Good Hang with Amy Poehler - Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling is a mogul, and she has a trilogy. Amy hangs with the creator of 'Not Suitable for Work' and talks about looking up to Chris Farley as a kid, whether she's a Hufflepuff or a Gryffindor, and the joys of being made into a meme. Host: Amy PoehlerGuests: Avantika Vandanapu and Mindy KalingExecutive Producers: Bill Simmons, Amy Poehler, and Jenna Weiss-BermanFor Paper Kite Productions: Executive producer Jenna Weiss-Berman, coordinator Sam Green, and supervising producer Joel LovellFor The Ringer: Supervising producers Juliet Litman, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin; video producers Jack Wilson, Belle Roman, and Aleya Zenieris; lighting director Caroline Jannace; audio producer Kaya McMullen; social producer Bridget Geerlings; video editor Drew van Steenbergen; and bookers Kat Spillane and Paige GarbariniOriginal Music: Amy Miles Make it a Hilton Honors Summer. https://www.hilton.com/ Check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds: https://Allstate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration: 1h 4m
Broadcast on: 30 Jun 2026
Audio Format: other

Host: Amy Poehler
Guests: Avantika Vandanapu and Mindy Kaling
Executive Producers: Bill Simmons, Amy Poehler, and Jenna Weiss-Berman
For Paper Kite Productions: Executive producer Jenna Weiss-Berman, coordinator Sam Green, and supervising producer Joel Lovell
For The Ringer: Supervising producers Juliet Litman, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin; video producers Jack Wilson, Belle Roman, and Aleya Zenieris; lighting director Caroline Jannace; audio producer Kaya McMullen; social producer Bridget Geerlings; video editor Drew van Steenbergen; and bookers Kat Spillane and Paige Garbarini
Original Music: Amy Miles

Make it a Hilton Honors Summer. https://www.hilton.com/

Check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds: https://Allstate.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Sadly, I've learned it's a very common September birthdays are very common, I guess. Yeah, I guess people really get down. I know. What does it say about it? They get down in the holidays, I guess. I guess that we got bored. We're bored. Well, I remember I directed a film for Netflix called Moxie, and it was filled with an incredible cast. And I remember you came and joined us for a two brief scene, but a really fun day. And that's really, that's really cute that your dad and I bonded. I was reading up on you, Vantica, and you're so impressive in the stuff that you've done. And I didn't know that you did a lot of Bollywood when you were younger. Yeah, it's how I started out. I think at the time, I was 10, and any of my parents like to make safe bets, and it was not a safe bet at the time to be like, let's haul ass to LA and do this for the rest of your life. But India was a more prospective place if I wanted to be in the film industry. And so we moved there for like four years. Oh, wow, they moved there for your career. Yeah, yeah, my mom really like my mom left her job the day that I was born. She was like, I want to spend all my time with my daughter. And she made a lot of sacrifices for me to be in this industry. So I'm very grateful that now she gets to like watch a TV show. And I hope she enjoys. And yeah, she really is the reason that I'm here,

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