Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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

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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

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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...

Lenore Skenazy

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lenore Skenazy is the president of Let Grow, a non-profit promoting childhood independence and resilience, and the founder of the Free-Range Kids move...

Jason Bateman Returns

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Bateman (Ozark, Arrested Development, Silver Spoons) is an American actor, director, producer and returning guest of Armchair Expert. Jason disc...

Nadia Bolz-Weber

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nadia Bolz-Weber is an author, Lutheran minister and public theologian. Nadia chats with the Armchair Expert to have a discussion on one of life's mos...

Ellen Pompeo

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy, Old School, Catch Me If You Can) is an American actress, director, and producer. Ellen chats with the Armchair Expert ab...

Bill Gates

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Gates is an American entrepreneur, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. Bill chats with the Armchair Expert about being fascinated b...

Sean Penn

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Penn (Milk, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, I Am Sam, Into the Wild) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, author and humanitaria...

Michael Tubbs

14 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

BONUS EPISODE with Michael Tubbs (the 79th and current mayor of Stockton, CA) is the second installment in a monthly series on dissecting the Black ex...

Atul Gawande

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Atul Gawande is an American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. He practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital ...

Colin Jost

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Jost (SNL) is an American comedian, actor and writer. Colin chats with the Armchair Expert about how he got into comedy, his approach to managin...

Bradley Edwards

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brad Edwardsis a nationally recognized Board Certified Civil Trial attorney who specializes in providing civil representation for children, victims of...

Leslie Odom Jr.

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton, Smash, Central Park) is an American Broadway, TV, Film actor and singer. Leslie chats with the Armchair Expert about his ac...

Angela Duckworth

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Angela Duckworth is an American academic, psychologist, MacArthur Genius grant winner and the co-host of the podcast No Stupid Questions. She is the R...

Dave Franco

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Franco (Neighbors, The Disaster Artist, Now You See Me) is an American actor and director. Dave chats with the Armchair Expert about being a firs...

Travis Pastrana

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Travis Pastrana an American professional motorsports competitor and stunt performer who has won X Games gold medals in supercross, motocross, freestyl...

Rob Corddry

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Corddry (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Children's Hospital, Hot Tub Time Machine, Ballers) is an American actor and comedian. Rob chats with th...

David Sinclair

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

David Sinclair is an Australian biologist and professor of genetics at Harvard known for his research on aging and longevity mechanisms. David chats w...

John Legend

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Legend is an American singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and philanthropist. John chats with the armchair expert about skipping multiple grades...

Jud Brewer

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jud Breweris an American psychiatrist, neuroscientist and author. He studies the neural mechanisms of mindfulness using fMRI technology and has used h...

Emily Mortimer

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Mortimer (Lars and the Real Girl, Shutter Island, The Newsroom) is an English actress and screenwriter. Emily chats with the Armchair Expert abo...

Jennifer Eberhardt

03 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

BONUS EPISODE with Jennifer Eberhardt (social psychologist who is currently a professor in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University) is the...

Nina Vasan

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nina Vasan is a professor at Stanford University and the Founder and Executive Director ofBrainstorm: The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation. S...

Juliette Lewis

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers, Old School, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation) is an American actress. Juliette...

Jeffrey Sachs

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Sachs an American economist, academic, public policy analyst and former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, where he holds th...

Blake Griffin

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Blake Griffin is an American professional basketball player for the NBA the Detroit Pistons. Blake chats with the armchair expert about growing up pl...

BONUS: Malcolm Gladwell

19 Jun 2020

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BONUS EPISODE! Malcolm Gladwell joins the Armchair Expert to talk about the upcoming season of The Revisionist History podcast. See Privacy Poli...

Vivek Murthy

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Vivek Murthy is an American physician and former vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 19th Surgeon General o...

Beastie Boys

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Beastie Boys were an American hip hop group from New York City. Adam and Mike D sit down with the Armchair Expert to discuss the nascent beginnings of...

Alanis Morissette

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alanis Morissette is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Alanis chats with the Armchair Expert about finding music a...

Ibram X. Kendi

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ibram X. Kendi is an American author and historian who teaches at American University. From July 2020, Kendi will join Boston University to launch the...

Bradley Whitford

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bradley Whitford (The West Wing, The Handmaid's Tale, Get Out) is an American actor and political activist. Bradley chats with the armchair expert abo...

Heather McGhee

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Heather McGhee is an American political commentator, political strategist, currently a distinguished senior fellow and former president of Demos, a no...

Jon Meacham

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Meachamis a Pulitzer prize winning author, reviewer, and presidential biographer. Jon chats withthe Armchair Expert aboutthisearly fascination wit...

Melissa McCarthy

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids, Mike and Molly, Spy, Identity Thief) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. Melissa chats with her old ...

Laurie Santos

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Laurie Santos is a cognitive scientist and Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast. Laurie chats with the...

50 Cent

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Curtis Jackson better known as 50 Cent is an American rapper, actor, producer, and entrepreneur. 50 cent chats with the Armchair Expert about towing t...

Rajiv Shah

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rajiv Shahis the President of the Rockefeller Foundation. He is a former American government official, physician and health economist who served as th...

America Ferrera

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

America Ferrera (Ugly Betty, End Of Watch, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Superstore) is an American actress, voice actress, producer, and dir...

Dan Heath

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Heath is an American bestselling author, speaker and fellow at Duke University's CASE center. Dan chats with the Armchair Expert about why certain...

Zoë Kravitz

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zoë Kravitz (Mad Max: Fury Road, Big Little Lies, High Fidelity) is an American actress and singer. Zoë chats with the Armchair Expert to discuss th...

David Chang

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

David Chang is an American restaurateur, author, television personality and founder of the Momofuku restaurant group. David chats with the Armchair Ex...

Rob Lowe

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Lowe (The Outsiders, St. Elmo's Fire, The West Wing, Parks and Recreation) is an American actor, producer, and director. Rob chats with the Armcha...

Glennon Doyle

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Glennon Doyle is an American author known for her #1 New York Times bestsellers Untamed and Love Warrior and bestseller Carry On, Warrior. Glennon cha...

Sheryl Crow

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sheryl Crow is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress. She joins the armchair expert to discuss starting her career later in life, how ...

Jessica Lahey

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Lahey is an American teacher and author. She writes the bi-weekly 'Parent-Teacher Conference' advice column for the New York Times, is a regul...

Ed Helms

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Helms (The Daily Show, The Office, The Hangover) is an American actor, comedian and musician. Ed chats with the Armchair Expert about his love of t...

Andrew Marantz

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Marantz is a journalist, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine and author of Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians and the Hijackin...

Alicia Keys

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alicia Keys is an American musician, singer, composer, actress and pianist. Alicia joins the Armchair Expert to discuss overcoming resentments, her pa...

Stephen Dubner

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Dubner is an author, journalist, and podcast/radio host. He is co-author of the Freakonomics book series and host of Freakonomics Radio. Steph...

Joy Bryant Returns

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joy Bryant (For Life, Parenthood, Get Rich or Die Tryin') is an American actress. Joy returns to Armchair Expert and sits down with her ex-TV husband ...

Lydia Denworth

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lydia Denworth is a science journalist and author. She is the contributing editor for Scientific American and writes for Psychology Today. Her work ha...

Sanjay Gupta on COVID-19

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sanjay Gupta (American neurosurgeon and medical reporter) joins us for an informative episode on COVID-19. Sanjay takes time out of his incredible...

Tom Silver

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Silver is a Hypnotherapist with over 35 years of experience developing powerful, proven therapeutic hypnosis methods. Tom sits down with the Armch...

Lennon Parham

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lennon Parham (Playing House, Veep, Bless This Mess) is an American actress, comedian and improviser. Lennon sits down with the Armchair Expert to dis...

Adam Mosseri

12 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Mosseri is the current CEO of Instagram. Adam sits down in the attic to talk about how he landed a job at Facebook, the responsibility of social ...

Men's Bodies with Kumail Nanjiani & Rob McElhenney

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dax invites Rob McElhenney (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet) and Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley, Th...

BJ Fogg

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

BJ Fogg is an author and social science research associate at Stanford. BJ sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss his approach to changing beha...

Whitney Cummings

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Whitney Cummings (Whitney, Two Broke Girls, Chelsea Lately) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, producer, writer, director, and podcaster. Whit...

Peggy Orenstein

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Peggy Orenstein is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Girls & Sex, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Waiting for Daisy and Boys & Sex. Peggy sits ...

Ashton Kutcher Returns

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ashton Kutcher (The Ranch, Jobs, No Strings Attached, That 70s Show) is an American actor, producer, and entrepreneur. Ashton returns to the attic to ...

LIVE: Jason De León

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Armchair Expert Live from Los Angeles at UCLA. February 1st, 2020. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice...

Alison Brie

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alison Brie (Community, Mad Men, Glow) is an American actress. She sits down with the armchair expert to discuss the experience of filming Mad Men and...

Ezra Klein

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ezra Klein is an American journalist, blogger, and political commentator who co-founded Vox. Ezra sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss the cu...

Josh Gad

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Gad (Frozen, Frozen 2, Book of Mormon, The Daily Show) is an American actor, comedian, and singer. Josh sits down with the Armchair Expert to dis...

Chris Voss

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Voss is an American businessman, author, and professor. Voss is a former FBI hostage negotiator, the CEO of The Black Swan Group Ltd, and co-aut...

Will Arnett

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Will Arnett (Arrested Development, BoJack Horseman, Blades of Glory, Lego Movie) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian and producer. Will sits down w...

Jared Cohen

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jared Cohen is an American businessman. He is currently serving as the CEO of Jigsaw and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations....

Claire Danes

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Claire Danes (Homeland, Romeo and Juliet, Temple Grandin, My So Called Life) is an American actress. Claire sits down with the Armchair Expert to disc...

LIVE: Dierks Bentley

23 Jan 2020

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Armchair Expert Live from Nashville at Andrew Jackson Hall. November 1st, 2019. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California P...

Drew Carey

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Drew Carey (The Drew Carey Show, The Price is Right) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, sports executive, and game show host. Drew sits down...

Sam Harris Returns

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Harris is an American author, neuroscientist, philosopher, and podcast host. In Sam's return to Armchair Expert, he discusses what it means to liv...

January Jones

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

January Jones (Mad Men, Last Man on Earth, Anger Management) is an American actress and model. January joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her obsess...

Ronan Farrow

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ronan Farrow is an American journalist. Ronan sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss his childhood growing up among 10 siblings, the discomfort...

Rainn Wilson

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rainn Wilson (The Office, Six Feet Under, The Rocker) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, businessman and producer. Rainn joins the Armc...

Holiday Spectacular 2019

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In our final episode of 2019, we send out the year by inviting friends and family to sing, laugh and be merry. Please enjoy our 2019 holiday spectacul...

Best of 2019

19 Dec 2019

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On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from 2019. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...

Keri Russell

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Keri Russell (Felicity, Mission: Impossible III, The Americans)is an American actress and dancer. Keri visits the attic to discuss her time on the all...

BONUS: Rhys Darby (Live)

14 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Armchair Expert Live from San Antonio at the Dad 2.0 Conference. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice ...

Malcolm Gladwell

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, author, speaker and podcast host. Malcolm joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the value of gleaning inform...

T.I.

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

T.I. is an American rapper and actor. He sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss his foray into entrepreneurship as a child, narcissistic patter...

Adam Grant

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Grant is an American psychologist and author who is currently a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in...

Sam Elliott

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Elliott (Mask, The Big Lebowski, Road House, A Star is Born, The Ranch) is an American actor. Sam sits down with the Armchair Expert to talk about...