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"Jeremy Allen White"

December 22, 2025

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5 min read

🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: This casual interview blends hosts' signature irreverent banter with a deep-dive guest chat, tying into the podcast's surprise-guest model amid holiday-tinged promotions and self-congratulatory nods to recent awards. The tone crackles with playful ribbing, inside jokes, and heartfelt reflections on fame.
  • The Key Players:
    • Hosts: Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett deliver electric chemistry through teasing about wives, snacks, and egos, bantering on everything from podcast noms to dream roles while hyping their new spin-off show Crimeless.
    • Guest: Jeremy Allen White, Golden Globe-nominated star of The Bear (as Carmy), known for Shameless; fresh off portraying Bruce Springsteen in a biopic, he's disarmingly earnest amid the hosts' chaos.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 **(00:00) 🎙️ Introduction: Jeremy Allen White**
  • 2 **(10:30) Personal Banter and Setup Chat**
  • 3 **(13:45) New Friendship with Jason Bateman**
  • 4 **(16:40) Early Life and Brooklyn Roots**
  • 5 **(22:00) Path to Acting and Dance Confidence**
  • 6 **(28:50) Career Launch: Shameless to The Bear**
  • 7 **(38:00) *The Bear* Success and Chicago Life**

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Show Notes

From Shameless to SmartLess — it’s Jeremy Allen White! We chat dancing, cookies, and dream-roles this week (and our favorite Chicago lunches). “Eat like you’re doing a podcast.” It’s an all-new SmartLess.

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