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SmartLess

Written by: Jason Bateman Sean Hayes Will Arnett
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  • "SmartLess" with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett is a podcast that connects and unites people from all walks of life to learn about shared experiences through thoughtful dialogue and organic hilarity. A nice surprise: in each episode of SmartLess, one of the hosts reveals his mystery guest to the other two. What ensues is a genuinely improvised and authentic conversation filled with laughter and newfound knowledge to feed the SmartLess mind.

    New episodes on Mondays for free. Listen 1-week early and to all episodes ad-free with Wondery+ or Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.


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Episodes
  • "Jon Bon Jovi"
    Apr 22 2024

    This week we host Mr. John Francis Bongiovi Jr, also occasionally known as Jon Bon Jovi. The chicken or the egg, a Golden Grahams commercial, and finding joy for the first time in a decade. And so, our dear listener: strum the tennis racket and think you can sing… on an all-new SmartLess.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • SmartLess Media Presents: Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
    Apr 18 2024

    Pretty Sure I Can Fly is a humorous exploration of things that had never been done, until someone did them. It’s a series of weekly conversations about what it takes to break through the barrier of “impossible” and set new standards for human limitation. Pretty Sure I Can Fly is like going to history class, except your teachers are actor, stuntman, and outlaw radio DJ Johnny Knoxville and long-time This American Life contributor Elna Baker. And each week they bring a new guest to tell you all about how they “grabbed the bull by the bunglesteen” or “really hogwrenched that spatooly.”


    Listen to Pretty Sure I Can Fly: Wondery.fm/PSICF

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    16 mins
  • "Larry David"
    Apr 15 2024

    We go in the weeds with Larry David on critical items: dinner parties, romance novels, The Golden Rule, Halloween… and we unsuccessfully debut our new Speed Round format. “He’d rather be doing nothing than talking to us,” on an all-new SmartLess. We love you.


    Also, our friends Johnny Knoxville and Elna Baker stop by to talk about their new SmartLess Media podcast, "Pretty Sure I Can Fly," celebrating unsung heroes who achieve incredible feats by “having more balls than a bowling alley.” Listen to Pretty Sure I Can Fly: Wondery.fm/PSICF

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    1 hr and 20 mins

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funny guys

funny dudes. free. entertaining. worth a listen.words, words and more words..and then some words. words.

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Love this

This podcast makes my day. I love how funny all 3 of these guys are together!

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so many laugh out loud moments

this episode is exactly what I needed on my drive today. full of hilarious impressions and time flew by way too fast.

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Great dynamic with this interview!

Laughed out loud at this one several times. Bring John K back more often!

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Amazing show and Guest!

Keanu is a very humble person. The guys on the show make this worth watching. I, of course, recently started to appreciate Jason Bateman's brand of comedy....and thoroughly enjoy this podcast!

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I feel like I know the guest at the conclusion...

Can't wait for the next episode. Laugh out loud funny. Very informative. Great chemistry. Thumbs up.

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LOL! For real.

Man, these guys will make you laugh till you cry. It's freakin' amazing and I can't quit the binge!

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Pro- Mike Tyson chatter a low point for Smartless

I've been loving this podcast and have listened to almost every one. I love the chatter and silliness and sincere interest in the guests. I love feeling like you're hanging out with these 3 close firiends, and the depth of their friendship is palpable. But the ads are taking up more and more time, and a recent interview left me uncomfortable and disappointed. Their guest Kenan Thompson got talking about his client Mike Tyson, referred to during the chat with the hosts as the best fighter and "tortured soul" etc etc as though he had never been in prison for rape, and hadn't been accused of domestic abuse. The chatter went on with the four men talking about what an amazing fighter Mike Tyson was with not a mention of the irony that that amazing fighter has also been criminally convicted of physical violence (rape). It was a low point for this podcast and the hosts.
Andrew Samaha asks at the end of his new article about the new documentary about Tyson that maybe his interest and fandom of Tyson is part of the problem ... I think this episode and the lack of even mentioning violence against women as they all talked about Tyson as a fighting "hero" is also part of the problem - even on a podcast that's just lighthearted fun. Hiding behind 'lighthearted fun' is how rape culture continues.
Maybe the usually thoughtful and funny hosts will address this in a future episode, because it was an awkward (even offensive) low point, and gave a different spin to "smartless" - Wanda B

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