Why Podcasts Like Good Hang with Amy Poehler Feel Like Home

Good Hang, great conversation

There’s a reason Good Hang with Amy Poehler feels like slipping into your favorite hoodie. It’s not just the comfy set or the familiar voice, it’s the intention. You’re not being taught or sold or inspired-to-be-better. You’re just hanging out. And sometimes, that’s where the real stuff shows up.

In an age of hustle podcasts, Good Hang is a reset. Amy Poehler opens a soft space for stories, laughter, and occasional vulnerability, without the weight of trying to make meaning out of everything. It’s easy, funny, and sneakily deep.

That spirit of curiosity-without-pressure? That’s what makes shows like Good Hang resonate. And if that kind of vibe is your thing, let me introduce you to a few others you might love too.

If you like Good Hang, try these too

So Many Questions… with Kendall Guillemette

This one’s ours and it’s built from the same cloth. So Many Questions… is an interview-style podcast where we skip the bios and dig into the stories that don’t usually make it onto LinkedIn. It’s about identity, change, joy, awkward memories, grief, and growth. Sometimes funny, sometimes quiet, always real.

Kendall Guillemette invites guests into unguarded, intimate conversation. Not to fix them, but to see them. If Good Hang is about relaxing into the moment, So Many Questions… is about following curiosity into who we really are.

Great for fans of: Armchair Expert, On Being, Good Hang, and long walks that make you cry a little and laugh a lot.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

A spiritual cousin to Good Hang, Dax blends openness, curiosity, and silliness to explore what makes people tick. The celebrity interviews on Armchair Expert often pivot into unexpected philosophical corners, with co-host Monica Padman keeping things grounded and warm.

On Being with Krista Tippett

If you like Good Hang but want to get a little quieter and more spiritual, On Being explores life’s big questions through conversation. It’s more reflective than comedic, but it shares the same generosity of tone.

Everything is Alive

Every episode features an interview with a fictional inanimate object, voiced by an improviser. Sounds weird, and it is, but it’s also unexpectedly moving. Like Good Hang, it’s play with depth hiding underneath.

You're Wrong About

Hosted by journalists who revisit misunderstood people and events (e.g. Yoko Ono, the Challenger explosion, teenage girls), it shares Good Hang’s mix of casual tone and surprising insight. A blend of humor, empathy, and reexamination.

Why this kind of podcast works

Not every podcast needs to teach you something. Some are about being with people, not interviewing them. About sitting in the murky middle of a conversation, where things get a little awkward, or funny, or meaningful, or all three at once.

Podcasts like Good Hang and So Many Questions… remind us that the best conversations don’t always start with “What do you do?” Sometimes they start with “What made you laugh this week?” or “What keeps you grounded?” or “What don’t people know about you?”

And sometimes, the best answer is, “I don’t know. Let’s talk about it.”