Aziz Ansari

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

The Ringer

Comedy

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Aziz Ansari is still using his flip phone, even if he gets lost sometimes. Amy hangs with her former 'Parks and Rec' costar and talks about skipping the first grade, being the first person cast on 'Parks,' and making chicken 65 for Rashida Jones.Host: Amy PoehlerGuests: Rashida Jones and Aziz AnsariExecutive 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, Belle Roman, and Aleya Zenieris; lighting director Caroline Jannace; audio producer Kaya McMullen; video editor Drew van Steenbergen; and booker Kat SpillaneOriginal Music: Amy MilesPalmolive removes up to 2.5X the grease**vs. leading brand non-concentrated formulaOrder Sephora on Uber Eats today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Imagine a delicious patty nestled between two buns with cheese and ketchup. It's not a burger. That patty is actually sausage, which makes this a sandwich. A breakfast sausage sandwich, the new 199 sausage sandwich from McDonald's. Made with RSPCA at short pork. Until 11am. Price and participation may vary. Up charges and fees apply to delivery. Subjects of availability. Hello, everyone. Welcome to this episode of Goodhang. I'm very excited about my guest today. It is Aziz Ansari. So great to have Aziz here in the studio to talk about the past, the present, and the future. And we're going to talk about a lot of stuff today. We're going to talk about the fact that he skipped first grade because everyone thought he was so smart. We're going to talk about the fact that he skipped first grade because everyone
0:38.2	thought he was so smart. We're going to talk about him growing up as an Indian boy in the south.
0:43.6	We're going to talk about Parks and Rec, of course, and all our memories there. And we're going
0:49.5	to talk about his cinematic directing debut, Good Fortune. Lots to get into. But before we do that,
0:56.2	we want to speak to somebody who knows our guest, who has great feelings and things to say about
1:02.1	our guest and who has a question for me to ask our guest. And we just have my wife, my beautiful,
1:08.2	beautiful wife, Rashida Jones joining us today. Rashida, I miss you.
1:12.4	I love you.
1:13.8	Let's get going.
1:14.7	Can you hear me?
1:16.0	Rashida, can you hear me?
1:18.8	Uh-oh, she can't.
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2:02.6	This is a disaster
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