Best of Wednesday 2025

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Comedy, Music

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from Wednesday episodes in 2025. Scott Payne gets stripped for a wire while undercover, Mark Ronson recalls his rockstar-studded childhood, Blaise Aguirre defines the difficulties of BPD, Mary Claire Haver assembles a toolkit for menopause, Malala Yousafzai struggles to make friends in high school, Michael Lewis laments male anger generated by the gambling industry, Seth Harp tracks stolen cash and corruption in the military, James Kimmel, Jr. advises on a landlord conflict, Dave Mitchell & Chris Feistl infiltrate a Colombian drug cartel, and Andy Roddick mythologizes his serve.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad free right now.
0:06.5	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:10.0	Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:13.8	Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert.
0:16.3	I'm Dan Shepard.
0:17.0	I'm joined by Monica Padman.
0:18.3	Hi.
0:18.8	And today is Best of Wednesday's 2025 edition.
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1:02.7	He's an armchair expert. He's an ultra expert. He's an unchal expert. from episode from episode.
1:13.6	He's an ultraven's fine.
1:19.6	From episode 900 with Scott Payne.
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