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EPISODE · Dec 3, 2025 · 1H 9M

Freddie deBoer: What It's Like to Have a Mental Breakdown

from The Political Orphanage · host Andrew Heaton, Freddie deBoer

Freddie deBoer is a writer, academic, and cultural critic. He is a widely-read author on Substack, an old-school Marxist, who has previously been on the program to explain what Marxists actually think. He's struggled with mental health issues and frequently discusses the intersection of culture and mental health. And he has a new book out which explores those issues, his debut novel, "The Mind Reels."    LINK: "What Do Marxists Actually Think?" https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/what-do-marxists-actually-think  

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