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The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.63.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Singer, songwriter, and author Susanna Hoffs joins Andy Richter to discuss her work in the legendary pop rock band The Bangles, the recent release of her debut novel, growing up in 1960’s Hollywood, and much more.

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0:00.0

Hi everybody, it's Andy Richter. Once again, I'm coming to you with the podcast, the three

0:17.8

questions, as I like to say, one of the internet's top 7,000 podcasts. I'm speaking today with

0:26.6

somebody who has been giving us all a lot of joy for a while now. I mean, I want to say many

0:33.4

years because then it makes you sound old, you know, it's when I'm very sensitive to that now,

0:37.3

as I get on and years myself and people are like, I've watched you since I was a tiny child. It's

0:43.0

like, yes and now, and now, and now you're probably giving me jobs. I'm talking to Susanna Hobbs.

0:52.8

How are you? I'm good. I'm really doing well and I just listening to speak about

1:00.2

not wanting to talk about age and getting older and such. Weirdly, I'm obsessed with this

1:06.7

blurting out that I'm 64. Well, you're an amazing looking 64. So that's always helpful, you know,

1:14.2

I think it's good living. It's good living. It's good living. And I think it's, I feel lucky that

1:21.4

I've been able to do work that brings me happiness and joy. And I think I think there's that

1:27.9

plays a part in it, you know, that I get to be an artist of different in different ways.

1:33.0

Is there, do you have good genetics too for the aging? I think so. I do think. I mean,

1:39.4

my parents are pretty, pretty fantastic. My dad is 90 now and my mom is 88 and they're doing

1:46.6

quite well. So yeah, and then I think that helps. And your mom, your mom is a, is a film producer,

1:53.1

film director. So you had, you had a very good model growing up of, you know, a woman that has a

2:00.9

family, but also as an artist, you know, that's exactly right. A working artist. And then my dad's a

2:06.9

psychoanalyst. And so usually, usually psychoanalysts kids are nuts. I know, well, I am nuts, but it's a good

2:14.9

kind of nuts. And I feel like he, his whole spiel with us kids, my two brothers and me,

2:21.6

was like, everyone's crazy. Yeah, everyone's crazy. So like, I was like, oh, permission. I mean,

2:27.9

I'm sure that affected why I was like, ooh, I'm going to be crazy after I graduated college.

2:33.8

I'm going to start a rock band. Yeah, yeah. And then I, like, because that's kind of my, I've always,

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