Fail Again: The Buoyancy of Rob Lowe

Fail Better with David Duchovny

Grace Cohen-Chen

Society & Culture

4.6 • 534 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This episode originally aired January 14, 2025 Throughout his long and varied career, Rob Lowe has become an expert at reinventing himself. He left behind his bad-boy image from iconic 80s movies to work on a clever mix of dramatic and comedic TV roles. But I’ve known Rob for a while, and he’s a very layered individual. We look back at how Rob has pursued his passions and how he and his wife, Sheryl, have used practical techniques to keep their marriage strong for 34 years and counting. Plus, we discuss the difference between humility and humiliation, and why Rob is always down to be the butt of the joke. Please note: David and Rob recorded this episode before the Los Angeles wildfires began. Their hearts are with the rest of their LA community. Follow me on Instagram at @davidduchovny. Stay up to date with Lemonada on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. And if you want to continue the conversation with other listeners, join the My Lemonada community at https://lemonadamedia.com/mylemonada/ For a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and every other Lemonada show, go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's morning in New York.
0:02.8	Oh, God.
0:06.2	Hey, everybody.
0:07.3	I'm Mandy Patinkin.
0:08.7	And I'm Catherine Grady.
0:09.8	And we have a new podcast.
0:11.7	It's called Don't Listen to Us.
0:14.1	Many of you've asked for our advice.
0:16.1	Tell me, what is wrong with you people?
0:19.2	Don't listen to us.
0:20.3	Our Take It or Leave a Device show every Wednesday out now.
0:24.7	A Lemonada Media Original.
0:36.5	I'm David Dukovny, and this is Fail Better, a show where failure, not success, shapes who we are.
0:43.5	Rob Lowe is an actor, filmmaker, and host of the podcast, literally.
0:48.0	He was, of course, one of the core members of the Brad Pack, a very unofficial group of young actors in the 1980s,
0:53.4	who came to dominate the screen
0:54.9	and iconic films like The Outsiders and St. Elmo's Fire. If you don't remember Rob from
1:00.4	that era, perhaps you know him as Sam Seaborne of the hit 90s political drama, The West Wing,
1:05.3	or as the ever upbeat Chris Trager on Parks and Recreation. Whatever you know him from or wherever you know him from,
1:11.7	you probably know Rob Lowe. These days, you can catch him starring on 911 Lone Star and is the host
1:18.1	of the trivia game show The Floor. He's been married to his wife Cheryl since 1991, and he's got two
1:24.6	sons. One of them, John Owen Lowe, is a writer and actor,
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