Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

I saw Book of Mormon. There's probably some kernels of reality.

I was in the Book of Mormon, the one the South Park guys wrote.

Jonathan Haidt, he has the new book, Anxious Generation. This is sort of his antidote to all the stuff that's happening with kids and isolation.

He's been on an incredible press tour for his current book, The Anxious Generation.

With my new book, The Anxious Generation, I'm engaged in a debate with people about what caused the gigantic increase in mental illness that began with young people around 2012.

The book is huge. I mean, it's on every list I see. It was on Bill's list.

There's something like Eckhart Tolle, Power Now.

There's like Eckhart Tolle, Power Now.

Well, you know, I read War and Peace. And English, I think it was the same translation each time.

I have read War and Peace in English... I've read it now three times. And what I find so fascinating about War and Peace is that each time you read it, it is like you have lived another life.

Joseph Campbell's hero's journey, he wrote a book called Pure of the Thousand Faces. And he said that basically every character in a movie ... follows that structure.

There's a hero that ... Joseph Campbell, he wrote a book called Hero of the Thousand Faces.

And she has a new essay collection out tomorrow called I Curse You with Joy.

I cursed you with joy.

There was one that was super hard and I ended up taking it out because I felt like I don't want to talk about it.

And then I put it in his new book that's coming out May 7th. I cursed you with joy.

So check out I Curse You with Joy. It's phenomenal. It's out tomorrow.

I cursed you with joy.

There's a million wonderful stories in it we could talk about.

There was one that was super hard and I ended up taking it out because I felt like I don't wanna talk about it.

I hadn't read Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer, any of that until maybe two months ago. I read both. Amazing.

He played Huck Finn.

His books, The Fifth Risk, Flash Boys, The Big Short, read it, loved it, Moneyball, The Blind Side.

Why didn't you say "Moneyball?"

I haven't seen "Moneyball."

Okay, do yourself a huge favour and watch "Moneyball."

He's written a ton of wonderful books, Predictably Irrational, the upside of irrationality, dollars and cents, payoff, and the honest truth about dishonesty.

He's written a ton of wonderful books, Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, Dollars and Cents, Payoff, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty.

He has a previous book everyone loved, Happy Money, The Science of Happier Spending.

He has previous book everyone loved Happy Money, the science of happier spending.

The Poisonwood Bible, Unsheltered, The Bean Trees, Flight Behavior.

The Poisonwood Bible, Unsheltered, The Bean Trees, Flight Behavior. And I encourage everyone to go get Demon Copperhead.

In 98, you write or is released, The Poisonwood Bible. And that one gets a ton of attention.

I liked last year's because Natalie was a pregnant handmade from Handmaid's Tale and I was Anakin Skywalker and Calvin was Darth Vader.

And it made me think about a quote of Margaret Atwood's, the author of The Handmaid's Tale, who said, men are afraid that women will laugh at them and women are afraid that men will kill them.

Hamilton, 2004 by Ron Chernow.

Hamilton, 2004 by Ron Chernow.

I just happen to be reading the Isaacson book about Elon Musk

I was listening to Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson.

the book that he's here to talk about is really interesting about legacy. Yeah, Life After Power is the name of the book.

I want everyone to read Life After Power. It's incredible.

Yeah, Life After Power, the name of the book.

I think it's incredible, there are beautiful lessons to take away from all these different folks who have written about postpresidential lives.

And I'm listening to Brothers Karamazov right now. And it puts me to sleep. There are so many Russian names. I'm just struggling to keep up with who they're talking about. And it's so exhausting. I wouldn't ever be able to do audiobook on something like that.

And I'm listening to Brothers Carmao's off right now.

yeah, well, certainly I read crime and punishment and it was easier to follow than Brothers Carmao's off on audible.

XMen, Enchanted, The Notebook, 27 Dresses.

and like I love The Notebook. Like when I got all these blood tests done, I think about this notebook scene that I love of them dancing in the street and it's my go to kind of comfort thing.

That might be a musical I would see because I love the movie, The Outsider so much in the book. S.E. Hinton, 16 years old writing Outsiders.

That might be a musical I would see because I love the movie, The Outsider so much in the book. S.E. Hinton, 16 years old writing Outsiders.

I hadn't read Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer, any of that until maybe two months ago. I read both. Amazing.

I was reading Tom Sawyer and I'm like, I wish it said right here...

His book, Open, is my favorite sports book of all time. I got to read that.

His book, Open, is my favorite sports book of all time. I got to read it. I saw a great doc, he was incredibly honest.