
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
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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Episodes (51)

Herman Pontzer (on evolutionary anthropology)
Herman Pontzer (Adaptable: How Your Unique Body Works and Why Our Biology Unites Us) is an evolutionary anthropologist, author, and associate professor at Duke University. Herman joins the Armchair
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Eiza Gonzalez
Eiza González (Ash, Baby Driver, 3 Body Problem) is an actor and singer. Eiza joins the Armchair Expert to discuss whether there is human DNA in hotdogs, how she wanted braces because all the cool
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Armchair Anonymous: Animal Attack II
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they fought a wild animal.
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Seth Rogen Returns Again
Seth Rogen (The Studio, The Boys, Sausage Party) is an Emmy-nominated writer, actor, and director. Seth returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss Snoop Dogg being the only person that’s ever gotten
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Ike Barinholtz Returns Again
Ike Barinholtz (The Studio, Running Point, The Mindy Project) is a comedian, actor, and writer. Ike returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss how the Declaration of Independence was really the result
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Armchair Anonymous: Children's Party
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy children's party story.
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Mary Claire Haver (on menopause)
Mary Claire Haver (The New Menopause, The ‘Pause Life) is a board-certified OBGYN, culinary medicine specialist, and best-selling author. Mary Claire joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how she
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Andrew Schulz
Andrew Schulz (Life, Schulz Saves America, Flagrant) is a comedian, actor, and podcaster. Andrew joins the Armchair Expert to discuss loving showing off his cha-cha at his mom’s ballroom dance
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Armchair Anonymous: I Quit
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy "I Quit" story.
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Jonathan Haidt Returns (on the Anxious Generation)
Jonathan Haidt (The Anxious Generation) is a social psychologist, professor, and best-selling author. Jonathan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why his moral dumbfoundings are such tasty party
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Lauren Graham Returns
Lauren Graham (The Z-Suite, Parenthood, Gilmore Girls) is a Golden Globe-nominated actor, producer, and author. Lauren joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the day Lauren drove by Dax and thought he
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Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card VII
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy story.
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Suzanne O'Sullivan (on over diagnosis)
Suzanne O’Sullivan (The Age of Diagnosis: How Our Obsession with Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker) is a neurologist, clinical neuropsychologist, and award-winning writer. Suzanne joins the Armchair
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Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling (Running Point, The Mindy Project, Never Have I Ever) is an Emmy-nominated writer, actor, and producer. Mindy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how she is the only the second person
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Armchair Anonymous: DIY Disaster
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about DIY projects gone wrong.
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Blaise Aguirre (on overcoming self-hatred)
Blaise Aguirre (I Hate Myself: Overcome Self-Loathing and Realize Why You’re Wrong About You) is a child and adolescent psychiatrist specializing in dialectical behavior therapy. Blaise joins the
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Nikki Glaser
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
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Armchair Anonymous: DNA Testing
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy DNA testing story.
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Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)
Alison Wood Brooks (Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves) is a behavioral research scientist. Alison joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why growing up as a twin is like
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Walton Goggins
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,
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Armchair Anonymous: Bad Proposals
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a proposal gone wrong.
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Nate Silver (statistician)
Nate Silver (On the Edge, The Signal and the Noise, Baseball Between the Numbers) is a statistician, author, and founder of FiveThirtyEight. Nate joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his youthful
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Chelsea Handler Returns Again
Chelsea Handler (I’ll Have What She’s Having, Dear Chelsea, Chelsea Lately) is a comedian, producer, and best-selling author. Chelsea returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss appreciating words more
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Armchair Anonymous: Sports Event
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a live sporting event disaster.
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Acquired Podcast on the NFL (with Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal)
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal (Acquired) are hosts of the critically acclaimed podcast covering business history and strategy. Ben and David join the Armchair Expert on this special Super Bowl
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James Marsden
James Marsden (Paradise, Jury Duty, X-Men) is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor. James joins the Armchair Expert to discuss paying the price for such a dominant chin, the reality of being an
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Armchair Anonymous: Nurses II
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us their craziest nurse stories.
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Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)
Reid Hoffman (Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right With our AI Future) is an internet entrepreneur, author, and co-founder of LinkedIn and Inflection AI. Reid returns to the Armchair Expert to
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Josh Gad Returns
Josh Gad (In Gad We Trust, Frozen, Book of Mormon) is a Grammy Award-winning actor. Josh returns to Armchair Expert to discuss why he believes he would be the Unsinkable Molly Brown on the Titanic,
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Armchair Anonymous: Dated a Criminal
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they dated a criminal.
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Sunita Sah (on defiance)
Sunita Sah (Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes) is an author, award-winning, tenured professor at Cornell University, and expert in organizational psychology. Sunita joins the Armchair
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Adam Scott Returns
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,
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Armchair Anonymous: Unauthorized Evacuation
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about an unauthorized evacuation.
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Jenny Taitz (on stress resets)
Jenny Taitz (Stress Resets, How to Be Single and Happy) is a licensed clinical psychologist, best-selling author, and assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at UCLA. Jenny joins the Armchair
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Josh Brolin Returns
Josh Brolin (From Under the Truck, No Country For Old Men, Dune) is an Academy Award-nominated actor. Josh joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his infiltration of Dax’s algorithm, the fact that
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Armchair Anonymous: Embarrassingly Caught
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us the most embarrassing thing they’ve ever been caught doing.
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Ken Goldberg (roboticist)
Ken Goldberg (Why Don’t We Have Better Robots Yet?) is an award-winning artist, roboticist, and engineering professor. Ken joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being born in Nigeria, growing up in
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Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry (The Six Triple Eight, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Diary of A Mad Black Woman) is an actor, playwright, producer, and filmmaker. Tyler joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how he realized
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Rerelease: Roy Choi
On today's episode, we revisit Roy Choi's episode from March 10th, 2022. Roy Choi (Broken Bread, The Chef Show, Kogi) is a chef, author, and television personality. Roy joins the Armchair Expert
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Rerelease: Monica Lewinsky
On today's episode, we revisit Monica Lewinsky's episode from October 17th, 2019. Monica Lewinsky is an American anti-bullying ambassador to the Diana Award’s Anti-Bullying Programme, on the
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Rerelease: Dax's Mom (Laura Labo)
On today's episode, we revisit Dax's mom's episode from July 2nd, 2018. Laura Labo (Dax's Mom) is an American entrepreneur, businesswoman and Dax's #1 love of his life. In this special episode, Laura
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Best of Friday 2024
On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from Friday episodes in 2024. Nick goes topless and bounces off the wall, Steve gets sharked by a Great White, Rags discovers a dead
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Best of Wednesday 2024
On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from Wednesday episodes in 2024. Molly McNearney remembers joining Jimmy Kimmel Live, Bill Gates wishes he were smarter, Finneas
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Best of Monday 2024
On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from Monday episodes in 2024. Bradley Cooper reframes his story, Goldie Hawn champions the freedom to choose, Maya Rudolph laments
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Holiday Spectacular 2024
Join Dax & Monica for our annual holiday spectacular with as we harmonize holiday hymns with Kristen Bell, Anna Kendrick, and Gabe Gibbs, divulge Anna's Christmas candy colored explosion, learn
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Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a nightmare holiday experience.
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Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)
Allison Jones (Freaks and Geeks, The Office, Veep) is an Emmy Award-winning casting director. Allison joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up an Irish twin in Massachusetts, her first casting
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Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain, The Social Network, Now You See Me) is an Oscar-nominated actor, writer, and producer. Jesse joins the Armchair Expert to discuss not being cool enough to smoke,
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Armchair Anonymous: Crazy Neighbors
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy neighbor.
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Fei Fei Li (on a human-centered approach to AI)
Fei Fei Li (The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI) is a computer scientist, co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and
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Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Kudrow (No Good Deed, Friends, The Comeback) is an award-winning actor and producer. Lisa joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her background as a pre-med biology student at Vassar, not being a
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