Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Snapshot · Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Mindy Kaling

Explore episode Jun 30, 2026

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Body Image, Amy and Tina's Kindness, and How Women Talk to Each Other

At 50:42 · chapter starts 49:20

This passage is unexpectedly tender. Mindy recalls meeting Amy and Tina for the first time during her SNL guest stint and blurting out that she wanted to lose 30 pounds. Both women pushed back — not dismissively, not with 'I eat whatever I want,' but with real acknowledgment. Mindy says she was happy for three weeks after. Amy reflects that this is simply how women talk to each other: it's one of the intimacy currencies of female friendship, a way of saying hello. Both note the culture has shifted significantly around body talk — but also that the pressure hasn't gone away, even as the vocabulary for discussing it changes. Amy closes the thread by noting one of her own podcast rules: she tries not to talk about people's bodies because they're nobody else's business.

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