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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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300 episodes · Explicit

Hi, I’m Dax Shepard, and I love talking to people. I am endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human, and I find people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles and shortcomings to be incredibly sexy. I invite you to join me as I explore other people’s stories. We will celebrate, above all, the challenges and setbacks that ultimately lead to growth and betterment. What qualifies me for such an endeavor? More than a decade of sobriety, a degree in Anthropology and four years of improv training. I will attempt to discover human “truths” without any laboratory work, clinical trials or data collection. I will be, in the great tradition of 16th-century scientists, an Armchair Expert.

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  1. Mom's Car: Guy Stevenson

    · 57 min · Episode 10016 · Explicit

    On this week’s episode of Mom’s Car we welcome Guy Stevenson (MADtv, Reno 911!, Punk’d). Guy, Dax, and Best Friend Aaron Weakley talk through competing for alpha status at the Groundlings, Dax’s decades-long boxing…

  2. Nobody Wants This

    · 2 h 08 min · Episode 1119 · Explicit

    Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe, and Timothy Simons are actors on the series Nobody Wants This. The cast joins the Armchair Expert for Nobody Wants This Week to discuss Kristen’s first press appearance on TRL,…

  3. Armchair Anonymous: News II

    · 42 min · Episode 1118 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they made the news. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  4. Malcolm Gladwell #4

    · 2 h 04 min · Episode 1117 · Explicit

    Malcolm Gladwell (The American Way of Killing, Outliers, Revisionist History) is a bestselling author, journalist, and podcast host. Malcolm returns to Armchair Expert to discuss growing up among Canadian pacifists,…

  5. Mom's Car: Liz Plank

    · 50 min · Episode 10015 · Explicit

    On this week’s episode of Mom’s Car we welcome Liz Plank (journalist, author of For the Love of Men, and host of Boy Problems). Liz, Dax, and Best Friend Aaron Weakley talk through the stakes of soft launching a…

  6. Colin Kaepernick

    · 1 h 56 min · Episode 1116 · Explicit

    Colin Kaepernick (The Perilous Fight, Colin in Black & White, I Color Myself Different) is a former NFL quarterback, author, and civil rights activist. Colin joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up Black in a white…

  7. Armchair Anonymous: Study Abroad

    · 51 min · Episode 1115 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy study abroad story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  8. Ashe

    · 2 h 11 min · Episode 1114 · Explicit

    Ashe (The Girl of Your Dreams, Moral of the Story, The Dream) is a singer and songwriter. Ashe joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up with a bipolar father, becoming the responsible younger sibling, and…

  9. Mom's Car: Jedidiah Jenkins

    · 1 h 02 min · Episode 10014 · Explicit

    On this week’s episode of Mom’s Car we welcome Jedidiah Jenkins (Go Quiet on the Mountain, Mother, Nature, To Shake the Sleeping Self). Jedidiah, Dax, and Best Friend Aaron Weakley talk through texting punchlines to…

  10. James McAvoy

    · 2 h 03 min · Episode 1113 · Explicit

    James McAvoy (California Schemin’, Atonement, X-Men) is an award-winning actor and director. James joins the Armchair Expert to discuss running wild in Glasgow’s council estates, considering the priesthood to see the…

  11. Armchair Anonymous: Nurses III

    · 51 min · Episode 1112 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us their craziest nurse stories. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  12. Adam Grant #4 (on the secrets of strong connections)

    · 2 h 39 min · Episode 1111 · Explicit

    Adam Grant (Vibe, Hidden Potential, and Think Again) is an organizational psychologist, Wharton professor, and author. Adam joins Armchair Expert to discuss being pushed out of his childhood friend group, feeling like…

  13. Mom's Car: Dakota Fanning & Jake Johnson

    · 54 min · Episode 10013 · Explicit

    On this week’s episode of Mom’s Car we welcome Dakota Fanning (The Sun Never Sets, Ripley, Man on Fire) and Jake Johnson (The Sun Never Sets, New Girl, The Dink). Dakota, Jake, Dax, and Best Friend Aaron Weakley talk…

  14. Guillermo del Toro

    · 2 h 15 min · Episode 1110 · Explicit

    Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Frankenstein, The Shape of Water) is an Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter, and producer. Guillermo joins Armchair Expert to discuss his dad winning the lottery twice,…

  15. Armchair Anonymous: Dinner Party

    · 54 min · Episode 1109 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy dinner party. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  16. Jared Diamond Returns (on the science of leadership)

    · 1 h 55 min · Episode 1108 · Explicit

    Jared Diamond (Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings, The World Until Yesterday, and Guns, Germs, and Steel) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist, historian, and UCLA professor. Jared joins Armchair Expert to discuss…

  17. Leanne Morgan

    · 2 h 20 min · Episode 1107 · Explicit

    Leanne Morgan (Leanne, You’re Cordially Invited, I’m Every Woman) is a comedian, actor, and author. Leanne joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in a 600-person Tennessee town, leaving her first marriage, and…

  18. Armchair Anonymous: Bad Customer

    · 54 min · Episode 1106 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about an experience with a bad customer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  19. Ben Lamm (on de-extinction)

    · 2 h 04 min · Episode 1105 · Explicit

    Ben Lamm, co-founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences, serial technology entrepreneur, and pioneer in de-extinction. Ben joins Armchair Expert to discuss being raised by his mom and grandparents in Texas, starting his…

  20. Joey King Returns

    · 2 h 09 min · Episode 1104 · Explicit

    Joey King (Practical Magic 2, The Act, The Kissing Booth) is an Emmy-nominated actor and producer. Joey returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss starting work at nine years old, her dad’s past as a professional arm…

  21. Armchair Anonymous: Crazy Gym II

    · 47 min · Episode 1103 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us their crazy gym stories. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  22. Eric Goode (documentary filmmaker)

    · 1 h 49 min · Episode 1102 · Explicit

    Eric Goode (Monsters of God, Chimp Crazy, Tiger King) is a filmmaker, hotelier, and conservationist. Eric joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in an animal-filled home, surviving Northern California’s New Age…

  23. Dave Franco Returns

    · 2 h 00 min · Episode 1101 · Explicit

    Dave Franco (Idiots, The Studio, Together) is an actor, writer, and director. Dave returns to Armchair Expert to discuss growing up as the youngest of three brothers, being a hopeless romantic from childhood, and…

  24. Armchair Anonymous: Bad Teacher

    · 49 min · Episode 1100 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a bad teacher. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  25. Angela Duckworth #3 (on bringing out your best)

    · 2 h 02 min · Episode 1099 · Explicit

    Angela Duckworth (Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best, Grit) is a psychologist, MacArthur Fellow, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela returns to the Armchair Expert to…

  26. Lizzo

    · 2 h 32 min · Episode 1098 · Explicit

    Lizzo (Lil Lizzo Meets Sasha B. Flootin', Cuz I Love You, Special) is a Grammy and Emmy Award-winning musician and performer. Lizzo joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in a Detroit church where her uncle…

  27. Armchair Anonymous: Summer Fling

    · 50 min · Episode 1097 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a summer fling. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  28. Ray Madoff (on how billionaires avoid taxes & threaten capitalism)

    · 2 h 26 min · Episode 1096 · Explicit

    Ray Madoff (The Second Estate, Immortality and the Law, Practical Guide to Estate Planning) is a Boston College law professor, author, and tax-policy expert. Ray joins Armchair Expert to discuss being a proudly…

  29. Gal Gadot

    · 1 h 59 min · Episode 1095 · Explicit

    Gal Gadot (The Runner, Wonder Woman, Fast & Furious) is an actor, action star, and former pageant winner. Gal joins Armchair Expert to discuss unexpectedly winning a beauty pageant, being thrust onto the front page of…

  30. Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card XIV

    · 41 min · Episode 1094 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  31. Olivia Fox Cabane (on the science of charisma)

    · 2 h 08 min · Episode 1093 · Explicit

    Olivia Fox Cabane (The Charisma Myth, The Net and the Butterfly) is a bestselling author, speaker, and leading authority on the science of charisma. Olivia joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in Paris without…

  32. Jimmy Kimmel & Molly McNearney

    · 2 h 06 min · Episode 1092 · Explicit

    Jimmy Kimmel is an Emmy-winning host, comedian, and producer. Molly McNearney is an Emmy-winning writer, producer, and actor. Jimmy and Molly join Armchair Expert to discuss how working together strengthened their…

  33. Armchair Anonymous: Spas

    · 44 min · Episode 1091 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy spa story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  34. Chris Young (on being sentenced to life in prison)

    · 2 h 14 min · Episode 1090 · Explicit

    Chris Young (The Wound Is Where the Light Enters, Coherence Consulting) is an author, consultant, and public speaker. Chris joins Armchair Expert to discuss watching addiction consume his mother, spending two years…

  35. David Sedaris #6

    · 2 h 30 min · Episode 1089 · Explicit

    David Sedaris (The Land and Its People, Happy-Go-Lucky, Calypso) is a bestselling author, humorist, and celebrated storyteller. David joins Armchair Expert to discuss discovering his name in the Epstein files, crossing…

  36. Armchair Anonymous: Extreme Weather

    · 54 min · Episode 1088 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy extreme weather story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  37. Marc Brackett (on emotional intelligence)

    · 2 h 10 min · Episode 1087 · Explicit

    Marc Brackett (Dealing with Feeling, Permission to Feel, RULER) is a psychologist, professor, and founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Marc joins Armchair Expert to discuss the childhood…

  38. Taron Egerton

    · 1 h 54 min · Episode 1086 · Explicit

    Taron Egerton (Apex, Rocketman, Kingsman) is a Golden Globe-winning actor and singer. Taron joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in a Welsh village with a 59-letter name, being raised by a single mother, and…

  39. Armchair Anonymous: Hotel II

    · 48 min · Episode 1085 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy hotel story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  40. Christopher Whitcomb (on the Idaho murders)

    · 2 h 28 min · Episode 1084 · Explicit

    Christopher Whitcomb (Broken Plea, Cold Zero, and Black) is a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team sniper, bestselling author, and national security analyst. Christopher joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in rural…

  41. Scott Eastwood

    · 1 h 54 min · Episode 1083 · Explicit

    Scott Eastwood (Lucky Strike, Fury, Fast X) is an actor, producer, and entrepreneur. Scott joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up between Carmel-by-the-Sea and Hawaii, getting expelled after raiding a pot farm,…

  42. Armchair Anonymous: Home Intruder

    · 50 min · Episode 1082 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy home intruder story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  43. Eva Benefield (on surviving the Black Swan Murder)

    · 2 h 06 min · Episode 1081 · Explicit

    Eva Benefield (Ghost Girl: Surviving the Black Swan Murder) is a writer, entrepreneur, and founder of Ghost Cowboy. Eva joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in the Charleston Lowcountry, finding her mother dead…

  44. Alan Ritchson

    · 1 h 50 min · Episode 1080 · Explicit

    Alan Ritchson (War Machine, Reacher, and Motor City) is an actor. Alan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in a military family, the surprising path from ballet to action movies, and unpacking newly…

  45. Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card XIII

    · 38 min · Episode 1079 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  46. Tommy Lee

    · 1 h 50 min · Episode 1078 · Explicit

    Tommy Lee (Tommyland Rides Again, The Dirt, Shout at the Devil) is the co-founder of Mötley Crüe, a legendary drummer, and rock icon. Tommy joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up between Greece and California,…

  47. Geena Davis

    · 2 h 05 min · Episode 1077 · Explicit

    Geena Davis (The Boroughs, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own) is an Academy Award-winning actor and advocate. Geena joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up shy and tall in a strict New England household,…

  48. Armchair Anonymous: Stalking III

    · 53 min · Episode 1076 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy stalking story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

  49. Grant Achatz (award-winning chef)

    · 1 h 47 min · Episode 1075 · Explicit

    Grant Achatz (Alinea, Next, The Aviary) is an award-winning chef, restaurateur, and culinary innovator. Grant joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in small-town Michigan working in his family's diner, rebuilding…

  50. Jackie Tohn Returns

    · 2 h 01 min · Episode 1074 · Explicit

    Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This, The Boys, GLOW) is an actress, comedian, and musician. Jackie joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up on Long Island with two gym-teacher parents, discovering her BRCA mutation after…

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