496 episodes

After 25 years at the Late Night desk, Conan realized that the only people at his holiday party are the men and women who work for him. Over the years and despite thousands of interviews, Conan has never made a real and lasting friendship with any of his celebrity guests. So, he started a podcast to do just that. Deeper, unboundedly playful, and free from FCC regulations, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend is a weekly opportunity for Conan to hang out with the people he enjoys most and perhaps find some real friendship along the way.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend Team Coco

    • Comedy
    • 4.9 • 317 Ratings

After 25 years at the Late Night desk, Conan realized that the only people at his holiday party are the men and women who work for him. Over the years and despite thousands of interviews, Conan has never made a real and lasting friendship with any of his celebrity guests. So, he started a podcast to do just that. Deeper, unboundedly playful, and free from FCC regulations, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend is a weekly opportunity for Conan to hang out with the people he enjoys most and perhaps find some real friendship along the way.

    David Oyelowo

    David Oyelowo

    Actor, director, and producer David Oyelowo feels winningest about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

    David sits down with Conan to discuss playing Coriolanus at the National Theatre in London, attending boarding school in Nigeria, and serving up something authentic with his new series Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Later, Conan confronts his very own personal Rosebud.

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    Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Unleash the Kraken

    Unleash the Kraken

    Conan talks to Ben from Seattle about building and playing pipe organs and performing at Kraken games.



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    • 22 min
    Ron Howard

    Ron Howard

    Filmmaker Ron Howard feels frankly indifferent about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.



    Ron sits down with Conan to discuss his improbable career from The Andy Griffith Show to Happy Days to Arrested Development, sharing Muppets creator Jim Henson’s story in his new documentary Jim Henson Idea Man, and much more.



    For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com.

    Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Lani with an Ā

    Lani with an Ā

    Conan talks to Lani in Nashville about working as a tour manager and how he would convince a child not to fear him.



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    • 27 min
    Chris Robinson

    Chris Robinson

    Musician Chris Robinson feels confused about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

    Chris sits down with Conan to discuss skyrocketing to fame in his early 20s with The Black Crowes, working artistically with his brother Rich Robinson, turning the unreal real through music, and his newest album "Happiness Bastards." Plus, Conan receives some custom posters of his very own inspirational quotes.



    For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com.

    Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Weekend at Conan's

    Weekend at Conan's

    Conan talks to retired clown Michael Jay from Kitty Hawk, NC about benevolent clowning, working as a death doula, and what kind of classic clown Conan would be.



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    • 25 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
317 Ratings

317 Ratings

for sure a real person ,

Is this podcast the best thing ever, or is it the SSRI

It’s 1:30am where I am in the world, and I can’t stop smiling—not sure if it’s the antidepressants hitting or how lovely you all are to listen to. P.S. Hope y’all visit the Philippines one day for the HBO show, maybe we can get to the bottom of this.

Isabel Ddlx ,

Conan’s eerily quiet about the genocide that’s happening

Weird but a little disappointing. His Palestine video was also privated. Anyway he’s just a comedian amirite

Martianinlove ,

Humanizing a dictator’s wife and a murderer was not in my bingo card for the podcast this week :((

David seems lovely but the conversation genuinely felt like hearing people talk about how “quirky and eccentric” Stalin was. Completely disregarding that Imelda Marcos used taxpayer money to fund her and her family’s opulent lifestyle while thousands of Filipinos died of poverty or were murdered at their behest.

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