Monica Aldama (cheerleading coach)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Monica Aldama (Cheer, Full Out) is a cheerleading coach and author. Monica joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how her life changed because of the Netflix documentary, what she feels makes a great leader, and how she is often motivated by people doubting that she can succeed.Monica and Dax talk about supporting victims of abuse, how they both won't read the comment sections, and why head protection isn't required for cheerleading like in other sports. Monica explains how difficult being on Dancing with the Stars was, the double standard for female coaches, and how much she hates to fail at anything. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome welcome to armchair expert experts on expert. I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by one of two mice
0:08.0	You'll find out in the fact check
0:10.4	That's an easter I I thought you're going to say one of two monarchas.
0:16.0	Also one of two monarchas.
0:17.8	This is the episode where to distinguish our Monica Padman from our guest, Monica Aldama.
0:25.0	I had to use all your nicknames.
0:27.5	That's right.
0:28.5	And what was really fun about that was they're so weird.
0:31.7	Like if she's, you just just I kept imagining her right like then I call
0:35.8	you a sex chinchilla at some point you call me section chill at the last one I won't
0:40.1	spoil but you really go out on a little.
0:44.0	Yeah, so there's a fun game within this.
0:47.0	In fact, if anyone's going to listen to this in the evening,
0:49.0	that could be a fun drinking game.
0:51.0	Every time I give one of Monica's Nam de Plures, is that it?
0:57.0	A second, you know, a covert name or whatever, alias.
1:01.0	Most importantly, Monica Eldama.
1:03.3	I'm sure you fell in love with her watching Cheer on Netflix.
1:06.7	Impossible now, too.
1:08.0	Monica Eldama is a cheerleading coach
1:10.0	who has led her team to 14 national championships.
1:14.3	Crazy, so cool.
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