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The Hilarious World of Depression — 98 episodes

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Welcome Back to The Hilarious World of Depression. Yes, It's a New Episode. In 2026.

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Introducing Depresh Mode with John Moe: Joel Kim Booster Is In A Pit

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Movies That Get Depression Right

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Steven Page Camouflages Songs About Depression

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Mike Birbiglia Faces His Darkest Fears and Puts Them On Stage

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Free Chapters of The Hilarious World of Depression: The Book: The Audiobook

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Emmy Blotnick Once Ate a Whole Head of Cabbage. Alone. In Silence.

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Lulu Miller Treats Her Depression With Fish Research, Finds Fish Don’t Exist

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Dave Holmes Puts the ADHD in Dave Holmes

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Call A Friend, Find Out How They’re Doing

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Lori Gottlieb Has Seen All Possible Sides of Therapy

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Jameela Jamil Has an Ambitious Goal: To Feel Things

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A Message From Inside John’s Closet. I Mean Office.

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Theo Fleury: Trauma, stardom, and a downward spiral on the latest Tremendous Upside

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THWoD Special: Tremendous Upside with Chamique Holdsclaw and Metta World Peace

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Introducing Tremendous Upside

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Depression’s Eleven Big Lies EXPOSED!

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Darryl ”DMC” McDaniels Finds Therapy More Helpful Than Olde English 800

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Mark Duplass Has Two Speeds: Go and Crash

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Angelina Spicer Wants to Say Things Out Loud About Postpartum Depression

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Miz Cracker Looks in the Mirror

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Charlene deGuzman Has Unsexy Stories About Sex

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Anil Dash Loves Social Media and Wants It To Change

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Ryan Bingham Finds a Home and Settles Down

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Heather B. Armstrong Nearly Dies Ten Times and It Works Out Great

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Mara Wilson Had Great Opportunities and Difficult Challenges

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Whitney Cummings Puts It Together and Stops Falling Apart

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Pete Holmes Looks for Meaning and Membership

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Jenny Lawson and Books That Get Depression Right

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The Perils and Rewards of Travel

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Just the Funny Parts

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Solomon Georgio Is Doing Better

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Jonny Sun Ended Up Here Somehow

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Naomi Ekperigin Brings In Her Baggage, Unpacks It

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Check-Ups on Gary Gulman, Linda Holmes, Janelle James, and “Steve.” Plus, Sock Opportunities

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Aparna Nancherla Is Having a Harder Time Doing Something She’s Great At

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John Ross Bowie and Jamie Denbo Don’t Need Your Suggestions For Their Life Improv

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Adventures in Therapy

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Guy Branum Goes to Minnesota, Gets Good Internet, Finds Self

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The Hilarious NIGHT of Depression

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Words: Am We Uses Them Good At Mental Health?

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Scott Thompson Keeps Getting Back Up Again

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Chris Gethard Does Not Avoid the Collision

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Figuring Out Regular Adolescent Behavior vs. Alarming Disorder with Jen Kirkman

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Neko Case Leaves Bad Places, Goes to Better Places

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Your Amazing Therapeutic Jukebox

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Mortified’s Dave Nadelberg Presents Your Shame Live On Stage

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Open Mike Eagle Goes Outside And Meets People

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Impostor Syndrome: True Tales, Tricks, and Tactics for When You’re Feeling Fraudulent

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Thom Tran Is a Regular Standup Comic Except for the Part About Being Shot in the Head in Iraq

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Andrew Zimmern Wrecks His Life, Rebuilds His Life, and Eats Weird Food

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Special Episode: Mental Health First Aid and Lady Gaga’s Mom

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How to Get Help

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Highlights From A Hilarious Night of Depression

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Hannah Hart Gets Drunk, Tries To Make Grilled Cheese, Gets Famous, Tries To Enjoy It

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Ted Leo Stops Beating Up File Cabinets, Songs, Self

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Rachel Bloom Finds Her Voice, Then Uses It To Sing About Stealing Pets and Moving to West Covina, California

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Reggie Osse Puts It Together

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Linda Holmes Leaves Law to Concentrate On Watching TV and It Works Out Great

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Rhett Miller Really Hates That Brass Cat

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Mike Brown Trains as an Engineer to Prepare for Comedy

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Janelle James Discovers She’s a Comedian and Not a Gardener

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Jenny Lawson is Very Fond of Creepy Smiling Dead Animals and Worries Quite a Bit

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The Holiday Coping Mechanism Spectacular

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Ana Marie Cox Is Not Really Edited Much At All

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Julie Klausner Builds a More Confident and Dumber Version of Herself For Our Amusement

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Jeff Tweedy Didn’t Want to Take His Doctor On Tour Because the Doctor Was Terrible

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Patti Harrison Figures Out Who She Is and She’s a Woman Who Likes Gross Jokes

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Gary Gulman Is a Brilliant Comedian and an Ineffective Offensive Lineman

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Aimee Mann Discovers That Having Feelings About Terrible Things Is Perfectly Fine

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John Green Falls Victim to Some Bad Fiction While Writing His New Book

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Neal Brennan Gives Ketamine and Magnetic Impulses a Try

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Margaret Cho Works Out A Lot And Makes People Upset In New Jersey

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Wil Wheaton Is Really Hoping It’s All Worth It

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Episode #PREVIEW: Season 2 starts Sept. 25!

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Episode #PLACEBO: Imagine Depression as a Person and Describe Them

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Episode #PLACEBO: How to Get Help

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Episode #PLACEBO: Hitting the Nail on the Head

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Episode #PLACEBO: John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats on where all that coping music comes from

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Episode #PLACEBO: The Things We Tell Ourselves That Help

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Episode #PLACEBO: Vol. 2 of Listeners’ Favorite Coping Songs

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Episode #PLACEBO: Listeners’ Favorite Coping Songs

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Episode #PLACEBO: Coping Ideas From a Real Live Sad Clown

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Episode #PLACEBO: A Conversation with Ana Marie Cox

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Episode #PLACEBO: Therapeutic Ukuleles, Therapeutic Penguins, Therapeutic Yarn

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Episode #PLACEBO: The Return of Peter Sagal

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Episode #PLACEBO: Bonus Episode of Terrible, Thanks for Asking to Celebrate #trypod

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Episode #PLACEBO: Billy Joel, Intrusive Thoughts Named Steve, and Nocturnal Carpentry

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Episode #9: Paul F. Tompkins Sees Dead Grass and Has Screwed Up Relationships

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Episode #8: Baron Vaughn and His Inadvisable All-Cheerio Diet

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Episode #7: Jen Kirkman, Bad Therapy, Good Therapy, and Nuclear Invasion

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Episode #6: Supershow! Eight Comedians! One Chronic Mental Illness!

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Episode #5: Andy Richter on Youthful Melancholy and Twisted Entertainers

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Episode #4: Dick Cavett Tells Tales of Hollywood’s Secret Shame

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Episode #3: Sam Grittner Finds a Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Suicide

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Episode #2: Maria Bamford Talks Bipolar II While Her Pugs Eat Nilla Wafers

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Episode #1: Peter Sagal Opens Up

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Episode #0: The Hilarious World of Depression — coming soon!