Justin McElroy: My Anxiety, My Anxiety, and Me
This episode of Depresh Mode with John Moe came about as part of a challenge to our listeners: if we reached our member goal during the last Max Fun Drive, we’d make and release an episode with Justin...
4 Heinä 20221h 1min
Faith Salie Was Miss Aphrodite, Then Things Got Complicated
The CBS News Sunday Morning commentator, Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me panelist, and veteran actor had all the approval and validation one could want early in her life. She was a pageant winner, Harvard ...
27 Kesä 20221h 9min
Is Tim Heidecker Depressed or Does He Just Sing About It Very Accurately?
It’s not actually all that hard to tell when Tim Heidecker is kidding and when he’s not, but it does take a little bit of practice. When he’s performing on shows like Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great ...
20 Kesä 202251min
Stories That David Sedaris is Finally Free to Tell
Honestly, I really expected to call this episode “Covid Sedaris” because David Sedaris had just tested positive for COVID when we taped the interview. But when we spoke, he wasn’t feeling it much at a...
13 Kesä 20221h 1min
Ginny Hogan Has More Mental Health Issues Than a Plate of Refried Beans Does
Comedian and writer Ginny Hogan got interested in standup comedy when she was in her twenties and working at a tech startup in San Francisco. Soon she was hooked on comedy. And alcohol. She got hooked...
6 Kesä 202254min
Jamie Tworkowski of To Write Love On Her Arms
Jamie never expected to be a mental health advocate. He was working in the industry that had always been his dream career: surfing apparel. But things changed after several days spent taking care of a...
30 Touko 202249min
Maggie Smith on Despair, Hope, Divorce, and Poetry
Right now, in our society, there is so much to be anxious about. There are many factors that could lead one to feel depressed and defeated. If one already has a tendency toward anxiety and depression,...
23 Touko 20221h 2min
The Language of Mental Health
The English language is constantly growing and evolving, and so is our usage of that language. We don’t refer to people with mental illness as “lunatics” anymore. At least we shouldn’t. But there was ...
16 Touko 202258min
