Armchair Expert with Dax Shephard
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Armchair Expert is a weekly podcast hosted by American actors Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. Each podcast features Shepard and Padman interviewing celebrities, journalists, and academics about "the messiness of being human".
Armchair Expert was launched "on a lark" after Shepard's experiences as a guest on other podcasts appreciating the length of time the format allowed, compared with the typical brief segment on a talk show.[6] It was the most downloaded new podcast of 2018 on iTunes.[7] Shepard's goal is to give people the "experience of an AA meeting without them having to become a drunk".[7] He states that he is qualified to host a podcast from his "decade of sobriety, degree in Anthropology, and four years of improv training."[1] Podcasts are recorded in Shepard's guest house attic, and released on Mondays and Thursdays. Shepard is assisted by co-host Monica Padman, who "fact checks" him at the end of each episode from a different perspective.[6] The episodes typically run two hours in length.[8]