Jackie Tohn Returns
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Umbrella
4.6 • 70K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2026
⏱️ 122 minutes
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Summary
Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This, The Boys, GLOW) is an actress, comedian, and musician. Jackie joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up on Long Island with two gym-teacher parents, discovering her BRCA mutation after her father’s cancer diagnosis, and becoming an advocate for genetic testing and preventative care. Jackie and Dax talk about clawing through Hollywood as a musician and comic, learning to pivot instead of wait for permission, and finally being able to calm down after Nobody Wants This. Jackie explains the exhaustion of making life-or-death choices, how anxiety changes once the thing you fear actually happens, and the freedom of not having to be “on” for every room.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert. I'm Dax Shepherd. I'm joined by Lily Padman. |
| 0:03.9 | Hi. |
| 0:04.4 | Hi. We have a friend in today. Our friend is here. She's returning. Yes. |
| 0:08.7 | Yeah, returning guest. Jackie Tone. Jackie Tone is an actor and a musician. Nobody wants this. Glow, The Boys, Gen V. |
| 0:18.6 | We didn't even talk about the boys with her. |
| 0:20.4 | I love seeing her on the boys because I'm obsessed with the boys. |
| 0:22.6 | I forget she's on it. |
| 0:23.8 | Yeah, so she pops up and it's a pop-out and I love it. That's fun. Pop-outs are fun. Yeah, and she's here today and she's telling a very, very personal story that she's gone through simultaneously to all this wonderful stuff. Yeah. And it's a harrowing tale. |
| 0:37.7 | Please enjoy Jackie Tone. |
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