EXPERTS ON EXPERT: Jon Favreau

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Jon Favreau an American political commentator, creator and co-host of Pod Save America and the former Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama. In this chapter of Experts on Expert, Jon discusses his heartbreak on the 2004 Kerry campaign, his devotion to the democratic ideal of persuasion and he details his farcical experience sharing a name with the other Jon Favreau. Dax chooses to see America as two spouses in a rocky marriage and Jon shares the story of his first meeting with Barack Obama. The two debate whether it's productive to be inundated with current events, they pinpoint what distinguishes an average speech from a great one and Dax wonders if Jon is the Ma Anand Sheela to Obama's Bhagwan. 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 everybody, welcome to your bonus episode of armchair expert, something we call experts on expert.
0:06.4	We have a very smart human being on experts today.
0:10.7	Very smart. Very smart. Very smart.
0:13.0	Rainiac.
0:15.0	And just to alleviate any confusion, there are two very well-known John Favros, and we have one of the two well-known
0:22.3	John Favros, but we do not have the movie director, actor John Favros.
0:26.0	We have the famous speechwriter and host of Pod Save America, John Favreau.
0:31.0	Yeah.
0:32.0	And Monica and my wife, boy, were they in a tizzy leading up to this one?
0:36.5	Monica, you want to tell everyone how you felt emotionally and physically when you found
0:40.3	out we were going to talk to JF?
0:41.9	Well, he's definitely hashtag Monica loves boys. Big time right?
0:46.3	Bolsoy. Yeah, yeah he's very smart and very cute. Uh-huh. Mm-hmm. That's enough. Did you, um, did you like really,
0:58.0	Hammond Hall over your outfit before you showed up that day?
1:02.0	Be honest.
1:04.0	What did I wear?
1:05.0	I don't remember.
1:06.0	I do.
1:07.0	You were in a bikini top and a mini skirt.
1:10.0	No, that's my normal.
1:11.0	Oh, right.
1:12.0	That was your standard Thursday look.
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