Listener sentiment
Listeners are overwhelmingly enthusiastic about David Duchovny's interview podcast, praising his emotional intelligence, vulnerability, and disarming conversational style as a refreshing departure from typical celebrity-hosted fare. Reviewers repeatedly highlight the show's core premise — reframing failure as a catalyst for growth — and single out standout episodes with guests like Gabor Maté, Mary Trump, Adam Grant, and Gillian Anderson, as well as Duchovny's reflective "day after" segments. The most consistent criticism, voiced by several reviewers independently, is that the show leans on ultra-successful celebrities whose "failures" can feel tone-deaf or indistinguishable from conventional success stories; a subset of listeners would prefer guests outside the fame economy. A smaller but recurring critique targets Duchovny for occasionally talking over guests or steering conversations back to himself, and a handful of one-star reviews dismiss the concept as celebrity self-indulgence altogether. In the most recent ratings, frustration has shifted toward Lemonada Media for seemingly re-running older episodes and quietly substituting other shows in the feed, leading some longtime fans to wonder whether the podcast is still in active production.
Apple4.3 · 131
Summary generated Jul 30, 2026
