Jon Batiste

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

Jon Batiste (American Symphony) is a musician and composer. Jon joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why some people feel unworthy of others, why it’s important to feel rejection, and how music can connect all types of people together. Jon and Dax talk about why they want to evolve as artists, how priorities can change when a loved one is sick, and what it’s like to have a relationship in the public eye. Jon explains what obligations he feels when fans approach him on the street, how TV shows can affect people’s view of other cultures, and why he can still accept criticism of his work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome welcome to armchair expert. I'm Dan Shepard. I'm joined by Lily Padman.
0:05.4	Good afternoon, sir. Oh, how are you? I'm really good. Oh, yeah, me too. This is a very rare occurrence. We're both doing the intro and the fact check in the same
0:17.6	four hour chunk that we did the interview. Yes. Yeah, so I'm riding
0:20.9	fucking high off of this one. Yeah, what a special interview.
0:24.3	Oh my God, everyone should watch his Doc American Symphony.
0:29.7	I almost feel like if you're unfamiliar with John at all,
0:33.3	watch the doc then listen to this interview,
0:35.4	because you can't imagine how special and creative
0:38.9	this human being is that lives on planet Earth with us.
0:41.2	John Batiste, oh my freaking God, just to set the stage.
0:45.8	He was nominated in 2022 for 11 Grammys. He won five, he won album of the year, that same year he won an Academy Award a Baffa a Grammy and a golden globe
0:59.0	Wait is here ego I was looking at that that That was going to be one of my questions.
1:03.0	He needs an Emmy and a Tony.
1:04.0	Oh, we'll get him there.
1:05.0	So easy.
1:06.0	Yeah, he's fucking your age, for Christ's sake.
1:08.0	Bastered. That was the only bad.
1:10.0	The only bad thing about John is that he's young.
1:12.0	I think it's okay because he's not human.
1:14.2	That's true, yeah.
1:15.3	On his planet where he's from, he's 70.
1:18.6	Oh, that's comforting.
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