Episodes

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...
Chris Nowinski (on CTE)
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...
Mo Amer
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...
Armchair Anonymous: Cults II
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...
Michael Lewis (on the gambling epidemic)
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 ...
Jon Bernthal
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...
Susan Morrison (on Lorne Michaels)
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...