#480: Dax Shepard on the Craft of Podcasting, Favorite Books, and Dancing With Your Demons

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and gyms. Damas y caballeros. This is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show, where it is my job to interview world class performers to deconstruct how they do what they do. Influences, favorite books, habits, belief structures, you name it. My guest today is Dax Shepherd. D A X Shepherd. S-H-E-P-A-R-D at Dax Shepherd on Twitter and Instagram. Dax is an American actor, writer, director, and podcast host. He is known for his work in the future films Without a Paddle, Zathura, A Space, Employee of the Month, Idiocracy, Let's Go to Prison, Hit and Run, and Chips, the last pair of which he also wrote and directed, and the MTV Practical Joke reality series Punked. He portrayed Crosby Braverman in the NBC comedy drama series Parenthood. Since two thousand eighteen, he has hosted the Juggernaut podcast.

Arm chair. expert. It was twenty eighteen's most downloaded new podcast on Apple Podcasts and one breakout podcast at the two thousand nineteen iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. His roster of guests includes Kristen Bell, It includes Ashture. Bill Gates, Alicia Keyes, Chelsea Paretti, Sarah Silverman, Conan O'Brien, Seth Rogan, fifty cent. Jimmy Kimmel, Alanis, Morissette, and hundreds more. You can find Armchair Expert on Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

You can find Dax, as I mentioned, on social media, Instagram, Twitter, at Dax Shepherd. The website is ArmchairExpertPod.com. Please enjoy. A wide ranging conversation with Tax. Shepherd.

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