Amanda Peet Returns

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Comedy, Music, Tv & Film

4.6 • 69.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Summary

Amanda Peet (Fantasy Life, Your Friends & Neighbors, The Whole Nine Yards) is an actor, writer, and producer. Amanda joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being a serial monogamist during her dating years, what relation she has to the designer of Radio City Music Hall, and going from a hippie Quaker school in Manhattan to a stuffy private school in London. Amanda and Dax talk about recognizing a pattern of existential thinking when her kids turn seven, undergoing psychoanalysis at age 13, and contending with the cultural mores of Something’s Gotta Give. Amanda explains relishing the opportunity to play a high functioning character with mental illness in her new film, exploring a complicated relationship with wealth in Your Friends and Neighbors, and recently finding a new gear in acting.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert. I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by Lily Padman.
0:04.6	Hi. Good morning to you. Good afternoon to you. Um, we have a babe on today. Oh, God, I love her.
0:11.5	Uber talented Fox. Uh, Amanda Pete, actor, producer, playwright. Her credits include the whole nine yards.
0:18.9	A lot like love. Something's got to give, Dirty John.
0:22.7	And she has a new film out that I genuinely loved.
0:26.9	I hope it comes across in the interview because I really, really enjoyed it.
0:29.4	It's called Fantasy Life, and it is out on Lincoln's birthday, March 27th.
0:34.5	Oh, yeah, that's right.
0:35.4	You forgot a really important credit, so you're 60 on the Sunset Strip, one of my favorite shows. Great. Aaron Sorkin, written by Tommy Shlami directed. And guess what? She's in it with her best friend, Bird, Sarah Paulson. Yes. And then, of course, the new season of your friends and neighbors, show she's incredible on that and that is
0:56.2	april third so it's a one two fucking punch that's one week you see the movie and then the next
1:01.2	week you start the show you can get more Amanda it's Amanda Pete month um please enjoy Amanda
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