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The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Hannah Pilkes

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and actress Hannah Pilkes (Netflix's Leanne, HBO Max's Hacks) joins Andy Richter to discuss prioritizing whimsy, her experience as a child actress (and how a growth spurt threw a wrench in her plans), her new live show, “Skiing (That Time I Had a Mental Breakdown in LA),” and much more. Do you want to talk to Andy live on SiriusXM’s Conan O’Brien Radio? Tell us your favorite dinner party story (about anything!) or ask a question - leave a voicemail at 855-266-2604 or fill out our Google Form at BIT.LY/CALLANDYRICHTER.

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the three questions. I'm your host, Andy Richter, and today I am talking to the very funny Hannah Pilkis. You can see her in Leanne on Netflix, and she will be performing her show skiing that time I had a mental breakdown at the Elysian Theater this month. Here's my conversation with Hannah Pilkus.

0:33.5

Hey, everybody, welcome to the podcast.

0:36.8

I'm talking to Hannah Pilkis today.

0:38.0

It is Pilkis. It is.

0:38.6

And it's Dutch, right?

0:40.5

It's Dutch.

0:41.6

Nice.

0:41.8

Yeah, I speak a hell down and beck in Netherlands.

0:44.2

Do you speak a little bit?

0:45.2

Just a little bit.

0:45.9

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:46.9

It's such a, it's such a stray,

0:48.9

it's all like lugi inducing.

0:52.4

I always say my dad, even if he's being threatening, is so Muppity. He's like, you better not do stuff like that. And I'm like, oh, you are not asserting any dominance there. So he's Dutch. He's Dutch. Very Dutch. Yeah. And what brought him to the States? You know, he's very cagey about it. He won't tell.

1:13.0

He'll never tell. He grew up on a farm in Holland with seven siblings, a pig farm. And I think he just

1:19.7

wanted a different life experience. And he flipped a coin. And he was like, I'm either going to live in Santa Fe or New York City. And he chose New York City, got into real estate. Can you imagine? I mean, I'm like just his fate in the hands of a penny. Yeah. And also, it's like, it's like saying, I'm going to have French toast or clam chowder. Right. There's no, there's not even, I mean, they're going to live on a dock or in the Sahara. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, but he... And that's where I grew up in New York, but I think he just wanted a different adventure. And the irony is now I'm like, can I move to Holland? Get me the hell out of here. You know what? I have... Oh, you do. Oh, of course. Oh, that's so nice. That's so nice. Do you ever think, okay, great,

2:01.8

you move to New Zealand? What do you do? What's your job, if not this? I don't know.

2:08.2

Right. I don't know. I mean, like, my wife has dual citizenship. Oh, she's from here, but she

2:16.7

lived in the UK, and she's also like an incredibly organized

2:20.8

person.

2:21.2

So the minute she moved to the UK, she was like, how long do I have to live here to get a

2:26.0

dual citizenship?

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