Episodes

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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
May 14, 2025

Chris Nowinski (on CTE)

Chris Nowinski (Stop Hitting Kids in the Head, Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis, Concussion Legacy Foundation) is an author, retired pro-wrestler, and neuroscientist. Chris joins the Armchair Expert to discuss never f...
May 12, 2025

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, embracing the responsibility of being a com...
May 9, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: Cults II

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they escaped a cult. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen...
May 7, 2025

Michael Lewis (on the gambling epidemic)

Michael Lewis (Who is Government: The Untold Story of Public Service, Against the Rules, The Big Short) is a best-selling writer, journalist, and podcast host. Michael joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his dad’s advice to ...
May 5, 2025

Jon Bernthal

Jon Bernthal (The Accountant 2, The Bear, Real Ones) is an Emmy Award-winning actor and podcast host. Jon joins the Armchair Expert to discuss making peace with the beard, how looking like a real person has been an asset in h...
April 30, 2025

Susan Morrison (on Lorne Michaels)

Susan Morrison (Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, SPY Magazine, The New Yorker) is a journalist and author. Susan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss never wanting to subject her children to a life of moving a...
April 28, 2025

Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson (G20, Black-ish, The Departed) is an Emmy Award-nominated actor, comedian, and television host. Anthony joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being in the Guinness Book of World Records for furthest hit golf b...
April 25, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: First Responder

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy first responder story. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to...
April 23, 2025

David Blaine (magician and mentalist)

David Blaine (Do Not Attempt, Buried Alive, Above the Below) is a magician, mentalist, and endurance performer. David joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the deck of cards his mom gave him as a kid in Brooklyn, keeping his m...
April 21, 2025

Monica Lewinsky Returns

Monica Lewinsky (Reclaiming) is an activist, writer, and podcast host. Monica returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss confronting deep trauma listening to her own voice while making her new podcast Reclaiming, the argument ...
April 18, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us a crazy Cedar Point story. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to Arm...
April 16, 2025

David Sedaris #5

David Sedaris (Happy-Go-Lucky, A Carnival of Snackery, Calypso) is a comedian, humorist, and author. David returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why his Picasso painting is what he would grab in a fire, what in 50 years w...
April 14, 2025

Bert Kreischer

Bert Kreischer (Lucky, Bertcast, 2 Bears 1 Cave) is a standup comedian, television host, and podcaster. Bert joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the fact that he would have thrived in a content house, how his discontinued fl...
April 11, 2025

Armchair Anonymous: Haven’t Confessed to Parents

Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us something they still haven’t confessed to their parents. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new conte...