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Sean Hayes

Jason Bateman

Will Arnett

"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.

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Speak into the foam thingy: it’s Amanda Peet. New York, stage fright, unsolicited headshots, a second sleep, and ‘the strategy on removal.’ Life is like a box of Pop Tarts… you never know which variety pack you’re gonna get [on this week’s toaster-ready treat a.k.a. an all-new SmartLess].

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"Amanda Peet"

Wrap yourself in cashmere and come sit by the fire with Mr. Charlie Day, who joins us this week to give career advice and acting tips. Jason learns about ‘voluntary additional school,’ Sean wails on the slide-whistle, and Will teases us with intimate details about his relationship with Forte. Welcome to SmartLess.

This episode was originally released on 2/28/2022.

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"RE-RELEASE: Charlie Day"

Walk the Wok and let’s celebrate: it’s future MMA fighter Stephen Colbert. The blackout days, beepers & lovely melon, plus shirts v. skins on Mt. Everest. “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” …on the 300th correct-isode of SmartLess.

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"Stephen Colbert"

Tornado-warning: it’s Elle Fanning. The Number 5, Imagination vs. Reality, the Power, and a real-life baby. We all love each other, blah blah blah… on another gorgeously fresh new epiz of SmartLess.

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"Elle Fanning"

We walk the tightrope with Maggie Gyllenhaal. Come explore the edges of the mind: stacking wood, eating avocados, bird watching, and what is exercise? It’s fake learning for real… an all-new SmartLess.

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"Maggie Gyllenhaal"

Heat up your pizza-pocket: it’s Cillian Murphy. We talk law, rock n’ roll, instinct, energy over perfection, and making ends MEAT. Welcome to The Circus Of The Unemployable …on an all-new SmartLess.

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"Cillian Murphy"

Actor and web-designer Emma Stone joins us this week to discuss poignant topics like Albert Einstein, The Spice Girls, and the cure for hiccups. Get tattoos with your whole family… Welcome to HairLess [scratch that] an all-new SmartLess.

This episode was originally released on 12/11/2023.

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"RE-RELEASE: Emma Stone"

We're off to the races with Kris Jenner. School, Social, Smooch, Smart Cookies, and meeting a Mint Julip. Re-enroll in home-school, because 'nobody’s going on the internet,' …in another mind-bending alternate reality that is [in some intimate regions often colloquially referred to as] an all-new "SmartLess." 

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"Kris Jenner"

We’re living in a wonder-world with the great Brian Cox. Tempura salad, resting bewildered face, and doing it like a goose. Is it the AC? Nope. It’s an all-new SmartLess.

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"Brian Cox"

Hey, Smarties! Please enjoy the first half of this hilarious, in-depth interview with Will Arnett on SmartLess Media’s show Staying Alive! Hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally (101 Places To Party Before You Die) sit down with Will to ask him about keeping in shape, cutting out sugar, viral podcast clips, and the nuts and bolts of making his new film, Is This Thing On? Plus, Pally has a text exchange with Will that he’d like to ask him about, and Gabrus might have to buy new budgie smugglers.

Go to the Staying Alive feed HERE for Part 2!

Full video episodes available HERE.

Check out Will’s movie Is This Thing On? HERE.

 

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This episode was recorded February 5, 2026 on the information superhighway

Staying Alive is produced by Devon Torrey Bryant and Anne Harris

Engineered and edited by Devon Torrey Bryant, who also wrote the music

Associate producer and video editor is Maddie McCann

Executive produced by Jon Gabrus, Adam Pally, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Bernie Kaminski, and Rich Korson

 

Keywords for this episode: Tony Stark, Castaway, Springsteen, Romesh Ranganathan, tattoos, budgie smugglers, Rubirosa, CAA, New Zealand, metric system, sushi, street fighting, Basil Hayden, Zyn, nicotine, OnlyFans, Tom Hanks, Wes Anderson, Bradley Cooper, Bob Castrone, The Comedy Cellar, prop comedy, Tony Gilroy, Pedro Pascal

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STAYING ALIVE: Will Arnett, Part 1!

Grab your power converters, it’s our national treasure, Mr. Mark Hamill. Spices in space, body-part autographs, time machines, and Scotty’s first pod. Revert to your 9 year-old nerd self… it’s an all-new SmartWars.

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"Mark Hamill"

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