Best of Monday 2025
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Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert. I'm Dan Shepard. I'm with Lily Padman.
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Today is Best of Mondays 2025.
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From episode 861, Nikki Glaser. Well, last night I was at the Grammys and my boyfriend, I'm just trying to be very small. Like, I feel like I don't belong there. I don't want people even noticing me to go like, why is she here? Even though I was nominated for a Grammy. But like, I didn't win. I was so mad I didn't win. only because I wanted to bring my Grammy to hold it, to be like, I belong. I just wanted to have a reason to be there. So I was being very small. And then people were coming up to me being like, oh my God, people I'm fans of. And my boyfriend had to talk with me after we were just kind of doing a debrief afterwards. He was like, I think you have to remember that you need to go up to people next time.
Like, you going up to someone will be the same gift as Olivia Rodrigo coming up to you. Like, because that was, like, the biggest gift of my life was someone I admire so much coming up to me to say she was a fan. He was like, but you could go give that to people. And I was like, I don't think of anyone thinking that they would want that from me.
Did you talk to Taylor?
I didn't. That's when, you know, like, Taylor, she's just... Everyone wants a piece. That one I'm just like, I will never be the one to be like, excuse me ever. It's almost rude what I do when I'm in the same room as Taylor Swift because I won't even look her way. She's like tapping you on the shoulder and you're just like.
What risks does Nikki Glaser discuss about roasting?
It will take that because I just will never. And everyone goes, go up and say something to her. There's no way that she's dying for that in a night like this where everyone's doing it. And of course she would be so nice. I know exactly how it would go down. But I just, I don't want to take someone's energy. a way that I require their energy to be put into making great music. That's why I don't want her to make a less great song because she had to be like, nice to meet you. Oh, and like hold me as I'm crying.
Give you the full Swifty treatment.
Something tells me I can't bother her. She has room for both. I generally, after award shows, get pretty depressed no matter what happens because I'm around all these famous people that I put on a pedestal and I kind of see... the facade of it all and like the desperation and like, oh, everyone's the same. Everyone has they're all wearing uncomfortable clothes and have the fake hair in. And I'm like, we're all clamoring to be noticed and a little bit disappointed when we're not. And it just it makes me a little bit sad because I'm like, no matter how big you get, you kind of worry about who's in the room, who's looking at you, where you're seated. I kind of go through a depression afterwards. It's seen the magic trick a bit.
You realize, oh, there isn't any pixie dust. There is pixie dust. Like there's magical moments where you're like, wow, that person's so talented. They're so amazing. They're like, you know, you know, just even watching Chapel Roan last night, Sabrina Carpenter, Ray, who I've never had never heard of. Yeah. Watching her was just transcendent. Definitely musicians when they're doing their thing. And if you were watching the people in the room act, perhaps. Yes. But you're just seeing them not lit and not in a riveting drama. Yes. And they're just people. The reason I brought up the thing is because I wanted to do a full circle, which is, and this is important to say, because I was like a little annoyed and I was upset on your behalf and upset on my behalf because I was like, oh, this is going to be a problem for me.
So Kristen is hosting the SAG Awards. Okay. Oh, my God. Really? Yes. And she hosted them in 2018. And that's when I was her producing partner and creative partner. And so I wrote her monologue and I did all that stuff for her then.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:52
2
What risks does Nikki Glaser discuss about roasting?
1:52–37:55
3
How does Adam Scott process grief while working?
37:55–38:30
4
What faux pas does Brad Pitt admit to during filming?
38:30–38:38
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What themes does Mindy Kaling explore in her writing?
38:38–39:03
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What insights does Jennifer Aniston share about motherhood?
39:03–40:13
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How did Dominic Fike release his mixtape from jail?
40:13–42:40
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What challenges did Dove Cameron face in her relationship with her dad?
42:40–1:19:49