Armchair Expert Episode and Guest Directory

Episode 488

Armchair Anonymous: Funeral

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about the craziest thing they've witnessed at a funeral.

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Episode 487

Reza Aslan (scholar of sociology of religion)

Reza Aslan is an author and expert on world religions. Reza joins the Armchair Expert to discuss where the idea of Christianity came from, the history of religious conversion in Iran and Pe…

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Episode 486

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow, Her, Lost In Translation) is an award-winning actress. Scarlett joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her experience working with Bill Murray, what it means …

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Episode 485

Armchair Anonymous: Pooped at the Gym

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they had an unauthorized evacuation at the gym.

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Episode 484

Jonathan Abrams (on the history of Hip-Hop)

Jonathan Abrams (The Come Up) is an author and journalist. Jonathan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why he wanted to write an oral history of hip-hop, how he became a sports writer, an…

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Episode 483

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon (They/Them, City on a Hill, Footloose) is an actor. Kevin joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why he thinks Footloose had so much success, what being cool means to him, and why…

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Episode 482

Armchair Anonymous: Caught Masturbating

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they were caught masturbating in an inappropriate place.

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Episode 481

Saul Kassin (psychologist on false confessions)

Saul Kassin (Duped: Why Innocent People Confess) is a professor and psychologist. Saul joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why some people give false confessions in criminal investigations…

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Episode 480

Jennette McCurdy

Jennette McCurdy (I'm Glad My Mom Died, iCarly) is a writer, director, and actress. Jennette joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what doing Dialectical Behavior Therapy has done for her me…

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Episode 479

Armchair Anonymous: Wild Animal

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they fought a wild animal.

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Episode 478

Jared Diamond (geographer, historian, ornithologist)

Jared Diamond is an author, geographer, historian, and ornithologist. Jared joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what his thoughts are on the future state of the world, what motivated him t…

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Episode 477

Ice-T

Ice-T (Power, Law and Order: SVU, Split Decision) is a rapper, actor, and producer. Ice-T joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the message of his new book, how he got introduced to the rap …

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Episode 476

Armchair Anonymous: Pooped on a Date

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time that they pooped their pants on a date.

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Episode 475

Will MacAskill (philosopher and ethicist)

Will MacAskill (What We Owe the Future) is a professor at Oxford and philosopher. Will joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how our moralities are affected by global ideologies, how fair tr…

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Episode 474

Lili Reinhart

Lili Reinhart (Riverdale, Look Both Ways) is an actress and producer. Lili joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her struggle with social anxiety, why she started writing poetry, and how she…

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Episode 473

Armchair Anonymous: Heroic

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time that they saved someone's life.

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Episode 472

Jamie Fiore Higgins (on her experience as a manager at Goldman Sachs)

Jamie Fiore Higgins (Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs) is a former finance executive and author. Jamie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her experience being…

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Episode 471

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (Pinocchio, Forrest Gump, Cast Away) is an actor and filmmaker. Tom joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what his approach was playing a beloved Disney character, what he loves mo…

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Episode 470

Erin Kimmerle (forensic anthropologist)

Erin Kimmerle (We Carry Their Bones) is a forensic anthropologist and author. Erin joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what we can learn by studying the bones of the deceased, her work inv…

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Episode 469

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris (Uncoupled, How I Met Your Mother, Doogie Howser) is an Emmy and Tony-award-winning actor, singer, writer and producer. Neil joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the esc…

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