Show overview
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 1,043 episodes, alongside 5 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to over 1600 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 1h 17m and 2h — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Comedy show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 57 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 167 episodes published. Published by Armchair Expert | Wondery.
From the publisher
Hi, I’m Dax Shepard, and I love talking to people. I am endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human, and I find people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles and shortcomings to be incredibly sexy. I invite you to join me as I explore other people’s stories. We will celebrate, above all, the challenges and setbacks that ultimately lead to growth and betterment. What qualifies me for such an endeavor? More than a decade of sobriety, a degree in Anthropology and four years of improv training. I will attempt to discover human “truths” without any laboratory work, clinical trials or data collection. I will be, in the great tradition of 16th-century scientists, an Armchair Expert.
Latest Episodes
View all 1,043 episodesBen McKenzie (on cryptocurrency)
Chace Crawford
Armchair Anonymous: Unauthorized Evacuation III
Patrick Radden Keefe (investigative journalist)
Jack Antonoff
Armchair Anonymous: Bar Stories
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)
Laufey
Armchair Anonymous: Twins
Alvin E. Roth (on moral economics)
Tom Pelphrey
Armchair Anonymous: Scams II
Rachel Zoffness (on pain)
Jennie Garth
Armchair Anonymous: Bad Dates II
Emily & Matt Hyland (Emily Burger)
Nikki Glaser Returns
Ep 1031Armchair Anonymous: Spring Break
EDax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy spring break story.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 1030Michael Pollan Returns (on consciousness)
EMichael Pollan (A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness) is a science and environmental journalist. Michael returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why choosing surrender is liberating in both psychedelics and life, what the “hard problem” of consciousness is and how we get to it, and how sentience serves homeostasis in living beings. Michael and Dax talk about asking what the world would be like without consciousness, the remarkable fact that plants can see, hear, and fight, and experimental evidence via the ginger test that disgust originates in the gut. Michael explains the qualitative redness of red, that there’s so much more going on in consciousness besides computation, and what strange places to visit our minds are. Take printer ink off your to-do list with HP Smart Tank | hp.com/SmartTankCheck Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds: https://www.allstate.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 1029Ike Barinholtz #4
EIke Barinholtz (Artificial, Funny You Ask, The Studio) is an award-winning actor, writer, and comedian. Ike returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss the agony and the ecstasy of colonoscopy prep, how all his winning has changed his personality, and what a great group he gets to work with on The Studio. Ike and Dax talk about his crying triggers as he nears 50, why he made the decision not to try standup comedy, and how the idea hit him for his new podcast. Ike explains why everyone loves to answer questions, living his fantasy as a Jeopardy writer, and his adorable obsession with capybaras.Take printer ink off your to-do list with HP Smart Tank | hp.com/SmartTank.Check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds: https://www.allstate.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.