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SmartLess Podcast Transcripts

Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett · 381 episodes with transcripts

"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.

Spoken has transcripts of 381 SmartLess episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 19, 2026.

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archive.sh
curl -s -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://spoken.md/podcasts/1521578868/episodes \
  | jq -r '.episodes[] | "\(.id) \(.title)"' \
  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
      slug=$(echo "$title" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs 'a-z0-9' '-' | sed 's/-*$//')
      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
      curl -sf -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
        https://spoken.md/transcripts/$id || rm -f "${id}-${slug}.md"
      sleep 0.34
    done

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Latest SmartLess transcripts

"Colman Domingo"

October 19, 2026

Sean Hayes (0:00)

Sitting in traffic, huh? Watching an old lady with a walker make it further up the road than you have in the last 15 minutes.

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Jason Bateman (0:40)

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Sean Hayes (1:20)

The place you call home is important to you. So, it's important to Allstate. Because home is where you make all your memories. Like forcing your grown siblings to wear matching PJs in front of the fireplace for your annual photo.

It might not be a memory they cherish, but it's one you'll never forget.

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