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Heard on Armchair Expert: 2026, Part 1

Welcome, welcome, welcome! Please enjoy a sampling of some of the books and projects recently discussed with guests on the Armchair Expert podcast with hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman.

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  • Sheen should not be alive to write this book. But the movie and TV star, who has defied the odds, finally presents his story in his own words.
    eBook, 2025Gallery Books, 2025
  • Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Billy Crudup, all guests on Armchair, star in the series.
    DVD, 2025[United States] : Fifth Season, [2025] — DVD TV MORNING Season 1
  • Freakonomics

    a Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

    Levitt, Steven D.
    Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives — how people get what they want or need — especially when other people want or need the same thing.
    Book, 2006New York : William Morrow, c2006. — 330 LEVITT
  • Playful

    How Play Shifts Our Thinking, Inspires Connection, and Sparks Creativity

    Holman, Cas,
    Drawing on psychology, history, art and design thinking, Holman makes a powerful case for the vital importance of play for grown-ups in a world obsessed with productivity.
    Book, 2025New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2025]
  • A story of friendship and first love, of anxiety and self-discovery, of trying to stay true to yourself when everyone wants to tell you who you are. This is not the story you think you know. It's the one Malala has been waiting to tell.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Atria Books, 2025. — 371.822 YOUSAFZAI
  • Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins delves into his illustrious film and theater career, difficult childhood and path to sobriety in his honest, moving and long-awaited memoir.
    Book, 2025New York : Summit Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2025.
  • The Let Them Theory

    a Life-changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About

    Robbins, Mel, 1968-
    If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed or frustrated with where you are, stop wasting energy on what you can't control and start focusing on what truly matters: YOU. Your happiness. Your goals. Your life.
    Book, 2024Carlsbad, California : Hay House LLC, 2024. — 158.1 ROBBINS
  • 1929

    Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

    Sorkin, Andrew Ross,
    This is not just a story about money. It is a tale of power, psychology and the seductive illusion that this time is different. It's about disregarded alarm bells, financiers who fell from grace and skeptics who saw the crash coming — only to be…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Viking, [2025] — 973.916 SORKIN
  • Chasing My Cure

    a Doctor's Race to Turn Hope Into Action : a Memoir

    Fajgenbaum, David C.,
    The inspiring memoir of a young doctor and former college athlete who became a champion for people suffering from rare, under-researched diseases — all while battling his own.
    Book, 2019New York : Ballantine Books, [2019] — 616.9944 FAJGENBAUM
  • James L. Brooks won the Oscar for Best Director for this adaptation of a mother and daughter throughout the years.
    DVD, 2017Los Angeles, CA : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2017] — DVD T
  • Morbidly Curious

    a Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away /

    Scrivner, Coltan
    Why are people irresistibly drawn to horror films, violent video games and true crime? Scrivner, a behavioral psychologist and horror film producer, frames the notion of morbid curiosity as an evolutionary advantage that lets people use relatively…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Penguin Books, [2025]
  • Cher

    the Memoir, Part One

    Cher, 1946-
    Book one of Cher's memoir follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono, and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart.
    Book, 2024[New York, N.Y.] : Dey Street Books, [2024] — B CHER
  • "We hold these truths to be self-evident . . ." For the 250th birthday of the Declaration that founded our nation, Isaacson analyzes and celebrates, word by word, how this sentence was crafted, what it means and how we can honor its underlying…
    Book, 2025New York : Simon & Schuster, [2025] — 973.313 ISAACSON
  • The story of humanity is inextricable from that of money. No innovation has defined our own evolution so thoroughly and changed the direction of our planet's history so dramatically. And yet despite money's primacy, most of us don't fully understand…
    Book, 2025New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2025.
  • Detours

    Hope & Growth After Life's Hardest Turns

    Smart, Elizabeth
    A powerful memoir of survival and healing, empowering readers to navigate life's detours, embrace resilience and find healing and purpose after adversity.
    eAudiobook, 2025Recorded Books, Inc., 2025