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Fail Better with David Duchovny

Why am I making a podcast? The best answer I can come up with is that I feel like I’ve been failing my entire life, so I can speak from plenty of experience. Sure, I was on The X Files and Californication, I wrote some books and made some music. But I also got a literal F in The New York Times. I had a high-profile divorce and a magical mystery tour through rehab. So now I want to get into the way that failure looms over all of us and really shapes who we are. What’s good about that, what’s bad about that, what’s holding us back in shame? Lots to unpack here. So join me and some cool guests from sports, tv, politics, business and beyond starting May 7, wherever you get your podcasts – and we’ll get into it.

Listen to more episodes of Fail Better with David Duchovny

October 29, 2024 | Jia Tolentino Battles The Internet

October 22, 2024 | Bluffing with Nate Silver

October 15, 2024 | Roads Taken and Not Taken with Jason Beghe

October 1, 2024 | What Madonna Taught Rosie O’Donnell About Fame

September 24, 2024 | Why Lisa Loeb Struggles to Finish a Song

September 17, 2024 | Andy Cohen’s Concept of Reality

September 10, 2024 | Seth Meyers Loves When a Joke Fails

September 3, 2024 | EXCLUSIVE PEEK: Reflections on Mary Trump, Sean Penn, and more

August 27, 2024 | Check it Out: “The art of failure with David Duchovny”

August 21, 2024 | Kumail Nanjiani’s New Ambition

August 20, 2024 | Kathleen Hanna’s Music is Her Message

August 6, 2024 | Mary Trump Knows We’re At a Crossroads

July 30, 2024 | Griffin Dunne: An Actor Builds Character

July 23, 2024 | Sally Jenkins Thinks Losing Is Wonderful

July 16, 2024 | Jeremiah Fraites Isn’t Just The Tambourine Guy

July 9, 2024 | The Singular Fredness of Armisen

July 2, 2024 | Check it Out: “Kierkegaard or Californication? (with David Duchovny)”

June 25, 2024 | Tony Hawk and the Trick That Changed Everything

June 18, 2024 | Sean Penn and the Squared-Away Individual

June 11, 2024 | Patric Gagne and the Art of Sociopathic Zen

June 4, 2024 | Stephen Dubner and the Joy of Quitting

May 28, 2024 | Sarah Silverman and the Stupid, Shitty Things You’ve Done

May 21, 2024 | Brad Gilbert and the Problem with Perfection

May 14, 2024 | Gabor Maté and the Reason We’re All Addicted

May 11, 2024 | EXCLUSIVE PEEK: Reflections on Bette Midler

May 7, 2024 | Bette Midler and the Meanest Man in Showbiz

May 7, 2024 | Ben Stiller and the Curse of the Sequel

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