Morgan Freeman

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Morgan Freeman (Lioness, Shawshank Redemption, Unforgiven) is an Academy Award-winning actor, producer, and narrator. Morgan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss auditioning as dancer for the World’s Fair, narrowly avoiding becoming the next Captain Kangaroo, and a difficult decision to leave his grandmother’s home in Mississippi to pursue his acting dreams. Morgan and Dax talk about bucking authority, how sailing is a metaphor for hope, and not wanting to be pitied during a terminal illness. Morgan shares the benefits of working with writer-directors, what it was like being asked to be in a film by Clint Eastwood himself, and why struggling to get back up when you fall is the true secret of success.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad free right now.
0:06.5	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:10.0	Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:13.9	Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert.
0:16.0	I'm Dan Shepard.
0:16.7	I'm joined by Lily Padman.
0:18.4	And today we have the greatest voice of all time, perhaps.
0:22.6	I mean.
0:23.8	Him and Edward James almost, Darth Vader.
0:27.0	Sure.
0:27.8	But I'm, I'm picking morgue.
0:30.8	Yeah, Morgan's my guy to.
0:32.0	Morgan Freeman Academy Award winning actor, producer, and narrator, the Shawshank Redemption,
0:37.0	seven our very favorite ding ding dingles. God. and narrator, the Shawshank Redemption, seven, our very favorite
0:38.8	ding ding, ding,les.
0:39.8	God.
0:40.5	Bruce Almighty, the bucket list, million-dollar baby.
0:43.0	And new season of Lioness, the Taylor Sheridan show, hugely popular, season two out right now
0:50.5	on Paramount Plus.
0:51.4	What a delight.
0:52.4	Morgan Freeman.
0:53.0	I feel really, really, really lucky we got to talk to him.
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