Monica Lewinsky (Reclaiming) is an activist, writer, and podcast host. Monica returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss confronting deep trauma listening to her own voice while making her new podcast Reclaiming, the argument for not killing a darling even if it’s unflattering, and how it’s naturally harder to give the nudge into vulnerability in a conversation because she wants her guests to feel safe. Monica and Dax talk about the theory that people are preserved at the age they become famous, how all the personal inner work she did entering her fifth decade helped her grow in ways she couldn’t have imagined, and why she really dislikes the word ‘reinvention.’ Monica explains how we truly are evolving into a society of spectra rather than binaries, feeling younger because she was forced to mature faster in some areas while being stunted in others, and the acceptance she achieved turning 50 and how freeing it is to be happy and comfortable with who she is now.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.
Chapter 1: What does Monica Lewinsky discuss in her new podcast 'Reclaiming'?
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 Dax Shepard and I'm joined by Monica Lilly Padman.
And it's important that you make that clear today.
Because there's two Monicas here today.
Yeah.
On a second trip.
Yes.
Monica Lewinsky. Yes.
Welcome back, Monica Lewinsky.
Yes, this was really fun. I really enjoyed this one. She has a new podcast out called Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky. She has incredible guests.
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Chapter 2: How can vulnerability be fostered in conversations?
I don't know. You're anxious. Is that it, you think? Okay.
Would it comfort you at all to know that I, too, don't feel energized and bright?
Okay. Me either, actually.
Maybe it's some weird thing with the moon or some shit like that. Oh, I have heard March has a lot of astrological issues.
Oh, tell us about them, please. Okay.
A couple retrogrades, some other big thing.
Mercury's in retrograde, which makes sense that here I am coming back to the podcast. Circling all the way back. What do I have?
You have a hair.
I have hair.
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Chapter 3: What insights does Monica share about self-awareness and personal growth?
I heard you came in here at a certain time. I'm like, oh, I got at least an hour.
Then we yanked you right out.
Thank God. I don't need a nap. I'm here to party.
You got adjusted to the time zone, man. Yeah, that's true. This was a very haphazard trip. We're talking on the phone yesterday. And I just go, should you come out tomorrow morning and record some more of our podcast?
Well, Dex goes, we have to finish. I said, yeah, I was kind of just waiting to see, you know, what schedule is. And he goes, well, fuck, this week probably would have been good. And I'm like.
It was a regret. Start a regret. And then I said, wait a minute, it's not too late. Okay. Are you, I have an exciting update for you.
But first I want to ask Aaron an important question.
Oh, wonderful.
Okay, would you rather eat someone's hair, skin, or spit?
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