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Episode 1278

Adam Grant #4

Adam Grant (Vibe, Hidden Potential, and Think Again) is an organizational psychologist, Wharton professor, and author. Adam joins Armchair Expert to discuss being pushed out of his childhoo…

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Episode 1277

Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Frankenstein, The Shape of Water) is an Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter, and producer. Guillermo joins Armchair Expert to discuss his dad w…

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Episode 1274

Leanne Morgan

Leanne Morgan (Leanne, You're Cordially Invited, I'm Every Woman) is a comedian, actor, and author. Leanne joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in a 600-person Tennessee town, leavin…

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Episode 1272

Ben Lamm (on de-extinction)

Ben Lamm, co-founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences, serial technology entrepreneur, and pioneer in de-extinction. Ben joins Armchair Expert to discuss being raised by his mom and grandpar…

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Episode 1268

Dave Franco Returns

Dave Franco (Idiots, The Studio, Together) is an actor, writer, and director. Dave returns to Armchair Expert to discuss growing up as the youngest of three brothers, being a hopeless roman…

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Episode 1262

Gal Gadot

Gal Gadot (The Runner, Wonder Woman, Fast & Furious) is an actor, action star, and former pageant winner. Gal joins Armchair Expert to discuss unexpectedly winning a beauty pageant, being t…

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Episode 1247

Alan Ritchson

Alan Ritchson (War Machine, Reacher, and Motor City) is an actor. Alan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in a military family, the surprising path from ballet to action movies…

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Episode 1241

Jackie Tohn Returns

Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This, The Boys, GLOW) is an actress, comedian, and musician. Jackie joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up on Long Island with two gym-teacher parents, discov…

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Episode 1238

Lukas Gage

Lukas Gage (I Wrote This For Attention, Voicemails for Isabelle, and The White Lotus) is an actor and author. Lukas joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in a chaotic family in San Di…

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Episode 1235

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde (The Invite, Booksmart, and Don’t Worry Darling) is a director, actor, and filmmaker. Olivia joins Armchair Expert to discuss being raised by war-correspondent parents, growing…

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Episode 1227

Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)

Darby Saxbe (Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men’s Lives) is a clinical psychologist, tenured professor, and researcher on family stress and the transition to par…

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Episode 1220

Jack McBrayer

Jack McBrayer (Zillow Gone Wild, 30 Rock, Wreck-It Ralph) is an Emmy-nominated actor, and comedian. Jack joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in a family of school teachers, finding …

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Episode 1217

Brandi Carlile

Brandi Carlile (Returning to Myself, By the Way, I Forgive You, and The Story) is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, producer, activist, and author. Brandi joins Armchair Expert to discuss…

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Episode 1211

Jack Antonoff

Jack Antonoff (Bleachers, everyone for ten minutes) is a Grammy-winning producer, songwriter, and frontman. Jack joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up as an unsupervised middle child …

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Episode 1205

Tom Pelphrey

Tom Pelphrey (Task, Ozark, Love and Death) is an Emmy-winning actor. He joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in New Jersey near the Shore, the impact of his intense high school actin…

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Episode 1013

Jennie Garth

Jennie Garth (I Choose Me, 90210, What I Like About You) is an award-winning actor and author. Jennie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her vegan journey, being discovered in a pageant a…

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Episode 1001

Zach Braff Returns

Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State, Bad Monkey) is an actor, writer, and director. Zach joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his storied doppelgänger switcheroo, coming up with a special came…

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Episode 998

Amanda Peet Returns

Amanda Peet (Fantasy Life, Your Friends & Neighbors, The Whole Nine Yards) is an actor, writer, and producer. Amanda joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being a serial monogamist during he…

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Episode 995

Marcus Mumford

Marcus Mumford (Prizefighter, Sigh No More, Wilder Mind) is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, singer, and producer. Marcus joins the Armchair Expert to discuss enjoying occupying the limin…

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Episode 978

Elizabeth Smart

Elizabeth Smart (Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart) is a child safety advocate and founder of the Elizabeth Smart Foundation. Elizabeth joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why advocacy became her…

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Episode 971

Cher

Cher (Cher: The Memoir, Moonstruck, Believe) is a multi-platinum recording artist, Academy Award winning actor, TV personality, author, and icon. Cher joins the Armchair Expert to discuss e…

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Episode 968

Best of Monday 2025

On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from Monday episodes in 2025. Nikki Glaser relays the risks of a roast, Brad Pitt commits a non-union extra faux pas, Domini…

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Episode 965

Zooey Deschanel Returns

Zooey Deschanel (Merv, New Girl, She & Him) is an actress and musician. Zooey returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss the lessons of the go-bag after the fire evacuations, the elegance-ce…

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Episode 959

D'Arcy Carden Returns

D’Arcy Carden (Loot, The Good Place, The Handmaid’s Tale) is an Emmy Award-nominated actor and comedian. D’Arcy returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss forming a bond with travel show co-…

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Episode 956

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams, The Secret Life of Us, The Square) is an actor, writer, and director. Joel joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how he knows when his Australian Vogue Editor-in…

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Episode 953

Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup (The Morning Show, Jay Kelly, Almost Famous) is an Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor. Billy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his interpretation of his findings on Finding Y…

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Episode 934

Matt Friend (impressionist)

Matt Friend (Grace Period, The Simpsons, Family Guy) is a stand-up comedian, impressionist, and actor. Matt joins the Armchair Expert to discuss exploring whether he’s enough beyond his voi…

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Episode 933

Kristen Bell & Justine Lupe

Kristen Bell & Justine Lupe (Nobody Wants This) join the Armchair Expert to discuss the incredibly involved, long-game prank pulled on set, how this season of their show is a love story bet…

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Episode 930

Dominic Fike

Dominic Fike (Euphoria, Rocket, What Could Possibly Go Wrong) is a singer, musician, and actor. Dominic joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up around high-functioning relationships…

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Episode 924

Alicia Silverstone

Alicia Silverstone (Irish Blood, Bugonia, Clueless) is an award-winning actress, writer, and activist. Alicia joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her incidence of disassociation when remem…

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Episode 922

Mark Ronson Returns

Mark Ronson (Night People: How to be a DJ in 90s New York City) is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning producer, songwriter, and DJ. Mark returns to Armchair Expert to discuss feeling the fu…

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Episode 921

Jason Aldean

Jason Aldean (Full Throttle, My Kinda Party, Night Train) is a Grammy Award-winning country music artist. Jason joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the chameleonic effects of not spending …

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Episode 919

Amanda Uhle (on hoarding)

Amanda Uhle (Destroy This House, McSweeney's) is a journalist, publisher, and author. Amanda joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the east meets west hodgepodge decor cultivated by her ecce…

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Episode 909

Ramy Youssef Returns

Ramy Youssef (Mountainhead, Number One Happy Family USA, Ramy) is an award-winning comedian, director, and actor. Ramy returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss how shooting Mountainhead wa…

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Episode 895

Olivia Munn

Olivia Munn (Your Friend and Neighbors, The Newsroom, The Daily Show) is an actor and advocate. Olivia joins the Armchair Expert to discuss accepting that a messy home with kids is not a si…

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Episode 889

Alex Cooper

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 her own shrink, growing up with a therap…

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Episode 880

Nick Kroll Returns

Nick Kroll (Adults, Big Mouth, Kroll Show) is a comedian, showrunner, and producer. Nick joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why he turned down the opportunity to kiss Dax's wife, calling …

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Episode 874

Mo Amer

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's something unsettled at home, embraci…

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Episode 859

Dove Cameron

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 of bloomers, realizing she was a stimul…

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Episode 846

Lauren Graham Returns

Lauren Graham (The Z-Suite, Parenthood, Gilmore Girls) is a Golden Globe-nominated actor, producer, and author. Lauren joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the day Lauren drove by Dax and t…

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Episode 843

Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling (Running Point, The Mindy Project, Never Have I Ever) is an Emmy-nominated writer, actor, and producer. Mindy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how she is the only the secon…

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Episode 834

Chelsea Handler Returns Again

Chelsea Handler (I'll Have What She's Having, Dear Chelsea, Chelsea Lately) is a comedian, producer, and best-selling author. Chelsea returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss appreciating …

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Episode 828

Josh Gad Returns

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 would be the Unsinkable Molly Brown on the …

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Episode 803

Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick (Woman of the Hour, Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air) is an actor and director. Anna returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss being a non-fashion girlie, her feelings on her firs…

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Episode 801

Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird

Sue Bird is a former WNBA basketball player and a five-time Olympic gold medalist. Megan Rapinoe is a former soccer player and an Olympic gold medalist. Sue and Megan join the Armchair Expe…

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Episode 792

Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson (Hold Your Breath, American Horror Story, 12 Years A Slave) is an award-winning actor and producer. Sarah joins the Armchair Expert to discuss when she knew she wanted to beco…

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Episode 786

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges (The Old Man, The Big Lebowski, True Grit) is an Academy Award-winning actor. Jeff joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how he broke his mom’s heart as a teenager, learning how…

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Episode 783

Halle Berry

Halle Berry (Never Let Go, The Union, Monster’s Ball) is an Academy Award-winning actor, producer, and director. Halle joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the longevity of her romantic rel…

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Episode 780

Kathryn Hahn Returns

Kathryn Hahn (Agatha All Along, Bad Moms, Glass Onion) is an Emmy-nominated actor. Kathryn returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss the Swedish art of death cleaning, whether limousines ar…

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Episode 772

Bill Lawrence

Bill Lawrence (Bad Monkey, Ted Lasso, Scrubs) is a writer, director, and show runner. Bill joins the Armchair Expert to discuss not watching his friends’ shows, how powerful the concept of …

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Episode 769

Doctor Mike

Doctor Mike (The Checkup with Doctor Mike) is a family medicine doctor and YouTube’s #1 Doctor. Doctor Mike joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being the son of immigrants, how his social …

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Episode 765

Sam Richardson

Sam Richardson (Sausage Party: Foodtopia, Veep, Detroiters) is an Emmy award-winning actor and comedian. Sam joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his thoughts on the institution of marriage…

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Episode 759

Julianne Hough

Julianne Hough (Everything We Never Knew, Dancing with the Stars) is an actor, dancer, and choreographer. Julianne joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in the Mormon church, goin…

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Episode 756

Jack Black

Jack Black (Borderlands, Kung Fu Panda, High Fidelity) is an actor and musician. Jack joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how he feels about being shouted at on the street, getting started…

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Episode 754

Teddy Swims

Teddy Swims (I've Tried Everything but Therapy) is a singer-songwriter. Teddy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in small town Georgia, meeting Dave Chappelle, and having to le…

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Episode 751

Woody Harrelson & Ted Danson

Woody Harrelson and Ted Danson (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) are award-winning actors. Woody and Ted join the Armchair Expert to discuss working together on Cheers, their brotherly rela…

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Episode 745

Meghan Trainor

Meghan Trainor (Timeless) is a singer and songwriter. Meghan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what it was like growing up on Nantucket Island, how she felt about the age gap between her…

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Episode 742

Kirby

Kirby (Sugar, Barry, The Good Place) is an actor. Kirby joins the Armchair Expert to discuss where she got her sense of style, her mom's love of American celebrity gossip, and how represent…

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Episode 737

Michael Norton (on rituals)

Michael Norton (The Ritual Effect, Happy Money) is a social psychologist and professor. Michael joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what it was like having his parents own a greeting card …

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Episode 731

James Patterson

James Patterson (Eruption, Alex Cross, Along Came a Spider) is a best-selling author. James joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why he likes fiction more than non-fiction, what it's like t…

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Episode 727

Sebastian Maniscalco

Sebastian Maniscalco. (It Ain't Right, Bookie) is a comedian and actor. Sebastian joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his first pair of Jordans, why his dad is the focal point of his comed…

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Episode 724

Camila Cabello

Camila Cabello (C,XOXO, Familia, Romance) is a singer and songwriter. Camila joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the techniques she's developed to deal with public attention, how complicat…

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Episode 721

Bobby Lee

Bobby Lee (Sweet Dreams, TigerBelly, Bad Friends) is an actor and comedian. Bobby joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his complicated relationship with his parents, how he feels about dati…

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Episode 718

Tiffany Haddish

Tiffany Haddish (I Curse You With Joy, Girls Trip, Night School) is an actor and comedian. Tiffany joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how much she needs laughter on a daily basis, her jou…

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Episode 717

Charan Ranganath (on memory)

Charan Ranganath (Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters) is a neuroscientist. Charan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the mechanics of memory, how AI lear…

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Episode 713

Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph (Loot, Bridesmaids, The Way Way Back) is an actor, comedian, and writer. Maya joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why she wants one of her kids to be a chef, her love for the …

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Episode 711

Patric Gagne (on sociopathy)

Patric Gagne (Sociopath: A Memoir) is a psychologist and author. Patric joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being a diagnosed sociopath, how sociopathy exists on a spectrum, and having to …

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Episode 708

Finneas

Finneas is an award-winning songwriter and music producer. Finneas joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what his favorite snacks are, what annoys him about flying, and why he doesn't like t…

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Episode 695

Maisie Williams

Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones, The New Look, Pistol) is an actor. Maisie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how she connects with other young actors who achieve success early, how her …

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Episode 692

Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn (Overboard, The First Wives Club, Death Becomes Her) is an actor, producer, and director. Goldie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what she misses about being anonymous in pu…

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Episode 691

Jared Cohen Returns

Jared Cohen (Life After Power, Accidental Presidents) is an author and businessman. Jared returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss what other oddities he collects from former US Presidents…

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Episode 690

Bradley Cooper Returns

Bradley Cooper (Maestro, A Star is Born, Silver Linings Playbook) is an award-winning actor, producer, and filmmaker. Bradley returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why it's important to…

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Episode 688

Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner (God & Country, Spinal Tap, All in the Family) is an actor and filmmaker. Rob joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how he helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1960 World Series,…

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Episode 687

Camila Mendes

Camila Mendes (Riverdale, Upgraded, Musica) is an actor and producer. Camila joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how young artists are often more vulnerable to the public, how much she has…

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Episode 675

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Finding Your Roots, Gospel, Stony the Road) is a filmmaker, professor, and cultural critic. Henry joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what techniques he uses whe…

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Episode 664

Holiday Spectacular 2023

Join us for our annual holiday spectacular as we open presents, we talk about why this Christmas is bittersweet, we discuss why parents aren't sexy, and we take time to reflect on 2023 and …

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Episode 659

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe (Poor Things, Platoon, The Lighthouse) is an actor. Willem joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how he doesn't have the desire to buy things, how being raised by his siblings a…

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Episode 657

Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova is a 5x Grand Slam-winning former professional tennis player, investor, and entrepreneur. Maria joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how her priorities changed after retirin…

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Episode 656

Jon Batiste

Jon Batiste (American Symphony) is a musician and composer. Jon joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why some people feel unworthy of others, why it's important to feel rejection, and how m…

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Episode 645

Tom Hansen

Tom Hansen is an entertainment lawyer and Dax's best friend. Tom joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what knowing people from the Dust Bowl era is like, how much he loved working on his gr…

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Episode 640

Adam Grant Returns Again

Adam Grant (Hidden Potential) is an organizational psychologist, professor, and author. Adam joins the Armchair Expert again to discuss how much he misses his family when on a book tour, ho…

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Episode 633

Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen (SNL, Portlandia, Documentary Now!) is a comedian, actor, and musician. Fred joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why he doesn't speak up when he's uncomfortable, why he will e…

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Episode 630

Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington (Thicker Than Water) is an award-winning actor, producer, director, and writer. Kerry joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her anthropology degree, not feeling like the pro…

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Episode 627

Jonathan Van Ness

Jonathan Van Ness (Queer Eye, Getting Curious) is a hairstylist, television personality, and podcaster. Jonathan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the idea of older women having younger …

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Episode 621

Idina Menzel

Idina Menzel is a singer and actor. Idina joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her scary theater accident, how her dad was a pajama salesman, and her feelings about the Happy Birthday song.…

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Episode 616

Tig Notaro

Tig Notaro is a comedian, actor, and podcaster. Tig joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what she thinks about cold plunges, how much she hates texting, and how having unconventional parent…

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Episode 611

Wendy Mogel

Dr. Wendy Mogel (Nurture vs Nurture, Voice Lessons for Parents) is a clinical psychologist, author, and podcaster. Wendy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how interesting linguistics are…

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Episode 607

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke is an actor and director. Ethan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what working with Vincent D'Onofrio is like, how he balanced having divorced parents, and how he attained hi…

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Episode 604

Kate Mara

Kate Mara (Black Mirror, A Teacher, House of Cards) is an actress. Kate joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her name, being an extreme introvert as a kid, and having two great grandparents…

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Episode 601

Terry Crews

Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Idiocracy, The Expendables) is an actor, television host, and author. Terry joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his inspiration for President Camacho, what…

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Episode 598

Elizabeth Banks Returns

Elizabeth Banks (Cocaine Bear, The Beanie Bubble) is an actor, producer, and director. Elizabeth returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss her feelings about using AI in film, what her expe…

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Episode 592

Minka Kelly

Minka Kelly (Tell Me Everything, Friday Night Lights, Parenthood) is an actress, model, and New York Times Bestselling author. Minka joins the Armchair Expert to discuss confronting her chi…

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Episode 589

Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson (Chemistry, The Kelly Clarkson Show) is a Grammy award-winning singer, author, and talk show host. Kelly joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why she prefers having a small r…

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Episode 587

Chris Paul (12x NBA All-Star)

Chris Paul (Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court) is a 12x NBA All-Star, 2x Olympic Gold Medalist, and author. Chris joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in th…

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Episode 586

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. (Downey's Dream Cars, Sr., Iron Man) is an actor and producer. Robert joins the Armchair Expert to discuss their journey to becoming soulmates, how important it is to have…

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Episode 580

Lizzy Caplan

Lizzy Caplan (Fatal Attraction, Masters of Sex, Party Down) is an actor and producer. Lizzy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how hard it is to hang out with friends in LA, how she start…

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Episode 575

Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers (The Album, Happiness Begins, A Little Bit Longer) are a pop rock band. The Jonas Brothers join the Armchair Expert to discuss how faith and spirituality has shaped their…

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Episode 572

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda (Book Club: The Next Chapter, Grace and Frankie, 80 for Brady) is an actor, activist, and producer. Jane joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why she got involved in activism, ho…

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Episode 570

Gretchen Rubin (on happiness)

Gretchen Rubin (Life in Five Senses, The Happiness Project) is an author and podcaster. Gretchen joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what led her to the happiness space, how important rela…

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Episode 567

Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes (Grey's Anatomy, Bridgerton, Scandal) is a producer, writer, and showrunner. Shonda joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what her experience has been working for a streaming s…

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Episode 564

Jason Katims

Jason Katims (Dear Edward, Parenthood, Friday Night Lights) is a producer, writer, and showrunner. Jason joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his ability to embrace the ensemble, the relati…

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Episode 560

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal (Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko) is an actor. Jake joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what it was like to grow up in the celebrity world, how…

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Episode 558

Rick Rubin (record producer)

Rick Rubin (The Creative Act: A Way of Being, American Recordings) is an 8x Grammy Award-winning music producer, record executive, and author. Rick joins the Armchair Expert to discusshis c…

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Episode 554

Barbie Ferreira

Barbie Ferreira (Euphoria, The Afterparty, Nope) is an actor and model. Barbie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her experience auditioning for Euphoria, how she got into modeling, and h…

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Episode 548

David Letterman

David Letterman (Late Show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. David joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his relationship …

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Episode 542

Jenna Ortega

Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream, X) is an actor. Jenna joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her relationship with her self-esteem, why she doesn't like watching her own performances, and gr…

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Episode 540

Shania Twain

Shania Twain is a singer-songwriter. Shania joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what breaking into the country music scene from Canada was like, how she always enjoyed indulging in her cre…

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Episode 537

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd (Ant-Man, I Love You Man, Clueless) is an actor. Paul joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the importance of male friendship, why he's gotten more introverted as he's gotten old, …

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Episode 522

Paul Scheer

Paul Scheer (Unspooled, How Did This Get Made, The League) is an actor, comedian, and podcaster. Paul joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the magic behind a great movie, how he keeps balan…

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Episode 519

Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick (Alice, Darling, Pitch Perfect, Trolls) is an actor. Anna joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her experience being in a toxic relationship, how she feels about the term

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Episode 517

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union (The Inspection, Strange World, Bad Boys 2) is an actor and producer. Gabrielle joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how she always plans for the worst-case scenario, how sh…

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Episode 510

Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham is a fashion designer, singer, and television personality. Victoria joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why she wanted to start a line of makeup and skincare products, how…

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Episode 498

Constance Wu

Constance Wu (Making a Scene, Crazy Rich Asians, Fresh Off the Boat) is an actress. Constance joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why she decided to write a book, the importance of having …

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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 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 463

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller (Severance, Meet the Parents, Tropic Thunder) is an actor, producer, and director. Ben joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what his experience was directing the first season of…

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Episode 461

David Lieberman

David Lieberman (Mindreader, You Can Read Anyone) is an author and psychotherapist. David joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his research into the psychology of the human ego, the art of …

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Episode 460

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Gay Pride & Prejudice, Modern Family, Take Me Out) is an actor and producer. Jesse joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how the businesses of theater and television di…

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Episode 457

Shaun White

Shaun White is an Olympic gold medalist snowboarder. Shaun joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how he dealt with the pressures of people expecting him to win all the time, how he applied h…

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Episode 454

John Early

John Early (The Afterparty, Search Party, 30 Rock) is an actor and comedian. John joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what it was like growing up with ministers as parents, using humor as …

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Episode 445

Connie Britton

Connie Britton (Mamas, Friday Night Lights, Nashville) is an actress. Connie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being an aerobics instructor in New York, how much her parents appreciated …

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Episode 433

Zazie Beetz

Zazie Beetz (Atlanta, Deadpool 2, Joker) is an actor. Zazie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her name and how everyone pronounces it incorrectly, growing up in a pro-nudity culture in E…

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Episode 422

Emmy Rossum

Emmy Rossum (Shameless, Phantom of the Opera, Angelyne) is an actress, producer, and singer. Emmy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what it was like being a classically trained singer at…

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Episode 415

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy (Peaky Blinders, Batman Begins, Red Eye) is an actor and producer. Cillian joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how Irish culture can be both rebellious and obedient, how he …

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Episode 413

Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore (In Real Life, This Is Us, A Walk to Remember) is a singer, songwriter, and actress. Mandy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how she was discovered singing the national anthe…

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Episode 411

Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Fallon (The Tonight Show, Nana Loves You More) is a comedian, actor, author, and television host. Jimmy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how he ended up hosting The Tonight Show, …

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Episode 409

Tony Hawk & Sam Jones

Tony Hawk is a professional skateboarder and entrepreneur. Sam Jones is a photographer and director. Tony and Sam join the Armchair Expert to discuss collaborating to make a documentary abo…

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Episode 404

Jacqueline Novogratz

Jacqueline Novogratz (Manifesto for a Moral Revolution) is an entrepreneur, author and founder of Acumen, a nonprofit global venture capital fund whose goal is to use entrepreneurial approa…

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Episode 389

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner (Mayor of Kingstown, Hawkeye, The Hurt Locker) is an actor. Jeremy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss where the confidence in his own masculinity comes from, how his first i…

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Episode 387

Dwyane Wade

Dwyane Wade is a former professional basketball player, film producer, and author. Dwyane joins the Armchair Expert to discuss navigating different forms of addiction throughout his life, h…

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Episode 381

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper (Nightmare Alley, A Star is Born, The Hangover) is an actor and filmmaker. Bradley joins the Armchair Expert to discuss their long-standing friendship that started at the beg…

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Episode 375

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci is an actor, writer, and producer. Stanley joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why he decided to move to England, the motivation for writing a cookbook with his parents, and …

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Episode 374

Paul Bloom

Paul Bloom is a psychologist and professor at Yale University. Paul joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how he loves to debunk simple ideas that people commonly have, how a full life requi…

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Episode 369

Ron Howard

Ron Howard (Parenthood, The Da Vinci Code, Happy Days) is a director, actor, and producer. Ron joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his personal and professional relationship with his broth…

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Episode 363

Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore (The Drew Barrymore Show, E.T., Charlie's Angels) is an actor and producer. Drew joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being a child star in Hollywood, going through treatment…

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Episode 360

Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz

Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz (The Scaffold Effect) is a psychiatrist and founder of the Child Mind Institute. Dr. Koplewicz joins the Armchair Expert to discuss child mental health advocacy, the…

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Episode 359

Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet (The Chair, Saving Silverman, Brockmire) is an actress, producer, and screenwriter. Amanda joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her early dating life, growing up in New York and…

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Episode 357

Awkwafina

Awkwafina (Shang-Chi, Nora from Queens, Crazy Rich Asians) is a Golden Globe award-winning actor, comedian, and rapper. Awkwafina joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being self-conscious a…

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Episode 356

Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony (Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised) is a 10x NBA All-Star, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Carmelo joins the Armchair Expert to discuss dealing with depression as a child, hi…

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Episode 349

Kristen Bell Returns

Kristen Bell is an actress, singer, and podcaster Dax Shepard's wife. Kristen rejoins the Armchair Expert to discuss her experience shooting Family Game Fight, which animal she thinks is th…

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Episode 348

Daryl Hall

Daryl Hall is a singer, songwriter and the lead vocalist of Hall & Oates. Daryl joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his relationship over the years with John Oates, learning how to sing fr…

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Episode 344

Tim Grover

Tim Grover is a mental and physical performance coach. Tim joins the Armchair Expert to talk about training athletes like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, how his parents really wanted him t…

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Episode 342

Esther Perel Returns

Esther Perel is a psychotherapist and New York Times best seller. Esther joins the Armchair Expert to talk about how social boundaries were affected during the Covid-19 pandemic, how helpin…

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Episode 336

Tara Stoinski

Tara Stoinski is a primatologist and President, CEO and Chief Scientific Officer for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Tara joins the Armchair Expert to discuss studying gorillas for more than …

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Episode 330

Russell Brand

Russell Brand (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Revelation, Under the Skin) is an English comedian, actor, podcaster, writer, and activist. Russell joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how addict…

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Episode 326

Julianna Margulies

Julianna Margulies (ER, The Good Wife, Sunshine Girl) is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild award-winning actress. Julianna joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her parents spli…

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Episode 325

Yusef Salaam & Ethan Herisse

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 Netflix series has had on popular culture…

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Episode 323

Jonathan Tucker

Jonathan Tucker (Parenthood, Kingdom, Debris) is an actor. Jonathan joins the Armchair Expert from his 1989 Cadillac DeVille to discuss his plan to live in his van before the pandemic happe…

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Episode 322

Prince Harry

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 issues, growing up with privilege, and…

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Episode 321

Seth Rogen Returns

Seth Rogen is an actor, writer, producer, director, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Seth returns to Armchair Expert to discuss his approach for writing his new book, how awful weed paraph…

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Episode 314

Macklemore

Macklemore is Grammy Award-winning rapper and songwriter. Macklemore joins the Armchair Expert to talk about growing up in a progressive neighborhood in Seattle, falling in love with music …

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Episode 310

Lamorne Morris

Lamorne Morris (New Girl, Woke, Unwanted) is an actor, comedian and podcaster. Lamorne joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up on the southside of Chicago, how he knew he wanted to …

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Episode 295

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen (Green Book, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Captain Fantastic) is an Oscar-nominated actor, writer and director. Viggo joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why it took him s…

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Episode 294

Erin Meyer

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 to discuss how feedback is interpreted …

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Episode 293

Salma Hayek

Salma Hayek (Bliss, Frida, Desperado) is an actress and producer. Salma Hayek joins the Armchair Expert to discuss blackmailing her parents into letting her go to boarding school, how Rober…

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Episode 291

Emily Morse

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. Emily explains her theory on why sex i…

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Episode 290

Jason Segel

Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, How I Met Your Mother, Freaks And Geeks) is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, author, and producer. Jason joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his re…

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Episode 288

Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman, An Education, The Great Gatsby) is an Academy Award-nominated actress. Carey joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her parents' fear of her pursuing ac…

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Episode 279

Jackie Tohn

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 at nine-years-old, how she and Kristen…

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Episode 275

Shawn Mendes

Shawn Mendes is Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum singer and songwriter. Shawn joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the results of finding success at such an early age, where the main source…

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Episode 273

Dov Fox

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 the Armchair Expert from his closet to …

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Episode 271

Emmanuel Acho

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 Man. Emmanuel joins the Armchair Exper…

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Episode 264

Halsey

Halsey is a Grammy Award-nominated, platinum-selling singer songwriter. Halsey joins the Armchair Expert and the two bond over vaping, ranch-style homes, and both having car salesman father…

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Episode 252

Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist that started working for the Washington Post in 1971 and currently holds the title of associate editor. Dax discusses how bipartisan Bob…

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Episode 245

Keith Urban

Keith Urban is a four-time Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer. Keith chats with the Armchair Expert about adjusting to Nashville from Australia, why he couldn't get…

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Episode 242

Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad, Ted) isan American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. Seth chats with the armchair expert about how he first found…

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Episode 241

Lenore Skenazy

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

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Episode 238

Ellen Pompeo

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 about growing up in blue collar Boston, h…

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Episode 237

Bill Gates

Bill Gates is an American entrepreneur, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. Bill chats with the Armchair Expert about being fascinated by advancements in history, balancing wo…

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Episode 229

Dave Franco

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 first time director, growing up to artistic…

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Episode 199

Jessica Lahey

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 regular contributor to the Atlantic and wrot…

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Episode 196

Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys is an American musician, singer, composer, actress and pianist. Alicia joins the Armchair Expert to discuss overcoming resentments, her pattern of people pleasing and releasing …

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Episode 194

Joy Bryant Returns

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 to discuss her new obsession with duck,…

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Episode 193

Lydia Denworth

Lydia Denworth is a science journalist and author. She is the contributing editor for Scientific American and writes for Psychology Today. Her work has also appeared in The Atlantic, Newswe…

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Episode 191

Tom Silver

Tom Silver is a Hypnotherapist with over 35 years of experience developing powerful, proven therapeutic hypnosis methods. Tom sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss his relationship …

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Episode 185

Peggy Orenstein

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 down with the Armchair Expert to discus…

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Episode 178

Will Arnett

Will Arnett (Arrested Development, BoJack Horseman, Blades of Glory, Lego Movie) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian and producer. Will sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss his …

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Episode 174

Drew Carey

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 with the Armchair Expert to discuss hi…

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Episode 171

Ronan Farrow

Ronan Farrow is an American journalist. Ronan sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss his childhood growing up among 10 siblings, the discomfort of having a public family and his comm…

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Episode 169

Holiday Spectacular 2019

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 spectacularwith Kristen Bell, Sean Hayes and Sco…

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Episode 167

Keri Russell

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 new Mickey Mouse club, meeting Dax's m…

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Episode 164

T.I.

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 patterns and developing desensitization. Dax …

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Episode 160

Tony Hale

Tony Hale (Arrested Development, Toy Story 4, Veep) is an American comedian and actor. Tony joins the attic to discuss his tools for combating anxiety, his relationship to religion and bein…

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Episode 156

Judd Apatow

Judd Apatow (Freaks and Geeks, The 40 Year old Virgin,Knocked Up,This is 40,Trainwreck) is an American filmmaker, producer, actor and comedian. Judd sits down with the Armchair Expert to di…

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Episode 154

Kate & Oliver Hudson

Kate Hudson (Almost Famous, How to Lose A Guy In 10 Days) and Oliver Hudson (Nashville, Splitting Up Together) are American actor/producer siblings. The two sit down with the Armchair Exper…

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Episode 152

Edward Norton

Edward Norton (Fight Club, American History X, Birdman, Grand Budapest Hotel) is anAmerican actor and filmmaker. Edward sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss his new film Motherless…

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Episode 148

Jim Jefferies

Jim Jefferies (Legit, The Jim Jefferies Show) is an Australian-American stand-up comedian, political commentator, actor, and writer. Jim visits the attic to discuss his early negative exper…

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Episode 147

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

Nadine Burke Harris is an American pediatrician who is the 1st and current Surgeon General of California. She is known for her work in adverse childhood experiences. Nadine visits the Armch…

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Episode 145

Lori Gottlieb

Lori Gottlieb is an American author and psychotherapist. She sits down in the attic to discuss her transition from entertainment to therapist, her willingness to listen to career advice and…

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Episode 144

The Avett Brothers

The Avett Brothers are an American folk rock band. They sit down with the Armchair Expert to discuss the experience of being in a family band, the balance between touring and home life and …

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Episode 142

Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan (Away We Go, 17 Again, Mr. Universe, Obsessed) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Jim joins the armchair expert to discusses his desire to revolt ag…

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Episode 140

Charlie Day

Charlie Day (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Horrible Bosses, Pacific Rim) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, director and musician. He sits down the with Armchair Expert to d…

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Episode 132

Danny McBride

Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down, Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, Alien: Covenant, Vice Principals) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Danny sits down with the Armchair Expert to…

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Episode 126

Ben Platt

Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect, Book of Mormon, Dear Evan Hansen) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. Ben sits down with the Armchair Expert to talk about surprising Kristen for her birt…

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Episode 124

Lake Bell

Lake Bell (Wet Hot American Summer, No Strings Attached, It's Complicated, Bless This Mess) is an American actress, director, screenwriter and TV wife to the Armchair Expert. Lake visits th…

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Episode 112

Jeff Garlin

Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Goldbergs, Arrested Development) is an American comedian, actor, producer, director, and writer. Jeff sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss th…

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Episode 108

Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick, Silicon Valley, Adventure Time) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, podcast host, and writer. Kumail sits down with the Armchair Expert to discu…

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Episode 106

Craig T. Nelson

Craig T. Nelson (Coach, Poltergeist, Parenthood) is an American actor and the Armchair Expert's TV dad. Craig sits down in the attic to discuss his struggle with aging, his journey to sobri…

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Episode 104

Justin Long

Justin Long (Jeepers Creepers, Dodgeball, Alvin and the Chipmunks) is an American actor and comedian. Justin sits down in the attic to discuss growing up in a religious family, feeling prot…

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Episode 103

EXPERTS ON EXPERT: Bill Nye

Bill Nye (Bill Nye the Science Guy) is American science communicator, television presenter, and mechanical engineer. Bill sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss the importance of fac…

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Episode 102

Hasan Minhaj

Hasan Minhaj (The Daily Show, Homecoming King, Patriot Act) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Hasan sits down with the Armchair E…

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Episode 98

Norah Jones

Norah Jones is a Grammy award-winning American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss the trajectory of her career, her commitment to music and d…

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Episode 92

Chelsea Handler

Chelsea Handler (Chelsea Lately, The Chelsea Handler Show, Chelsea Does) is an American comedian, actress, writer, television host, producer, activist and bonafide baller. Chelsea sits down…

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Episode 91

EXPERTS ON EXPERT: John Kim

John Kim is a licensed therapist, life coach and author. He sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss his commitment to redefining masculinity, why he created The Angry Therapist blog a…

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Episode 90

Chris D'Elia

Chris D'Elia (Whitney, Undatable, The Good Doctor) is an American stand up comedian, actor, writer and podcast host. Chris sits down in the attic to discuss his relationship patterns, his y…

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Episode 88

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love, Emma, Seven, Iron Man) is an American actress and owner of a natural health company, Goop. Gwyneth sits down with the Armchair Expert in this special c…

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Episode 84

Pete Holmes

Pete Holmes (Crashing, The Pete Holmes Show, You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes podcast) is an American comedian, actor, writer and podcaster. Pete sits down with the Armchair Expert to dis…

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Episode 82

Jake Johnson

Jake Johnson (New Girl, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Let's Be Cops) is an American actor and comedian. Jake sits down in the attic to discuss his early misconception of school, he pin…

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Episode 80

Chelsea Peretti

Chelsea Peretti (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks and Recreation, The Sarah Silverman Program) is an American writer, comedian and actress. Chelsea sits down with the armchair expert to discuss he…

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Episode 74

Michael Peña

Michael Peña (Crash, End of Watch, Ant-Man, The Martian, CHiPs) is an American actor and musician. Michael sits down with the armchair expert to discuss his love of rehearsal, feeling like …

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Episode 66

Josh Duhamel

Josh Duhamel (Transformers, NBC's Las Vegas, When In Rome, Love, Simon) is an American actor, model and director. Josh sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss his dad's breed of tough…

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Episode 61

Andrea Savage

Andrea Savage (Step Brothers, Veep, I'm Sorry) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Andrea sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss her family of teeth, her profound realizati…

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Episode 59

Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien (Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Late Night, Conan) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. Conan sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss the …

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Episode 52

Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham (Girls, Tiny Furniture, Camping) is an American actress, writer, producer and director. Lena sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss body image in Hollywood, how she handl…

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Episode 49

EXPERTS ON EXPERT: Dr. Drew

Dr. Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew on Call, Loveline, Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew) is a board-certified internist, addiction medicine specialist, and media personality. On this episode of Experts …

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Episode 46

Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Seth Meyers) is an American comedian, writer, political commentator, actor, and television host. The Armchair Expert travels to 30 Rock to …

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Episode 44

Wendi McLendon-Covey

Wendi McLendon-Covey (Reno 911, Bridesmaids, The Goldbergs) is an American actress and comedian. Wendi sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss their time at the Groundlings together, …

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Episode 39

Ike Barinholtz

Ike Barinholtz (Mad TV, The Mindy Project, Neighbors, Blockers) is an American comedian, screenwriter, actor and most likable human. Ike sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss his ti…

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Episode 38

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Step Brothers, Bad Moms, Transparent) is an American actress, comedian and special soul. Kathryn sits down with the Armchair Expert to t…

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Episode 35

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman (Arrested Development, Silver Spoons, Juno, Ozark) is an American actor, director, producer and longtime friend of the Armchair Expert. Jason sits down with Dax to discuss tal…

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Episode 34

Colin Hanks & Allison Tolman

In this special FARGO combo episode of Armchair Expert, Colin Hanks (Orange County, King Kong, Life In Pieces) and Allison Tolman (Downward Dog, Krampus, Good Girls) sit down with the armch…

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Episode 33

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen (Freaks and Geeks, Knocked Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Steve Jobs) is a Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, producer, director and one of the most prolific humans…

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Episode 29

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis (Black Swan, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, That 70's Show, Friends with Benefits) is an American actress, producer and self-proclaimed armcherry. She sits down with the Armchair Exp…

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Episode 28

Nick Kroll

Nick Kroll (Kroll Show, The League, Big Mouth) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer and Dax's favorite person to run into on the street. Nick sits down with the armchair expert …

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Episode 25

Dax's Mom (Laura Labo)

Laura Labo (Dax's Mom) is an American entrepreneur, businesswoman and Dax's #1 love of his life. In this special episode, Laura sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss her life story,…

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Episode 24

Mae Whitman

Mae Whitman (Parenthood, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Hope Floats, Good Girls) is an American actress and singer, but paramount to all of that she is Dax's sweet bebe. Mae sits down with th…

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Episode 22

Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli is an American hip hop recording artist, entrepreneur and social activist. He sits down with the Armchair Expert where they have an honest debate about many social issues plagui…

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Episode 20

Erika Christensen

Erika Christensen (Traffic, Swimfan, Parenthood) is an American actress and one of Dax's most beloved TV sisters. Erika sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss her journey as a child …

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Episode 19

Johnny Knoxville

Johnny Knoxville (Jackass, Jackass The Movie, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, The Ringer) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and stunt performer. He sits down with the Armchair Exp…

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Episode 17

Bob Mervak

Bob Mervak is an American pianist, vocalist, songwriter and studio writer. He sits down at his keyboard to share some music and conversation with the Armchair Expert. Bob discusses his chil…

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Episode 12

Lauren Graham

Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls, Parenthood, Bad Santa, Even Almighty) is an American actress, author and is Dax's beloved TV sister. Lauren sits down with Dax to discuss her colorful childhoo…

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Episode 11

Zach Braff

Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State, Alex Inc.) is an American actor, writer and producer. In this doppelgänger episode, Zach and Dax discuss the unending hardship of being recognized as the o…

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Episode 10

Anna Faris

Anna Faris (Scary Movie, The House Bunny, Mom, Anna Faris is Unqualified Podcast) is an American actress, producer and comedian. Anna and Dax crack open a can of Redbull and discuss honesty…

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Episode 4

Joy Bryant

Joy Bryant (Parenthood, Good Girls Revolt, Antwone Fisher) is an actress, writer, model and played Dax's TV wife for 6 years on NBC's Parenthood. In this episode of Armchair Expert, Joy and…

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Episode 2

Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell (The Good Place, Veronica Mars, Frozen, Bad Moms) is an actress, singer, philanthropist, and married to the most handsome man in the universe. In this inaugural episode of Armc…

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