“I am the people’s comedian. It took all of us to get me here. Growing up poor, they tell you things like, money doesn’t make happiness—let me see for myself! Now that I have a little, I’m enjoying a lot more than when I didn’t. They don’t want you to think it is because they’re afraid you’re coming for theirs. And by the way, I am. I’m right up behind you, bitch.”
-Robby Hoffman, episode 440 of Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
We’re closing out 2025 with the person who made us laugh the most this year: comedian Robby Hoffman.
At the top, we unpack the joys of her new Netflix special Wake Up (4:00), her views on Sunday football (9:00), and the state of masculinity (15:00). Then, Robby walks us through her Orthodox upbringing (19:00), leaving America for Canada (21:00), and how she started to find herself in high school (32:00).
On the back-half, we talk her first night doing stand-up (39:00), some candid thoughts on her community (47:00), how she landed her break writing for The Chris Gethard Show (51:40), the conditions she fought to improve during the WGA strikes (53:00), a tribute to the late Rob Reiner (1:07:30), and the systemic change she wants to see in 2026 (1:10:00).
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Show-notes:
- Watch Robby’s new comedy special Wake Up on Netflix.
- Find her tour dates on her website.
- Follow her on Instagram.
- Listen to her podcast, Too Far with Robby Hoffman.
- See her in Hacks, Dying for Sex, and Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney.
- Watch her first special, Robby Hoffman: I’m Nervous.
- For more talks, hear Seth Meyers, Ramy Youssef, and Abbi Jacobson.
- Order your Talk Easy mug in cream and navy or our vinyl record with Fran Lebowitz.
Illustrations by Krishna Shenoi. Reference photograph by Simran Malik.
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