]

I'm with you. Honestly, I don't really, like, I have a hard. I cancel a lot of concerts.

[Joe Jonas]

What do you think is too. What do you think is, like, the sweet spot?

[Amy Poehler]

Okay, well, now, look, there are exceptions. Like, of course, Taylor, incredible. Her show, it's incredible. Bruce Springsteen, incredible. Like, these shows that should be three hours and are incredible productions, but unless you're going that big, I can't do a two and a half hour concert. I'm so glad. I'm excited because it's just too long and I want to hear the hits. I don't know why someone is mad at me when they don't play the hits. I'm like, why are you mad at me? What happened? Why are we hearing. Why are we hearing the songs that we love? Like, but it is.

[Kevin Jonas]

You got me out of my house, I got in my car or I.

[Amy Poehler]

Was driven there and all the standing. I mean, if everyone could just take.

[Kevin Jonas]

A seat, think about how great it.

[Amy Poehler]

Would be if everyone took a seat.

[Nick Jonas]

Literally.

[Joe Jonas]

I will say, yes, I understand from the audience perspective, but I think from a momentum perspective for us, I feel like that would be a shock. That would be a shush.

[Kevin Jonas]

The older you get, like, the newer you get.

[Joe Jonas]

I, like, hit it.

[Amy Poehler]

But what if everyone agreed? Everyone was like, hey, we're going to have a really good time. And we're not. We're. We'll stand at the end. No pressure.

[Joe Jonas]

You know when you go see, like.

[Kevin Jonas]

I saw Fleetwood Mac, and it was like, the first three songs, like.

[Nick Jonas]

Yeah.

[Kevin Jonas]

And then the audience just collectively was, like, incredible. And they're like, they got it. And there were no questions. Like, guys, get up. It's Fleetwood Mac.

[Amy Poehler]

No, they're like, guys, I love Fleetwood Mac. And I got a laugh. I got a last.

[Jack McBrayer]

I got a last.

[Amy Poehler]

I gotta last. Like, I can't stand up for an hour. Like, what am I For an hour?

[Nick Jonas]

Yeah.

[Kevin Jonas]

Are we waiting in line for something?

[Amy Poehler]

Am I at, you know, my granddaughter's wedding? What's happening?

[Joe Jonas]

They have those things that, like, wearable seats now you can just like, flip it back and just kind of stand and sit.

[Amy Poehler]

Are you serious?

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah. It's a thing.

[Amy Poehler]

Wearable seats.

[Joe Jonas]

Wearable seats, yeah, you stand. There was a whole bit of this. I just watched it. Silicon Valley did it. Like, a whole bit about one of the guys who had a wearable seat, and he was like. Hated him because of it.

[Amy Poehler]

I would totally love them. It's like a backpack that it's like, literally, like.

[Joe Jonas]

Well, it looks like. And he just, like, kind of flips his butt back and, like, sits.

[Amy Poehler]

Honestly, if I get a seat, it changes my whole night. If I was at a show and I. And I had a seat, I'd stay another two hours.

[Joe Jonas]

You know, it's coming in your mail tomorrow.

[Amy Poehler]

Wearable seat. No, but I mean, but I do, like, as a person who goes and watches performances and, you know, it's funny. Comedy and music have an interesting. Like, we're kind of cousins. Like, I know you guys are big fans of comedy, and you're very funny, and you've come and done snl and you have a great sense of humor about yourself, and you love funny people. And I feel like that happens a lot with comedians. Like, comedians are like, man, I wish I was a musician. Like, I love the feeling, like, there's just, like, they understand each other sometimes.

[Kevin Jonas]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

What is your relationship to comedy? How important was it to you? And, like, you know, well, early in.

[Nick Jonas]

Our career, we had no traction going on the music yet. This was like, 2005 and 6, and YouTube was kind of new, and it was a new and exciting way for us to connect with our fans. And we. We were teenagers with a flip camera, whatever it was, and we were just making funny videos. And we always, like, you know, loved and admired great comedic actors, and I think probably just had a ton of confidence and obviously, no, like, comedic chops, but it was Enough. Specifically this side of the table. No comedic chops. But we.

[Amy Poehler]

Damn, let's all look to kids.

[Nick Jonas]

We used that as a way to promote our music. And then eventually, when things started to happen with Disney and everything else, you know, became a lot more structured, and there was, like, writers and all this kind of stuff, and it was like a whole new world for us. But what was, I think, really empowering and exciting was that they listened to some of our ideas and allowed us to infuse some of our own voices into the characters that we played and the various projects we did. And then. So when we. Yeah, we got the call to do SNL, the first time we did it was Valentine's Day 2009. It was wild.

[Amy Poehler]

The host was Alec Baldwin.

[Nick Jonas]

Alec Baldwin was the host. He played the fifth Jonas Brother in the skit. Was very funny.

[Kevin Jonas]

Yes, he did.

[Amy Poehler]

And how old were you when you did that in 2009?

[Nick Jonas]

I was 17.

[Amy Poehler]

Dang.

[Joe Jonas]

22.

[Amy Poehler]

Wow.

[Nick Jonas]

And it was. Yeah, it was like one of our biggest dreams come true. And there was this really wild digital short that we did with Andy and the guys.

[Amy Poehler]

I was just listening to. I listened to Lonely island and Seth Meyers podcast. They were talking about it today.

[Nick Jonas]

Oh, really?

[Kevin Jonas]

Oh, really cool.

[Amy Poehler]

They were talking about it today. On the way over here. They were talking about how fun it was to do it with you, how you guys. And it came out of the, like, stupid songs you guys would make with each other.

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah, yeah.

[Kevin Jonas]

We had a idea of doing some 80s hair metal band called Property of the Queen.

[Joe Jonas]

Great name, by the way.

[Amy Poehler]

Great name.

[Nick Jonas]

Not offensive at all.

[Amy Poehler]

Incredible looks. In that. In that. In that.

[Kevin Jonas]

Oh, yeah. And then they built this whole story out of it.

[Amy Poehler]

Forte was playing guitar with you? Yeah, there's some. And I think Bill was, like, playing a wizard.

[Joe Jonas]

He plays the wizard.

[Nick Jonas]

The whole concept, which was the brilliant unlock of it.

[Kevin Jonas]

All we had was, like, a couple.

[Nick Jonas]

Of really dumb songs that we wanted to do something with and this idea to do like an 80s. And so Andy was like, so what if. What if you guys are like, you know, time travelers or vampires or something? And Bill is this wizard who's granted you this wish to come back in time to play SNL on Valentine's Day 2009.

[Kevin Jonas]

And I catch you.

[Nick Jonas]

Yeah. And he catches us in our con. It was very funny.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, it's so good.

[Kevin Jonas]

What was the love song? Our love is like the Great Wall of China. Was that it? Our love is like the Great Wall of China. You can see it from outer space.

[Amy Poehler]

So good that's so dumb. Do you guys make up dumb songs all the time? And when you're. Do you sing other people's music?

[Joe Jonas]

Yes.

[Amy Poehler]

What do you sing with each other?

[Nick Jonas]

Like, I have this theory.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Nick Jonas]

It's not a controversial one, but it's a litmus test for me of if a song could be a hit.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay.

[Nick Jonas]

And it's. If you can spoof it.

[Joe Jonas]

Oh, yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

Oh.

[Joe Jonas]

If you can make it anything else.

[Kevin Jonas]

We have with that.

[Nick Jonas]

And it works.

[Kevin Jonas]

We have a song on a new album called I can't Lose. I can't lose, but I keep saying I can't poop. I think it should be a Pepto Bismol ad or something. Well, but the next line is when I'm with you, so that we'll have to figure that one out. Maybe it's like a date. You're on a date and it's awkward.

[Joe Jonas]

They're anxious. I can't flip. When I'm with you, they're on vacation.

[Nick Jonas]

That's so funny.

[Amy Poehler]

But you're right.

[Nick Jonas]

Like, specific, actually. On vacation.

[Joe Jonas]

Well, you know, it's a thing that people deal with.

[Amy Poehler]

How do you flip around songs that are out right now? Like, I know what you're talking about. Like, when you. When you get into a song and then you start singing it a different way. I mean, you kind of weird Al it for better.

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

For a short.

[Kevin Jonas]

Yeah.

[Joe Jonas]

And I think that that's. He did pick hit songs.

[Amy Poehler]

Do you sing Har. Do you sing Harm? Do you harmonize to other people's songs when you're together? Like, I just want to.

[Joe Jonas]

Harm, you just want to sing with us, don't you?

[Amy Poehler]

Yes, because I feel okay. I am an okay singer. I'm fine. I'm not good, but I'm a pretty good harmonizer. But I feel like I want to challenge myself to see if I can get in and create a. A fourth part.

[Joe Jonas]

Okay.

[Amy Poehler]

Love it. What should we sing?

[Nick Jonas]

How can you stop the rain from falling down? How can you.

[Joe Jonas]

That's it.

[Nick Jonas]

Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

Thanks. It's like a middle.

[Joe Jonas]

It's a middle part.

[Amy Poehler]

I love that song.

[Nick Jonas]

It's a great song.

[Amy Poehler]

Great, in fact. You're. Sorry, what's the name of the single again? Is it up here? Jenna. What?

[Kevin Jonas]

Time to talk.

[Nick Jonas]

No time to talk.

[Amy Poehler]

It's in my email. Okay. I want to.

[Nick Jonas]

Oh, you have it in your email?

[Amy Poehler]

Yes. It's so good. And it has a.

[Joe Jonas]

It's an interpolation. That's what they would do.

[Nick Jonas]

So crazy story with this song. Started writing it, like, seven years Ago, really. And just assumed that it would never get cleared by.

[Amy Poehler]

Right.

[Nick Jonas]

Bee Gees and Barry Gibb. And finally, top of this year, I pulled it back out of the, you.

[Kevin Jonas]

Know, vault music vault.

[Nick Jonas]

And I was like this. We need to finish this song.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, this one's special.

[Nick Jonas]

And so I've teamed up with Julie Minetta, who I started it with, who worked on a bunch of Sabrina Carpenter stuff last year. He's killing it. And Steph Jones to help finish the lyrics. And then basically we sent it to Mr. Gibb, who had come to shows with his family before and just been the absolute best company and really supported us early in our career and spent some time with our father and talked about the industry and all this stuff. So we got word back within a couple days that it was approved and that they were excited about the song.

[Amy Poehler]

That's awesome. We have a collab with the Bee Gees with Barry. I mean, the Bee Gees were really big growing up for me, and they were very famous brothers who also, like, you guys had good hair. Great hair. Incredible hair.

[Kevin Jonas]

The flow.

[Amy Poehler]

Just incredible hair. And that's very cool that. That Barry was. He must have been excited about.

[Nick Jonas]

I mean, it's interpolation.

[Amy Poehler]

Interpolation.

[Kevin Jonas]

So this.

[Nick Jonas]

Yeah, the song's just come out. Very excited about.

[Amy Poehler]

It's a really driving song.

[Nick Jonas]

Off a new album. Greetings from your hometown.

[Kevin Jonas]

Oh, they gave you an old edit, too. You're listening to.

[Amy Poehler]

This is an old edit.

[Kevin Jonas]

Yeah, I mean, I guess. Yeah, use it. We gave you an exclusive. Well, somebody was like, I can't understand what you're saying, Joe. And I was like. I was like, I can understand what I'm saying. And they're like, well, we can't. You have to re record it. So I had to re record it.

[Amy Poehler]

And on behalf of people that like.

[Nick Jonas]

Short concerts, we didn't use it.

[Joe Jonas]

We stick to the original.

[Kevin Jonas]

Cuz.

[Nick Jonas]

Cuz must have been off that email.

[Joe Jonas]

It was.

[Nick Jonas]

It was not. It didn't sound as cool as when you were mumbling when you were.

[Amy Poehler]

I'd like to know what you're saying because I can't understand it and I want to sing along.

[Kevin Jonas]

I'm saying side to side. When your hands hung up.

[Joe Jonas]

Joe does not know what he's singing. You throw some babies and O's in there and it, like works.

[Nick Jonas]

I was just re. Listening to Cake by the Ocean the other day, actually. And it's also kind of hard to understand what you're saying there. But that. That worked out just fine.

[Amy Poehler]

Do you know what you're saying there.

[Joe Jonas]

Well, maybe that's another sign of a good song. If it's a mumbler, it's a worker.

[Kevin Jonas]

Well, I think most people don't know. I constantly will see people in the audience be like, mumble, mumble, mumble. And they cake by the ocean. That's usually how it goes.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, you just gotta get to there.

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah, yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

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[Nick Jonas]

Definitely the thing that Disney and working with Disney on, you know, Camp Rock projects or our TV show. What it really taught us was work ethic and the ability to be on a set. We had, you know, we had never done anything on a film or TV set. And it's really good training ground now. It doesn't necessarily prepare you for, like, deep character work, but that's not really what it's like there to do. It's really fun, entertaining stuff for a certain demographic. And I think maybe in our late teens, when we were sort of aging out of playing high schoolers and stuff, and then Obviously in our 20s, there's that moment where you're kind of embarrassed by it or you're like, oh, man, we're known for this thing. Thankfully, we've been able to make career moves and things where we can look back on that fondly. And I think it marks a chapter in, you know, our fans life now who have grown up too, and their kids are being introduced to it.

[Amy Poehler]

And those people just like the song is for them. Those people don't want to feel embarrassed about the stuff they used to like. I mean, that's the thing is, like, we all, when we were younger, like, really invested in things at that tender age, and we cared about it. And you guys were around for a lot of people's tender ages. And now everyone's growing up together, and it's like, why do we want to go back and be mean to the younger version of ourselves? Like, we're just trying to figure it out.

[Joe Jonas]

Guilty pleasure is a bad word in my house.

[Amy Poehler]

Ooh. Why? Why? Why?

[Joe Jonas]

It's like. It's because. It's like, you should be allowed. Yeah, yeah, thanks. This is what this is. This is what I deal with.

[Kevin Jonas]

Got him.

[Joe Jonas]

Yes, Nick.

[Nick Jonas]

It's true.

[Kevin Jonas]

Try to come back from that, bro.

[Amy Poehler]

Like, he's literally sweating now. We're gonna come back. You got this eldest. Here we go.

[Joe Jonas]

It's been fun. Thanks.

[Amy Poehler]

We're with you.

[Kevin Jonas]

Guilty pleasure is a bad word. Guilty pleasure is bad words because it's.

[Joe Jonas]

Guilty pleasure is a bad word because the word Z, because it literally is.

[Kevin Jonas]

Defines who you are.

[Amy Poehler]

You could be.

[Joe Jonas]

You should be allowed to like what you like.

[Amy Poehler]

I totally agree.

[Kevin Jonas]

I love it. I think it's fun to think about when you were a kid, the things that you're into and that you still love. And there was a season where you were, like, nervous about it. We used to go on a school bus with CDs and taped cassettes in our hands. And back then, you'd kind of be shy to show what you're listening to now. It's like kids through Spotify. You can listen to everything and you're like, it's everywhere. Which is nice. And it's not like a big deal that you're listening to this style music and that style music. And there's, you know, it goes into other weird things you might do too.

[Nick Jonas]

In a totally different context. I always have this conversation with some people the other day, which is like, it's so hard to get anything made.

[Amy Poehler]

Totally.

[Joe Jonas]

Oh, dude.

[Nick Jonas]

It's so difficult to get anything made, produced, put on a platform of any kind. And it just feels like we don't have to use a blanket statement. Like, it's objectively excellent. It can just be good to whoever is receiving it.

[Amy Poehler]

You're absolutely right. And also, do you feel like now that you're like, you've spent 20 years making things that you really are just. I mean, I find myself being way less. I mean, when you're a teenager in your 20s, there's a lot of black and white. Like, I'll always. I'll never. That sucks. That's great. You're trying to figure out your taste and who you are, but as you get older, you do. And if you're lucky enough to make things, you really do feel like, oh, there's something interesting there. And I like how that was made. And I know that was hard and I can figure out that process and I understand what they were trying to say there, but maybe it didn't hit there. Like, you just understand the complexity of making things. Yeah, it's so different.

[Nick Jonas]

Can I put you in the hot seat for a second?

[Amy Poehler]

Always.

[Nick Jonas]

I have a question about things that you've done. You did that. When you look back on, is there anything, like, in the moment, you're like, this is silly and people are laughing. But did it feel like this is annoying to be happy doing this bit that they're enjoying? And I'm personally not loving it.

[Amy Poehler]

Oh, yeah, I know what you mean.

[Nick Jonas]

That wasn't the most articulate way.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. I think especially as an actor, you're worried that the way you enter the business will always be the way that.

[Kevin Jonas]

You'Re seen in the business.

[Amy Poehler]

And it's like, will I be typecast? I remember when I first started, I was doing all these crazy characters. Like, I played this young sister of Conan o' Brien on, like, Late Night With Conan o'. Brien. Like, I was like a nut. And then I would get cast a lot as just this, like, you know, really, like, intense person. And then I did a lot of movies and TV Shows where I was an intense person with lots of energy, like, just kind of forcing people to do things. And I was good at it. I liked doing it. But then I would worry sometimes, am I just always playing this kind of person? Like, am I always gonna be seen as this way? And, you know, even just being, like, a starting in sketch, like, it was like, will people just always think of me as this kind of way? And just like you said, it started to become less the thing I worried about and more the thing I was just proud of because I learned so much from it. I got to do so many things because of it. And as long as you believe that you are not limited, then you're not.

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah, totally.

[Amy Poehler]

You don't have to. You know, it's basically just like other people's opinion is none of your business.

[Nick Jonas]

Totally.

[Amy Poehler]

It just takes a long time to get there, I think.

[Nick Jonas]

Actually, after I did SNL one time and somebody said to me it was exactly what I needed to hear. It was. One of the writers came and said, hey, just don't try to be funny. And I was like, oh, that hurts in the moment. But then it's like, but that's so accurate. It's funny, right? So you don't have to jam it to be funny. And it was, like, so freeing. And then I stopped worrying about, like, am I being silly or am I being this. I'm just, you know, saying the words that are already funny.

[Amy Poehler]

That's the vibe I get from you guys is your confidence in just, like, goofing around and being funny. And I mean, it is. It is. It's just when you get out of your own head and you're just. But it takes some time, I think. I think it. Like, that's. That's what comes with age.

[Nick Jonas]

Well, you're in my favorite movie ever. You know that?

[Amy Poehler]

Okay.

[Nick Jonas]

Our favorite, actually.

[Joe Jonas]

He talks about it. They talk about it.

[Kevin Jonas]

It's a frame poster that Nick has in his bath in a bathroom.

[Amy Poehler]

So we do this thing at the beginning of each podcast where we talk to people who know our guest, and we kind of talk well behind their backs. And we. And I get to know the guest a little bit, and I kind of prep for the guest with someone who knows them. So I Talked to Jack McBrayer.

[Kevin Jonas]

Okay. I was about to say, ah, love Jack. He texted me yesterday.

[Joe Jonas]

Love him.

[Kevin Jonas]

That's crazy. Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

And he's.

[Kevin Jonas]

You know, he didn't tell me that he was. I have a lot of friends.

[Joe Jonas]

I have a lot of friends. But there's Only one Jack that sends a birthday video to you every year, no matter what.

[Amy Poehler]

No matter what, on your birthday.

[Joe Jonas]

And it's like, I have, like, people I see, like, every day that don't do that.

[Amy Poehler]

He. In fact, when we were talking, he said, I only have one birthday today. And I realized, like, this is a full time job to keep up with everybody.

[Joe Jonas]

It's a thing.

[Amy Poehler]

And people should know. We have the same birthday.

[Nick Jonas]

We have the same birthday.

[Amy Poehler]

September 16th, same year. Molly Shannon. Same year.

[Nick Jonas]

Molly Shannon also has the same birthday.

[Joe Jonas]

That's right.

[Nick Jonas]

You know, I set up her Instagram.

[Amy Poehler]

That's amazing. Tell us about that.

[Nick Jonas]

This is a real story. So bizarre.

[Joe Jonas]

That's a great story.

[Nick Jonas]

We were at Sundance Film festival, like in 2016 or 17, and we end.

[Kevin Jonas]

Up at this bar.

[Nick Jonas]

We're like, having a few drinks, talking. She's like, my daughter really thinks I should get on Instagram. Do you know how to do it? I was like, yeah, give me your phone. And so I set up her thing and it's. It's like the official superstar is her name.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Nick Jonas]

Because we were like, a few drinks in. Just like, what should we say? Your name is incredible.

[Kevin Jonas]

She's stuck.

[Nick Jonas]

Yeah, I set up.

[Amy Poehler]

That's cool.

[Kevin Jonas]

And he still runs it and he.

[Joe Jonas]

Has the password still.

[Kevin Jonas]

She'll text him photos and videos and say, hey, can you get this up in the next hour?

[Amy Poehler]

And Nick's like, I have two shows today. Like, I don't have time for this.

[Nick Jonas]

Damn it, Nick, get it up now.

[Amy Poehler]

So Jack is such, like, it just loves you guys so much. And Jack and I laughed because during Deep Covid, when no one was going out and everybody was wearing gloves and masks and meeting each other in the driveway, Jack came to my house to have me sign a they Came together poster for you.

[Joe Jonas]

Because he's amazing. The things we do during COVID Also.

[Nick Jonas]

Like, it's not like I'm. This isn't like a bit like it's legit. It brings me the most joy of anything.

[Amy Poehler]

I love that movie. For people who don't know, Paul Rudd and I did a movie that David Wayne directed so good that Michael Showalter and David Wayne wrote was a parody of a rom com.

[Nick Jonas]

Yeah. And it's brilliant. Like, it's. I did a movie with Paul last year which comes out either this later this year or next year. And the first day on set, I was like, I have to just ask you how this happened. What's the story? And he kind of gave me the loadout. It was a table Read or something that then you guys did the movie. But my point about it is, it's not just one of those hilarious, quotable movies. It's really smart, and it makes.

[Kevin Jonas]

I feel like it's a lot of the comedy that Tim Robinson's doing now, too.

[Nick Jonas]

Yeah.

[Kevin Jonas]

Some of that Ahead of its time.

[Nick Jonas]

It's so good. And I do have the sign poster. And Jack didn't remember that he was in the movie. And then we're at a friend's house.

[Kevin Jonas]

We're actually at.

[Joe Jonas]

That's hilarious.

[Nick Jonas]

At Glen Powell's house with cordially, I.

[Amy Poehler]

Heard you guys are friends with Glen Powell.

[Nick Jonas]

Yeah. And I'm like, have you guys ever seen. They came together? And everyone's like, no, let's watch it. And Jack's like, oh, I'm in this movie now.

[Joe Jonas]

Was that real or was that a jackpot?

[Nick Jonas]

No, I think he legit forgot that he was in the movie.

[Joe Jonas]

He's super famous and he works a lot.

[Amy Poehler]

And he was in, like, playing basketball. He might have forgotten.

[Nick Jonas]

That scene is so good.

[Amy Poehler]

There's a hilarious scene in the movie where it's just, you know, it's that moment in every movie where the men are just trying to figure things out.

[Nick Jonas]

And they each represent, like, a different point of view.

[Kevin Jonas]

I'm the married guy. I think you should stay with.

[Amy Poehler]

Swish.

[Kevin Jonas]

Swish.

[Amy Poehler]

They're basically Kobe talking about dating. And they're just, like, speaking, you know, just saying their exposition out loud. Now I'm the guy that doesn't think you should commit. And they're playing terrible basketball.

[Nick Jonas]

It's so good. My other favorite scene is when you guys are sitting in the coffee shop, and he's like, all right, I'm villain's on the phone. And you're like, let me try. And you can't do it. That when you're ordering the coffee. And it's the long thing.

[Kevin Jonas]

We shot that in, like, he remembers your order.

[Nick Jonas]

Do you want to get a coffee with key? I know. I know. The whole movie. It's so good.

[Kevin Jonas]

Wait up, would you? That's my favorite.

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah, wait up.

[Kevin Jonas]

Hey, big brother.

[Nick Jonas]

Slow down. Max Greenfield's so good.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay, so Jack had a question. Which is. Which is so cute. And so Jack. But his question was, like, what are yalls conflict style? Like, how do you figure out arguments? Like, how do you.

[Kevin Jonas]

Between the three of us?

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. Like, when you argue, some people like to withdraw. Some people like to tease. Some people like to argue. Like, how do you. What is your conflict style?

[Nick Jonas]

It's interesting. I Feel like it ends up being. It's some combination of two. People are fighting. The other is just like sitting back watching and observing.

[Kevin Jonas]

And that's usually how it is. Or mediating.

[Nick Jonas]

Playing referee. Or mediating. Or it's just like, go off, like, do your thing.

[Joe Jonas]

Get this. Let's figure it out.

[Amy Poehler]

Is anyone a yeller?

[Nick Jonas]

None of us are really yellers. We can be like, defensive, reactive.

[Amy Poehler]

Anyone? A punisher? Like a silent treatment person?

[Joe Jonas]

Nick?

[Kevin Jonas]

A bit.

[Nick Jonas]

A little bit, yeah.

[Joe Jonas]

At times I think that's like a. Maybe I'm more reactive.

[Kevin Jonas]

I think you're just trying to work through it.

[Nick Jonas]

Work through it? Yeah. Not like, I'm not doing it on purpose.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. You're just like, I'm gonna go over here and work, and then I'll come.

[Nick Jonas]

Back and we'll talk through it.

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah, I'm reactive. I've always been that way. I try to work on it all the time.

[Amy Poehler]

Eldest.

[Joe Jonas]

It's hard.

[Amy Poehler]

It's my life, you know that.

[Nick Jonas]

I wonder if it's my struggle.

[Joe Jonas]

It's my struggle.

[Amy Poehler]

So reactive.

[Joe Jonas]

Thanks. Bonjour.

[Amy Poehler]

Reactive.

[Joe Jonas]

Of like, I. I just snap back and I don't always mean what I'm saying.

[Amy Poehler]

Well, you have a tough job. It's very hard.

[Joe Jonas]

Thank you. I appreciate talking to you so much. It's so nice someone finally gets understand. No, I work on it. It's odd, but I also have a very. I have anticipatory anxiety about things.

[Kevin Jonas]

Big word.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. You're killing it on the words.

[Kevin Jonas]

Yeah. You're all over the map today.

[Amy Poehler]

I'm right. So you're thinking ahead. That's because I would argue you're thinking ahead of, like, you're just wanting to make sure. Like, I'm gonna future trip so I can be safe in the future.

[Joe Jonas]

That's exactly right. And I also. I think through it in the negative.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay. Cause I like a little bit of a catastrophizer.

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah. It's about what would happen if I said this and they're gonna react this way, and then I go this way. It's like, it's that. So I'm dealing with it sometimes.

[Amy Poehler]

I love that.

[Nick Jonas]

Your joy, the character. Yeah. I'm literally just. I'm like. You're saying this. I'm like, oh, my God.

[Joe Jonas]

Your joy.

[Kevin Jonas]

This is a script. Are you reading a script right now?

[Nick Jonas]

No, it's the whole way. You broke that down, like, to protect yourself. Like, this is the plot for Inside Out 2.

[Amy Poehler]

It's true.

[Nick Jonas]

It's so good.

[Kevin Jonas]

Inside Out 2 is so good. I watched it with my daughter and we're both crying for different reasons.

[Nick Jonas]

You're in all my favorite movies, including.

[Joe Jonas]

My Subway commercials that I love.

[Amy Poehler]

Thanks, thanks. Let's give a shout out to Subway while we can. And we'd love for them to give us.

[Joe Jonas]

I literally heard it this morning.

[Kevin Jonas]

Subway, as in like the launch?

[Joe Jonas]

Yeah, I heard it, I heard it.

[Kevin Jonas]

New York City transit.

[Amy Poehler]

I'm just trying to get the New York Subway up. Yeah.

[Joe Jonas]

Give them a little bit of a little notoriety. Yeah, I heard you this morning. As I got out of the shower, I was like, I'm gonna see her later.

[Amy Poehler]

But there is something about. I have two sons. I think that relationship with brothers is really like really beautiful and cool because exactly what we saw, we just see like in this hour is the way you gently tease each other, the way you kind of keep each other.

[Kevin Jonas]

I got there, I think. Sorry. Yeah, no, please just say we had a superstar mom too, so that we still do.

[Nick Jonas]

But we.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay. What did she do that she.

[Kevin Jonas]

I mean, four boys in one home. She was the boss. You know, there's just, and, and also understanding how to be nice guys to women and growing up just like, I think we needed a loud voice like her to be able to control us and also make sure that we weren't like pieces of shit. So I think that was important. But I think also like, yeah, brothers are. Boys are so different than girls. It's like I watch like I watch my kids on the playground and I'm like, it's like delicate. And then this kid would be like, wah. And dive off the top of a slide and you're just like, that is a boy.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. I mean, your frontal lobes close later.

[Kevin Jonas]

I mean, I was just gonna say that.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah. But yeah, I mean, what is the best. I mean, I know you've been asked this a million times. What is the best thing about working with your brother? Like being brothers working together. What is the best part of it?

[Nick Jonas]

There is a built in safety net that it's not to say you can't develop with friends and co workers and all that, but they need nothing from me. I need nothing from them. But just real connection and love and respect. And we're family, like we're blood. So it's just, it hits different. It makes every high super high, makes every low a little easier to navigate. And you know, the mundane stuff in between becomes even more fun because you get to do it with. With two people that you not only love and respect, but you genuinely have a good time with.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah.

[Nick Jonas]

You know, so that's. That's my feeling.

[Amy Poehler]

That's nice. I mean, I'm the same way. Like, I like to fail or succeed with someone.

[Kevin Jonas]

Yeah, it is amazing.

[Amy Poehler]

So, last question. What are you guys listening to? Watching, reading, playing. That makes you laugh these days in these, like, very difficult times where life is pretty rough and the world is hanging on by a thread. What do you do to check out or laugh or make yourself.

[Nick Jonas]

I really enjoyed the Four Seasons show on Netflix. I liked that a lot.

[Amy Poehler]

I interviewed Will Forte on this pod and Tina. I think they're. I love watching them together.

[Nick Jonas]

Yeah, it was great.

[Amy Poehler]

So cozy. Cozy shows. Yeah.

[Nick Jonas]

That's not always my. I mean, I love the studio.

[Kevin Jonas]

I thought that was so funny.

[Nick Jonas]

Studio was great.

[Kevin Jonas]

So funny. It was so good. The last two episodes were ridiculous. The cast is insane, too.

[Amy Poehler]

The cast is Catherine.

[Kevin Jonas]

Cameos, too.

[Amy Poehler]

Another level.

[Kevin Jonas]

Oh, my gosh.

[Amy Poehler]

Is incredible too.

[Kevin Jonas]

I've just been like. I restarted watching all of Nathan for your because I watched the Rehearsal, which I think is just so brilliant and messed up and insane and he finds the most interesting people. It's just so great. Did you watch the new season of Rehearsal?

[Amy Poehler]

I'm watching it right now. The second season. Okay. So I. Woman that talks about it gets me very stressed.

[Jack McBrayer]

Oh, of course.

[Joe Jonas]

I couldn't do it.

[Amy Poehler]

Yeah, I have.

[Kevin Jonas]

It's just.

[Amy Poehler]

There's like a mirror neuron thing where I get, like, very nervous.

[Kevin Jonas]

He just will keep asking questions, and he knows what he's up to. I was at a restaurant recently, and he. I saw him. And when I see somebody that I really like, I think I love their work. I don't want to say hi, but I'll like, can I send them a drink? Or maybe just whatever they're eating and whatever. Can I send something? And I don't need to say hi. I'll sometimes try to leave before. And I saw him, I was like, oh, my God. Like, I love him. I have to like, I'm gonna send him. I sent him a drink, him and his friend. And about 30 minutes later, the waiter brought over a dollop of mayonnaise and handed it to me. And they're like, this is from Nathan. And I look over and he goes. And he goes back to this. And my friends are gate laughing so hard. I'm like, guys, he wants. Don't laugh. He wants it so bad. And he was really kind enough. And he walked over. He's like, did you get my gift? The waiter said that she went to the chef and was like, she's like, I think I may have put my job on the line because I asked for a double mat. And the chef was so mad. It was a pretty nice restaurant. Was so mad. She's like, please, please. She's like, but I think both of you are really great. And I just was like, this will be a story I can use forever.

[Amy Poehler]

So she did it. She did. I'm glad she have we learned nothing from the bear? We need to give the customer what they want.

[Nick Jonas]

Exactly.

[Kevin Jonas]

Exactly.

[Joe Jonas]

Yes, chef.

[Amy Poehler]

Yes, chef. And what about you, Kev? What are you?

[Joe Jonas]

I am currently. Me and my wife, we go through, like, long form, like, sitcoms like that have, like 900 seasons. We just like start it as, like, feel good. So we're in the middle of Big Bang Theory again. Just so good.

[Amy Poehler]

Love a rewatch. A simple rewatch.

[Joe Jonas]

It's a simple rewatch. Yeah.

[Amy Poehler]

Okay, I'm gonna let you guys go. You have so much.

[Nick Jonas]

This was so great.

[Joe Jonas]

Thank you so much.

[Kevin Jonas]

Thank you so much.

[Amy Poehler]

That was really, really fun.

[Kevin Jonas]

I love this.

[Amy Poehler]

This is a blast. Thank you so much for doing it.

[Nick Jonas]

What a good hang.

[Amy Poehler]

It was a good hang. And thank you for singing with me and feeling refreshed. Put that out as a single and.

[Joe Jonas]

You just talk to people about it.

[Amy Poehler]

All right, thanks, guys.

[Joe Jonas]

Thank you.

[Kevin Jonas]

Bye.

[Joe Jonas]

Bye.

[Amy Poehler]

Bye. Thank you. Jonas Brothers. That was so great. Kevin, Joe, Nick, thank you for being here on a two show day and letting us hang with you and watching you hang with each other. You guys are a lot of fun and I really enjoyed this episode. And now it's time for the special part of the show, the polar plunge. And this particular plunge is brought to you by laneige and the lip sleeping mask. I've been using this lip balm during the show and guess what? Now they are a sponsor. It's an overnight leave on lip mask powered by Korean skincare to soften lips while delivering intense moisture and antioxidants all while you sleep. I mean, I just can't. I just can't say how much I love. I mean, I actually do use it. So. Laneige, thanks for stepping up. Okay, now it's time for the polar plunge. We talked about music and going to shows, and I just want to say again, if you're an artist, putting your set list together, cut it in half. We want the show to be shorter. Yes. There are great artists who have three hour bodies of work that we should go and see and support, but for the most part, my favorite show is a fast one. You know what I loved? I went to the Hollywood Bowl. A couple years ago in Los Angeles, I saw Billy Joel. The show was an hour and a half. We all sat down the entire time and I sang all of his lyrics cause he's easy to understand. So thank you, Billy. Thank you to everybody who sat down. Let's just get that. Let's normalize sitting down during shows. And thank you, Jonas Brothers, for all the shows you're gonna perform all over the world. Good luck on your tour. The laneige Lip Sleeping Mask has a berry fruit complex which soothes and gently exfoliates flaky skin, revealing smooth and supple lips. By morning Shop now at sephora and sephora.com thank you for listening. Bye. You've been listening to good hang. The executive producers for this show are Bill Simmons, Jenna Weiss Berman 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.

[Joe Jonas]

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