#480: Dax Shepard on the Craft of Podcasting, Favorite Books, and Dancing With Your Demons
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
4.6 • 17.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2020
⏱️ 120 minutes
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Summary
Dax Shepard (@daxshepard) is an American actor, writer, director, and podcast host. He is known for his work in the feature films Without a Paddle, Zathura: A Space Adventure, Employee of the Month, Idiocracy, Let’s Go to Prison, Hit and Run, and CHiPs, the last pair of which he also wrote and directed, and the MTV practical joke reality series Punk’d. He is also known for portraying Crosby Braverman in the NBC comedy-drama series Parenthood.
Since 2018, Dax has hosted the juggernaut podcast Armchair Expert, 2018’s most downloaded new podcast on Apple Podcasts, and winning “Breakout Podcast” at the 2019 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. His roster of guests includes Kristen Bell, Ashton Kutcher, Alicia Keys, Chelsea Peretti, Sarah Silverman, Conan O’Brien, Seth Rogen, 50 Cent, Jimmy Kimmel, Alanis Morissette, and hundreds more. You can find Armchair Expert on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello boys and girls ladies and germs. |
| 0:02.3 | Damas Hikabayeros. |
| 0:03.5 | Taja Hal. |
| 0:04.3 | This is Tim Ferris. |
| 0:05.3 | Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show, where is my job to interview world-class |
| 0:09.3 | performers to deconstruct how they do what they do. |
| 0:12.7 | Influences. |
| 0:13.7 | Favorite books. |
| 0:14.7 | Habits. |
| 0:15.7 | Belize structures. |
| 0:16.7 | You name it. |
| 0:17.7 | My guess today is DAX Shepherd, DAX Shepherd, SHEPARD, at DAX Shepherd on Twitter and Instagram. |
| 0:24.9 | DAX is an American actor, writer, director, and podcast host. |
| 0:28.3 | He is known for his work in the feature films without a paddle. |
| 0:30.9 | He's a thorough space adventure. |
| 0:32.6 | Employee of the month, idiotic, let's go to prison, hit and run, and ships. |
| 0:36.1 | The last pair of which he also wrote and directed. |
| 0:38.2 | The MTV Practical Joke Reality Series PUNK. |
| 0:41.0 | He portrayed Crosby Braverman in the NBC comedy drama series, Parenthood. |
| 0:45.6 | Since 2018, he has hosted the Juggernaut podcast, Armchair Expert. |
| 0:51.8 | It was 2018's most downloaded new podcast on Apple Podcasts and One Breakout podcast at the |
| 0:57.4 | 2019 I Heart Radio podcast awards. |
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