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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. Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card XII

    · 50 min · Episode 1028 · 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.

  2. David Sussillo (on foster care and neuroscience)

    · 1 h 52 min · Episode 1027 · Explicit

    David Sussillo (Emergence: A Memoir of Boyhood, Computation, and the Mysteries of Mind) is a technologist, neuroscientist, and professor at Stanford University. David joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up…

  3. Nate Bargatze

    · 1 h 57 min · Episode 1026 · Explicit

    Nate Bargatze (The Breadwinner, Hello World, Your Friend) is a standup comedian, writer, and actor. Nate joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up with a father who was a…

  4. Armchair Anonymous: Funny Pregnancy

    · 46 min · Episode 1025 · Explicit

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

  5. Kathryn Paige Harden (behavioral geneticist)

    · 2 h 12 min · Episode 1024 · Explicit

    Kathryn Paige Harden (Original Sin On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness) is a psychologist, professor, and behavioral geneticist. Kathryn joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why…

  6. Zach Braff Returns

    · 2 h 09 min · Episode 1023 · Explicit

    Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State, Bad Monkey) is an actor, writer, and director. Zach joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his storied doppelgänger switcheroo, coming up with a special camera rig to shoot the game play…

  7. Armchair Anonymous: Remodeling Disaster

    · 45 min · Episode 1022 · Explicit

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

  8. Amir Levine (on attachment theory)

    · 2 h 02 min · Episode 1021 · Explicit

    Amir Levine (Secure: The Revolutionary Guide to Creating a Secure Life, Attached) is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author. Amir joins the Armchair Expert to discuss dispelling myths and misconceptions about…

  9. Amanda Peet Returns

    · 2 h 18 min · Episode 1020 · Explicit

    Amanda Peet (Fantasy Life, Your Friends & Neighbors, The Whole Nine Yards) is an actor, writer, and producer. Amanda joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being a serial monogamist during her dating years, what relation…

  10. Armchair Anonymous: First Responder II

    · 49 min · Episode 1019 · Explicit

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

  11. Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)

    · 1 h 33 min · Episode 1018 · Explicit

    Sasha Hamdani (Too Sensitive: Rejection, Resilience, and the Science of Feeling Deeply) is a board-certified psychiatrist and ADHD clinical specialist. Sasha joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the classroom…

  12. Marcus Mumford

    · 1 h 51 min · Episode 1017 · Explicit

    Marcus Mumford (Prizefighter, Sigh No More, Wilder Mind) is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, singer, and producer. Marcus joins the Armchair Expert to discuss enjoying occupying the liminal space between his kids and…

  13. Armchair Anonymous: Las Vegas

    · 50 min · Episode 1016 · Explicit

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

  14. Adam Mosseri Returns (Head of Instagram)

    · 1 h 45 min · Episode 1015 · Explicit

    Adam Mosseri (Instagram, Facebook, Fortune’s 40 Under 40) is the CEO/Head of Instagram at Meta. Adam joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being the suit in a family of artists and designers, how we build up emotional…

  15. Sterling K. Brown

    · 2 h 02 min · Episode 1014 · Explicit

    Sterling K. Brown (Paradise, The People v. O.J. Simpson, This Is Us) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor. Sterling joins the Armchair Expert to discuss learning from his father not to allow what he does for…

  16. Armchair Anonymous: Unique Kink

    · 39 min · Episode 1013 · Explicit

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

  17. Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

    · 2 h 02 min · Episode 1012 · Explicit

    Colleen Cutcliffe (Pendulum Therapeutics) is a doctor of biochemistry and microbiology and CEO and co-founder of Pendulum Therapeutics. Colleen joins the Armchair Expert to discuss starting a microbiome supplement…

  18. Charlie Puth

    · 1 h 57 min · Episode 1011 · Explicit

    Charlie Puth (Whatever’s Clever, Voicenotes, Nine Track Mind) is a Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning songwriter, recording artist, and producer. Charlie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his opinion that standup…

  19. Armchair Anonymous: Meet Cute III

    · 46 min · Episode 1010 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a meet cute. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to…

  20. Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)

    · 2 h 21 min · Episode 1009 · Explicit

    Justin Garcia (The Intimate Animal: The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love) is an evolutionary biologist, researcher on sex and relationships, and Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute.…

  21. Kaley Cuoco Returns

    · 1 h 39 min · Episode 1008 · Explicit

    Kaley Cuoco (Vanished, The Big Bang Theory, The Flight Attendant) is an actor and producer. Kaley returns to discuss whether she’s on the slippery slope to getting a tiger, her recent obsession with near-death…

  22. Armchair Anonymous: Cooking Disaster II

    · 48 min · Episode 1007 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a cooking disaster. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen…

  23. Claudia Rowe (on the foster care system)

    · 2 h 10 min · Episode 1006 · Explicit

    Claudia Rowe (Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care) is a decorated journalist, advocate, and author. Claudia joins the Armchair Expert to discuss making the shift from using long-form journalism…

  24. Anderson .Paak

    · 2 h 07 min · Episode 1005 · Explicit

    Anderson .Paak (K-Pops!, Oxnard, Malibu) is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, music producer, and filmmaker. Anderson joins the Armchair Expert to discuss people discovering him through his wide-ranging…

  25. Armchair Anonymous: Foreign Object in Butt II

    · 43 min · Episode 1004 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy story about finding a foreign object in a patient's butt. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your…

  26. Ellen Huet (on wellness cults)

    · 1 h 56 min · Episode 1003 · Explicit

    Ellen Huet (Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult) is a journalist, startup founder, and author. Ellen joins the Armchair Expert to discuss must-haves versus most-haves in terms of cult…

  27. Marcello Hernández

    · 1 h 54 min · Episode 1002 · Explicit

    Marcello Hernández (American Boy, SNL, Happy Gilmore 2) is a stand-up comedian, sketch performer, and actor. Marcello joins the Armchair Expert to discuss unsponsored gift selections from Marshalls, why Dominican kids…

  28. Armchair Anonymous: Pets

    · 49 min · Episode 1001 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy pet story. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to…

  29. Elizabeth Smart

    · 2 h 22 min · Episode 1000 · Explicit

    Elizabeth Smart (Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart) is a child safety advocate and founder of the Elizabeth Smart Foundation. Elizabeth joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why advocacy became her opportunity to let other…

  30. Chris Stapleton

    · 2 h 00 min · Episode 999 · Explicit

    Chris Stapleton (Traveller, Higher, Starting Over) is a multiple Grammy award winning singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Chris joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why he looks for silence, his unpreparedness for the…

  31. Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card XI

    · 49 min · Episode 998 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy story. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to…

  32. David McWilliams (on the history of money)

    · 1 h 35 min · Episode 997 · Explicit

    David McWilliams (The History of Money: A Story of Humanity) is a journalist, writer, and economist. David joins the Armchair Expert to discuss having an unusually calm Irish family upbringing, being practically…

  33. Kumail Nanjiani Returns

    · 1 h 57 min · Episode 996 · Explicit

    Kumail Nanjiani (Night Thoughts, Eternals, The Big Sick) is an actor, writer, and comedian. Kumail returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss working out his foot trauma, addressing the plastic surgery rumors, and why…

  34. Armchair Anonymous: Party Gone Wrong

    · 54 min · Episode 995 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a party gone wrong. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen…

  35. Walter Isaacson Returns (biographer & historian)

    · 1 h 58 min · Episode 994 · Explicit

    Walter Isaacson (The Greatest Sentence Ever Written) is a biographer, historian, and Professor of History at Tulane University. Walter returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why he embeds himself into the lives of…

  36. Cher

    · 1 h 59 min · Episode 993 · Explicit

    Cher (Cher: The Memoir, Moonstruck, Believe) is a multi-platinum recording artist, Academy Award winning actor, TV personality, author, and icon. Cher joins the Armchair Expert to discuss earlier versions of trying to…

  37. Rerelease: Walton Goggins

    · 1 h 49 min · Episode 992 · Explicit

    Walton Goggins (White Lotus, Fallout, Hateful Eight) is an Emmy-nominated actor. Walton joins the Armchair Expert to discuss no longer being willing to perpetuate cultural stereotypes of the south, being raised by the…

  38. Rerelease: Nikki Glaser

    · 1 h 49 min · Episode 991 · Explicit

    Nikki Glaser (Alive and Unwell, Someday You’ll Die, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser) is a comedian, actor, and television host. Nikki joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why Dax’s name has good joke texture, her plea for…

  39. Rerelease: Adam Scott Returns

    · 1 h 46 min · Episode 990 · Explicit

    Adam Scott (Severance, Parks and Recreation, Stepbrothers) is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor and comedian. Adam joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why the era of movies that produced ET, The Goonies, and…

  40. Best of Friday 2025

    · 1 h 27 min · Episode 989 · Explicit

    Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts, or…

  41. Best of Wednesday 2025

    · 1 h 21 min · Episode 988 · Explicit

    On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from Wednesday episodes in 2025. Scott Payne gets stripped for a wire while undercover, Mark Ronson recalls his rockstar-studded childhood, Blaise…

  42. Best of Monday 2025

    · 1 h 18 min · Episode 987 · Explicit

    On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from Monday episodes in 2025. Nikki Glaser relays the risks of a roast, Brad Pitt commits a non-union extra faux pas, Dominic Fike drops his mixtape in…

  43. Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare III

    · 38 min · Episode 986 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a nightmare holiday experience. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on…

  44. Holiday Dinner 2025

    · 56 min · Episode 985 · Explicit

    On this special holiday dinner party episode of Armchair Expert, Dax and Monica are joined by Kristen, Amy, Jess, Erick, and Wobby Wob to discuss an early worm burn by Erick’s dad, Jess’s red mustache mastery, which…

  45. Zooey Deschanel Returns

    · 1 h 51 min · Episode 984 · Explicit

    Zooey Deschanel (Merv, New Girl, She & Him) is an actress and musician. Zooey returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss the lessons of the go-bag after the fire evacuations, the elegance-centered branding of cats, and…

  46. Armchair Anonymous: Stealing II

    · 49 min · Episode 983 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they stole something. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube…

  47. Coltan Scrivner (on morbid curiosities)

    · 2 h 14 min · Episode 982 · Explicit

    Coltan Scrivner (Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away) is a psychologist, researcher, and author. Coltan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss always preferring to do nitty gritty research in…

  48. Jake Johnson Returns Again

    · 1 h 55 min · Episode 981 · Explicit

    Jake Johnson (We’re Here to Help, The Dink, New Girl) is an actor, writer, and podcast host. Jake returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why anything that can still evoke fading old school Hollywood is special, how…

  49. Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card X

    · 53 min · Episode 980 · Explicit

    Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy story. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to…

  50. James L. Brooks (director and producer)

    · 1 h 46 min · Episode 979 · Explicit

    James L. Brooks (Ella McCay, The Simpsons, Taxi) is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, and producer. James joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being an industrious high school…

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