Listener Reviews

This podcast is changing lives. Thank you.

First of all I want to say how much I love listening to you guys! Secondly I’m listening to old episodes first and heard the one where Monica had a Seizure and want her to know I feel for her. I just had 2 this year and they are definitely really scary!! Prayers neither of us have one again!

Love your podcast sooooo much! Would LOVE you interview Hope Solo. Watch her recent doc and then have her on. I think she has a lot to say and Dax could really deep dive with her and show a side the world may haven’t seen yet. She’s awesome and I think you guys would be the perfect ones to interview her. Keep doing what you are doing ❤️

Starting my self care journey and never thought I’d get into a podcast, until yours!

I love you. **DAX**Parents are 100% signing up their 5 year olds for football, thinking this could be the ticket out. Youth sports has gotten completely out of control.

Been listening since day 1 , love how Dax and Monica and Rob interact and how amazing they all are .

I’ve been listening since day one. I’ve been endlessly entertained and learned so much from this podcast over the years.

So, I loved Dax character from the ranch..I thought he was hilarious and when I found out he made a podcast I started listening and all the people he’d invite to talk I loved hearing their stories. I especially like the ones where his wife comes on btw I loved watching the Good place..I wished both of those shows still ran :)….anyway love it!

My favorite podcast. Have been listening since day one. I love that he has brought so many experts into my life that I never would have known had it not been for the podcast. Keep doing what you’re doing.

I know I can just not listen, but I enjoy your guest list and interviews for the most part. But after just 1 year of listening, current to past episodes, I want to share with you that it would benefit the show and possibly yourselves to quit referring to your up-bringing consistently and curate your questions and perspectives as empathetic, curious humans instead of qualified victims of your past. It is in the record. Your personal childhoods and educational qualifications. Years later in the podcast, and moving forward, it doesn’t need to be a basis or interjected into all of your interviews. Just my perspective on what my experience is and preferences are for continuing to engage with your great podcast. Keep up the good work, please just grow. Thank you for considering my opinion, or at least just reading it. Julie, another adult , but from the 60/70’s with divorced parents who struggled. I get , but it’s time to move on and continue with your good work without the explanations. It dims your sparkle and intelligence shine.

Love this podcast, but sometimes it feels like Dax is a little freshman-experimenting-with-libertarianism.

I’m a doctor and professor of neurophysiology, I didn’t know how else to reach out to tell you that what Mr. Bennett said about serotonin is very very incorrect….

Love all the Armchair shows, will always be a listener. I just really hope that someone on the team reads reviews and takes them seriously bc the audience is begging for Monica to listen to some constructive criticism. We understand the Dax + Monica banter is integral to the show and she’s not going anywhere. However, her elitism is really starting to show and it’s a very bad look. I’m a woman, middle class, liberal - and not even I can relate to her. The “mug problem” conversation was just…craziness. How was that at all entertaining or quirky or silly or fun? I don’t find these ramblings entertaining anymore, I find them to be something maybe her other rich friends would laugh at, but I just feel like I’m not inside the “joke”.

Aren’t you anonymous is the best I’m proud to pronounce that I am an armchrythank you so much. I can relate to every single story.

I started listening to Armchair Expert during the COVID lockdown when working from home. Within just a few episodes, I was hooked and am now a proud armchairy! The content is superb and I feel like I am listening as if Monica and Dax are longtime friends. Your podcasts are insightful, intelligent, and relevant. Thank you for opening my ears and eyes to new experiences and keep up the great work.

As a newbie to this podcast, all I can say it is simply the best! Looking forward to exploring over 600 episodes!

Dax and Monica are helping me get through some hard times in my life right now. This format of podcast is refreshing, it’s more than interviewing celebrities. The thoughtfulness that goes into this podcast has helped me work through real life issues. I also love love Armcherries Anonymous episodes, laughing and gasping at the situations people have been through! Thank you!💕

When I press play on Apple Podcasts it will not let me listen unless I buy Wondery?

Thank you for being so honest Monica! It’s why you’re so good at what you do. Whether it’s your splurges on handbags or your insecurities, the truth is what makes you the best! This podcast would not be what it is without you! Please don’t ever stop!💖Update: 🤯 I need to stay out of the review section. I’m mind blown at the sexism in these reviews. People suggesting Rob replace Monica?!?! I love Rob, but that’s the last thing we need is 2 males never challenging each other. The dynamic of Monica and Dax is what adds so much to the podcast, the contrast in personalities, beliefs, the way they grew up, sex, fame, their day 2 day, one being a single, successful, female and the other being a married, successful, father. It’s crazy that anyone could ever say she’s not good at her job after all of her experience and the success of the podcast. Put away your microscope you have aimed at Monica and enjoy the podcast because it’s good!

I don’t write reviews but feel the need to reading some other reviews from other “day 1” listeners. The show has not changed for the worse but for the better. Dax’s interviewing skills keep evolving and an armchair interview is going to elicit more from a guest than on other podcasts. Other shows are rote (perfectly fine) and don’t go off on fun tangents with their guests or get the playfulness that Dax and Monica tease out of them. I will continue to listen on any platform they go to.

I’ve been listening to the Armchair Expert podcasts since a friend sent me the excellent Maureen Dunne episode about her book, “The Neurodiversity Edge.” I’ve listened to every Maureen Dunne interview and Dax and Monica handled neurodivergence with curiosity and openness in getting the word out about a topic that is personal for me. Also, in the podcast interview with Alegra Kastens about OCD, Dax and Monica acknowledged they needed to speak to an expert after being under informed on the topic. I felt seen and educated in both episodes and want to offer my support for Monica and Dax for their advocacy and excellent podcast interviews. Highly recommended.

Dax thank you for being so respectful of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I’m Mormon, LOVE your show and have learned so much from you and Monica. It’s always interesting to hear the information shared about the church from former members or people that are somehow adjacent to the church. Everyone has their own unique experiences and take-aways from the Mormon church but I think you’ll find that the majority of Mormons are just normal people that are doing their best to be good and kind people. I so appreciate the respect you show the church. You guys are so fun and seem to be genuinely kind and thoughtful. Thanks for all you do!

I love listening to the podcast- whether interviews w celebrities or academics, it doesn’t matter. They build such a kind and supportive rapport w guests. I love the fact check- listening to banter between Monica and Dax. I’d like to be their friend. With that said, if I ever saw them on the streets of LA, I’d run the other way. :)

Ok weighing in as a parent of 3 kiddos (now 22 and twin 16 year olds) I HATED pretend playing when they were little but I went with things I truly enjoyed doing with them and left them to play on their own or with their friends. I loved taking them to the zoo, shopping (yes they all learned to shop with me!), picnics at the park with their friends and moms who I loved being around, boating and going to the beach. Honestly I think it fosters independence and creative play when kids are left on their own for periods of time to be bored and figure out what to do on their own!