Alexander Skarsgård (Murderbot, Melancholia, True Blood) is an Emmy Award-winning actor. Alexander joins the Armchair Expert to discuss accidentally signing up for a month-long cross country ski trek in the South Pole, gaining 25 pounds and long hair in the final season of True Blood because he was prepping to play Tarzan, and how everyone in Sweden exhibits ... Show More
Jul 15
Grant Achatz (award-winning chef)
Grant Achatz (Alinea, Next, The Aviary) is an award-winning chef, restaurateur, and culinary innovator. Grant joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in small-town Michigan working in his family's diner, rebuilding a GTO with his father, and discovering the emotional power of ... Show More
1h 47m
Jul 13
Jackie Tohn Returns
Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This, The Boys, GLOW) is an actress, comedian, and musician. Jackie joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up on Long Island with two gym-teacher parents, discovering her BRCA mutation after her father’s cancer diagnosis, and becoming an advocate for g ... Show More
2h 1m
Jul 2025
ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD Favorite Place Has 20,000 Islands
This week, Alexander Skarsgård joins Seth and Josh on the pod! Alexander talks all about growing up in Stockholm (where he also joins the podcast from), what it was like having a more “hippie” upbringing, his experience growing up with a ton of siblings, one of his family’s favor ... Show More
1h 5m
May 2017
Alexander Skarsgård - 'Big Little Lies'
The 40-year-old Swede, currently in serious contention for his first Emmy nom, reflects on attaining and then fleeing from child stardom, his breakthrough in 'Generation Kill' and 'True Blood' and his intense scenes of sex and violence with Nicole Kidman in HBO's provocative limi ... Show More
1h 5m
Apr 2022
“Megchella” w. Alexander Skarsgård
Ira recaps Coachella for Louis, then the two discuss Gilbert Gottfried, odd Celine Dion “biopic” Aline, and flight mask mandates. Plus, Alexander Skarsgard joins to discuss The Northman, working with everyone’s favorite actresses, and more.For a transcript of this episode visit c ... Show More
1h 35m
Sep 2016
#231: Tim Burton, Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Peña
This week, we welcome the godfather of goth himself Tim Burton into the pod booth; plus, War On Everyone's Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña join us for an incredibly anarchic 'interview.'
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1h 17m
May 2023
“With Open Eyes” Part 1 (with Jeremy Strong and Alexander Skarsgård)
Host Kara Swisher unpacks the Succession series finale, “With Open Eyes,” in a two-part supersized podcast. In part one, Kara talks with Alexander Skarsgård about why his tech billionaire character, Lukas Matsson, just can’t let Waystar Royco go. Then Kara goes deep with Jeremy S ... Show More
59m 3s