David Sedaris #5
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Who are the main speakers in the David Sedaris #5 episode of Armchair Expert?
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, experts on expert. I'm Dan Shepard, and I'm joined by Sticky Brain. Sticky Brain, my new nickname. Your new moniker. Heavyweight champion, returning number five. Yeah. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. David Sedaris. My God, I couldn't love someone more.
Our most... frequented guest.
Yeah. What an honor to have him as our most frequent guest. If I had to pick a most frequent tie between him and Malcolm Gladwell. Yeah, we got some good ones. We got a couple of good repeat offenders. Sedaris is a humorous, a comedian, an essayist, a bestselling author, a radio contributor. He's on the television on one of those morning shows. He's got kind of an Andy Rooney vibe on set. I love it. His books, Happy Go Lucky, Me Talked Pretty One Day, Calypso, A Carnival of Snackery, the best titles ever. Yeah. Fresh Your Family in Denim and Corduroy. Oh, in Corduroy and Denim. Corduroy and Denim. He is on a 40-city tour across the United States starting March 30th till May 19th, including Burlington, Vermont, Albany, Philadelphia, Boston, Akron, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Dallas, Nashville, many, many more. Go to... davidsiderisbooks.com to see his tour. A lot of armchairs have gone per our suggestion. And I always hear how much they love it. He puts on a great show.
I really do recommend you go see him live. There's really nothing like it.
He's a gift.
And as I've been talking about lately, we're listening to his short stories every night before bed. There's one-offs before bed. It's just, it makes me so happy.
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He's an object expert
My prized possessions are behind me. He was mad that the face wasn't turned out. And I said, I don't care about a fucking picture. I want the writing of this man I idolize.
He picks them out so specifically that I understand.
Maybe I'll do a glass wall in my next house. And I'll hang it. And you can choose what side you want to see.
We went to Egypt a couple months ago. All the postcards were bullshit. I went to Fiji. It was the same thing.
I would expect that from Fiji and not from Egypt. Where is this from? No way! That's impossible timing. You just brought up being in Egypt, there being bad postcards, and then here one arrives.
What is David Sedaris's prized possession he would grab in a fire?
I got that in Australia, but it was Egypt, and I wished I'd brought it to Egypt.
You know what's so nice about this is that I wasn't going to bring up that I haven't gotten a postcard from you in a while, but I've thought about and noticed and been scared that I haven't gotten a postcard from you in a while. And I would have never brought it up, but here one has arrived, and now I don't have anything to even ruminate about. Do you want to read it aloud? Well, I don't know. These are like private exchanges.
It says, it's not the first time I've cheated on Hugh, but...
Somehow, this one stings for some reason. I want to read this first by myself in my bed. And then maybe on the fact check.
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Chapters
9 chapters
1
Who are the main speakers in the David Sedaris #5 episode of Armchair Expert?
0:00–3:46
2
What is David Sedaris's prized possession he would grab in a fire?
3:46–6:32
3
How do David Sedaris and Dax Shepard discuss the value and meaning of art?
6:32–14:37
4
What are David Sedaris's thoughts on societal changes and what will be unforgivable in 50 years?
14:37–19:58
5
What are some humorous and personal travel stories shared by David Sedaris?
19:58–30:05
6
How does David Sedaris describe his experience meeting the Pope and the significance of the event?
30:05–39:48
7
What is the conversation around offense, comedy, and the word 'queer' in this episode?
39:48–58:04
8
How does David Sedaris talk about food, eating habits, and his relationship with cooking?
58:04–1:05:03
9
What personal stories does David Sedaris share about his family and his writing mission?
1:05:03–2:06:31