Taraji P. Henson

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2024

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

Taraji P. Henson (The Color Purple, Empire, Hustle & Flow) is an actor, producer, and director. Taraji joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what it was like playing a character with a lot of trauma, why she feels it’s important to travel, and how she felt about her mom dating. Taraji and Dax talk about how rejection can help someone find success, what having a child in college is like, and why lifting up others is important. Taraji explains why she doesn’t like the term black movie, how her foundation is working to improve mental health, and how she wants to play a superhero on screen one day. 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
0:03.0	I'm Dan Shepard. I'm joined by a New Year's E's mouse
0:06.2	with a little hearty hat on.
0:09.6	Eating some cheese.
0:11.2	Eating some celebratory cheese.
0:13.0	Happy New Year's to everybody.
0:15.4	Happy New Year's armchairs.
0:16.8	This year, 2024 will mark our sixth year on air.
0:21.1	On planet Earth.
0:22.0	Well, a little longer on Earth.
0:24.0	No record of it though.
0:25.0	That's the problem.
0:26.0	You're right.
0:27.0	Six years.
0:28.0	We have a wonderful guest today.
0:30.0	Taraji P. Henson.
0:32.0	Oh, what a firecracker.
0:33.0	We love Taraji so much.
0:34.8	She is an Academy Award nominated actor.
0:38.0	We loved her in Hidden Figures, Empire,
0:40.3	the curious case of Benjamin Button. It's not many people could be the mom of Brad Pitt,
0:46.0	but she did it.
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