Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Esther Perel Returns

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Esther Perel is a psychotherapist and New York Times best seller. Esther joins the Armchair Expert to talk about how social boundaries were affected d...

Kate Beckinsale

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Beckinsale (Jolt, Underworld, Pearl Harbor) is an English actress. Kate joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the impact of her father dying at a ...

Michael Pollan

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Pollan (This is Your Mind on Plants, The Omnivore's Dilemma) is an author, journalist, and professor at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journal...

Quentin Tarantino

05 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time of Hollywood, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs) is an Academy-Award winning & Golden Globe-Award winning film director...

Barack Obama

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Barack Obama (A Promised Land, Dreams From My Father) is a politician and served as the 44th President of the United States. President Obama joins the...

J.B. Smoove

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

J.B. Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spider-man: Far from Home, May I Elaborate?) is an actor, comedian, and writer. J.B. sits down with the Armchair E...

Tara Stoinski

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tara Stoinski is a primatologist and President, CEO and Chief Scientific Officer for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Tara joins the Armchair Expert to d...

Luke Wilson

21 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Luke Wilson (12 Mighty Orphans, The Royal Tenenbaums, Idiocracy) is an actor. Luke joins the Armchair Expert to discuss cameramen being the coolest pe...

Fresh

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh (Richfresh, Henry Mask) is a fashion designer based in Los Angeles. Fresh joins the Armchair Expert to talk about getting into fashion in middle...

Barry Meier

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Barry Meier (Spooked, Pain Killer) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and a former New York Times journalist. Barry joins the Armchair Expert to discu...

Jessica Biel

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Biel (7th Heaven, The Sinner, Cruel Summer) is an actress and producer. Jessica joins the Armchair Expert to discuss having a baby during the ...

Chris Bosh

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Bosh is an eleven-time All-Star, two-time NBA champion, and an Olympic gold medalist. Chris joins the Armchair Expert to talk about growing up i...

Russell Brand

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Russell Brand (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Revelation, Under the Skin) is an English comedian, actor, podcaster, writer, and activist. Russell joins th...

Bubba Wallace

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bubba Wallace is a professional stock car racing driver in the NASCAR Cup Series. Bubba joins the Armchair Expert to talk about growing up in North Ca...

Vincent D'Onofrio Returns

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Vincent D'Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket, Jurassic World, Mutha) is an actor and author. Vincent returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss his new book of...

Susan Stryker

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Susan Stryker is a professor, author, filmmaker, and theorist whose work focuses on gender and human sexuality.Susan joins the Armchair Expert to disc...

Julianna Margulies

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Julianna Margulies (ER, The Good Wife, Sunshine Girl) is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild award-winning actress. Julianna joins the Armc...

Yusef Salaam & Ethan Herisse

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yusef Salaam (Exonerated Five, Better Not Bitter) and Ethan Herisse (When They See Us) both join the Armchair Expert to discuss the impact that the Ne...

Daniel Kahneman

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Daniel joins the Armcha...

Jonathan Tucker

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Tucker (Parenthood, Kingdom, Debris) is an actor. Jonathan joins the Armchair Expert from his 1989 Cadillac DeVille to discuss his plan to li...

Prince Harry

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is a member of the British royal family. Prince Harry joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how to approach mental health...

Seth Rogen Returns

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Seth Rogen is an actor, writer, producer, director, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Seth returns to Armchair Expert to discuss his approach for writ...

Kwame Onwuachi

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kwame Onwuachi is a James Beard award-winning chef and author. Kwame joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his experience as a contestant and judge on...

Kelly Osbourne

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly Osbourne is an English television personality, actress, singer, model, and fashion designer. Kelly joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how her ...

Alexi Pappas

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alexi Pappas is a Greek-American Olympic runner, filmmaker, actor, and writer. Her debut memoir-in-essays, Bravey was published in January 2021. Alexi...

William Jackson Harper

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

William Jackson Harper (The Good Place, Midsommar, Dark Waters) is an Emmy-nominated actor and playwright. William joins the Armchair Expert to discu...

Dorothy Brown

23 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dorothy Brown is an author and law professor at Emory University. Dorothy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her new book "The Whiteness of Wealth"...

Andrew Yang

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Yang is an entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, non-profit leader, and currently running for Mayor of New York City. Andrew joins the Armchair...

Macklemore

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Macklemore is Grammy Award-winning rapper and songwriter. Macklemore joins the Armchair Expert to talk about growing up in a progressive neighborhood ...

Michael Moss

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Moss is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter. Michael joins the Armchair Expert to discu...

Hank Azaria

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hank Azaria (The Simpsons, Brockmire, The Birdcage) is an Emmy-award winning actor and comedian. Hank joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his addicti...

Daniel Goleman

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Goleman, PhD is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and science journalist. Daniel joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the differences ...

Lamorne Morris

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lamorne Morris (New Girl, Woke, Unwanted) is an actor, comedian and podcaster. Lamorne joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up on the southsid...

Walter Isaacson

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Walter Isaacson is an American author, journalist, and professor. Walter joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his work as a biographer, that it's impo...

Rachel Bilson

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Bilson (The O.C., Hart of Dixie, Jumper) is an actress and podcast host. Rachel joins the Armchair Expert to discuss getting her role on The O....

Sam Pollard

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Pollard is an Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated director and producer. Sam joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in Harlem in the 5...

Susan Liautaud

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Susan Liautaud (The Power of Ethics) is an author, teacher of ethics at Stanford University, and founder of Susan Liautaud & Associates Limited. S...

Robin Thicke

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Thicke is a singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, musician and actor. Robin joins the Armchair Expert to discuss losing his home to the M...

Ethan Kross

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ethan Kross (Chatter) is an experimental psychologist, neuroscientist and writer, who specializes in emotion regulation. Ethan joins the Armchair Expe...

Ben Schwartz

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation, House of Lies, Middleditch and Schwartz) is an actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. Ben joins the armch...

Bill Gates Book Talk

13 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dax and Monica host a conversation with Bill Gates about his new book, How To Avoid A Climate Disaster, for the Chicago Humanities Festival. See...

George Saunders

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

George Saunders (A Swim in a Pond in the Rain) is a #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author. George joins the Armchair Expert to di...

Rupert Grint

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rupert Grint (Harry Potter, Servant, Sick Note) is an English actor known for his role as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series. Rupert joins th...

Michael Eric Dyson

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Eric Dyson is a professor, ordained minister, political commentator, and the author of seven New York Times bestsellers. Michael joins the Arm...

Amy Poehler

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Poehler (Moxie, Parks and Recreation, SNL) is an actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. Amy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how m...

Chad Sanders

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chad Sanders is the author of the book Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph. Chad joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his ...

Jane Goodall

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace is an ethologist and advocate for the environment, animals, and t...

Viggo Mortensen

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Viggo Mortensen (Green Book, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Captain Fantastic) is an Oscar-nominated actor, writer and director. Viggo joins the Armch...

Erin Meyer

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Erin Meyer (The Culture Map, No Rules Rules) is an author and professor at the INSEAD Business School, based in Paris. Erin joins the Armchair Expert ...

Salma Hayek

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Salma Hayek (Bliss, Frida, Desperado) is an actress and producer. Salma Hayek joins the Armchair Expert to discuss blackmailing her parents into letti...

Emily Morse

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Morse is a sex therapist, author and host of the podcast Sex with Emily. Emily joins the Armchair Expert to discuss Dax's favorite subject: sex....

Jason Segel

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, How I Met Your Mother, Freaks And Geeks) is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, author, and producer. Jason join...

Celebrating the GOAT GOD

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zeus walks among us, and today we honor him with a commercial-free replay of our celestial chat. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

Adam Grant Returns

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Grant returns to discuss his new book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know. Adam is an organizational psychologist, professor at...

Carey Mulligan

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman, An Education, The Great Gatsby) is an Academy Award-nominated actress. Carey joins the Armchair Expert to discu...

Robert Livingston

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Livingston is a social psychologist at the Harvard Kennedy School, he studies the science underlying implicit bias and racism. Robert joins the...

Jethro Bovingdon & Rob Corddry

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jethro Bovingdon and Rob Corddry join the Armchair Expert to discuss all things Top Gear America. The group explains the prestige of the Top Gear bran...

Justin Timberlake

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Timberlake (Palmer, Trolls, The Social Network) is a 10x Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter, a 3x Emmy award-winning actor and record produ...

Jamil Zaki

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jamil Zaki (The War for Kindness) is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. Jamil ...

Common

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Common (Mind Power Mixtape, A Beautiful Revolution Pt 1, Hell on Wheels) is a rapper, actor, and writer. Common joins the Armchair Expert to discuss l...

Brad Grossman

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brad Grossman is an author, entrepreneur, and creator of the Zeitguide's Culture Class. Brad joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his role as a cultur...

Randy Jackson

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Randy Jackson (Name that Tune, American Idol) is a world-renowned musician, record producer, A&R executive, and founder ofUnify Health Labs.Randy ...

Sanjay Gupta Returns

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is the first three-peat Armchair Expert guest and an American neurosurgeon, medical reporter, CNN medical correspondent, and author. ...

Jackie Tohn

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jackie Tohn (Glow, Best Leftovers Ever, CHiPs) is an actress and musician. Jackie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss getting into acting in New York...

Best of 2020

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from 2020. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...

Holiday Spectacular 2020

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for our annual holiday party featuring remote guests Josh Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bob Mervak and Kristen Bell. See Pri...

John O. Brennan

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John O. Brennan is a former American intelligence officer who served as the Director of the CIA from 2013 to 2017. John joins the Armchair Expert to d...

Shawn Mendes

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shawn Mendes is Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum singer and songwriter. Shawn joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the results of finding success at s...

Dov Fox

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dov Fox is Professor of Law and Herzog Endowed Scholar at the University of San Diego School of Law and the host of the podcast Donor 9623. Dov joins ...

Natalie Portman

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Natalie Portman is an Academy Award & Golden Globe-winning actress, director, producer, and activist. Natalie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the...

Emmanuel Acho

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

BONUS EPISODE with Emmanuel Acho is a former NFL player and the author of the New York Times Bestselling book Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black...

Scott Kelly

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Kelly is a retired astronaut that set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space. Scott joins the Armchair Expert to dis...

Hillary Clinton

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hillary Clinton is a politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer, and public speaker who served as the 67th US secretary of state, a US senator, and First La...

Susan David

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Susan David, Ph.D. is one of the world's leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist.Susan joins the Armchair...

Jewel

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jewel is a Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter who has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Jewel joins the Armchair Expert and talks about gro...

Tristan Harris

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tristan Harris is a computer scientist, the co-founder & president of the Center for Humane Technology, and co-host of the Your Undivided Attention po...

Halsey

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Halsey is a Grammy Award-nominated, platinum-selling singer songwriter. Halsey joins the Armchair Expert and the two bond over vaping, ranch-style hom...

Daniel Ricciardo

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Ricciardo is an Italian-Australian Formula One racing driver. Daniel joins the Armchair Expert to discuss getting into racing when he was 9 yea...

Kaley Cuoco

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant, The Big Bang Theory, 8 Simple Rules) is an actress and producer. Kaley joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her equ...

Yuval Harari Returns

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Yuval Harari (Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century) is a historian who lectures at the Department of History, the Hebrew University of ...

Adam Brody

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Brody (CHiPs, The OC, Gilmore Girls) is an actor, writer, and producer. Adam joins the Armchair Expert to discuss Jack Parsons and the book Stran...

Joseph Laycock

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spooky episode alert! Joseph Laycock is an associate professor of religious studies at Texas State University. Joseph joins the Armchair Expert to dis...

Matthew McConaughey

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club, Interstellar, True Detective) is a Golden Globe & Academy Award-Winning actor, author, and producer. Matthew ...

Erin Geiger Smith

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Erin Geiger Smith is a freelance reporter for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and author of Thank You for Voting: The Past, Present, a...

Chelsea Handler Returns

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chelsea Handler (Evolution, Chelsea Lately, The Chelsea Handler Show) is a comedian, actress, writer, television host, producer and activist. Chelsea ...

Isabel Wilkerson

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

BONUS EPISODE with Isabel Wilkerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great...

Eric Lander

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Lander is a geneticist, molecular biologist, and mathematician. He was a principal leader of the Human Genome Project and is the president and fo...

Sara Gilbert

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sara Gilbert (The Conners, The Talk, Roseanne) is an Emmy-Award nominated actress, director, and producer. Sara joins the Armchair Expert and discusse...

Bob Woodward

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist that started working for the Washington Post in 1971 and currently holds the title of associate e...

Jon Bon Jovi

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Bon Jovi is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer, philanthropist, and actor. Jon joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the sus...

Aly Raisman

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Aly Raisman is a two time American Olympic gymnast. Aly talks to the Armchair Expert about being a survivor of abuse, growing up in a sport where perf...

Sofia Coppola

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, The Virgin Suicides) is an Academy Award & Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter, director, pr...

Day 7

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Day 7. Dax gives the Armcherries a personal update. Recorded on September 21, 2020. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califor...

David Farrier

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

David Farrier is a New Zealand investigative journalist known for his documentary Tickled and documentary series Dark Tourist. David joins the Armchai...

Sara Bareilles

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sara Bareilles is a Grammy Award-winner and Tony and EmmyAward-nominated singer, songwriter, actress and author. Sara chats with the Armchair Expert a...

Leah Plunkett

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Leah Plunkett is a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and an associate professor at the Univer...

Keith Urban

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Keith Urban is a four-time Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer. Keith chats with the Armchair Expert about adjusting to Nashvi...

Susan Burton

11 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

BONUS EPISODE with Susan Burton, the founder and executive director of A New Way of Life, a non-profit that provides sober housing and other support t...

Tom Brady

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Brady is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. Tom joins the Armchair Expert to discuss h...

Seth MacFarlane

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad, Ted) isan American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. Seth chats with the a...