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The Personal Side of Huge Cuts to Addiction, Suicide Prevention, and Mental Health Programs 37:33

42m ago37:33

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Over half the employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) who were there in January are now gone, include 12 of the 17 senior leaders. SAMHSA is in charge of distributing and administering mental health programs around the country and the cuts to both staffing and to the programs the agency serves have meant …

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Seasonal Affective Disorder and Why It Sucks So Bad 41:09

7d ago41:09

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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 website for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), for instance, uses the term “major depressive disorder with a seasonal pattern”, which means …

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Is Whiteness a Mental Health Problem? Dr. Jonathan Mathias Lassiter Thinks So. 48:00

14d ago48:00

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It’s a question we ask a lot on this show: do you have a mental health problem or is the problem actually rooted in the world you live in? Psychologist Dr. Jonathan Mathias Lassiter says contemporary society lives under three different assumptions: there’s not enough to go around, kill or be killed, and us versus them or divide and conquer and this…

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Is the U.S. Government Going To Take Away Your Antidepressants? 42:04

21d ago42:04

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, clearly does not like SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), the most popular form of antidepressant on the market. They’re used by millions of Americans on a daily basis. He has tried to tie SSRIs to school shooters despite a lack of evidence to that effect. He has sugge…

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P.E. Moskowitz on Whether Your Mind is Broken or the World Is 56:22

28d ago56:22

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During the violent Charlottesville protests of 2017, journalist and author P.E. Moskowitz was only a few feet away when Heather Heyer was killed by an attacking motorist. 16 years earlier, P.E. was in middle school Spanish class a couple blocks from the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attacks. The trauma contributed to panic attacks and, finally…

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Kendall Toole Gets Knocked Down, Never Knocked Out 42:46

1M ago42:46

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If you are one of the many subscribers to the Peloton exercise/media network, you may already be familiar with Kendall Toole. For many years, she was one of the stars of Peloton, exhorting users to push themselves harder, sweat more, and pursue their goals. In those cases, Kendall was positive, cheerful, always with a smile and kind words. But peop…

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Bruce Springsteen as Over-The-Counter Depression Treatment 47:10

1M ago47:10

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At age 59, Anne Abel had never been to a concert. Ever. Music wasn’t part of her upbringing, although emotional abuse and belittlement from her parents absolutely were. Reluctantly agreeing to join her son and daughter-in-law to see Bruce Springsteen, Anne’s mind was absolutely blown by the energy and generosity of the musicians and the crowd. Bruc…

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Emma Swift Had a Complete Mental Breakdown. Found Health. Made Music About It. 47:06

2M ago47:06

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While the acclaimed musician Emma Swift had experienced painful periods of depression in the past, fed by grief or the first Trump presidency, her psychotic break and mental breakdown in 2023 was new territory. She lost touch with reality, believing that her electronic devices had been hacked, that she was being followed, images of heaven and hell …

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Sycophantic Chatbots and Alarming Cases of “AI Psychosis” 50:41

2M ago50:41

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Are ChatGPT and other AI chatbots inducing psychosis? Or exacerbating it? Are people being hospitalized or even killed because the bots seem too human, too understanding, too lifelike? To be clear, the bots are not human. They are software. But they are so convincingly programmed to speak like people that users, especially ones who may already be h…

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Alex Edelman on ADHD, Grief, Infiltrating White Nationalists, and The Paper 54:42

2M ago54:42

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Alex Edelman loves going to concerts but admits that he usually goes solo. That’s because his ADHD leads Alex to show up pretty late to the show and he often spends part of it on the stairs writing something, occasionally darting into the main room for a song he likes. He can’t make it through most movies either. Alex stars in the new Peacock serie…

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Better Home Design for Better Mental Health with Dr. Beverly Walpole 40:10

2M ago40:10

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If you’re looking for a calm mind, do you love a room with little or nothing in it? Or do you need to be wall-to-ceiling with mementos and objects and stuff to give you a sense of peace? We take a look at how the layout of your living space may have an effect on your mental well being with Dr. Beverly Walpole. She’s a clinical psychologist and the …

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Denise Winkelman: Comedian/Trans Woman/Former Pro Wrestler/Chronic Pain Sufferer 54:18

3M ago54:18

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When she was growing up in conservative, evangelical rural Minnesota, she knew. When she was excelling at sports, giving and receiving body slams and folding chair hits as a pro wrestler, she knew. Even when she married a woman while still living as a man, Denise knew that she was female. Denise figured it was either suicide or take action to live …

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Ashly Burch Delivers Mental Health Insight Using Puppets and Swear Words 49:52

3M ago49:52

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There are plenty of places online to get very serious information on mental health, delivered in tones that are somber, sober, or very dry. Ashly Burch goes a different route on her new YouTube show, I’m Happy You’re Here, employing loads of comedy, puppets, foul language, and mature subject matter to teach what’s going on in complex matters such a…

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Author/Comedian Tiffany Jenkins on Anxiety, Addiction, Felonies, Success, and Not Wanting to Exist 54:05

3M ago54:05

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Because she racks up millions and millions of views for her viral comedy videos on social media, because she’s written two books including the new best-seller A Clean Mess: A Memoir of Sobriety After a Lifetime of Being Numb, because she’s famous and successful, Tiffany Jenkins and her family were invited to travel to California and visit Lego Land…

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We Have Two Guests This Week: Comedian Aaron Foster and His Depression 46:32

3M ago46:32

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If you’ve dealt with depression, you know that it’s a disorder that speaks to you, firing off insults and terrible idea, often right in the middle of a conversation. Barges in to tear you down. We all must contend with this rude presence. Aaron Foster is a very funny comedian who is still fairly new to the full-time comedy life but, now in his fift…

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Nurse Blake on Gay Conversion Therapy, Panic Attacks, and, Well, Nursing 44:19

4M ago44:19

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To blow off steam from an incredibly stressful profession, professional nurse Blake Lynch started putting together little comedy videos on social media as “Nurse Blake”. The clips went viral and he started making live comedy appearances to packed audiences, many of whom were nurses themselves. His celebrity status gave him a chance to lobby for bet…

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Gavin Rossdale of Bush on Loss, Xanax, and New Emotional Landscapes 48:30

4M ago48:30

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Bush lead singer Gavin Rossdale has a lot of memories from growing up as a kid who excelled at sports but also treasured his Lou Reed records. He is also keenly aware of who left during those years: his mother disappearing after divorcing his dad, a beloved aunt passing away, and a revered older sister striking out on her own. Those losses informed…

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Insomnia and Mental Health Problems: Each Horrible, Each Feeding the Other 49:29

4M ago49:29

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Jen slept fine the night before she couldn’t. Just short of 29 years old and after years of excellent sleep, insomnia entered her life leading her down a years-long search for cures, treatments, or even just an explanation of why her life had been turned upside down. Jen Senior is the author of an article, “Why Can’t Americans Sleep?” in the Atlant…

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Prison, Addiction, Bipolar, and Four Loko with Author Brandon Stickney 55:50

4M ago55:50

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Brandon Stickney remembers booze being everywhere growing up in Lockport, New York and he definitely remembers getting a taste for it growing up. Over time, he developed bipolar disorder and his substance use disorder added cocaine and opioids as favorite drugs. Brandon’s love of getting high would cost him his marriage, his successful career as a …

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Sure, Maria Bamford Will Join Your Cult 48:52

4M ago48:52

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When the comedian, actor, and author Maria Bamford has something to say about mental health, it’s a pretty good idea to give a listen. For one reason, she’s hilarious. Also, she comes at the issue not just as an observer. Maria has a long history with mental health conditions. SHe has spent a good bit of time in in-patient facilities, has dealt wit…

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Ginny & Georgia Creator Sarah Lampert on Getting Mental Health Right On Screen 43:18

5M ago43:18

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Hollywood doesn’t exactly have a stellar track record when it comes to portraying mental illness in a sensitive, honest, and appropriately complex way (think Psycho or the notorious caffeine pill episode of Saved by the Bell). But the top show on Netflix right now, Ginny & Georgia went to great lengths to show mental health conditions honestly. The…

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Alexandra Savior on bipolar disorder and being discovered by Courtney Love 45:39

5M ago45:39

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"Beneath the Lilypad" is singer-songwriter Alexandra Savior's third album, but her first in five years. Several years ago, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, type 1. That’s a condition marked with manic highs that can last for weeks or months as well as crushing lows of depression, she’s had both, you’ll hear about that. She’s also dealt with…

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You’re Not Imagining It, Climate Change IS Messing With Your Mental Health 40:23

5M ago40:23

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As temperatures and sea levels rise, the effects of climate change are being felt in weather patterns, natural disasters, and in both public and personal mental health. We talk with Dr. Caroline Carney, President of Behavioral Health and Chief Medical Officer at Magellan Health in Phoenix about the connection between your mind and the dire conditio…

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Can a Bipartisan Congressional Caucus Save Mental Health in America? 52:11

5M ago52:11

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Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.) is one of four chairs of the bipartisan Mental Health Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, a 93-member group of Republicans and Democrats pledging to fight stigma, improve accessibility, and generally make the country’s mental health better. But as the Trump administration floats huge cuts to Medicaid and other …

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Ethan Sacks and Daughter Naomi Tackle Mental Health in Comics Form with A Haunted Girl 45:29

6M ago45:29

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Ethan Sacks is a veteran comics writer, having created stories for Marvel, DC, and numerous Star Wars comics. In the comic A Haunted Girl, Ethan enlisted his daughter Naomi as co-writer to tell a story much more personal than anything involving Star Wars or the Avengers. A Haunted Girl tells the story of Cleo, a character inspired by Naomi’s real l…

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Felicia Day on Depression, Anxiety, Achievement, Burnout, and Failed Prodigies 44:02

6M ago44:02

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It would take an entire section of show notes here to list all the things Felicia Day has accomplished in her career. Here’s an attempt at making that brief: acted in a bunch of TV shows you know, created and starred in web series, made just so very many online videos, and is now the author and star of an audiobook called Third Eye about someone wh…

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The Head And The Heart’s Kenny Hensley Injured Both Shoulders and That’s Where the Trouble Started 41:21

6M ago41:21

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Aperture is the sixth studio album by the indie-folk band The Head And The Heart and it’s kind of a return to the more grounded, collaborative sound of their earliest work. It’s less polished, less highly produced, not as poppy. That’s not an accident. The band has been putting in the work to be more of a cohesive unit by sharing songwriting and si…

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988’s Future, Funding, and Online Fables 38:38

6M ago38:38

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There have been ten million contacts, via phone calls, texts, and chats, with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline since it first launched in July of 2022. As its third anniversary approaches, we check in to see how the system is holding up, what the funding and capacity issues are, and what the future might look like with our guest, Hannah Wesolowski…

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Generative AI Chatbot Delivers Great Results for Mental Health. Is “Therabot” the Future? 47:45

7M ago47:45

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Would you open your heart to a bot? Tell it all your problems? Look to a piece of code, a computer program, for high-quality mental healthcare? Some people have said yes and the results are hard to ignore. Dartmouth University test subjects who sought help from Therabot, a generative AI chatbot, showed a 51% reduction in depression symptoms, 31% fo…

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Perfectly Hidden Depression: Do You Have It? With Dr. Margaret Rutherford 48:24

7M ago48:24

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If you were brought up in a family or a culture that never recognized, discussed, or processed things like depression and trauma, you may have learned to simply hide those difficult feelings away and simply act as if everything’s great. You can be a high achiever, striving perfection, all to keep away demons that you’ve never really faced. Your act…

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Cameron Esposito on Comedy, Rehab, and Bipolar Disorder 44:05

7M ago44:05

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Cameron Esposito has many titles: hugely successful standup comedian, actor in television and film, writer, podcast host. After a recent rehab stay led to a mental health diagnosis, she has realized that she’s also a person with bipolar disorder, type II. Cameron has a new special, Four Pills, that’s part stand-up comedy and part reflection on the …

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The Thorny Issue of Airline Pilots and Mental Illness 37:41

7M ago37:41

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Statistics say that 23% of Americans are currently living with some form of mental illness. For most people, that calls for reaching out for help and receiving treatment and advice on management. But if you’re an FAA-approved airline pilot, disclosing that you have something like a depressive disorder or an anxiety problem can mean a temporary paus…

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Hanif Abdurraqib on Cultivating a Support System, Depression, Anxiety, and Basketball 48:36

7M ago48:36

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Hanif Abdurraqib is a MacArthur Fellow, accomplished poet, and critically lauded author of numerous books, including There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, which is now out in paperback. He’s also a person who deals with major depressive disorder and numerous anxiety disorders. In a revealing, positive, and practical interview, Hani…

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Checking in With Friends: Open Mike Eagle 20:08

8M ago20:08

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Things are scary in this country these days for a lot of people. There is turmoil in the government, shakiness in the economy, and a deep divide over what America even means anymore. In times of upheaval, it’s a good idea to reach out to friends, see how they’re holding up, help carry their burdens and sorrows, and see what wise advice they can sha…

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Welcome, New Listeners 6:07

8M ago6:07

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We’ve been seeing an influx of new listeners recently. It’s very exciting. Thank you for that and we’re delighted that you’ve joined us. So we thought we’d take a moment and explain what the show is all about and who it’s for. Spoiler alert: it’s for everyone, including you, regardless of your mental health history. It's the final week of the 2025 …

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Jim James of My Morning Jacket on Depression, EMDR, Gratitude, and Taking Care of Jim 1:03:02

8M ago1:03:02

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“I’m very kind to Jim, I’m trying to take good care of Jim, I’m trying to love Jim,” says musician Jim James of the band My Morning Jacket. The kindness he’s showing Jim, himself, is a relatively new thing, he says, after a long time spent kind of beating up on the guy. As My Morning Jacket releases its new album, is, Jim reflects back on issues su…

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BONUS CONTENT PREVIEW: Depresh Mode: The Game Show 5:32

8M ago5:32

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In this bonus content edition of Depresh Mode, We’re joined by some Maximum Fun all-stars for some very light-hearted and delightfully competitive games that are as informative as they are silly. Our competitors: Justin McElroy of My Brother, My Brother, and Me, Adventure Zone, and Sawbones Hal Lublin of Tights & Fights and We Got This Laura Swishe…

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John Moe helps kick off MFD Spring Break 1:19:17

8M ago1:19:17

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It’s not MaxFunDrive without a wild kickoff spectacular! Former real-life VJ and host of MTV's Spring Break 1999, Dave Holmes, takes your favorite MaxFun hosts through some wacky ‘90s- and Spring Break-themed mini games!! Featuring: Dave Holmes, Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya, Dimitry Pompée, Tom Lum, Ellen Weatherford, Alex Schmidt, Brenda Snell, Drea…

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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt on Food, Booze, Weed, Anxiety, Depression, and Living a Healthy Life 54:07

8M ago54:07

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The alcohol, says J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, came about in young adulthood, when it solved persistent social anxiety and made him the life of the party. As Kenji found tremendous success in food writing and restaurateuring, he found that he couldn’t really make it through the day without downing between two and five drinks. This wasn’t hard to pull off in…

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Checking in With Friends During Scary Times: Paul F. Tompkins, Ana Marie Cox, and Gary Gulman 50:32

8M ago50:32

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Maybe you’re one of those people who dreads even looking at the news these days, with stories of layoffs, tariffs, upheaval in foreign policy, and a lack of knowledge as to where this is all going and what it might mean for the future of America and the world. It’s a tumultuous time. When things are chaotic, it can be good to check in with one’s fr…

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Heavy Substance Use, Heavy Depression, and Heavy Metal with Randy Blythe from Lamb of God 48:32

8M ago48:32

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Lamb of God is a very popular heavy metal band with Grammy nominations, gold records, and a huge headbanging following. Randy Blythe, front man for the band and author of a new book, Just Beyond the Light, is in recovery from drugs and alcohol and tells stories of finding sobriety, including how it was pretty easy to stay sober while on an Australi…

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Microdosing with James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber 47:25

9M ago47:25

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Microdosing involves taking very small amounts of psychedelic substances such as LSD or psilocybin, maybe seven to twelve percent of a regular dose. It’s not enough to “trip out” but enough, proponents say, to yield very positive results, especially in terms of treating depression that hasn’t responded well to other methods. The catalog of extensiv…

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Surviving Trauma and Having a Few Laughs with Ophira Eisenberg 48:21

9M ago48:21

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Ophira Eisenberg once believed that everyone had a trauma quota, a maximum amount of hardship that a person would face in life and once that mark was hit, nothing bad would ever happen again. It was a way of comforting herself after a car accident at age eight that seriously injured Ophira and killed her friend. Turns out that’s not how life works …

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Your Vagus Nerve: Key to Depression Relief? / Actor-Writer Kit Williamson 48:37

9M ago48:37

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Would you get a device the size of a Nilla wafer implanted in your body if it meant relief from treatment-resistant depression? There are big advances being made in vagal nerve stimulation therapy, a process by which electrical impulses are fed into a patient’s vagus nerve to alleviate depression that hasn’t responded to more common treatments. We …

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Neko Case on Pain, Neglect, Music, and Confidence 46:18

9M ago46:18

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The cover of Neko Case’s memoir features a young Neko in a swimsuit she says she wore for six months straight and she’s accompanied by a drawing of a big spiky-toothed monster who she says is there to protect her. The invention of such monsters can feel necessary when one’s parents are unavailable, simply not physically present, or, in the case of …

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Dr. Emily Nagoski on Sex, Long Term Relationships, and Depression 45:19

10M ago45:19

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Sex is not always an easy topic to discuss. Issues like how to get what you want, how to make sure your partner is getting what they want, these are delicate conversations and often intimidating ones as well. Add in issues like depression and anxiety for one or more of the people involved and it becomes more complex still. Fortunately, we have Dr. …

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Hari Kondabolu’s Life Was Transformed in Seattle 52:42

10M ago52:42

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Hari Kondabolu has never been afraid to talk about sensitive topics on stage. The veteran comedian, who has appeared on Conan, Kimmel, Letterman, and NPR’s Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me mined material about race, immigration, and other societal hot button issues. But unlike some comedians, he was hesitant to discuss himself and in particular the depre…

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When Treating One Problem Creates A Whole Other Problem, with Alex Goldman 48:10

10M ago48:10

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On the podcast Hyperfixed, host Alex Goldman sets out to solve mysteries and conundrums that listeners submit. But he’s found himself having to do some figuring out for himself. Alex finally got diagnosed with ADHD just a few years ago, when he was around 42 years old. Which was a big relief after years of struggling with things like attention and …

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Truly Depressing Movies with Dana Stevens, Dan McCoy, and Drea Clark 1:01:09

10M ago1:01:09

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There are sad movies that nonetheless offer some sort of hope and optimism. And then there are the ones that offer no hope at all, just bleakness and despair and the cinematic versions of major depressive disorder. Those are our focus on this episode as a trio of film critics and pundits offer their picks for the most depressing films and offer ana…

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A Regular Guy, Managing Trauma, Who Happens to Be Paul Scheer 56:14

11M ago56:14

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Trauma and comedy wouldn’t seem to have a lot in common but they do have one thing: Paul Scheer. You may know Paul from TV shows like the comedy The League or from his podcasts like How Did This Get Made. In this deeply personal, vulnerable, and – yes – funny interview and in his new memoir, Joyful Recollections of Trauma, Paul Scheer recounts tale…

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