Apr 14, 2026 · 1:06:57
Kerry Washington on Good Hang with Amy Poehler
The Hang, in Short
Amy brings on Tony Goldwyn to gush about Kerry Washington before the main interview, and he delivers. The best bit? When the *Scandal* cast was grumbling about a 2am call time for *Good Morning America*, Kerry shut it down instantly: "Of course we're doing it. We're in season five and ABC wants to promote us." That's Kerry. Tony traces their friendship back to the 2008 Democratic Convention, way before Shonda Rhimes cast them as the world's most tortured TV couple. He marvels at Kerry's professional activism (she's basically Jane Fonda 2.0), her mysterious ability to be a devoted mom of three while working harder than anyone else, and the work ethic that set the tone for their entire cast. Then Amy gets ready to ask Kerry all the questions Tony's too polite to bring up himself.
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Hello everyone. Welcome to another
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episode of Good Hang. Very, very excited
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about our guest today. It is the one,
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the only Kerry Washington. Kerry is so
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talented. She is so good at so many
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things, and we're going to talk about a
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lot of those things today. We are going
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to talk about growing up in the Bronx.
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The Bronx, and how it shaped her, and
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what she learned from being from there.
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And we're going to talk about her
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activism, how she stays connected in a
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turbulent and often depressing world.
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We're going to talk about Scandal,
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because of course. And we're going to
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get to the nitty-gritty in in a lot of
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that. And we're we're we're going to
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talk about Amazing Race. A a random show
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that we talk about and talk about how
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good it is for kids. We're going to talk
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about her new TV show, Imperfect Women,
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with Elisabeth Moss and Kate Mara,
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that's coming out on Apple. All of these
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things are going to be discussed today.
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But most importantly, we're going to
