Episodes

Nicholas Hoult Returns
July 7, 2025

Nicholas Hoult Returns

Nicholas Hoult (Superman, The Great, Nosferatu) is a Golden Globe-nominated actor. Nicholas joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how becoming a blonde for a role hasn’t changed his personality, how he inspired Dax’s body reck...
Armchair Anonymous: 4th of July
July 4, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: 4th of July

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell about a crazy 4th of July disaster. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen ...
Suleika Jaouad (on creative alchemy)
July 2, 2025

Suleika Jaouad (on creative alchemy)

Suleika Jaouad (The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life) is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author. Suleika joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why in a memoir you should save the sharp...
Olivia Munn
June 30, 2025

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 sign of failure, the story of her fami...
Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card VIII
June 27, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card VIII

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy story. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to Armchair Expert...
Curtis Duffy (chef and restaurateur)
June 25, 2025

Curtis Duffy (chef and restaurateur)

Curtis Duffy (Fireproof: Memoir of a Chef, Ever) is a chef, restaurateur, and author. Curtis joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being dropped off at 6 months old on his 15 year-old stepmom’s doorstep, building a safe space ...
Listen Now: Liberty Lost
June 24, 2025

Listen Now: Liberty Lost

In Evangelical homes across the United States, sex outside of marriage is a sin against God. So, when Abbi becomes pregnant at 16, her devout parents hide her away at the Liberty Godparent Home, a little-known facility for pr...
Brad Pitt
June 23, 2025

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt (F1 The Movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Fight Club) is an Academy Award-winning actor and producer. Brad joins the Armchair Expert to discuss whether it makes him nervous to talk to Dax in public, holding two ...
Armchair Anonymous: Foreign Object in Butt
June 20, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: Foreign Object in Butt

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy story about finding a foreign object in a patient's butt. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch ...
Michael Calvey (on being wrongfully imprisoned in Russia)
June 18, 2025

Michael Calvey (on being wrongfully imprisoned in Russia)

Michael Calvey (Odyssey Moscow: One American's Journey from Russia Optimist to Prisoner of the State) is an investor, businessman, and author. Michael joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how the Soviet Union existed when he ...
Alex Cooper
June 16, 2025

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 therapist mother, and the push to continuo...
Armchair Anonymous: Jury Duty
June 13, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: Jury Duty

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy jury duty experience. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or list...
Shan Boodram (intimacy expert)
June 11, 2025

Shan Boodram (intimacy expert)

Shan Boodram (Too Hot to Handle, Lovers by Shan, The Art of Sex Appeal) is a certified sex educator, intimacy expert, and sexologist. Shan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the exoticism of Americans to Canadians, connecti...
Sam Rockwell
June 9, 2025

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell (Bad Guys 2, The White Lotus, Moon) is an Academy Award-winning actor. Sam joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in the Tenderloin of San Francisco, doing plays and improv with his mom at 10 years old, ...
Armchair Anonymous: Stalking II
June 6, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: Stalking II

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy stalking story. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to ...
James Kimmel Jr. (revenge and forgiveness expert)
June 4, 2025

James Kimmel Jr. (revenge and forgiveness expert)

James Kimmel Jr. (The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction) is a lecturer at Yale University on forgiveness and revenge. James joins the Armchair Expert to discuss plotting his revenge against the...
Cristin Milioti
June 2, 2025

Cristin Milioti

Cristin Milioti (The Penguin, How I Met Your Mother, The Wolf of Wall Street) is a Grammy Award-winning actor. Cristin joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in the place of origin of the Jersey Devil, the great equa...
Armchair Anonymous: Cruise Ship
May 30, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: Cruise Ship

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a cruise ship disaster. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to ...
Scott Payne (retired undercover FBI Agent)
May 28, 2025

Scott Payne (retired undercover FBI Agent)

Scott Payne (Code Name Pale Horse, White Hot Hate) is a retired FBI Special Agent and author. Scott joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his first taste of undercover work in high school in South Carolina, how he caught the b...
Nick Kroll Returns
May 26, 2025

Nick Kroll Returns

Nick Kroll (Big Mouth, Adults, I Don't Understand You) is a comedian, showrunner, and producer. Nick joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why he turned down the opportunity to kiss Dax’s wife, calling dibs on a celebrity bran...
Armchair Anonymous: Kind Gesture from a Stranger
May 23, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: Kind Gesture from a Stranger

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a kind gesture they received from a stranger. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on...
Eric Topol Returns (on longevity)
May 21, 2025

Eric Topol Returns (on longevity)

Eric Topol (Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity) is a cardiologist, researcher, and author. Eric returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss being Monica’s epilepsy consultant after their early interview, recen...
Michelle Williams
May 19, 2025

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex, Manchester by the Sea, Brokeback Mountain) is a Golden Globe-winning and Oscar and Tony-nominated actress. Michelle joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what constitutes an apex dinosaur skel...
Armchair Anonymous: Public Transit
May 16, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: Public Transit

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a crazy public transit story. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or list...