Ezra Koenig

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.8 • 57.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Musician and Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig feels cautiously optimistic about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Ezra sits down with Conan to discuss producing Vampire Weekend’s first album while teaching full time, looking to artists like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen for inspiration, how everything changed in the era between Napster and Spotify, and which of his albums contain the most psychoactive compounds. Later, Conan continues the investigation into his grandmother’s namesake. For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Ezra Kaneg and I feel
0:08.0	cautiously optimistic about being Conan O'Brien's friend.
0:11.0	I think that's wise. Follie's here, hear the yell, back to school, ring the bell, brand new shoes, walking blues,
0:22.0	climb the fence, books and pens. I can tell that we are going to
0:26.8	be friends. Yes, I can tell that we are going to be friends.
0:33.9	Hey there, welcome to Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend.
0:36.5	Fine program today, Matt Gorley joining us.
0:38.7	Hi.
0:39.4	Good to see you.
0:40.2	And Sonamosessian, and a happy birthday to you.
0:43.6	Oh, thank you.
0:44.4	You had your birthday yesterday?
0:46.1	Yesterday.
0:46.9	Yeah, but, you know, I celebrate all month, but that's okay.
0:49.6	Yeah, what's that all about?
0:50.7	I just, I like it.
0:52.1	Yeah. I also get confused by your Christmas
0:55.1	celebrations because you celebrate real Christmas but also Armenian Christmas.
0:59.1	Ours is fake Christmas.
1:02.8	What I just said, and I wasn't even trying to be funny,
1:05.9	was very offensive.
1:07.0	It was.
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