Aug 4, 2026 · 1:12:53
Lena Waithe on Good Hang with Amy Poehler
The Hang, in Short
Amy Poehler has a totally relatable meltdown right before interviewing Lena Waithe. She actually looked in
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Hello everyone. Welcome to another
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episode of Good Hang. We are very
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excited about our guest today. It is
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Lena Waith, writer, producer, actor.
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Lena does so many things so well and
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she's the coolest. And we're going to
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get into how cool she is today. We're
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going to get into the way she likes to
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work. We're going to talk about our love
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of Chicago. We're going to talk about
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Blockbuster, a place where you had to go
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and rent videos in person. We're going
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to talk about the fact that she is the
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first black woman to ever win a prime
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time Emmy in comedy writing. We're going
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to talk about couples therapy. We're
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going to get into it, but before we do
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that, um, we always have this section of
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the show where we speak to somebody who
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knows our guest, who wants to speak well
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behind their back and give me some
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questions to ask. And joining me are the
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two directors, Tony awardwinning
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directors um of uh Cat's Jellical Ball,
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the show that is out on Broadway as we
