Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend

February 5, 2023

Comedian and actress Sarah Silverman feels ambivalent about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

February 1, 2023

Conan talks to Anna in Bangkok about how to get her mom to stop yelling across the house, the most popular names in Thailand, and what it would be like to bring Conan to a ping pong show.

January 29, 2023

Comedian Vir Das feels unique about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

January 25, 2023

Conan chats with Simon from Slovenia about his favorite specialty coffee shop and its unusual location.

January 22, 2023

Timothy Olyphant feels splendiferous about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Timothy and Conan sit down once more to discuss their unique friendship, being shot at in New Orleans while filming Justified: City Primeval, and a possible new talk show featuring the two of them.

January 18, 2023

Conan talks to Allan in Missouri about working as a crime scene investigator, surprising scenes she’s investigated, and which of Conan’s team would make the most skilled investigator.

January 15, 2023

Actor, writer, and comedian Ramy Youssef feels the inevitability of God coming into our lives about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

January 11, 2023

Conan chats with Carles about working as a video game designer and what drag persona Conan would create for himself.

January 8, 2023

Actor Bryan Cranston feels stimulated about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

January 4, 2023

Conan speaks with Jill from Vulcan, Alberta about growing wetland plants in a commercial greenhouse, fainting goats, and what Conan would name a wetland species of his own discovering.

January 1, 2023

Actor Penn Badgley feels the dull echo of imposter syndrome about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

December 28, 2022

Conan talks to David from New Rochelle, NY about being a congregational rabbi and what a clergy team meeting with Conan and the chums would look like.

December 25, 2022

Actor and comedian Ed Helms feels humbled about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Ed sits down with Conan to chat about the real-life Andy Bernard, learning the banjo, and exploring history’s greatest screwups with his podcast SNAFU. Plus, Conan and his team read a review of the podcast written by an AI.

December 21, 2022

In this special episode of Conan O’Brien IS a Fan, Conan sits down with Ashley Flowers of the podcast Crime Junkie to discuss what got her into true crime, why LA is the place to be for the genre, and her novel All Good People Here.

December 18, 2022

Former First Lady Michelle Obama feels less cautious about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Michelle returns to sit down with Conan once more to discuss her new book The Light We Carry, developing tools to deal with anxiety, the importance of working with one’s hands, and preparing for the empty nest.