David Sedaris (Happy-Go-Lucky, A Carnival of Snackery, Calypso) is a comedian, humorist, and author. David returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why his Picasso painting is what he would grab in a fire, what in 50 years we will see as unforgivable, and how you can have a towering hatred for someone who has no idea. David and Dax talk about the paradox of stinky, kissable money, how he schemed an off-the-rack priest outfit, and the nuance in offensiveness. David explains that there’s nothing better than a pants-shitting story, a defense of a children’s book with no lesson, and how his whole mission as a writer is to make everyone love his mother as much as he did.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 Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard/ now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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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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