ANDY SERKIS Ran Wild Through Baghdad Souks

Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers

Personal Journals, Comedy Interviews, Film Interviews, Tv & Film, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome Andy Serkis! Andy talks about growing up in a multicultural family with an Iraqi-Armenian father and British mother, being one of five siblings, and feeling caught between two very different worlds: Middle Eastern adventures and classic British caravan holidays. He also shares incredible stories including spending summers in Baghdad, traveling to places like Syria, Babylon, and Lebanon, and camping under the stars in the desert, his father’s narcoleptic tendencies while road tripping, and so much more. Plus, he shares his experiences second-unit directing in The Hobbit trilogy, directing his latest film, Animal Farm, and his upcoming directing venture in The Hunt for Gollum. Watch more Family Trips episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqYOfxU_jQem4_NRJPM8_wLBrEEQ17B6 Support our sponsors: Yahoo Stress less with Planner from Yahoo mail Fitbod Level up your workout. Join Fitbod today to get your personalized workout plan. Get 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE for seven days at https://Fitbod.me/trip. Aura Frames For a limited time, listeners can get 25 dollars off their best-selling Carver Mat frame at https://auraframes.com promo code TRIPS. Support the show by mentioning us at checkout! Terms and conditions apply. ------------------------- Family Trips is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Theme song written and performed by Jeff Tweedy. ------------------------- About the Show: Lifelong brothers Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers ask guests to relive childhood memories, unforgettable family trips, and other disasters! New Episodes of Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers are available every Tuesday. ------------------------- Executive Producers: Rob Holysz, Jeph Porter, Natalie Holysz Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Coordinating Producer: Derek Johnson Video Editor: Josh Windisch Mix & Master: Josh Windisch Episode Artwork: Analise Jorgensen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.3	Hey, Bajie.
0:25.1	Hey, Sufi.
0:25.9	How are you?
0:27.1	I'm great.
0:27.7	How are you?
0:28.4	Good.
0:28.9	I feel like I'm just going to run this intro.
0:31.8	Yeah.
0:32.3	No.
0:32.6	I mean, you had a family trip.
0:34.7	I had an actual family trip.
0:37.0	And it involved members of our family. I had a family trip. I had an actual family trip and it involved members of our family.
0:40.3	I took Ash to Boston.
0:43.3	Uh-huh.
0:44.3	Alexi was taking Axel to California.
0:47.3	Addie was spending the weekend with her aunt and niece.
0:51.3	And it was a big trip.
0:53.3	It was Ash's first trip to Fenway Park.
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