Lena Dunham

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

The Ringer

Comedy

4.7 • 11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Lena Dunham knows you have to do a trick to get a treat. Amy hangs with the author and creator of 'Girls' and talks about the contact improv dance community at Oberlin College, whether or not she'd have a robot in her house, and what you need to know before adopting a pig. Host: Amy PoehlerGuests: Natalie Portman and Lena DunhamExecutive 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; social producer Bridget Geerlings; video editor Drew van Steenbergen; and booker Kat SpillaneOriginal music: Amy Miles Hilton. For the Stay. 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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0:34.7	Hello everyone.
0:35.7	Welcome to another episode of Good Hang.
0:40.1	We have Lena Dunham with us today. Lena,
0:48.1	actress, writer, producer, creator of girls, bestselling author of her memoir, FamSick. We are going to get into it with Lena. We are going to talk about Nora Ephron. We're going to talk about the productivity myth and how we're all suffering because of it.
0:57.3	We're going to talk about whether or not one should go on great British bakeoff.
1:01.5	Is it actually worth it?
1:03.1	We are going to get into so much good stuff today.
1:05.0	We had a great conversation.
1:06.2	And we always like to talk to somebody who knows our guest, who has a question for our guest,
1:10.1	and wants to speak well behind their back.
1:12.3	And we spoke to Natalie Portman.
1:15.3	Ah, classy actress.
1:17.4	Natalie, you know her from The Black Swan, from rapping on S&L, from a little indie called
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1:25.2	And she and Lean are working on a rom-com together.
1:28.2	So let's get Natalie on the horn.
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