Paula Poundstone Returns

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Comedian Paula Poundstone joins Andy Richter to discuss why she named one of her cats after a late-night television host, getting her start at open-mic nights, why she hates driving across town, 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!) - leave a voicemail at 855-266-2604 or fill out our Google Form at BIT.LY/CALLANDYRICHTER. Listen to "The Andy Richter Call-In Show" every Wednesday at 1pm Pacific on SiriusXM's Conan O'Brien Channel.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the three questions. I'm your host, Andy Richter, and today I am talking to my pal,
0:05.5	Paula Poundstone. I love talking to her. She's a prolific comedian. She's the host of nobody
0:10.8	listens to Paula Poundstone, and you can frequently hear her on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR Game
0:16.9	Show. You can also find her tour dates at Paula Poundstone.com. Here's my meandering,
0:23.7	wonderful conversation with Paula Poundstone.
0:41.0	This country's fucking crazy, Paul.
0:42.3	That's why I brought you in here.
0:43.0	Thank you.
0:44.0	I brought you in here. Just the person to calm you down.
0:45.5	And I also brought you in here, too, because I know how much you hate leaving your neighborhood.
0:50.3	Oh, my God.
0:51.4	To bring you over to this side of town, I know infuriates you.
0:55.8	It know it's traumatic.
0:56.9	I did leave really early and the route.
1:02.4	And in fairness, I can't do anything by myself.
1:04.7	I have to use that goddamn GPS.
1:06.6	You drove yourself, though.
1:07.6	Yeah, yeah.
1:08.0	Okay.
1:08.5	But it was very much like going to that place where we
1:12.5	last yeah yeah that's why i say because we did a show we did oh that place is not even john lovett
1:17.6	show yeah dynasty typewriter in korea it's just probably because it's korea town that's very
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