Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Episodes
Carter Sherman (on the sex recession)
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carter Sherman (The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over Its Future) is an Emmy Award-nominated reporter covering reproductive heal...
Seth Meyers Returns Again
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Meyers (Dad Man Walking, Late Night with Seth Meyers, SNL) is an Emmy Award-winning comedian, writer, and talk show host. Seth returns to the Arm...
Armchair Anonymous: Bad Dates
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a really bad date.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or where...
Rizwan Virk (on the simulation)
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rizwan Virk (The Simulation Hypothesis) is an entrepreneur, computer scientist, and bestselling author. Rizwan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss th...
Alexander Skarsgård
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alexander Skarsgård (Murderbot, Melancholia, True Blood) is an Emmy Award-winning actor. Alexander joins the Armchair Expert to discuss accidentally ...
Armchair Anonymous: Cops
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy cop story.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever yo...
Bridget Read (on multilevel marketing)
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget Read (Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America) is a features writer, journalist, and author. Bridget joins the Armchai...
Listen Now: Flesh and Code
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Travis never thought he’d meet someone like Lily Rose. She was kind, passionate, beautiful. The woman of his dreams. There was just one small detail...
Jerrod Carmichael Returns
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jerrod Carmichael (Don’t Be Gay, Rothaniel, Poor Things) is an Emmy Award-winning comedian and actor. Jerrod joins the Armchair Expert to discuss th...
Armchair Anonymous: Sleepwalking II
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy sleepwalking experience.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wonder...
James Gunn
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James Gunn (Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad) is a director, screenwriter, and co-chair of DC Studios. James joins the Armchair Ex...
Nicholas Hoult Returns
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Hoult (Superman, The Great, Nosferatu) is a Golden Globe-nominated actor. Nicholas joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how becoming a blonde...
Armchair Anonymous: 4th of July
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell about a crazy 4th of July disaster.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App ...
Suleika Jaouad (on creative alchemy)
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Suleika Jaouad (The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life) is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author. Suleika joi...
Olivia Munn
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Olivia Munn (Your Friend and Neighbors, The Newsroom, The Daily Show) is an actor and advocate. Olivia joins the Armchair Expert to discuss accepting ...
Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card VIII
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy story.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you ge...
Curtis Duffy (chef and restaurateur)
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Curtis Duffy (Fireproof: Memoir of a Chef, Ever) is a chef, restaurateur, and author. Curtis joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being dropped off at...
Listen Now: Liberty Lost
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Evangelical homes across the United States, sex outside of marriage is a sin against God. So, when Abbi becomes pregnant at 16, her devout parents ...
Brad Pitt
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Pitt (F1 The Movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Fight Club) is an Academy Award-winning actor and producer. Brad joins the Armchair Expert to ...
Armchair Anonymous: Foreign Object in Butt
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy story about finding a foreign object in a patient's butt.Follow Ar...
Michael Calvey (on being wrongfully imprisoned in Russia)
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Calvey (Odyssey Moscow: One American's Journey from Russia Optimist to Prisoner of the State) is an investor, businessman, and author. Michael...
Alex Cooper
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Cooper (Call Her Daddy, Call Her Alex) is a podcast host and television personality. Alex joins the Armchair Expert to discuss coveting Orna as h...
Armchair Anonymous: Jury Duty
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy jury duty experience.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery A...
Shan Boodram (intimacy expert)
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shan Boodram (Too Hot to Handle, Lovers by Shan, The Art of Sex Appeal) is a certified sex educator, intimacy expert, and sexologist. Shan joins the A...
Sam Rockwell
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Rockwell (Bad Guys 2, The White Lotus, Moon) is an Academy Award-winning actor. Sam joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in the Tenderl...
Armchair Anonymous: Stalking II
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy stalking story.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or ...
James Kimmel Jr. (revenge and forgiveness expert)
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James Kimmel Jr. (The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction) is a lecturer at Yale University on forgiveness and revenge. ...
Cristin Milioti
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cristin Milioti (The Penguin, How I Met Your Mother, The Wolf of Wall Street) is a Grammy Award-winning actor. Cristin joins the Armchair Expert to di...
Armchair Anonymous: Cruise Ship
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a cruise ship disaster.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or ...
Scott Payne (retired undercover FBI Agent)
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Payne (Code Name Pale Horse, White Hot Hate) is a retired FBI Special Agent and author. Scott joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his first tas...
Nick Kroll Returns
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Kroll (Big Mouth, Adults, I Don't Understand You) is a comedian, showrunner, and producer. Nick joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why he turne...
Armchair Anonymous: Kind Gesture from a Stranger
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a kind gesture they received from a stranger.Follow Armchair Expert ...
You Might Enjoy: The Big Flop
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On each episode of Wondery’s podcast The Big Flop, comedians join host Misha Brown to chronicle one of the biggest pop-culture fails of all time and...
Eric Topol Returns (on longevity)
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Topol (Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity) is a cardiologist, researcher, and author. Eric returns to the Armchair Expert to di...
Michelle Williams
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex, Manchester by the Sea, Brokeback Mountain) is a Golden Globe-winning and Oscar and Tony-nominated actress. Michelle ...
Armchair Anonymous: Public Transit
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy public transit story.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery A...
Chris Nowinski (on CTE)
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Nowinski (Stop Hitting Kids in the Head, Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis, Concussion Legacy Foundation) is an author, retired pro-wrest...
Mo Amer
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mo Amer (Mo, The Vagabond, Black Adam) is an award-winning comedian and actor. Mo joins the Armchair Expert to discuss feeling anxiety only when there...
Armchair Anonymous: Cults II
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they escaped a cult.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App...
Michael Lewis (on the gambling epidemic)
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Lewis (Who is Government: The Untold Story of Public Service, Against the Rules, The Big Short) is a best-selling writer, journalist, and podc...
Jon Bernthal
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Bernthal (The Accountant 2, The Bear, Real Ones) is an Emmy Award-winning actor and podcast host. Jon joins the Armchair Expert to discuss making ...
Susan Morrison (on Lorne Michaels)
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Morrison (Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, SPY Magazine, The New Yorker) is a journalist and author. Susan joins the Armchair Ex...
Anthony Anderson
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Anderson (G20, Black-ish, The Departed) is an Emmy Award-nominated actor, comedian, and television host. Anthony joins the Armchair Expert to ...
Armchair Anonymous: First Responder
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy first responder story.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or...
David Blaine (magician and mentalist)
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Blaine (Do Not Attempt, Buried Alive, Above the Below) is a magician, mentalist, and endurance performer. David joins the Armchair Expert to dis...
Monica Lewinsky Returns
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Monica Lewinsky (Reclaiming) is an activist, writer, and podcast host. Monica returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss confronting deep trauma listen...
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy Cedar Point story.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or whe...
David Sedaris #5
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Sedaris (Happy-Go-Lucky, A Carnival of Snackery, Calypso) is a comedian, humorist, and author. David returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss w...
Bert Kreischer
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bert Kreischer (Lucky, Bertcast, 2 Bears 1 Cave) is a standup comedian, television host, and podcaster. Bert joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the ...
Armchair Anonymous: Haven’t Confessed to Parents
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us something they still haven’t confessed to their parents.Follow Armchair ...
Rebecca Lemov (on brainwashing)
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Lemov (The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion) is a historian of science, author, and professor at Harvard...
Dove Cameron
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dove Cameron (Too Much, Descendants, Liv and Maddie) is an Emmy Award-winning actor and singer. Dove joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the origins ...
Armchair Anonymous: Meet Cute II
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about their meet cute.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or whereve...
Herman Pontzer (on evolutionary anthropology)
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Herman Pontzer (Adaptable: How Your Unique Body Works and Why Our Biology Unites Us) is an evolutionary anthropologist, author, and associate professo...
Eiza Gonzalez
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eiza González (Ash, Baby Driver, 3 Body Problem) is an actor and singer. Eiza joins the Armchair Expert to discuss whether there is human DNA in hotd...
Armchair Anonymous: Animal Attack II
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they fought a wild animal.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wonde...
Seth Rogen Returns Again
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Rogen (The Studio, The Boys, Sausage Party) is an Emmy-nominated writer, actor, and director. Seth returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss Snoo...
Ike Barinholtz Returns Again
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ike Barinholtz (The Studio, Running Point, The Mindy Project) is a comedian, actor, and writer. Ike returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss how the ...
Armchair Anonymous: Children's Party
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy children's party story.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App o...
Mary Claire Haver (on menopause)
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Claire Haver (The New Menopause, The ‘Pause Life) is a board-certified OBGYN, culinary medicine specialist, and best-selling author. Mary Clair...
Andrew Schulz
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Schulz (Life, Schulz Saves America, Flagrant) is a comedian, actor, and podcaster. Andrew joins the Armchair Expert to discuss loving showing o...
Armchair Anonymous: I Quit
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy "I Quit" story.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherev...
Jonathan Haidt Returns (on the Anxious Generation)
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Haidt (The Anxious Generation) is a social psychologist, professor, and best-selling author. Jonathan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss wh...
Lauren Graham Returns
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Graham (The Z-Suite, Parenthood, Gilmore Girls) is a Golden Globe-nominated actor, producer, and author. Lauren joins the Armchair Expert to di...
Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card VII
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy story.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you ge...
Suzanne O'Sullivan (on over diagnosis)
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Suzanne O’Sullivan (The Age of Diagnosis: How Our Obsession with Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker) is a neurologist, clinical neuropsychologist, a...
Mindy Kaling
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mindy Kaling (Running Point, The Mindy Project, Never Have I Ever) is an Emmy-nominated writer, actor, and producer. Mindy joins the Armchair Expert t...
Armchair Anonymous: DIY Disaster
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about DIY projects gone wrong.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or...
Blaise Aguirre (on overcoming self-hatred)
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Blaise Aguirre (I Hate Myself: Overcome Self-Loathing and Realize Why You’re Wrong About You) is a child and adolescent psychiatrist specializing in...
Nikki Glaser
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nikki Glaser (Alive and Unwell, Someday You’ll Die, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser) is a comedian, actor, and television host. Nikki joins the Armchair ...
Armchair Anonymous: DNA Testing
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy DNA testing story.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App ...
Wondery Presents: Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve heard her name in headlines, during trivia nights, as a punchline: Monica Lewinsky. She’s been a major reference in pop culture since she w...
Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation)
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Wood Brooks (Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves) is a behavioral research scientist. Alison joins the Armchair Ex...
Walton Goggins
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Walton Goggins (White Lotus, Fallout, Hateful Eight) is an Emmy-nominated actor. Walton joins the Armchair Expert to discuss no longer being willing t...
Armchair Anonymous: Bad Proposals
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a proposal gone wrong.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or w...
Nate Silver (statistician)
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nate Silver (On the Edge, The Signal and the Noise, Baseball Between the Numbers) is a statistician, author, and founder of FiveThirtyEight. Nate join...
Chelsea Handler Returns Again
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chelsea Handler (I’ll Have What She’s Having, Dear Chelsea, Chelsea Lately) is a comedian, producer, and best-selling author. Chelsea returns to t...
Armchair Anonymous: Sports Event
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a live sporting event disaster.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery...
Acquired Podcast on the NFL (with Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal)
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal (Acquired) are hosts of the critically acclaimed podcast covering business history and strategy. Ben and David join th...
James Marsden
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James Marsden (Paradise, Jury Duty, X-Men) is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor. James joins the Armchair Expert to discuss paying the price fo...
Armchair Anonymous: Nurses II
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us their craziest nurse stories.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or ...
Wondery Presents: New Heights
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
92%ers this is for you! We’ve got King James himself stopping by on this episode of New Heights presented by Hershey’s. Shop Reese's Chocolate Lav...
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reid Hoffman (Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right With our AI Future) is an internet entrepreneur, author, and co-founder of LinkedIn and Inflec...
Josh Gad Returns
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Gad (In Gad We Trust, Frozen, Book of Mormon) is a Grammy Award-winning actor. Josh returns to Armchair Expert to discuss why he believes he woul...
Armchair Anonymous: Dated a Criminal
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they dated a criminal.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery A...
Sunita Sah (on defiance)
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sunita Sah (Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes) is an author, award-winning, tenured professor at Cornell University, and expert in org...
Adam Scott Returns
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Scott (Severance, Parks and Recreation, Stepbrothers) is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor and comedian. Adam joins the Armchair Expert to...
Armchair Anonymous: Unauthorized Evacuation
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about an unauthorized evacuation.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App...
Jenny Taitz (on stress resets)
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny Taitz (Stress Resets, How to Be Single and Happy) is a licensed clinical psychologist, best-selling author, and assistant clinical professor in ...
Josh Brolin Returns
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Brolin (From Under the Truck, No Country For Old Men, Dune) is an Academy Award-nominated actor. Josh joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his in...
Armchair Anonymous: Embarrassingly Caught
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us the most embarrassing thing they’ve ever been caught doing.Follow Armcha...
Ken Goldberg (roboticist)
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Goldberg (Why Don’t We Have Better Robots Yet?) is an award-winning artist, roboticist, and engineering professor. Ken joins the Armchair Expert...
Tyler Perry
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Perry (The Six Triple Eight, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Diary of A Mad Black Woman) is an actor, playwright, producer, and filmmaker. Tyler joi...
Rerelease: Roy Choi
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, we revisit Roy Choi's episode from March 10th, 2022. Roy Choi (Broken Bread, The Chef Show, Kogi) is a chef, author, and tele...
Rerelease: Monica Lewinsky
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, we revisit Monica Lewinsky's episode from October 17th, 2019. Monica Lewinsky is an American anti-bullying ambassador to the ...
Rerelease: Dax's Mom (Laura Labo)
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, we revisit Dax's mom's episode from July 2nd, 2018. Laura Labo (Dax's Mom) is an American entrepreneur, businesswoman and Dax's #1...
Best of Friday 2024
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from Friday episodes in 2024. Nick goes topless and bounces off the wall, Steve gets ...
Best of Wednesday 2024
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from Wednesday episodes in 2024. Molly McNearney remembers joining Jimmy Kimmel Live,...
Best of Monday 2024
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from Monday episodes in 2024. Bradley Cooper reframes his story, Goldie Hawn champion...
Holiday Spectacular 2024
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dax & Monica for our annual holiday spectacular with as we harmonize holiday hymns with Kristen Bell, Anna Kendrick, and Gabe Gibbs, divulge ...