Women in comedy

Subject in Comedy

Women in comedy has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Good Hang with Amy Poehler. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Amy PoehlerAmerican actress, comedian and podcast host, formerly of Saturday Night Live

  • Poehler argues that young women's entry into comedy in the late 1980s and 1990s was fraught in ways men did not face.

    “young women, especially in the late 80s and 90s, their way into comedy, like how you get in was really fraught in a way that men just did not have to worry about”

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Mindy Kaling (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 18:29

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • Mindy Kaling

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Jun 30, 2026 · 1 h 2 min

    Amy Poehler talks with Mindy Kaling about her path from Dartmouth improv and Matt & Ben to The Office, The Mindy Project, and Not Suitable for Work.