Noah Kahan’s Mental Health Is In His Songs
You don’t have to listen all that deeply into the song catalog of singer-songwriter Noah Kahan to hear mention of mental health themes. It’s an important topic for Noah in his own life, which has invo...
25 Des 202342min
Seasonal Affective Disorder and Why It Sucks So Bad
When we went looking for information on the condition known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, one of the first things we noticed was that some people aren’t even calling it that anymore. The web...
18 Des 202341min
The Best, Most Depressing Songs
There is no shortage of sad music in the world. Just reference most love songs, a substantial chunk of country music, and the entire genre known as “the blues”. But there’s sad and then there’s DEPRES...
11 Des 202351min
Josh Ritter On Music, Depression, Religious Crises, and Bipolar II
Josh Ritter is best known for his music, with eleven albums released over the past 24 years and concerts all over the world. He’s also an accomplished novelist and painter. In this wide-ranging interv...
4 Des 202342min
Roxane Gay on Depression and the Trauma We Are All Sharing
In preparing for our interview with Roxane Gay, we noticed that she had been talking a lot about the shared traumas we have been experiencing as a society in recent years, both epidemiologically and p...
27 Nov 202340min
Cheryl Strayed on Wise Inner Sage Voices
We all have voices inside ourselves that give us advice on what to do in a given situation. Not talking about literal voices that you genuinely hear, just thoughts that you have when a decision needs ...
20 Nov 202350min
Kevin Drew on Making Beautiful Music Out of Grief and Aging
Originally, Kevin Drew set out to put together some songs, maybe even an album, of children’s music, featuring songs about stuff like not being afraid of the dark. As he worked on the songs, however, ...
13 Nov 202343min
Making Friends, Losing Friends, Anxiety, and Laughs
At 30, comedian Gabe Mollica realized he didn’t have friends. He only had bros, dudes with whom he could hang out in a kind of shallow way. He hadn’t had a close friend since Tim in his young adulthoo...
6 Nov 202347min
