Best of Monday 2025

December 22, 2025

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

The Format: This best-of compilation weaves hilarious and raw celebrity confessions from past Armchair Expert interviews into a host-led montage hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman, spotlighting fame's underbelly with candid, unfiltered revelations. Reflective and self-deprecating.
The Key Players:
- Hosts: Dax Shepard and Monica Padman deliver banter with sharp chemistry, probing insecurities and triumphs while sharing their own vulnerabilities.
- Guests: Comedian Nikki Glaser on award-show angst; Mo Amer on war trauma; Brad Pitt on early hustle; Dominic Fike on jail-to-stardom; Dove Cameron on family loss; Alexander Skarsgård on actor struggles; Jennifer Aniston on childfree peace; Mindy Kaling on late virginity; Charlie Sheen on wild antics.

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What you'll learn

1 `(00:21)` **Best of Mondays 2025 Kickoff**
2 `(03:37)` **Nikki Glaser on Grammys Imposter Syndrome (Ep. 861)**
3 `(12:21)` **Mo Amer's Gulf War Childhood Trauma (Ep. 893)**
4 `(19:02)` **Brad Pitt's Hollywood Hustle Beginnings (Ep. 911)**
5 `(29:06)` **Dominic Fike's House Arrest to Stardom (Ep. 949)**
6 `(37:35)` **Dove Cameron's Dad Grief & Therapy Breakthrough (Ep. 879)**
7 `(52:22)` **Alexander Skarsgård's Pre-Fame LA Grind (Ep. 923)**

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Show Notes

On this special episode, we revisit some of our favorite moments from Monday episodes in 2025. Nikki Glaser relays the risks of a roast, Brad Pitt commits a non-union extra faux pas, Dominic Fike drops his mixtape in jail, Dove Cameron tries to mend her relationship with her dad, Alexander Skarsgård finds his way as an actor post-Zoolander, Jennifer Aniston talks kids and SNL, Adam Scott discovers grief for his mom while filming Severance, Mindy Kaling writes nerdy women who desire, and Charlie Sheen keisters an ice cube after falling asleep on camera.

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