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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Sharon Horgan

13 Oct 2025

1h 56m duration
22264 words
10 speakers
13 Oct 2025
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Sharon Horgan (The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, Bad Sisters, Catastrophe) is an Emmy Award-nominated actor, writer, and producer. Sharon joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being one of three middle children, growing up with a tough publican father that went into the turkey trade, and an early approach by a famous director in a café to audition for one of his films. Sharon and Dax talk about having great recall for lines but basically no other information, the joy-filled buzz of her first time taking something from the page to the screen, and the sometimes tricky transition from set life back to home life. Sharon explains the unexpected rewards that can come from going in a different direction than originally intended, hitting the chemistry lottery and winning a Peabody for Bad Sisters, and the big swings taken in The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.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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0.25 - 24.113 Dax Shepard

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 Horgan, and I'm joined by Monica Sharon. Hello. Hello. I sure hope people are as obsessed with Sharon as I am.

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24.153 - 30.44 Dax Shepard

When I saw Bad Sisters, I was like, this person intrigues me to no end.

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30.52 - 31.121 Monica Padman

Yeah.

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31.141 - 34.024 Dax Shepard

And then only to find out she had created the show and wrote on it.

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34.044 - 34.585 Unknown (producer/studio voice)

Amazing.

34.805 - 51.765 Dax Shepard

It is incredible. Sharon Horgan is an Emmy-nominated actor, writer, director, and producer. Bad Sisters, Catastrophe, Motherland, Together, This Way Up. And she's in the new limited series on Hulu, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.

51.785 - 55.43 Monica Padman

Yes, if you listen to that episode, you will have heard about Sharon as well.

55.71 - 60.076 Dax Shepard

We've never interviewed someone who's created this many TV shows, and we've interviewed some famous showrunners.

60.557 - 63.641 Monica Padman

That's true. She's the most prolific.

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