Aug 26, 2025 · 1:20:38

Zarna Garg on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

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The Hang, in Short

Amy talks to comedian Zarna Garg, who she met while touring with Tina Fey, but first we get the absolute best cold open: Zarna's Stanford senior daughter Zoya calling her mom out as a total hypocrite. Zoya's question for Amy to ask? Does Zarna realize she constantly pushes everyone toward STEM careers while she herself became a professional writer and comedian? Classic eldest daughter energy. The real story here is how Zoya basically created her mom's comedy career four years ago by dragging her to the worst club in New York City after watching her fail at selling chili and toothpaste. Now Zoya's going fulltime with the family business after managing Zarna's book pre-orders (10,000 copies, New York Times bestseller). She describes having Zarna as a boss: "It's not feedback. It's just you're going to get fired if you don't do it." Their dynamic is chaotic and clearly works.

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  1. 0:00

    Hi everyone, welcome to another episode

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    of Good Hang. Very excited to talk to my

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    guest Zarna Gar. Zara is a stand-up

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    comedian, producer, writer, actress. Um,

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    I met Zarna when she came on tour with

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    me and Tina Fay as we toured the country

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    and I got to know her and her work. And

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    Zara is um just so funny and sharp and

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    um honest and she's gonna uh she's going

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    to talk about a lot of great things

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    today. We're going to talk about um her

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    immigration story. We're going to talk

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    about her very complicated feelings

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    about romantic love and we're going to

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    talk about uh the fact that it's never

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    too late to change your career and do

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    what makes you happy. Um and we're going

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    to start this uh interview like we

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    always do by talking to somebody who

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    knows our guest and who gives me a

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    question to ask them. And who better to

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    talk about Zara than her eldest

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    daughter, the apple of her eye, the

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    successful beautiful wonderful

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    Stanford senior Zoya. Zoya Gar is

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