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Depresh Mode with John Moe — 312 episodes · page 1 of 4

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E (from Eels) Talks Art, Persistence in the Face of Tragedy, and Cookie Monster

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Showbiz! For Murray Hill, it’s an Industry, Memoir, and Mantra

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Andy Frasco Is Figuring Out Who He IS When He’s NOT a Good Time Rock & Roll Frontman

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Gabrielle Moss On Midlife Plot Twists and Just Not Talking To Your Mom Anymore

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Mental Illness Before and After Pregnancy with Dr. Kara Zivin, Who Has Been There

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Singer Nicole Atkins Doesn’t Recommend Insomnia, Alcoholism, Falling Down Sinkholes

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AI Chatbots Destroyed His Reality. Dr. Jeremy Heffner Explains Why He Believed Them.

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Best of Depresh Mode: Cameron Esposito on Comedy, Rehab, and Bipolar Disorder

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Cat Grief is Real. So is Human Grief. We’re Underestimating and Misunderstanding Both.

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Oh, It’s Autism, Mary H.K. Choi Learned at 43. Okay, She Thought, That Explains a Lot.

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Margaret Glaspy Ends Her Instagram Addiction and Sings From Her Original Thought

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Depression, Loneliness, and Memory Problems Are Worse In Middle Age, But Only in America

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Codependency and Covid on a Tiny Boat in the Middle of the Ocean, with Angela Harger-Thompson

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Maybe It IS Time to Panic Over AI Chatbots and Mental Health with Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Jo Dee Messina on Hard Times, Jesus, and Her First Album in 12 Years

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Best of Depresh Mode: Hanif Abdurraqib on Cultivating a Support System, Depression, Anxiety, and Basketball

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We Should Praise Addiction, Not Condemn It, Says Anthropologist Elizabeth Roberts

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Cartoonist Gemma Correll Saw a Therapist with a Clown-Festooned Office. Once.

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RFK Jr. Wants To Take Your SSRIs Away. So What Are Democrats Doing About It?

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Robyn Hitchcock is Fundamentally Delusional, Welcomes Birds

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Blake Mycoskie Helped the World, Got Rich, Retired to a Life of Ease, Then Fell Apart

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An Episode About the Grind, Singer Zayna Youssef of Sweet Pill, and YOU

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Terrifying Times for Immigrants in America and Cristina Jimínez is Incredibly Hopeful

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

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Connecting Childhood Events To Your Stress Issues Today with Benjamin Wagner

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Sampler Episode Depresh Meals

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Bonus mini-sode: Checking In with Bill Corbett

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

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Casters on Casters: John Moe and Brenda Snell

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Andy Richter on Divorce, Dating, Depression, and Dancing with the Stars

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Bonus mini-sode: Checking In with Felicia Day

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

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

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

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

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Annabelle Gurwitch: Author, Actor, Unexpectedly Still Alive

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Taking Small Steps That Form Great Strides with Eric Zimmer

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

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Bubbles of Love: Your Burnout Treatment, with Emily Nagoski

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

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

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

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

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

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SPECIAL EPISODE: Mental Health and ICE in Minnesota

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

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Intentionally Blunt and Very Useful Talk About Suicide with Clancy Martin

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

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

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Two Truths To Make 2026 a Better Mental Health Year

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

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

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

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

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Maureen Johnson Became Friends with Her Anxiety Monster

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A Holiday Family Survival Mini-sode

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

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

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

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Seasonal Affective Disorder and Why It Sucks So Bad

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

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

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

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Kendall Toole Gets Knocked Down, Never Knocked Out

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Bruce Springsteen as Over-The-Counter Depression Treatment

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

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Sycophantic Chatbots and Alarming Cases of “AI Psychosis”

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

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

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

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Ashly Burch Delivers Mental Health Insight Using Puppets and Swear Words

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Sure, Maria Bamford Will Join Your Cult

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

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Alexandra Savior on bipolar disorder and being discovered by Courtney Love

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

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Can a Bipartisan Congressional Caucus Save Mental Health in America?

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

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

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

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988’s Future, Funding, and Online Fables

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

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

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Cameron Esposito on Comedy, Rehab, and Bipolar Disorder

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The Thorny Issue of Airline Pilots and Mental Illness

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

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Checking in With Friends: Open Mike Eagle

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Welcome, New Listeners

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

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BONUS CONTENT PREVIEW: Depresh Mode: The Game Show

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John Moe helps kick off MFD Spring Break

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

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

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

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Microdosing with James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber

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