Depresh Mode with John Moe
by John Moe, Maximum Fun
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Politics Makes Us More Depressed. Let’s Figure Out Why and What To…
Politics Makes Us More Depressed. Let’s Figure Out Why and What To…
About this podcast
Join host John Moe (The Hilarious World of Depression) for honest, relatable, and, yes, sometimes funny conversations about mental health. Hear from comedians, musicians, authors, actors, and other top names in entertainment and the arts about living with depression, anxiety, and many other common disorders. Find out what they’ve done to address it, what worked, and what didn’t. Depresh Mode also features useful insights on mental health issues with experts in the field. It’s honest talk from people who have been there and know their stuff. No shame, no stigma, and more laughs than you might expect.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 315 episodes
- Politics Makes Us More Depressed. Let’s Figure Out Why and What To Do About It. · 39 min · Episode 284Expert insight on factors within the American political system that make depression worse.
- Grieving the Life You Didn’t Get to Live, with Megan Devine · 1 h 3 min · Episode 283You can have grief for a person who died but you can also have it for yourself
- E (from Eels) Talks Art, Persistence in the Face of Tragedy, and Cookie Monster · 49 min · Episode 282Cookie Happened is the band’s 16th album as E reflects on his life.
- Showbiz! For Murray Hill, it’s an Industry, Memoir, and Mantra · 1 h 3 min · Episode 281The comedian, actor, and Drag King shapes his own story.
- Andy Frasco Is Figuring Out Who He IS When He’s NOT a Good Time Rock & Roll Frontman · 1 h 2 min · Episode 280The leader of Andy Frasco & The U.N. is taking an introspective turn and some well-earned PTO.
- Gabrielle Moss On Midlife Plot Twists and Just Not Talking To Your Mom Anymore · 48 min · Episode 279By the time you get there, you might have some very handy wisdom that you can use.
- Mental Illness Before and After Pregnancy with Dr. Kara Zivin, Who Has Been There · 48 min · Episode 278Her memoir, Persevered, tells the story of a spiraling depression that nearly took her life
- Singer Nicole Atkins Doesn’t Recommend Insomnia, Alcoholism, Falling Down Sinkholes · 47 min · Episode 277Her new album, Drama, is full of songs that began as half-lucid mumbled ideas
- AI Chatbots Destroyed His Reality. Dr. Jeremy Heffner Explains Why He Believed Them. · 1 h 3 min · Episode 276The trauma surgeon and author of Proof of the Impossible details his descent to Wonderland.
- Best of Depresh Mode: Cameron Esposito on Comedy, Rehab, and Bipolar Disorder · 45 min · Episode 275The veteran standup comic makes sense of a post-diagnosis life and career.
- Cat Grief is Real. So is Human Grief. We’re Underestimating and Misunderstanding Both. · 1 h 4 min · Episode 274Cat Grief is Real. So is Human Grief. We’re Underestimating and Misunderstanding Both.
- Oh, It’s Autism, Mary H.K. Choi Learned at 43. Okay, She Thought, That Explains a Lot. · 1 h 7 min · Episode 273The author of the new novel Pool House finally found some explanation to decades of thoughts and actions.
- Margaret Glaspy Ends Her Instagram Addiction and Sings From Her Original Thought · 1 h 2 min · Episode 272The singer-songwriter’s new album I Am Both was made with clarity by a post-Instagram mind.
- Depression, Loneliness, and Memory Problems Are Worse In Middle Age, But Only in America · 50 min · Episode 271Unpacking troubling data (for Yanks) with researcher Frank Infurna, plus a Mike Doughty update.
- Codependency and Covid on a Tiny Boat in the Middle of the Ocean, with Angela Harger-Thompson · 59 min · Episode 270The author of Worst Tits Ever recounts trauma, crumbling relationships, and feelings of a zombie apocalypse.
- Maybe It IS Time to Panic Over AI Chatbots and Mental Health with Maggie Harrison Dupré · 55 min · Episode 269Plus a look at the mental health implications of GLP-1 medications.
- Jo Dee Messina on Hard Times, Jesus, and Her First Album in 12 Years · 51 min · Episode 268The country legend has been through a lot and keeps bringing things back to Jesus.
- Best of Depresh Mode: Hanif Abdurraqib on Cultivating a Support System, Depression, Anxiety, and Basketball · 51 min · Episode 267The acclaimed author talks about living with mental illness and making a beautiful life.
- We Should Praise Addiction, Not Condemn It, Says Anthropologist Elizabeth Roberts · 52 min · Episode 266It comes down to valuing connection over isolation, community over vice
- Cartoonist Gemma Correll Saw a Therapist with a Clown-Festooned Office. Once. · 46 min · Episode 265The popular cartoonist has a new graphic memoir about her life on and beyond the edge
- RFK Jr. Wants To Take Your SSRIs Away. So What Are Democrats Doing About It? · 50 min · Episode 264A talk with Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-OR) about the future of medication availability.
- Robyn Hitchcock is Fundamentally Delusional, Welcomes Birds · 1 h 4 min · Episode 263The veteran musician has a new memoir and album about to drop and gives us a preview.
- Blake Mycoskie Helped the World, Got Rich, Retired to a Life of Ease, Then Fell Apart · 58 min · Episode 262The TOMS Shoes founder shares his story of highs, lows, and a new podcast.
- An Episode About the Grind, Singer Zayna Youssef of Sweet Pill, and YOU · 54 min · Episode 261Her band was about to set out on a huge tour but canceled it because of a health crisis.
- Terrifying Times for Immigrants in America and Cristina Jimínez is Incredibly Hopeful · 45 min · Episode 260The immigration advocate, author, and MacArthur recipient talks mental health and positive signs.
- Claude Steele on Churn, the Awkward Social Distress That Divides Us All · 56 min · Episode 259The eminent social psychologist explains the effects of a situation you have definitely found yourself in.
- Connecting Childhood Events To Your Stress Issues Today with Benjamin Wagner · 52 min · Episode 258His new documentary, Friends & Neighbors, gets to the bottom of that.
- Sampler Episode Depresh Meals · 7 minGet a little taste of our bonus content on how to get good food in you when depresh is crashing hard.
- Bonus mini-sode: Checking In with Bill Corbett · 18 minOne of the best things you can do for mental health and community is a simple “How you doing?”
- Bonus Mini-Sode: A Dramatic Reading by Helen Hong and Interview with Playwright Sunny Kase · 19 minA surprisingly artsy approach to the biggest topic on our minds right now.
- Casters on Casters: John Moe and Brenda Snell · 17 minIt's MaxFunDrive. And here, for the first time, we give you an exclusive look (well, listen) at the craft of podcasting: presenting Casters on Casters.
- Andy Richter on Divorce, Dating, Depression, and Dancing with the Stars · 1 h 7 min · Episode 257It's not a sequel but this time, Andy Richter Controls A Whole New Universe
- Bonus mini-sode: Checking In with Felicia Day · 26 minOne of the best things you can do for mental health and community is a simple “How you doing?”
- BONUS CONTENT PREVIEW: All-Star Sad Songs That Make You Feel Better with Neko Case, Gavin Rossdale, and more · 8 minA sneak preview of this year’s bonus content special: Friends of the show take you through some feel bad / feel good tunes.
- Jimmy Pardo on Being Funny, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Alcoholism, Contentment, and Being Funny Some More · 1 h 14 min · Episode 256Never Not Funny is 20 years old and Jimmy looks back on his road to better mental health.
- Joshua Roman on Long Covid, Cello, Charging Hard, and Brick Walls · 1 h 1 min · Episode 255The superstar cellist put constant effort into accomplishing more. Until he couldn’t.
- Featuring Proxy with Yowei Shaw: Is it time to break up the band? · 52 minA story about friendship, loyalty, and the quiet heartbreak of letting go of something that once held you together.
- Annabelle Gurwitch: Author, Actor, Unexpectedly Still Alive · 1 h 1 min · Episode 254She received a cancer diagnosis years ago but the meds are working. For now.
- Taking Small Steps That Form Great Strides with Eric Zimmer · 45 min · Episode 253The author and podcast host has advice on an incremental approach to better health.
- Bonus Episode from In This Family: Ka Vang on War in Southeast Asia, ICE in Minnesota, and Mental Health Echoes · 59 minA conversation about what gets handed down across the world, across the world, and across generations.
- Bubbles of Love: Your Burnout Treatment, with Emily Nagoski · 57 min · Episode 252She literally wrote the book on burnout and says it’s real, it’s dangerous, and you can fight it
- Group Therapy Royalty and First-Time Movie Star Elliot Zeisel From GROUP · 43 min · Episode 251He’s been leading groups for decades and now plays a facilitator with improvised dialogue
- Jonathan Edward Durham Was In Horrible Mental Shape But Didn’t Realize It · 51 min · Episode 250The novelist and hugely popular online writer shares insight on his road to feeling better.
- Huge Scientific Breakthroughs Are Changing How You’ll Think About Eating Disorders · 1 h 0 min · Episode 249Movie and TV star Alexandra Paul offers her own journey through bulimia to recovery
- Are Dating Apps a Mental Health Grenade? And, How Are Kids Doing in ICE-Era Minnesota? · 51 min · Episode 248Conversations with relationship researcher Liesel Sharabi and children’s mental health expert Dr. Sarah Jerstad
- Niko Stratis on Dad Rock, Glasswork, Depression, Addiction, and Becoming Herself · 58 min · Episode 247The Canadian author was buoyed and inspired by music through a difficult journey of realizing who she was.
- SPECIAL EPISODE: Mental Health and ICE in Minnesota · 23 minA talk with NAMI Minnesota’s Executive Director Marcus Schmit
- Amanda Knox on Facing Her Prosecutor, Her Past, Her Trauma, and Her Future · 55 min · Episode 246The wrongfully convicted activist and author talks about going back to Italy and who she has become.
- Intentionally Blunt and Very Useful Talk About Suicide with Clancy Martin · 1 h 3 min · Episode 245Suicidality is a deadly condition and we take it on with honesty, heart, and a little existentialism
- Stephanie Foo on Complex PTSD, Finding Recovery, and This American Life · 52 min · Episode 244The author and radio producer investigates and reveals a very painful childhood
