{"podcast":{"title":"Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard","slug":"armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033","podcast_index_feed_id":229033,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/armchair-expert","website_url":"https://wondery.com/shows/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard/","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/d6/39/3e/7c/d6393e7c-2c94-4bf8-ace5-22c075450625/5462340d2d523ce16f25efbd2b425f6ecdbdaa718e8222c7da564ce73eaaeca491e30d8a10cf99e9d351bdb65daad1681b4e54f264672188be0469655bad9155.jpeg","author":"Armchair Umbrella","episode_count":1071,"summary":"Hi, I’m Dax Shepard, and I love talking to people. I am endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human, and I find people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles and shortcomings to be incredibly sexy. I invite you to join me as I explore other people’s stories. We will celebrate, above all, the challenges and setbacks that ultimately lead to growth and betterment. What qualifies me for such an endeavor? More than a decade of sobriety, a degree in Anthropology and four years of improv training. I will attempt to discover human “truths” without any laboratory work, clinical trials or data collection. I will be, in the great tradition of 16th-century scientists, an Armchair Expert.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T16:19:56.634074+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033"},"episode":{"title":"Hunter Biden","slug":"hunter-biden","published_at":"2026-06-15T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033/hunter-biden","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/2ae01cad-78fc-42cb-a880-a6cc74523fd4.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/2ae01cad-78fc-42cb-a880-a6cc74523fd4.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Hunter Biden (Beautiful Things) is a former attorney, artist, and recovery advocate. Hunter joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in Delaware political royalty, surviving the car accident that killed his mother and sister, and the unconditional love of his more extraverted brother Beau. Hunter and Dax talk about the comfort and danger of self-destruction, the mythology of “functional” addiction, and the people who loved him when he could not love himself. Hunter explains how addiction narrows the world to a single need, why being publicly humiliated didn’t make him irredeemable, and what it means to rebuild a life without hiding. Check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds: https://www.allstate.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Hunter Biden (Beautiful Things) is a former attorney, artist, and recovery advocate. Hunter joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in Delaware politi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7197,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033/episodes/hunter-biden/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033/hunter-biden.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}