Aug 19, 2025 · 1:07:51

Aubrey Plaza on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

with AP Aubrey Plaza

The Hang, in Short

Margaret Qualley opens by asking if Aubrey was in the Salem Witch Trials, which is the kind of perfect absurdist energy this reunion deserves. Amy and Aubrey finally reunite for the podcast's most requested episode, touching on how they met on a playground, Aubrey's stint as an NBC page that ended in her getting fired, and her basketball obsession. The real heart here is Amy gently asking how Aubrey's doing after losing her husband Jeff Baena earlier this year. Aubrey's answer is raw and present. She feels grateful to be moving through the world. Also: her dog Frankie is a therapy dog now. Margaret gushes about working with Aubrey on Honey Don't (they play a detective and cop who meet their match in each other), and nails what makes Aubrey magnetic. She cares deeply despite playing disaffected so well. The effortless thing takes effort.

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  1. 0:00

    Hello everyone. Welcome to another

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    episode of Good Hang. Thank you for

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    being here. We had uh well, look, we're

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    keeping the parks and wreck hits coming

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    because we had Adam Scott last week and

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    we have the great, beautiful, and

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    wonderful Aubrey Plaza joining us.

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    Aubrey, who many of you have wanted to

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    hear from, is here, and we couldn't be

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    more excited. And we talk about a lot of

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    things today. We talk about um how we

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    first met on a playground. Um, we talk

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    about her time as an NBC page and why

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    she got fired. We talk about her love of

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    basketball and we talk about her new

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    movie, Honey Don't, which is in theaters

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    this week. Uh, and so there's just so

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    much good stuff and we're very glad that

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    she was here and that you're here

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    listening. And we always start our

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    episodes the same way. We try to find

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    someone that knows our guest, knows

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    something about them and has a question

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    for them. And we are talking to a great

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    actress today. You know her from The

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