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Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett talk with a surprise guest in each episode. Each transcript comes with an AI summary, key points and chapters, and plays the episode from any word you click.

  1. Oct 26, 2026 · 60 min Ray Winstone | SmartLess Sean Hayes, Will Arnett and Jason Bateman host Ray Winstone on SmartLess, ranging from dreams and weddings to his boxing youth, Malta work on Amazon's Danger Money, and his career including Sexy Beast and Scorsese films. The episode closes with Winstone's Netflix series The Gentleman season two and the hosts praising his down-to-earth nature.
  2. Oct 19, 2026 · 1 h 5 min Colman Domingo | SmartLess Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett welcome Coleman Domingo to SmartLess, and the conversation covers his childhood, the gay chat line prank, his path from theater to television, his work on Michael and Fear the Walking Dead, and his reflections on aging and success. The episode ends with the hosts praising his artistry and bonding over shared career and life experiences.
  3. Oct 13, 2026 · 55 min Jessica Biel | SmartLess Jessica Biel joins Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes on SmartLess to promote the action film Matchbox and discuss her career. She recounts her start as a child actor on Seventh Heaven, her love of driving and stunt-style car training, her production company Iron Ocean with Michelle Purple, and balancing family life with work. The conversation ends on a lighthearted, freewheeling note.
  4. Oct 8, 2026 · 60 min RE-RELEASE: Ben Affleck | SmartLess SmartLess hosts Sean Hayes, Jason Bateman and Will Arnett interview Ben Affleck, who discusses his directing work on Air, his decades-long friendship with Matt Damon, his Batman and Oscar history, and his film-financing studio concept. The conversation is loose and joking, with frequent tangents about merch, sweeteners and Jennifer Lopez.
  5. Oct 5, 2026 · 1 h 1 min Michael Douglas | SmartLess In this SmartLess episode, Michael Douglas joins Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett to discuss his career, from growing up as the son of Kirk Douglas in New York and Los Angeles through his stage training, Streets of San Francisco, and producing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The hosts also promote their Hollywood Bowl show on October 17th. The conclusion is that Douglas's career was built on recognizing good material and staying willing to take on new challenges.
  6. Sep 28, 2026 · 60 min Seth Meyers | SmartLess In this SmartLess episode, hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett interview Seth Meyers about his path from Northwestern and Chicago improv to Second City, SNL, Update, and late night. The conversation is loose and comedic, with the hosts also promoting their Hollywood Bowl show on October 17th.
  7. Sep 21, 2026 · 1 h 6 min Benny Blanco | SmartLess Hosts Will Arnett, Sean Hayes, and Jason Bateman interview producer and rapper Benny Blanco on SmartLess. He recounts his rise from a teen cold-calling labels and DJing in New York to co-writing hits for Britney Spears and Kesha, his decision to avoid flying by taking boats to Europe, and how his relationship with Selena Gomez developed. The episode is mostly light banter with the hosts, and its main takeaway is that persistent hustle and small steps lead to big opportunities.
  8. Sep 17, 2026 · 1 h 5 min RE-RELEASE: Matthew Rhys | SmartLess Matthew Rhys joins SmartLess to promote Perry Mason season two and his Broadway-bound play, and the hosts open by mourning the death of Jason's and Will's friend Jeremy. The conversation roams from Rhys's Welsh upbringing and RADA training to his acting career, his marriage to Keri Russell, and the home-invasion story that led to their relationship being discovered. It closes with the hosts teasing their SmartLess on the Road tour on Max.
  9. Sep 14, 2026 · 1 h 0 min Sharon Horgan | SmartLess Hosts Will Arnett, Sean Hayes and Jason Bateman interview British writer-actor Sharon Horgan about her career, including Pulling, Catastrophe, Bad Sisters and her new HBO series Youth. The conversation also covers Jim Burrows' passing, a plug for their Hollywood Bowl show, and lighthearted talk of sleep and facials.
  10. Sep 7, 2026 · 1 h 3 min Andrew Garfield | SmartLess Andrew Garfield joins Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett on SmartLess to promote The Magic Faraway Tree and The Uprising, and to talk about his Sam Altman role in Artificial. The conversation covers his childhood in gymnastics and swimming, his path into acting, his father's influence, his thoughts on grief, and his love for theater and quiet time.
  11. Aug 31, 2026 · 54 min Steve Zahn | SmartLess Steve Zahn joins the SmartLess hosts for a rambling, mostly comedic conversation covering his career from Reality Bites and That Thing You Do to Silo and White Lotus, his farm life in Kentucky, and his production company Macaroni Art. He also promotes his film She Dances, co-written and directed with Rick Gomez and starring his daughter Audrey, which is streaming on Peacock, and the upcoming Chad Powers series.
  12. Aug 24, 2026 · 56 min Sandra Bullock | SmartLess SmartLess hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett sit down with Sandra Bullock to talk about Practical Magic 2, their friendship, and her life. A major part of the conversation covers her years caring for her partner Bryan Randall during his ALS illness, the isolation of that period, and how it shaped her and her children. The episode ends on a warm, lighthearted note.
  13. Aug 17, 2026 · 57 min Tim Robbins | SmartLess Hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett welcome actor and director Tim Robbins to SmartLess. They discuss his early life with musician parents, his baseball and hockey hobbies, his films like Bull Durham, Shawshank Redemption, Dead Man Walking, and Bob Roberts, his prison theater work, his role in Silo season 3, and his upcoming multimedia project at timrobins.com. The overall takeaway is Robbins' call to stop letting political hatred define people and to build community through shared experience.
  14. Aug 13, 2026 · 56 min RE-RELEASE: Kaley Cuoco | SmartLess Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes host Kaley Cuoco on SmartLess, covering their golf outings, Sean's eye surgery, and Kaley's horse-riding leg injury, pregnancy and early career. They also promote her new Peacock true-crime comedy 'Based on a True Story,' premiering June 8, which she also produces.
  15. Aug 10, 2026 · 54 min Robby Hoffman | SmartLess Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett interview comedian Robbie Hoffman on SmartLess, covering her Montreal upbringing in a large, poor, funny family, her coming out, how she met her wife Gabby (a former Bachelorette), and how John Mulaney helped launch her Netflix special. The episode is loose and joke-heavy, with the hosts praising her talent and her rise to comedic success.