Fred Armisen

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

The Ringer

Comedy

4.7 • 11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Fred Armisen is not impressed with free climbers. Amy hangs with her fellow 'SNL' alum and talks about his time as a drummer for the Blue Man Group, getting paid $1 million a week at 'SNL,' and his preferred conflict style. Host: Amy PoehlerGuests: Carrie Brownstein and Fred ArmisenExecutive 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 and Aleya Zenieris; audio producer Kaya McMullen and Devon Baroldi; social producer Bridget Geerlings; video editor Drew van Steenbergen; and booker Kat SpillaneOriginal music: Amy Miles Check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds: https://Allstate.com Visible. Live in the know. https://www.visible.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.9	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.9	From rags to riches.
0:06.2	I'm so sick of this.
0:07.4	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:09.6	Yorkshire to New York.
0:11.1	Poor climbers, you and me.
0:12.8	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:14.8	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:17.3	A woman of substance on Channel 4.
0:19.5	Stream now.
0:25.5	Hello, everyone.
0:27.1	Welcome to another episode of Good Hang.
0:32.1	So excited that my old friend, my dear friend, Fred Armisen, is joining me today.
0:34.6	And it's always the best to talk to Fred.
0:35.8	And we're going to talk about so much stuff.
0:37.4	We're going to talk about SNL, of course. We're going to talk about how we don't like taking physical risks.
0:41.9	We're going to talk about our different conflict styles. And we're going to talk about Wednesday,
0:47.4	the big hit show on Netflix that he is a part of. We're going to discuss the past, the present,
0:53.9	the future. But we have a great guest
0:57.2	joining us to discuss Fred and how wonderful Fred is, a person who is here to talk well
1:04.0	behind his back and give me a question to ask Fred. That person is Carrie Brownstein. She is the star of Portlandia. Sleider Kinney. She's an actor,
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