Amy Poehler Offers Hilarious Relationship Advice on New Podcast 'Say More with Dr? Sheila' (Exclusive)

The 'Parks and Recreation' actress' Paper Kite Productions partnered with Liz Cackowski and Audacy to release 'Say More with Dr? Sheila'

Amy Poehler is taking her talents to the podcast world.

The 52-year-old Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actress' Paper Kite Productions has partnered with longtime friend Liz Cackowski and Audacy to release a scripted podcast series, Say More with Dr? Sheila.

In Say More, which lands Sept. 21 and will release new episodes weekly through Nov. 16, Poehler stars as “world-class therapist and life coach” Dr? Sheila, who offers questionable couples advice and counsel on all things relationships.

“Podcasts are a big part of my life and we wanted to do an homage to all the kinds of different podcasts we listen to,” Poehler tells PEOPLE exclusively. “If you looked at my phone right now, you'd find health and wellness, and therapy and comedy and interviews and how-tos and true crime and all that stuff… so it came out of just a good old-fashioned spirit of ‘can we get together, be creative, improvise with our friends and make something funny?’”

When choosing the specific topic of the podcast, Poehler knew she wanted something “fun and juicy.” “This particular world of therapy, especially couples therapy, is a really fun theme for improvising because you have your person in charge, your character, your therapist. In this case, it's Dr? with a question mark, Sheila, who is there to give unqualified advice. And then you get to have two performers come on with a problem or a story or ways they can interact. So just the structure of it is so fun.”

Cackowski was excited when asked to be the executive producer of the podcast. “Amy and I have been friends since the early 2000s. We met at SNL and we both come from the Chicago Improv background,” the 45-year-old comedy writer and actress tells PEOPLE. “I just love working with her so much because I get to work with a good friend and we make each other laugh a lot… so I was just very lit up by her idea to get into podcasts and make some parodies together.”

Poehler says "the coolest thing about a podcast is it's a really intimate medium." "You're often feeling like the person is talking to you and it feels very personal,” the Mean Girls actress adds. "So I just think it's a really fun landscape and expands your options and opportunities for being funny.”

She's also quick to stress that while playing Dr? Sheila was "really fun," the character is a "comedic version" of a doctor. "Unfortunately, as much as I would like to think that I am a licensed therapist, I'm so deeply not," says Poehler.

On the podcast, Poehler gets to improvise alongside guest stars, including the likes of Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey and Ike Barinholtz. “It's just the best because they're such pros,” the Parks and Recreation star says. “I mean, Liz and I are so lucky. We count ourselves friends with the funniest people around. It's a dream to get to work with all of our friends… because we were working with such talents, everything just felt super fun and easy.” Cackowski adds, “It really felt like little mini-reunions every time we got together with people.”

Poehler is hopeful the podcast will bring laughter and enjoyment to those listening. “I feel like there's just so much real-time processing of the world and its heavy events, and there's so much space and room and need for good hard laughs,” the actress says. “We kind of hope that it becomes part of people's days, that they want to check in and see who showed up and what everybody's talking about. And maybe every once in a while, just by luck, Dr? Sheila says something that resonates with them."

Say More with Dr? Sheila is available Thursday on the Audacy app and everywhere podcasts are available.

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