Good Hang with Amy Poehler - Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer

Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer are still rocking skinny jeans. Amy hangs with the 'Broad City' creators and co-stars and talks about their cosmic meeting, the making of their hit show, and the many talents of Barbra Streisand. Host: Amy PoehlerGuests: Kate Arend, Kim Lessing, Abbi Jacobson, and Ilana GlazerExecutive 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, Francis X Bernal Jr., Caroline Jannace, and Aleya Zenieris; audio producer Kaya McMullen; video editor Drew van Steenbergen; and booker Kat SpillaneOriginal Music: Amy Miles Get anything delivered on Uber Eats. www.ubereats.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration: 1h 13m
Broadcast on: 22 Jul 2025
Audio Format: other

Host: Amy Poehler
Guests: Kate Arend, Kim Lessing, Abbi Jacobson, and Ilana Glazer
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, Francis X Bernal Jr., Caroline Jannace, and Aleya Zenieris; audio producer Kaya McMullen; video editor Drew van Steenbergen; and booker Kat Spillane
Original Music: Amy Miles

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

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And set. Sorry, I'm so excited to interview you guys because we are here in the studio and next door to Paper Kite offices, which you co-run. And we're talking to Abby and Alana about Broad City. And it just felt like it was such a great combo because in many ways, you represent millennial and zylenial. No. Thank you. Or zylenial. Jen, why? Jen, I'm so cuspier. You're cuspier. It's not with Jen Z. But not with the ZZ. Anyway, we represent what you two represent teamwork in many ways. And I want to talk about that. But also, you know how important that show was to Paper Kite and its growth. So before we start, tell everybody what you do here at the company, what's your job? So Kim and I, as Amy said, we're the co-presidents of Paper Kite productions. And we are in charge of the many incredible shows and movies that Paper Kite makes everything from Broad City to Russian Doll, difficult people, Harlem. Yeah, we're producers. We don't produce as a team. We actually produce separately. And we really take on projects based on our passion for them, our availability. Like, we really, we really are, we like to describe ourselves as the engines of projects, the connectors of projects. And we really love, we really love every second of doing it. And we've both, we've been here working with Amy for 10 plus years. You will never leave. That's right. She'll have to drag us out of here. We have the keys. Well, you do really have all the secrets. Yeah. And they're bad.

But, but like, I was just trying to do the math at the timing. Oh, we both started on Broad City. Yeah. So tell me how you started on that show and like what your memories of the early Broad City days. Well, I actually started on the Comedy Central side. So I was like thrilled to get this job at Comedy Central because they were making Broad City. And then I ended up leaving Comedy Central to come work with you. And I got to work even closer to the ladies on Broad City. And it was like, I knew I was in the right place because I felt like I was making something that actually

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