Oct 14, 2025 · 1:04:36

Aziz Ansari on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

with AA Aziz Ansari

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Amy and Rashida Jones get hilariously relatable about language envy before they even get to Aziz. When Rashida mentions Aziz's perfect Japanese accent (so good he tricks people into thinking he's fluent), she admits whenever she hears about someone speaking another language, she just feels bad about herself. Amy immediately jumps in with "fire of envy, same." They then try to make themselves feel better by remembering Rashida studied French. For a month. The rest is pure Amy and Rashida vibes: declaring "functional flat front fall" as their seasonal fashion theme, reminiscing about Parks and Rec as "the education of Aziz," and gushing about how he cooks Rashida dinner all the time, including chicken 65, a bright red Indian dish made specifically for children. They also have technical difficulties. Amy buys herself long thin tongs to stay motivated in the kitchen.

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  1. 0:00

    Hello everyone. Welcome to this episode

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    of Good Hang. I'm very excited about my

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    guest today. It is Aziz Ansari. So great

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    to have Aziz here in the studio to talk

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    about the past, the present, and the

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    future. And we're going to talk about a

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    lot of stuff today. We're going to talk

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    about the the fact that he skipped first

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    grade because everyone thought he was so

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    smart. We're going to talk about him

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    growing up as an Indian boy in the

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    South. We're gonna talk about um Parks

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    and Wreck, of course, and uh all our

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    memories there. and we're going to talk

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    about his cinematic directing debut

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    Good Fortune. Lots to get into, but

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    before we do that, we want to speak to

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    somebody who knows our guest, who has

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    great feelings and things to say about

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    our guest, and who has a question for me

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    to ask our guest. And we just have my

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    wife, my beautiful, beautiful wife

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    Rashidita Jones, joining us today.

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    Rashidita, I miss you. I love you. Let's

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    get going. Can you hear me? Rashidita

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