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Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum

FRANKIE MUNIZ: Malcolm's Emotional Goodbye, NASCAR at 40 & Clearing the Air on His Memory

Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum

Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum | Daylight Media

Tv & Film, Comedy

4.911K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle, NASCAR) joins us this week for an honest and energized conversation about the long road to bringing Malcolm back, the physical and mental toll of racing full time in NASCAR, and what it really feels like to juggle two careers at the highest level. Frankie opens up about the emotional final day on the original series, what Bryan Cranston means to him as a father figure, and the identity crisis he faced when the nonstop pace of his life finally came to a halt. We also get into the truth behind his widely misunderstood memory issues and why, despite everything he has accomplished, he still feels like he has not done enough. Thank you to our sponsors: ❤️ This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/inside and get on your way to being your best self __________________________________________________ 💖 Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/insideofyou⁠⁠ 👕 Inside Of You Merch: ⁠⁠https://store.insideofyoupodcast.com/⁠⁠ __________________________________________________ Watch or listen to more episodes! 📺 ⁠⁠https://www.insideofyoupodcast.com/show⁠⁠ __________________________________________________ Follow us online! 📸 Instagram: ⁠⁠https://instagram.com/insideofyoupodcast/⁠⁠ 🤣 TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@insideofyou_podcast⁠⁠ 📘 Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/insideofyoupodcast/⁠⁠ 🐦 Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/insideofyoupod⁠⁠ 🌐 Website: ⁠⁠https://www.insideofyoupodcast.com/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I never called myself an actor.

0:02.4

But the day I wrapped, Malcolm Reboot, I was so happy for the first time of my life to put the label actor next to my name. But then I realized, like, why don't they really hang out with me as much as they hang out with the others? And I'm like, oh, because their moms come up to me and they're like, oh, I used to have your posters on my wall. We're the same age. I'm like, how am I as old is the moms? You know what I mean? Like, this is crazy.

0:21.1

Cut to the last take of the last shot that they filmed.

0:25.0

I couldn't even get through it.

0:26.1

Like, it was the most emotional day of my life.

0:28.1

Like, because it took that last moment to realize, like, I was never going to be in this

0:32.7

situation again.

0:33.6

And with these people, I watched all the episodes with my wife, and she looked at me after 151

0:38.0

episodes, and she goes, you weren't acting at all. I was like, oh, I don't know how to take that.

0:44.3

Am I that neurotic? How long do you want to go? What did that period teach you about identity?

0:48.5

Do you remember like any dark moments after Malcolm ended? So what's enough? I don't know. I really honestly don't know.

0:55.6

Are you enough? That's a load of question. It's a load of question. I don't know. You're listening

1:03.7

to Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum, Ryan Teas is here. I am here and I drop my headphones.

1:08.6

Everybody knows. Yeah. Well, you do that often. It does happen. Yeah, it does happen from time to time. But they're on and I figured out. Okay. I hope everyone's doing well and thank you again for listening to this podcast. There's so many podcasts out there, but thank you for sticking with this one. We're a little podcast that could, right? I really try to make every episode, I try to get deep with these guests and,

1:31.3

you know, self-deprecation and my story and hopefully they open up and it's magic when that

1:37.9

happens when they do open up and they give back because, you know, everyone goes through shit.

1:43.6

We all go through shit. all have shit and it's important

1:47.5

to talk about shit you know what i'm saying i think you do uh frankie munis as the guest he'll be

1:53.1

around in just a minute uh it was wonderful i've never seen such enthusiasm coming from frankie

1:57.9

he was very excited and um it was really a great, great episode. I think

2:04.1

you're going to really like it. If you're here for Frankie and you're like, you know, that podcast

2:08.1

was really good. Just subscribe and support the show. And if you really want to help the show,

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