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Depresh Mode with John Moe — 283 episodes

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1

Claude Steele on Churn, the Awkward Social Distress That Divides Us All

2

Connecting Childhood Events To Your Stress Issues Today with Benjamin Wagner

3

Sampler Episode Depresh Meals

4

Bonus mini-sode: Checking In with Bill Corbett

5

Bonus Mini-Sode: A Dramatic Reading by Helen Hong and Interview with Playwright Sunny Kase

6

Casters on Casters: John Moe and Brenda Snell

7

Bonus mini-sode: Checking In with Felicia Day

8

BONUS CONTENT PREVIEW: All-Star Sad Songs That Make You Feel Better with Neko Case, Gavin Rossdale, and more

9

Jimmy Pardo on Being Funny, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Alcoholism, Contentment, and Being Funny Some More

10

Joshua Roman on Long Covid, Cello, Charging Hard, and Brick Walls

11

Featuring Proxy with Yowei Shaw: Is it time to break up the band?

12

Annabelle Gurwitch: Author, Actor, Unexpectedly Still Alive

13

Taking Small Steps That Form Great Strides with Eric Zimmer

14

Bonus Episode from In This Family: Ka Vang on War in Southeast Asia, ICE in Minnesota, and Mental Health Echoes

15

Bubbles of Love: Your Burnout Treatment, with Emily Nagoski

16

Group Therapy Royalty and First-Time Movie Star Elliot Zeisel From GROUP

17

Jonathan Edward Durham Was In Horrible Mental Shape But Didn’t Realize It

18

Huge Scientific Breakthroughs Are Changing How You’ll Think About Eating Disorders

19

Are Dating Apps a Mental Health Grenade? And, How Are Kids Doing in ICE-Era Minnesota?

20

Niko Stratis on Dad Rock, Glasswork, Depression, Addiction, and Becoming Herself

21

SPECIAL EPISODE: Mental Health and ICE in Minnesota

22

Amanda Knox on Facing Her Prosecutor, Her Past, Her Trauma, and Her Future

23

Intentionally Blunt and Very Useful Talk About Suicide with Clancy Martin

24

Stephanie Foo on Complex PTSD, Finding Recovery, and This American Life

25

A.J. Daulerio on Bipolar, Substances, Depression, Suicide, and the Psychic Weight of Hulk Hogan

26

Two Truths To Make 2026 a Better Mental Health Year

27

Tom Johnson Advised LBJ, Ran CNN, and Drove Himself to Severe Depression

28

Anger: Let’s Talk About It, Learn About It, Not Fear It, Use It For Good

29

Unemployment Hurts Mental Health, Horror Movies Might Help It. Really!

30

Maureen Johnson Became Friends with Her Anxiety Monster

31

A Holiday Family Survival Mini-sode

32

Esmé Weijun Wang’s Mind Convinced Her She Was Dead and In the Afterlife

33

Is Your Mental Health Diagnosis an Identity or Something More Meaningless?

34

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

35

Seasonal Affective Disorder and Why It Sucks So Bad

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

Kendall Toole Gets Knocked Down, Never Knocked Out

40

Bruce Springsteen as Over-The-Counter Depression Treatment

41

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

42

Sycophantic Chatbots and Alarming Cases of “AI Psychosis”

43

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

44

Better Home Design for Better Mental Health with Dr. Beverly Walpole

45

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

46

Ashly Burch Delivers Mental Health Insight Using Puppets and Swear Words

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

Prison, Addiction, Bipolar, and Four Loko with Author Brandon Stickney

53

Sure, Maria Bamford Will Join Your Cult

54

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

55

Alexandra Savior on bipolar disorder and being discovered by Courtney Love

56

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

57

Can a Bipartisan Congressional Caucus Save Mental Health in America?

58

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

59

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

60

988’s Future, Funding, and Online Fables

61

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

62

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

63

Cameron Esposito on Comedy, Rehab, and Bipolar Disorder

64

The Thorny Issue of Airline Pilots and Mental Illness

65

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

66

Checking in With Friends: Open Mike Eagle

67

Welcome, New Listeners

68

Jim James of My Morning Jacket on Depression, EMDR, Gratitude, and Taking Care of Jim

69

BONUS CONTENT PREVIEW: Depresh Mode: The Game Show

70

John Moe helps kick off MFD Spring Break

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

Microdosing with James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber

75

Surviving Trauma and Having a Few Laughs with Ophira Eisenberg

76

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

77

Neko Case on Pain, Neglect, Music, and Confidence

78

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

79

Hari Kondabolu’s Life Was Transformed in Seattle

80

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

81

Truly Depressing Movies with Dana Stevens, Dan McCoy, and Drea Clark

82

Cory Richards on Climbing Mountains, Wrestling with Mental Health, Owning Up to His Past

83

Lead in Gasoline Has Damaged Your Mental Health and IQ, with Dr. Aaron Reuben

84

Richard Sarvate’s Mom Had Problematic Schizophrenia but Made Some Mean Chapatis

85

Comedian Ellie Hino and Her Later-In-Life ADHD Diagnosis

86

David Shaw of The Revivalists Finds His Heart Mode

87

LISTENER’S CHOICE: Adventures in the Army with the Bipolar General

88

Comedian Youngmi Mayer on Cultural Dissonance, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, and Barry Gibb

89

13 Reasons For Hope in Mental Health

90

Mysterious Cancellations Block Veterans’ Mental Health Care

91

The Promising World of Precision Treatment for Depression

92

Bishop Briggs on Loss, Despair, and Finding Hope

93

Dr. Jessi Gold and the Precarious Mental Health of the Medical Profession

94

Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart on Charting a Healing Path from Trauma

95

Zac Carper of FIDLAR on Bipolar, Drugs, Meds, and Intense Journaling

96

For Mental Health, Covid F***ed Our S*** Up and We’re Just Starting To Figure Out How

97

Election Stress Disorder and What To Do About it with Theresa Nguyen

98

Moon Unit Zappa on Family Trauma, Neglect, and Building a Self

99

The Muddy Ethical Ground of AI Mental Healthcare with Dr. Jodi Halpern

100

Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s Ela Melo on Music, the Stars, Psychosis, and Reality

101

Gut Health, Resilience, and What the Heck Is TMS Anyway?

102

Mike Doughty Was Recently Hospitalized for Depression Twice. It Helped.

103

Reframing Your Memories, Even the Terrible Ones, To Help Your Mental Health

104

Life Inside a Psych Unit and Therapy for Rock Bands

105

Gracie Gold, Olympic Figure Skater and Human with Mental Illness

106

The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy Opens Up About Lifelong Anxiety, Impostor Syndrome

107

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

108

Comedian Liz Miele on Depression, Trauma, Violence, and Live On-Stage Panic Attacks

109

Comedian Sierra Katow on Big Time Achievement and Persistent Depression

110

Chris Gethard is Less Ego-Driven, More Peaceful, No Longer Losing Teeth

111

The New York Times’ Ernesto Londoño Dives Deep Into the Psychedelic Treatment Experience

112

Our Guests Are Musician Judah Akers and, In a Sense, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

113

Shannon & the Clams’ Shannon Shaw on Building Something Beautiful in the Wake of Tragedy

114

Shanti Das Turns From Helping Musicians to Helping Minds

115

Gary Gulman on Childhood, Depresh, and Leaving Food Comedy Behind

116

Advice on Mental Health in the Workplace with Megan Delp

117

Lindy West on Dealing with Online Jerks and Navigating Depression and ADHD

118

Todd Glass on Controlling One’s Environment

119

Leah Rudick: Stand Up Comedian, TikTok Superstar, Anxiety Haver

120

BONUS CONTENT PREVIEW: The Tables Have Turned and YOU Are the Interviewer

121

Jenny Lawson on Ketamine, Books, and Wendy’s Potatoes

122

WHY I'm Glad You're Here

123

Go Fact Yourself #MaxFunDrive Kick-off Spectacular featuring Jackie Kashian, Jeremy Bent, John Moe, and Dan McCoy

124

Joel Kim Booster Returns and Climbs Out of a Pit

125

Gracie Gold, Olympic Figure Skater and Human with Mental Illness

126

Kari Faux Stands Up to Her Original Bully

127

The Huge Importance of Human Support with Paul Gilmartin

128

Do You Need Some Financial Therapy?

129

Adventures in the Army with the Bipolar General

130

A Mental Health Crisis on College Campuses

131

Empathy, Compassion, and Trying To Read the News with Megan Devine

132

Devendra Banhart Is Sick of the Persistent Negative Internal Voice

133

So You Want To Be a Therapist? Interesting. Let’s Talk About That.

134

Susan Cain on Reaching a Quiet Life

135

Samantha Irby is Very Nervous About the Driver Behind Her

136

Noah Kahan’s Mental Health Is In His Songs

137

Seasonal Affective Disorder and Why It Sucks So Bad

138

The Best, Most Depressing Songs

139

Josh Ritter On Music, Depression, Religious Crises, and Bipolar II

140

Roxane Gay on Depression and the Trauma We Are All Sharing

141

Kevin Drew on Making Beautiful Music Out of Grief and Aging

142

Making Friends, Losing Friends, Anxiety, and Laughs

143

You’re Doing Self-Care All Wrong

144

Podcaster Jane Marie hires professional help for a life turned difficult

145

What is Anxiety Really Like? Author Jason Pargin Will Tell You.

146

Managing Your Mind When the Music Fades

147

Parker Molloy on Depression, Anxiety, and Being Trans in America Today

148

Felicia Day on Depression, Anxiety, Achievement, Burnout, and Failed Prodigies

149

Comedian Aparna Nancherla is Neither Perfect Nor an Impostor

150

Investigating Your Family, Uncovering Shame and Secrecy

151

Lydia Loveless Keeps Laughing and Writing About Suicidal Ideation

152

Sure, Maria Bamford Will Join Your Cult

153

Actor Patrick Page Knows How to Get to the Dark Places

154

The Misnomer That is Impostor Syndrome

155

Jamie Lee Curtis: Self-Professed Dope Fiend of Show-off Business (Aired August 1, 2022)

156

Sasheer Zamata on SNL, Buzz Lightyear, and Panic Attacks

157

Bethany Cosentino On Inner Child Work, ADHD, and Making Sense of the World

158

Nick Seluk of Those Delightful Heart and Brain Comics

159

Dr. Laurie Santos on How to Get More Happiness (Aired September 12, 2022)

160

Emi Nietfeld on Mental Health, Trauma, and Acceptance

161

Dogs Who Are Always There For You and Friends Who May Not Be

162

Noah Kahan’s Mental Health Is In His Songs

163

Michael Landsberg Gives Up the Highs to Escape the Lows

164

The Dark Nebraska of Bruce Springsteen

165

Sen. Tina Smith on Mental Health

166

The Legacy of a Narcissist

167

Cheryl Strayed on Wise Inner Sage Voices

168

Samantha Irby is Very Nervous About the Driver Behind Her

169

It’s Mental Health Awareness Month and We Are Winning

170

Mental Health Support While You Game

171

Lori Gottlieb on How to Get the Most Out of Therapy

172

Ana Marie Cox on Writing Your Recovery Story

173

Chris Powell: Reality TV Star, Fitness Guru, Person With Mental Illness

174

Bonus Content Preview: What Works For Me

175

Gary Gulman Is Feeling Much Better

176

Dana Gould Was His Own Parent and He Sucked At It Real Bad

177

Episodes We Just Can’t Stop Thinking About

178

Rachel Smythe, Creator of Lore Olympus, on Gods and Humanity

179

Zach Zimmerman Thought He Was Going to Hell, Which Was Depressing

180

BONUS EPISODE: Sleeping with Celebrities - Andy Daly Tends His Own Lawn

181

Neal Brennan Has Tried a LOT of Things

182

Household Chores, Struggle Care, and Your Mental Health

183

Christian Finnegan Carries Baggage, Makes Jokes

184

Chris Walla on Quitting, Norway, Alcohol, Perfectionism, and Terrible Music Teachers

185

Autism In Your Mental Health Mix

186

Kate Beaton on Isolation, Oil, and Ducks

187

Paulina Porizkova Without Filters

188

Stories That David Sedaris is Finally Free to Tell (Aired June 13, 2022)

189

Kim-Joy of The Great British Bake-Off

190

Holiday Survival for People With Complicated Minds

191

Comics Creator Ellen Forney on Bipolar and a Monster Named Smedmerts

192

The Power of Story in Shaping Mental Health

193

The Whimsy and Depth of Depressed Cake Shop

194

Psychedelically Tripping Out For Your Mental Health

195

Kristin Hersh Wanted to Play Magenta Chords

196

Jason Kander on War, Politics, and PTSD

197

Tabitha Soren on Photography, Panic Attacks, and Overwhelming Grief

198

The Surgeon General Wants Your Boss To Build You a Healthier Workplace

199

Song Exploder’s Hrishikesh Hirway Becomes a Creative Block Exploder

200

The Hilarious World of Depression, a memoir

201

Kevin Love: All-Star in the NBA and in Destigmatization

202

Mental Health Expert Says YOU are a Mental Health Expert

203

Annie Weisman on Bulimia, Television, Catharsis, and Rude Internal Monologues

204

Dr. Laurie Santos on How to Get More Happiness

205

Jonathan Ames, Detectives, and Your Own Mysteries

206

Lola Kirke on Body Image, Music, Acting, and Being a Lady For Sale

207

Elizabeth Ito on Anxiety, Art, and Things You Can’t Control

208

Gaby Dunn on Bipolar Disorder, Gender, Sexuality, and Personal Finance

209

Tom Scharpling on Suicidal Ideation, Depression, In-Patient Care, ECT, and Memory Loss

210

Jamie Lee Curtis: Self-Professed Dope Fiend of Show-off Business

211

Shane Koyczan Says Sometimes “Bullying” Is Just Assault

212

Jamie Loftus Wasn’t a Budding Journalist, She Had Friggin’ OCD

213

Justin McElroy: My Anxiety, My Anxiety, and Me

214

Faith Salie Was Miss Aphrodite, Then Things Got Complicated

215

Is Tim Heidecker Depressed or Does He Just Sing About It Very Accurately?

216

Stories That David Sedaris is Finally Free to Tell

217

Ginny Hogan Has More Mental Health Issues Than a Plate of Refried Beans Does

218

Jamie Tworkowski of To Write Love On Her Arms

219

Maggie Smith on Despair, Hope, Divorce, and Poetry

220

The Language of Mental Health

221

Shamir Hits It Big in Music, Looks for Retail Jobs

222

S.E. Cupp, Panic Attacks, Breakdowns, and Making New Boundaries

223

John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats on Anxiety, Violence, Drugs, Youth in Peril, and TikTok

224

Sarah and Nippy Sought Self-Improvement, Ended Up in a Cult

225

Now We’re Two Years Into Covid and Burnout Has Gotten So Much Worse

226

You’re Wrong About ADHD with Sarah Marshall from You’re Wrong About

227

Dylan Marron Has Conversations With People Who Hate Him

228

Liz Scheier’s Mom Had Borderline Personality Disorder and Some Heavy Secrets

229

Nick Kroll and Brandon Kyle Goodman Have Emotional Meetings with Human Resources

230

Joel Kim Booster Is In A Pit

231

Patty Schemel Was Introduced to Bacardi and The Clash in the Same Moment

232

When Home DNA Tests Blow Up Everything You Thought You Knew

233

Shelley Had Dissociative Identity Disorder. You Have Multiple Personalities.

234

Drew Magary on a Mysterious Traumatic Brain Injury, a Coma, an Intolerable Personality, and a Recovery

235

Jen Kirkman on Anxiety, Epiphanies, and How to be an Unacceptable Airline Passenger

236

The Sex Episode

237

Amanda Knox on the Difference Between Exoneration and Freedom

238

Connor Franta’s Struggles With Identity, Sexuality, and Mental Health Are Available on YouTube

239

The View From Inside ADHD with Carolina Hidalgo and Dave Holmes

240

It’s Not You, It’s The World: Covid, Mental Health, and What Comes Next

241

Our Wildly Speculative and Totally Unqualified Psychological Analysis of Major Christmas Characters

242

Bridger Winegar Had a Nervous Breakdown on a Mormon Mission, Which is Never Good

243

Aimee Mann Couldn’t Hear Very Well or Write Songs. That’s Inconvenient Because She’s Aimee Mann.

244

Broti Gupta Would Prefer Not To Be Serious For Even One Hour, Thank You

245

Josh Gondelman, the Good Boy of Comedy, is Somehow Just Fine. Gary Gulman is Baffled.

246

Ivan Maisel Wants To Tell You About His Son Max

247

Let’s Get Our Minds Ready For the Gig Economy

248

The Beautiful World of Mentally Nutritious Video Games

249

Lane Moore on Being Alone, and Not Swiping Right on Naked Blood-Soaked Guys

250

Meet the Neighbors: Depresh Mode with John Moe x Go Fact Yourself

251

Amos Lee Gets Deep, Gets Dark, Makes Jokes

252

Tom Scharpling on Suicidal Ideation, Depression, In-Patient Care, ECT, and Memory Loss

253

Six Things You Need To Know For Your Mental Health

254

Alison Rosen on Postpartum Depression, the Anxiety of Scales, and Best Friendship

255

Janet Varney Wasn’t In Being John Malkovich. But She Lived It.

256

Movies and TV Shows That Get Mental Illness Right and Some That Get It Wrong

257

Jackie Kashian Did What You Should Do

258

School is Starting, Kids are Psychologically Messed Up, and We All Need to Help

259

Meditation is Good and Helpful and Doesn’t Require All That Woo-Woo Mysticism

260

Tuca & Bertie’s Lisa Hanawalt on Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and Funneling All That Knowledge Into Cartoon Birds

261

How to Express Concern About Someone’s Mental Health and When to Shut Up About It

262

Griffin Newman with Co-Stars Depression, Anxiety, Comedy, Lousy Bikes, The Tick, Kevin Costner, and Woody Allen

263

Song Imploder with A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers feat. Anxiety and Depression

264

Depression, Anxiety, and Devil Horns: Chelsea Ursin Saves Her Soul with Rock n’ Roll

265

Kelly Williams Brown Has Bad Times With Mental Health, Physical Health, and Marriage But Better Times With Crafts

266

“Hey, Topics! You’re Not So Tough! Wait! Ow! Yes You Are!” with Anna Sale

267

Joel Kim Booster Is In A Pit

268

Eating Disorders, What We Knew Before and What We Know Now, with Alexandra Paul

269

Grief Feels Like You’re Losing Your Mind. But ARE You?

270

Stephanie Wittels Wachs and the Pain and Frustration of Watching Addiction Happen

271

Bipolar 101: What It Is and What It Isn’t with Ana Marie Cox & Dr. Ken Duckworth

272

Pretty Sure Allison Raskin Knows More About OCD Than Khloé Kardashian

273

Jarrett Hill and the Quest for the Therapist Who Knows What You’re Talking About

274

Mental Health Care is On Screens For Good Now, Let’s Get Ready

275

Zach Kornfeld of The Try Guys, Ira Glass, and Rhett Miller Separately But Related By a Theme

276

Peter Sagal Has These New People In His House

277

What To Expect When The Virus Is Gone But COVID Trauma Goes On

278

Jenny Lawson, Magnets, Puppetry, and Small Business Ownership

279

Open Mike Eagle, the Former Obfuscating Mike Eagle

280

If You're Miserable At Work, Maybe It's Not Your Fault

281

Patton Oswalt Talks About It Because It Happened

282

Kelsey Darragh Lives Out Loud

283

Coming March 29th!