Jerrod Carmichael Returns

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Jerrod Carmichael (Don’t Be Gay, Rothaniel, Poor Things) is an Emmy Award-winning comedian and actor. Jerrod joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the fascination with pushing our appearance to the absolute extreme, fans noticing he fixed his teeth between seasons of his sitcom, and tackling the burden of self-awareness in his new special. Jerrod and Dax talk about toeing the line between identity performance and authenticity, celebrating the achievements of human beings not despite but because of their imperfections, and his belief that everyone is in the closet about something. Jerrod explains striving in his recent work to be as introspective as he used to be guarded, the interesting knowledge and wisdom that can be shared as artists age, and why he really hopes we don’t lose our curiosity about one another.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad free right now.
0:06.5	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:10.0	Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:14.2	Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert.
0:16.5	I'm Dachshepard, joined by Monica Padman.
0:18.6	Hi.
0:19.2	Hello.
0:20.1	We have a returning guest today, Gerard Carmichael.
0:23.6	One of our favorite first-time appearances.
0:27.3	Yes.
0:28.1	And this one delivers as well.
0:30.6	Since then, he popped up in poor things, which was so fun.
0:33.5	Yes.
0:34.4	On the count of three, Gerard Carmichael Rothaniel.
0:38.7	We were talking about that with him last time.
0:41.2	And Gerard and Gerard Carmichael reality show.
0:44.8	And, of course, the Carmichael show.
0:46.7	He has a new comedy special out now on Max called Don't Be Gay.
0:51.7	We love Gerard.
0:53.2	We love Gerard. We love Gerard.
0:54.5	He's so easy to talk to.
0:56.2	He goes deep.
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