Episodes (Page 7)
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Rizwan Virk discusses the simulation hypothesis, triggered by observing VR ping pong and his ten stages of singularity theory
Rizwan Virk
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Alexander Skarsgård discusses accidentally committing to a month-long Antarctic cross-country ski trek and gaining weight for True Blood's final season Tarzan prep
Alexander Skarsgard
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Dax and Monica discuss crazy cop stories shared by Armchair Expert listeners
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Bridget Read explores multi-level marketing's evolution from door-to-door sales and its pseudo-feminist origins with Mary Kay
Bridget Read
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Jerrod Carmichael discusses the burden of self-awareness and pushing appearance to extremes in entertainment
Jerrod Carmichael
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Dax and Monica collect stories from listeners about bizarre sleepwalking experiences
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James Gunn discusses formative influences like Super Friends and the Sex Pistols, and his passion for mixing outcasts and monsters in his work
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Nicholas Hoult discusses becoming blonde for Superman role and how it inspired Dax's fitness journey without changing his identity
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Dax and Monica collect wild 4th of July disaster stories from Armchair Expert listeners
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Suleika Jaouad discusses using sharp self-criticism in memoir writing and finding belonging through books and the double bass
Suleika Jaouad
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Olivia Munn discusses her family's exodus from Vietnam and accepting messy homes with kids as normal
Olivia Munn
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Dax and Monica collect miscellaneous wild stories from Armchair Expert listeners
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Curtis Duffy discusses being abandoned at 6 months old and building safety in closets and home economics class
Curtis Duffy
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Brad Pitt discusses leaving school one week before graduation to pursue Hollywood and still feeling like the Oklahoma kid learning the business
Brad Pitt
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Dax and Monica collect wild emergency room stories from listeners involving foreign objects
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Michael Calvey recounts being wrongfully imprisoned in Russia and discovering a malignant tumor while behind bars
Michael Calvey
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Alex Cooper discusses coveting Dax's therapist and growing up with a therapist mother, emphasizing continuous learning as podcast host
Alex Cooper
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Dax and Monica collect unusual jury duty experiences from Armchair Expert listeners
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Shan Boodram discusses making sex education sexy and connecting intimacy to shared humanity rather than exoticism
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Sam Rockwell discusses growing up in San Francisco's Tenderloin doing plays with his mother and completing transformative two-year Meisner program
Sam Rockwell