Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Hosts

• Monica PadmanCo-host and fact-checker of Armchair Expert
• Dax ShepardAmerican actor and host of Armchair Expert; this label carries his show open and his 'robot' voice bit

Frequent guests

• Lukas Gage · 1 episodeAmerican actor and author of the memoir I Wrote This for Attention

Topics

• Life expectancy in the United States by state
• Polygraph
• Voicemails for Isabelle
• Codependency and love addiction
• Child abuse
• The Kardashians
• The White Lotus
• Coming out in Hollywood
• Homophobic hate crime
• Troubled teen industry
• Road House (2024 film)
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Borderline personality disorder
• I Wrote This for Attention

Recently covered

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  Lukas Gage

  Jul 6, 2026 · 2 h 10 min

  Actor Lukas Gage tells Dax Shepard and Monica Padman about surviving a hate crime, a wilderness program, his Kardashians wedding, and his borderline personality disorder diagnosis.

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