Hannah Berner

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Comedy, Tv & Film, Music

4.6 • 69.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 154 minutes

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Summary

Hannah Berner (Giggly Squad, None of My Business, Summer House) is a comedian, podcaster, and former Division I tennis player. Hannah joins Armchair Expert to discuss her dad being her personal tennis coach, battling performance anxiety as a college player, and rebuilding her identity after leaving the sport. Hannah and Dax talk about nightmare experiences on the New York subway, how stand-up became the place she could finally be herself, and the pressure of filming her first Netflix special. Hannah explains why embarrassment can be freeing, how comedy helps bridge the divide between men and women, and why changing your dream doesn’t mean you failed.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert.
0:02.4	I'm Dax Shepherd.
0:03.0	I'm joined by Monica Padman.
0:04.5	Hi.
0:05.3	Today we have Hannah Burner on.
0:08.0	Hannah is a stand-up comedian and a best-selling author.
0:12.5	She has a book called How to Giggle.
0:15.0	Yes.
0:15.5	Based on her wonderful podcast, Giggle Squad with Hannah Burner and Paige DeSorbo.
0:27.2	She has a new stand-up special now streaming on Hulu called None of My Business.
0:30.0	And Babers is doing a TV show with her.
0:31.4	She's got a lot happening.
0:33.0	It's exciting stuff.
0:35.6	And I just adore her.
0:36.5	She was so fond.
0:37.4	Yeah, she was.
0:42.2	Also ex-professional tennis player, which is fascinating. We get into that and it's really, really interesting. I don't know professionals where I were, but college division one. Elite. Serious business. Please enjoy Hannah Berner.
0:48.7	This podcast is brought to you by Squarespace. I feel like Spring always does this thing where you realize you've been thinking about something
0:55.6	for a long time and suddenly it feels like, okay, maybe I actually do something with it.
1:00.9	Totally. It's less pressure, but more like readiness.
1:04.2	Yeah, like you've been sitting on an idea or a project or even just a perspective you care
1:08.0	about and now you're like, maybe this deserves to exist somewhere outside of my own head.
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