Matt Murphy (homicide prosecutor) | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

[@armchairexpertpod]

Anna Kendrick returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss being a non-fashion girlie, her feelings on her first appearance on the podcast, and why she ghosted Dax. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWWbcqaBiLCpgrs

[@Eddie-fr4sh]

Weirdo Hollywood stars shaving there daughters legs 😮

[@daniellef8897]

My eyes and ears were GLUED to the screen! This might be my favorite Armchair episode ever!!!

[@melissafinn7503]

Because of the same reaction as you, I ordered his book, the book of murder and it is awesome!

[@kansasgirl8371]

Not enough superlatives in my vocabulary to describe my appreciation for this episode. It may be my favorite podcast of all time. Have been a fan of Matt’s for years but the skill with which you elicited info from him was masterful. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@Dillan3]

I am a Matt Murphy fan girl. I lived in HB, was on the same beach area with friends where R. Alcala found Robin, I was in high school then. My brother’s good friend in high school worked with Matt, he was a first grade detective. Matt Murphy has made OC proud.

[@christinenikolic2893]

This is the first episode I have seen. Very interesting. I have a whole new view on Dax. Well done

[@erinsue5]

Same.

[@BrittanyPlothow]

This was beyond fascinating. One of the best guests ever! Loved the BTS of Alcala's case.

[@tanessap]

This guest was FANTASTIC! Amazing guy! Let’s get him when his new book comes out 😊

[@hannamaeh]

Is anyone else picking up strong Eddie Redmayne vibes? Like if he needs someone to play him in a biopic😂

[@jonathanfoster4202]

1000%

[@karmenlafontaine738]

Yessss! I haven’t finished the episode but I’m hopeful Dax will point it out 😅

[@corymullis6241]

First thing I noticed. It’s almost disturbing how much he looks like Redmayne lol

[@aliciamathias1003]

I could never put my finger on it, but YES!

[@MaisyMimi]

I thought it was him from the side … that’s crazy

[@anngraham6632]

I love the video episodes!! It's better than any reality TV show.

[@gloriacritelli7186]

Everyone loves Matt Murphy! 💗💗

[@jellydontshake]

LOVE this Genre for you guys! He is a great interview! Thanks Armchairs!

[@kimwing8433]

Matt is the nicest, genuine great guy.

[@katiebrown3343]

This was a fantastic episode! Always love episodes, but finding these new perspectives from who you normally interview (defense attorneys as stated in the episode) brings such great balance to an already amazing podcast. LOVE IT!

[@patriciahappe852]

Dax! Stop interrupting your guest! 🙏

[@rebeccaryan8893]

New subscriber- as a result of following Matt Murphy. This is how I found Dax Shepard. Thankful this was a long video because it did take some time for me to appreciate Dax. But now, I look forward to other Dax interviews. Main Note: Please please Matt, write your next book! Your first book I gave ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. I have read Matt’s first book before seeing this interview, and now, after this great interview, I would be definitely interested in Matt’s next writing! Dax, you are good at your job, thank you. Please encourage Matt for his next book! and your next interview with him! Awesome stuff. Thank you for sharing.

[@Bherbz]

Great episode. Damn Dax, spot on with a lot of human behavior predictions. 🙌

[@Uhtredrag1080]

Dax has a firm grasp of how the world works. Very intelligent. He's wrong about certain things, but he's certainly not ignorant and is a critical thinker. Well done, Dax.

[@melissatiller634]

This is a fantastic interview. Thanks for having this guy on 🙌🏻

[@gloriacritelli7186]

Fantastic interview! I enjoyed hearing about your childhood. You are so smart.

[@adriana27100]

Mathew is the best! Always enjoy listening to his input!

[@jimparsons4312]

this was FANTASTIC! thank you MM for your service ❤️❤️!

[@Jewels4wcd]

Love Matt Murphy, I saw him surfing Newport Beach years ago. Grew-up in OC, awesome to see how far and great he has become. I was a teenager hanging out with friends at HB where Alcala found Robin. It was scary, we had a lot of serial killers in the 70’s. I’m now surfing Hawai’i, hope Matt still gets time to catch some waves…

[@em8066]

I'm a Family Medicine PA with a background in cultural anthropology and public health, so my perspective has little to do with the criminal/legal factors, but I wanted to speak to the suggestion of grading SA crimes. TL;DR Like manslaughter or murder (an all-or-nothing crime resulting in a dead body), SA is an all-or-nothing crime resulting in permanent brain changes, decades lost in quality of life & social contributions & billions in income for survivors taken off course in higher education, careers, and health. Social biases against believing survivors & self-preservation inform jury/judge decisions to protect more privileged/valued aggressors. Convincing our institutions/society that the crimes are less serious isn't the goal; it's convincing them that the survivors (usually marginalized people) are just as valuable as everyone else. The all-or-nothing aspect of SA convictions is appropriate, because of the impact it has on the target who experienced it. Not in the sense of a "zombie bite" that turns them into a monster, but because it does permanently change a person's brain, alters the trajectory of the rest of their life, and costs them decades in terms of quality of life. The data around billions lost from years women could have been pursuing higher education, getting better jobs, etc, and how that affects their quality of life along with society as a whole is astounding. It's an all-or-nothing change for the ones who survive. Unlike manslaughter or murder, there isn't a dead body, but they are not living the lives they would have had. Healing is possible, but it is a process and again, the brain is changed. Survivors of less physically violent SA crimes make up the majority of cases, but they don't have any broken bones to point to and they're usually dismissed across all institutions and social settings. Some psychologists argue their psychological suffering is worse even though their physical wounds are less serious, because they're ruminating and reliving the event, trying to find the nugget that will "prove" they aren't crazy and don't deserve this. Psychological pain activates physical pain receptors, and each person processes that differently, so I would be very hesitant to say one crime is less severe from another because SA is so heavily psychological. And most aggressors know that; they leverage their social privilege & the target's freeze/fawn response to get what they want. That is not to say it's "better" to be more overtly and "believably" violently attacked in an SA event. As we know, even when all the evidence of a horrific crime is undeniable, juries and judges will still side with the aggressor and let them have another go. (So many cases come to mind, but the one where the little girl used an infrared night camera to record her father coming to molest her, and the forensics team using the infrared to identify his unique arm vein patterns like fingerprints since his face wasn't in view, and the jury still deciding he was innocent is particularly enraging for me - this was in the UK). So, maybe grading SA crimes would help in some cases (like bilateral intoxication), but it could perpetuate some existing harm for survivors who tend not to be believed. "Oh, he didn't break any bones, so we'll let him go in a year." The current sentencing practices are another challenge. I say go ahead and "ruin" that kid's athletic or academic career for life. He earned it. I don't care if he planned on becoming a doctor. I don't want him near my patients. But I think Dax's suggestion of grading SA crimes was trying to address the problem of getting more convictions in arenas where people prefer to turn a blind eye than perhaps irrevocably change the defendant's life. I think jurors and judges are afraid of hurting one person they and society sees as more valuable than another person, and they don't want the perceived guilt or backlash. I don't think the answer is to convince them the crime was less serious. I think it's to convince them the "less valuable" person in the room is actually just as valuable as everyone else. Getting the conviction for these aggressors is a social problem, because society doesn't believe women (or other marginalized groups). The fact these aggressors exist to begin with, after living the most cushy childhoods, is a social problem, because society sees women as things to be owned/conquered/displayed/degraded (along with other marginalized groups). The aggressors think they live in a world of no consequences because they're at the top of the social hierarchy, and society just keeps telling them they're right. Even when they've clearly been r*ping and murdering children for years. Why is it so hard for us to put these guys in a corner? Why is it so acceptable for the marginalized to a) be marginalized, b) suffer or die, and c) lose decades of heart and genius that they might have contributed to the world had we not decided that they're expendable?

[@rebeccaryan8893]

Wow. It must have taken you hours to write this “comment”! Long winded and lost interest to read your Story that is not a comment!

[@wesshort7202]

Ordered his book. Love this guy.

[@wesshort7202]

The book was fantastic.

[@hlarson1790]

This is my most favorite episode of all time❤

[@johncrew3884]

Such an amazingly good episode 👏 this is the best podcast ever ❤️ he does it all the time on many different episodes but what I really like is DAX He's so smart and funny. The funny we already knew but the smart has been a breath of fresh air for me. His knowledge on all of the different topics and the way he will read up on his guest and makes them feel worthy acknowledged and comfortable but also keeps up with them all on any topic and to be funny the whole time I'd such an impossible task that he pulls off flawlessly every time! Hats off to him and the one of a kind guest thanks for Sharing this with me I'm truly grateful 🙏 😅

[@JennaBlanco]

Didn’t know who this guy was til now, this is so intriguing. Love this! Thank you guys!❤

[@Uhtredrag1080]

You should have Matt back on, great guest.

[@stinkygorl]

Wait I wish each of these tangents was an hour long… I wanted the full story on so many of these!

[@kd8752]

Riveting episode. Wish it went even longer.

[@chassiex3]

Awesome chat!!

[@mossdoyle3236]

Incredible episode. Found this so riveting.

[@savannahsowder9929]

Have him on again for stories!

[@Nurturing2]

FASCINATING❣️ Thank you, Matt!!! ⚖️

[@marymary20]

Matt Murphy?? YES PLEASE!!!

[@sherrisRN]

I love Matt Murphy. DAK’s understanding of the serial killers is fact! Imposter syndrome. Deep down insecurity yet entitlement .. usually very smart .. manipulative sometimes to the point of brilliant.

[@samplewise]

Great episode. A general feedback for Monica to reduce the number of cues (excessive backchannel) and let the speaker complete. Such a wonderful setup and the cues are very distracting.

[@KrispyTreat24]

Poor Jackie and Tom I always think about that because they were holding hands when they were thrown overboard

[@ruthwalker6695]

This is the first time I've seen your channel. Well let me tell you.......I LOVE YOU TWO!!! Ya'll are so fun & funny, interesting, down to earth easy to listen to! You are real people! Meaning you are who you are, your natural & don't act like you are better then everyone else!! I believe I could be friends with you & never run out of things to talk about! Even though I'm in my 60's & the fact that you more then likely definitely have a higher IQ then I do! Lol I don't know my IQ.Anyway we would have amazing interesting conversations!!! Both of you have a fan for life in me!! I look forward to seeing more of your shows!!!! Thank you both for being real & for your hard work! Your dedicated to your work & that impressed me he'll are a rare duo that are very special!! Have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!! I will say again I LOVE YOU TWO LOVE THIS SHOW!!!😍👍✌

[@hollymorrison2261]

Loved the Fact Check! I’m 100% in Monica’s camp and that’s why it is really important and helpful to hear Dax balance the conversation with a male perspective. It’s tempting silo up but it’s clearly not the way to move forward. Keep up the good work guys!!

[@armchairexpertpod]

🥰🥰🥰

[@Uhtredrag1080]

Just stop voting democrat. The democrat party hates America.

[@ainsleyjones2849]

This is my favorite episode y’all have ever done!

[@barbarajeanne8351]

BEST GUEST EVER!!!!!!

[@wendybartels3296]

Matt Murphy was fantastic ! I saw him at CrimeCon and his stories were incredible

[@kimdelorme6314]

Very fascinating, but unbelievably sad stories‼️ On a lighter note, I just finished watching Parenthood on Netflix. Great job Dax❤❤

[@armchairexpertpod]

Glad you enjoyed the episode, and Parenthood is such a great show!

[@nancyangel450]

This was fascinating thank you so much

[@timmyDonald-lo6yi]

Great Book! A must read!

[@JeffParkChris]

Best 2 episodes this week. Anna Kendrick girl of my dreams and then this ex prosecutor is a bad ass.

[@elissalaurin1955]

Dax you are so attractive and smart. my thoughts and questions are what you speak. This interview with Matt was so captivating and interesting, especially cause I love anything forensic and crimes.

[@MitchMeetings]

I actually signed up for Audible just for this book and it was really enjoyable. Also watched Women of Hour which was decent.

[@maryhrgm]

Really enjoyed the fact check chat

[@armchairexpertpod]

😄😄

[@Uhtredrag1080]

A shame they don't even understand Trump's policies. He's in no way getting rid of women's rights.

[@yoginiinthesky6565]

I really liked this fact check, I know it’s hard to talk about this stuff but I always love y’all’s discussions around hard topics ❤

[@Jennajenks]

Monica saying she’s been around a lot of women and can “really feel it” holds 0 weight unfortunately in this conversation when she literally lives in the the most liberal part of the country and admittdly is a huge democrat. You living in a silo is exactly why you are so confused by the choice Americans made.

[@Clockoutnchill]

Thank you Talk about being disconnected she’s disconnected from the entire American community she says those people you mean 95% of Americans who work blue-collar jobs yeah those people like my people my family my ancestors my friends and their ancestors and their parents those people what world are you living in where you can see those people

[@Jennajenks]

@ well we may agree on Monica being disconnected but 95% of Americans do not work blue collar jobs. I actually did a Monica fact check and found only 13.9% of Americans work blue collar jobs.

[@iwasjustwondering_]

@jennajenks 100%. she’s so removed from regular women it really means so little to me

[@Jennajenks]

@@iwasjustwondering_ I actually want to change something that I said. Monica’s feelings DO hold weight. But it represents only a percentage of our country and she has to understand that the majority of the country voted a certain way for certain reasons. And that reason can’t only be that they dont care about women. I don’t want to completely discount her pov it’s just not representative of this country.

[@sammathey1995]

@@JennajenksI just wanna give you a shoutout for disagreeing with someone but saying all this in such a clear and concise way

[@kathylelong3348]

This is the first episode I've seen and it was great. I always love to see Matt. He is so interesting. As far as guys going to college, so many now are going into good paying trades instead because they don't want to have all the debt that comes with a college education. There are trades that pay very very well and at the end of the day you go home and put your work behind you until the next day. There's a lot less stress and and not much worry about moving up the ladder. A lot of guidance counselors are talking to kids about this in high schools now. Or just going to a two year community college because not all businesses require a college degree anymore. Ivy League definitely is not needed anymore unless you want to make $250k right out of school.

[@najaberthelsen]

Dax can get very eager to guess the next part of the story, and sometimes I wish he would bite his tongue and let the person finish the sentence, and THEN showcase his thoughts/theories 😅 But I understand the eagerness.. this episode was fascinating!

[@crazymema23]

were the interviews recorded?

[@iwasjustwondering_]

Monica, first and foremost, you look absolutely adorable in the fact check. Love your sense of fashion. And I’m not buttering you up just to tear you down but you are so out of touch and far removed from the way regular people think and live. I am a woman, with a modest home, a child with one on the way and a single income. I may not be “struggling to out food on the table” by your standards but I am sick of paying for double, triple, quadruple the amount for my groceries. It’s not sustainable and not worth the struggle to put through the single worst presidential candidate in history just because she’s a woman.

[@DonnaLena1]

If you think groceries are expensive now, just wait a year. Good luck, sincerely.

[@justtryingtowatchvideos]

Great interview. Don't understand the "Fact Check" segment. It largely had nothing to do with the guest.

[@sharaswitala6296]

Who is the young girl on this show. I don’t understand why she’s there

[@robyncstephens]

Read his book after - was fabulous!

[@KrispyTreat24]

I fell in love with Matt on dateline I’m wondering when he’s gonna marry me ? I have to figure out how he knows I exist.

[@BarbaraDunn-ci7tn]

I think Matt is a very interesting man. He is intelligent, sexy, a great storyteller, etc.❤

[@mishuk5043]

Alcala won on the Dating Game, but the woman would not date him because his vibes were so weird.

[@sammmuelspaul1946]

This was an excellent episode! I may be in the minority but I would much prefer every episode be an “Expert on Expert”, I have little interest in what most of the vast majority of out of touch, Uber privileged entertainers have to say.

[@alexsmith7384]

Why are the curse words censored in the subtitles? I doubt Dax or Monica would sign off on that.

[@Gambles909]

glad we got to hear from Eddy Redmayne

[@LauraTrimboli]

This was an interesting podcast but I’m kind of through with Dax and especially his annoying co host. He acts more like a 10 yr old boy obsessed with bodily functions and sex. The questions he asks people are so rude and inappropriate. I know he is actually a smart guy but he acts so immature…not sure how Kristen can stand it.

[@sissel5369]

This interview went by waaaay too fast!

[@clarics6804]

Listening to the podcast I thought sometimes Dax was speaking but it was the guest 😅

[@LoveandButter]

They warned HE and his wife. No, they warned HIM.

[@sharaswitala6296]

That set looks so uncomfortable..gotta work on it guys

[@sharaswitala6296]

I don’t think he is handsome..too pointy this Matt guy. To each his own

[@Lake31]

I was super curious about this guy until I saw he is againest freeing the Menendez brothers💔😭

[@dirtbagminimal2268]

i would date him 100%

[@christinalester]

"she went full tonka"😂

[@mistisimpson5504]

Spoiled, enabled children grow up to become entitled adults.

[@lesliejones1980]

Great interviews! I feel like Matt Murphy thinks he (via his FBI friends) knows who the Zodiac killer likely is and doesn’t think it’s Arthur Leigh Allan, but he’s doing the play along to get along thing. He does this at other points in the interview where he asks more clueless than he is to be relational and probably just a strategy he learned a long time ago. I watched the Netflix doc and am not 100% convinced. This is all gut instinct impression. How interesting that she asked the chopped p question and his last prosecution was THAT story? My IQ was 130 as a kid and 125 in perimenopause (ha) and I’m the kinda person that usually gets the “answer” right but often can’t explain how I know. Haha Good for them for not posting their scores but was hoping they were gonna! Will read his book.

[@floorpunch18]

I counted. Dax blinks only 3 times in the intro. Why!?!

[@anneayres8562]

Haven’t seen the whole epi- listening and watching now, but it seemed Dax was interrupting/cutting him off Matt a bit. Editing perhaps minimized it but I noticed it. Anyone else or just me?

[@svetlana_morgan_tattoo]

I think he's trying to guide Matt so the chain of thoughts/storyline would be complete

[@kaitlyncrimmins9880]

I keep trying to tell everyone about that new zodiac documentary too!! I’ve seen almost every one that they’ve made on that and this new one is the first real one where I think that really was the killer!!

[@carin4771]

Aha i lost the connection in Amazon😢 now I get to hear the end 🎉

[@redondobeach7514]

It’s on Congress. Why hasn’t Congress passed anything in 40 years.

[@sarahschultz3022]

Why does it just say “with Dax Shepard” under the armchair expert title sequence and not Monica as well

[@steve.santiago]

Agreed!

[@TheFirstPlacePod]

Petition to get Monica’s name on there too!! 🫶🏻

[@maryk4669]

The heinous editing is hard to look past

[@christim1252]

Who’s this girl on here an why?? I don’t think I can watch bc of her. Nothing about her is appealing in anyway. She offers nothing except her continued noise making, hmm ahhh ohhh hahaha. It’s annoying she’s Annoying. 8 mins in I’m done too bad I love Matt.

[@davidking5838]

As fascinating as this interview was, the whole time I'm thinking this guy looks just like Eddie Redmayne. It's uncanny

[@erinsue5]

Matt Murphy has been a favorite of mine for years now. His intelligence is sexy as hell!!

[@lauriew.7110]

Great fact check. Well said Monica. We need your insights to balance the conversation. Also, as a retired teacher I think a lot of boys aren't going to college because it is not considered important by their fathers. What is important to their fathers is sports not academics. Fun for the school years to watch your kids play but does not carry over to adulthood.

[@kjhayf]

New crush! #mattMurphy

[@pascalepierloot]

I normally always listen on Spotify and I am so surprised to see that Monica looks so young. Like 24 or so. Lol.

[@AnInspiredArtist]

I’ve had a crush on Matt for years. Is he single? ❤

[@sofia.maria_ramos]

Czechia ist not former Soviet Union country! 🙈 Former so called eastern block, however, check them on the map, they are well in the middle of Europe. Lol

[@saraheklund1099]

Jesus Christ, Dax. Are your eyes actually that blue, or do you wear contacts?

[@amandaoyler2704]

I think those are from a long line of blue eyed Shepards, if I remember correctly.

[@jenonen]

I think the saturation is punched up a bit on the video too

[@pinkflamingos0723]

Damn he’s hot😂

[@sharaswitala6296]

Who? I don’t see anyone on here “hot”

[@pinkflamingos0723]

@ you have to look beyond your eyes.

[@SilkyShish]

I find Monica annoying in general. Some of her comments are uneducated, out of touch and tone deaf. What is the point of having her as a co-host?? I liked Dax's show when he was doing it on his own. Whenever she pipes in with her tone deaf comments it interrupts the flow of the show and makes me almost want to not bother listening at all.

[@moonstruck1115]

Cats also kill and hunt for pleasure!

[@wingnut77]

Dax is Libra rising. Virgo moon.

[@bethanycrocker168]

Maybe him and Monica could go on a date! 😊❤

[@redondobeach7514]

Sorry, not choking. It’s strangulation.

[@kellyhunsaker]

Keep the kisses, lol

[@velocitygirl8551]

Omg Dax let him TALK!