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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Anonymous: Meet Cute II

Fri, 04 Apr 2025

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Chapter 1: What is Armchair Anonymous: Meet Cute II about?

00:00 - 00:23 Dax Shepard

Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts, or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Anonymous. I'm Dan Rather, and I'm joined by Mrs. Mouse. Hi. Meet cute part do.

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00:23 - 00:24 Monica Padman

That's right.

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00:25 - 00:28 Dax Shepard

I feel like it's part Trey, but it's part Dew.

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00:28 - 00:29 Monica Padman

It is.

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00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

Part Dew.

Chapter 2: Why are meet cutes considered palate cleansers?

00:30 - 00:35 Monica Padman

We love a meet cute. It's very hopeful and sweet, and we need to throw those in.

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00:35 - 00:39 Dax Shepard

Yeah, they kind of are palate cleansers. They're uplifting. They're hopeful.

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00:39 - 00:40 Monica Padman

Yeah.

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00:40 - 00:44 Dax Shepard

Yeah, we needed it because we had animal attacks, and we've had shit in your pants.

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00:00 - 00:00 Monica Padman

Yeah.

00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

There's a whole host of depravity, really.

00:00 - 00:00 Monica Padman

A lot of nasty stuff.

00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

Could be called armchair depravity.

00:00 - 00:00 Monica Padman

Could be.

Chapter 3: How did Heather and Brian's meet cute unfold?

01:17 - 01:21 Heather

Hi. Can you hear me okay? Oh, my God. This is beautiful setup.

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01:21 - 01:22 Dax Shepard

What is happening?

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01:22 - 01:25 Heather

Thank you. I'm underneath my standing desk. Oh.

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01:28 - 01:33 Monica Padman

Do you watch Severance? It looks like you're in that welcoming room where she delivers information.

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00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

Your Audi is a very good roller skater.

00:00 - 00:00 Heather

That's right. I do have a little lamp with a sheet over it to give it a little ambience.

00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

Oh, well, it looks great. First of all, where are you other than this cute cave?

00:00 - 00:00 Heather

I live in Beverly Hills, Michigan.

00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

Oh, my God. By Aaron Weakley. Do you ever see Aaron Weakley?

Chapter 4: What role did Brian's dog play in Heather's story?

02:11 - 02:12 Heather

We'll say so.

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02:12 - 02:13 Dax Shepard

Did you grow up there?

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02:13 - 02:14 Heather

I grew up in Royal Oak.

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02:14 - 02:15 Dax Shepard

Wonderful.

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00:00 - 00:00 Heather

I actually went to a shrine. Of course you did. Okay, that's Kristen's high school for people who don't know.

00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

You had to. Okay, Heather, you have a meet-cute story.

00:00 - 00:00 Heather

Yes. So it takes place at Central Michigan University. It was New Year's Eve 2008. I was up there after Christmas to go back to work. My roommate, Mary, was up there with me and my neighbor, our friend Kelly, was also there. And Kelly at the time was dating this fraternity guy. They're actually now married, but the fraternity was having a New Year's Eve party.

00:00 - 00:00 Heather

So the three of us decide that we're going to get dressed up and go to this party. As the party's going on, my roommate Mary comes over to us and she's like, hey, there's this guy Brian here. I think you two would really hit it off. He's upstairs in the attic with some friends. You should go up there and say hi. So I grab my friend Kelly and we go up there and they're all smoking in the attic.

00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

Cigarettes or marijuana?

Chapter 5: How did a high school compatibility test lead to love?

07:44 - 07:53 Dax Shepard

It's interesting you said, I put my hand up and touched the wall. When you said it, I thought that's an interesting detail. Is that foreshadowing?

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07:53 - 07:54 Monica Padman

Oh. Oh, and then it was.

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07:54 - 08:07 Dax Shepard

It was. Yeah, you must ask yourself, had he not bit your face? And both of you are not asking for anyone's numbers. Like, neither of you are pursuing this with any kind of gusto. Had the dog not intervened and caused this walk home and the ice pack, I don't think we're here.

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08:07 - 08:13 Monica Padman

Probably never would have happened. That's a good point. I hate to give the dog any credit.

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00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

Well, you got to give credit where credit's due. I must. That's also another ethos of yours. Well, Heather, it's lovely meeting you. I'm delighted we've got a Michigander in the audience. We don't talk to nearly enough people from Michigan.

00:00 - 00:00 Monica Padman

I feel like we've talked to just a lot of them, but I love them. You guys are a great group.

00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

Yeah, before we go, if you had to guess what the best amusement park in the world is, what would you say?

00:00 - 00:00 Heather

My husband and I were literally talking about this earlier. Cedar Point, of course.

00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

Let's go, baby.

Chapter 6: Is there a connection between compatibility tests and lasting relationships?

09:31 - 09:32 Monica Padman

You can smell the guy.

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09:33 - 09:45 Dax Shepard

Yeah, I'd be really curious if we could get an evolutionary biologist to explain why that is. Do we not smell as good? Is it more important for a female throughout history to be able to identify her partner? There has to be an explanation.

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09:45 - 09:46 Monica Padman

Because you definitely don't have that.

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09:46 - 09:47 Dax Shepard

Zero desire.

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00:00 - 00:00 Rob

Do you think so too, Rob?

00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

Yeah, I agree. All right, we have a pair. Oh, fun. Ah, you're in two different locations.

00:00 - 00:00 Megan

We are. Did you do that for sound? Yes, that was the advice given. We both wanted to be here because we're both big fans.

00:00 - 00:00 Sean

Oh, how exciting. You guys are so cute.

00:00 - 00:00 Dax Shepard

But wait, are you in the same home?

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