Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Hosted by Dax Shepard
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This episode of Armchair Anonymous features wild card stories shared by listeners, hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. The first guest, a nurse from Canada, recounts how she accidentally set her hair on fire with a candle during an intimate moment while eight months pregnant, subsequently vomiting from the smell and shocking her boyfriend. Later, a French listener living in Paris shares how she accidentally inhaled a sewing pin while working on fashion school homework, leading to an emergency room visit where a doctor initially failed to locate it in her lungs. Finally, a Colorado guest recounts surviving a miraculous brush with death in Austria when a rescheduled ski schedule kept his team off the catastrophic 2000 Kaprun funicular train fire, mirroring a similar travel delay that saved his mother from a plane crash decades earlier.
Hosts introduce the episode and promote Quince’s fall wardrobe and home goods.
Guest Sarah recounts a near‑fatal fire during intimacy while eight months pregnant.
Guest Shama shares the harrowing experience of swallowing a sewing pin and its eventual removal from her lung.
Hosts thank guests, share final thoughts, and sign off with playful banter and a magic trick segment.
Guest Alex details the 2000 Kaprun tunnel train disaster and its impact on his life.
The guests discuss their personal history with skiing and snowboarding, noting the shift back to skiing after years of snowboarding.
The conversation wraps up with goodbyes, summer wishes, and expressions of gratitude.
Hair on Fire During Romancestory
The guest explains how she leaned too close to a candle while pregnant and romance turned into a literal fire hazard.
After realizing her hair was ablaze, the guest panicked and slapped herself to put out the fire while her boyfriend watched in shock.
The guest describes working late on fashion school sewing projects and accidentally inhaling a sharp pin into her lung.
Missed Diagnosis in the ERstory
An emergency room doctor mistakenly checked the guest's digestive tract and torso before an observant surgeon realized the pin was in her lung.
The guest explains how a hotel power outage altered his ski team's morning schedule in Austria.
Escaping a Funicular Disasterdata
A rescheduled training session saved a ski team from boarding the catastrophic 2000 Kaprun funicular train that caught fire and killed 161 people.
Two Generations of Miraclesinsight
The guest reveals that decades earlier, his mother also narrowly escaped a fatal plane crash due to a delayed connecting flight.
“I had my eyes closed, just like totally feeling the moment. And then I realized while my eyes are closed, that I see this light in front of my eyes.”
“I am a nurse. I work in the operating room. I've smelled burnt flesh, I've smelled necrotic bowel, the worst kind of infection you can imagine.”
“They get age-appropriate content settings, contact limits, so that by default, only people they're already connected to can message them.”
“There were a hundred and sixty one people trapped who died that day.”
“it's very incestuous and they all date each other.”
“Yeah, it hurts a lot less and it's easier on our aging bodies.”
“All right, y'all. Well, have a great summer up there. I hope it's a beautiful one for you.”
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