Jun 24, 2025 · 58:46
Natasha Lyonne on Good Hang with Amy Poehler
The Hang, in Short
Jeremy O'Harris calls into the podcast from the bathroom of Jack's Wife Freda on University, literally hiding from a "very popular actress" he's trying to get for a movie he's producing. Peak chaos. He and Ronan Farrow join Amy before her Natasha Lyonne interview to give her the lowdown on their friend. Jeremy calls Natasha "more intellect in her left pinky than most departments of major universities" while Ronan gets vulnerable about how she pulled him out of isolation with her relentless "what are we doing who are we screwing" dinner texts. They joke about fighting over who gets Natasha's eggs for future babies. The actual Natasha conversation touches on growing up in New York, Nora Ephron's influence, and Russian Doll with Clea DuVall. Amy remembers teenage Natasha visiting UCB seeming shy. Natasha's response? "I was stoned.
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Hello everyone. Welcome to another
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episode of Good Hang. I am so excited
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about our episode today. It is with the
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sweet, dreamy, and brilliantly smart
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Natasha Leon. Um, we talk about so many
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things today. It is a a a symphony of
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conversation. We talk about what it was
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like to live in New York City as a young
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kid. Uh, we talk about um Norah Efron
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and how important she was to Natasha. We
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talk about making hits together and um
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what it felt like to be part of a show
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that meant so much to us and to so many
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people. And so it is a really
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interesting funny and deep conversation
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like it always is with Natasha and to be
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um guided as to what I should ask. I
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always like to check in with people who
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know Natasha well, who have worked with
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her, who count her as family. And so I
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asked um two of Natasha's closest
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friends to join me and give me some
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questions to ask. And so joining me
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right now via Zoom is Ronan Pharaoh,
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journalist, podcast host of the new
