EXPERTS ON EXPERT: David Sedaris

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2018

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Experts on Expert, the Armchair Expert speaks to author and humorist, David Sedaris about behavioral tics, and value of writing without preciousness and his provocative encounters at book signings. David talks about the authors he is inspired by and Dax tells a story about why he can't drink Pellegrino. The two of them breakdown the dilemma of sharing family stories, the current culture of sensitivity and their mutual path to sobriety. David Sedaris -- is the author of Barrel Fever, Naked, Holidays on Ice, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You are Engulfed in Flames, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls and Theft by Finding. He is a contributor to The New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Dack Shepard. Welcome to armchair experts bonus episode,
0:04.9	Experts on Expert. Today we have one of my all-time favorite writers and humorous.
0:11.4	You've heard me talk about one of his stories, The Plague of Ticks.
0:15.6	It led me to divulge my defecating routine at eight years old, which was highly
0:21.2	embarrassing and ritualized.
0:23.2	And if ever there were a person that could identify
0:26.2	with the struggles of ticks and O. C. D.
0:29.2	It is our guest today, David Cideris.
0:31.6	Monica, how pumped were we for David Sederis?
0:35.0	So excited.
0:36.0	I mean he's one of, he's a national treasure, I don't say that lightly.
0:39.0	It was, it was, it was a dream.
0:41.0	He's written so many amazing books. I just started reading his new book,
0:44.6	Calypso, which is fantastic. I'm about a third of the way through it. And it's great
0:48.7	because they're short stories, so it's not this huge commitment. It's a great by the on the beach book this summer.
0:55.4	Yeah.
0:56.4	I don't know people you can read the book anywhere.
0:58.8	Yeah, on your couch on the toilet.
1:00.6	Let's get real on the toilet.
1:01.6	Yeah, that's a great time to read.
1:04.0	I guess I feel inclined and you can cut this out if you disagree but interesting
1:09.6	path with David had never met him in real life and never even seen him in real life.
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