The Hilarious World of Depression

By American Public Media

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Lee
 Jun 4, 2019
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A show about clinical depression...with laughs? Well, yeah. Depression is an incredibly common and isolating disease experienced by millions, yet often stigmatized by society. The Hilarious World of Depression is a series of frank, moving, and, yes, funny conversations with top comedians who have dealt with this disease, hosted by veteran humorist and public radio host John Moe. Join guests such as Maria Bamford, Paul F. Tompkins, Andy Richter, and Jen Kirkman to learn how they’ve dealt with depression and managed to laugh along the way. If you have not met the disease personally, it’s almost certain that someone you know has, whether it’s a friend, family member, colleague, or neighbor. Depression is a vicious cycle of solitude and stigma that leaves people miserable and sometimes dead. Frankly, we’re not going to put up with that anymore. The Hilarious World of Depression is not medical treatment and should not be seen as a substitute for therapy or medication. But it is a chance to gain some insight, have a few laughs, and realize that people with depression are not alone and that together, we can all feel a bit better. American Public Media and HealthPartners’ Make It Okay campaign are committed to breaking the stigma around mental health.

Episode Date
Introducing Depresh Mode with John Moe: Joel Kim Booster Is In A Pit
Aug 04, 2021
Movies That Get Depression Right
May 25, 2020
Steven Page Camouflages Songs About Depression
May 18, 2020
Mike Birbiglia Faces His Darkest Fears and Puts Them On Stage
May 11, 2020
Free Chapters of The Hilarious World of Depression: The Book: The Audiobook
May 04, 2020
Emmy Blotnick Once Ate a Whole Head of Cabbage. Alone. In Silence.
Apr 27, 2020
Lulu Miller Treats Her Depression With Fish Research, Finds Fish Don’t Exist
Apr 20, 2020
Dave Holmes Puts the ADHD in Dave Holmes
Apr 13, 2020
Call A Friend, Find Out How They’re Doing
Apr 06, 2020
Lori Gottlieb Has Seen All Possible Sides of Therapy
Mar 30, 2020
Jameela Jamil Has an Ambitious Goal: To Feel Things

Mar 23, 2020
A Message From Inside John's Closet. I Mean Office.
Mar 18, 2020
Theo Fleury: Trauma, stardom, and a downward spiral on the latest Tremendous Upside
Jan 27, 2020
THWoD Special: Tremendous Upside with Chamique Holdsclaw and Metta World Peace
Jan 13, 2020
Introducing Tremendous Upside
Dec 16, 2019
Depression's Eleven Big Lies EXPOSED!
Dec 09, 2019
Darryl "DMC" McDaniels Finds Therapy More Helpful Than Olde English 800
Nov 18, 2019
Mark Duplass Has Two Speeds: Go and Crash
Nov 11, 2019
Angelina Spicer Wants to Say Things Out Loud About Postpartum Depression
Nov 04, 2019
Miz Cracker Looks in the Mirror
Oct 28, 2019
Charlene deGuzman Has Unsexy Stories About Sex
Oct 21, 2019
Anil Dash Loves Social Media and Wants It To Change
Oct 14, 2019
Ryan Bingham Finds a Home and Settles Down
Oct 07, 2019
Heather B. Armstrong Nearly Dies Ten Times and It Works Out Great
Sep 30, 2019
Mara Wilson Had Great Opportunities and Difficult Challenges
Sep 23, 2019
Whitney Cummings Puts It Together and Stops Falling Apart
Sep 16, 2019
Pete Holmes Looks for Meaning and Membership
Sep 09, 2019
Jenny Lawson and Books That Get Depression Right
Aug 12, 2019
The Perils and Rewards of Travel
Jul 08, 2019
Just the Funny Parts
May 06, 2019
Solomon Georgio Is Doing Better
Dec 24, 2018
Jonny Sun Ended Up Here Somehow
Dec 17, 2018
Naomi Ekperigin Brings In Her Baggage, Unpacks It
Dec 10, 2018
Check-Ups on Gary Gulman, Linda Holmes, Janelle James, and “Steve.” Plus, Sock Opportunities
Dec 03, 2018
Aparna Nancherla Is Having a Harder Time Doing Something She’s Great At
Nov 26, 2018
John Ross Bowie and Jamie Denbo Don’t Need Your Suggestions For Their Life Improv
Nov 19, 2018
Adventures in Therapy
Nov 12, 2018
Guy Branum Goes to Minnesota, Gets Good Internet, Finds Self
Nov 05, 2018
The Hilarious NIGHT of Depression
Oct 29, 2018
Words: Am We Uses Them Good At Mental Health?
Oct 22, 2018
Scott Thompson Keeps Getting Back Up Again
Oct 15, 2018
Chris Gethard Does Not Avoid the Collision
Oct 08, 2018
Figuring Out Regular Adolescent Behavior vs. Alarming Disorder with Jen Kirkman
Oct 01, 2018
Neko Case Leaves Bad Places, Goes to Better Places
Sep 24, 2018
Your Amazing Therapeutic Jukebox
Sep 17, 2018
Mortified’s Dave Nadelberg Presents Your Shame Live On Stage
Sep 10, 2018
Open Mike Eagle Goes Outside And Meets People
Sep 04, 2018
Impostor Syndrome: True Tales, Tricks, and Tactics for When You’re Feeling Fraudulent
Aug 27, 2018
Thom Tran Is a Regular Standup Comic Except for the Part About Being Shot in the Head in Iraq
Aug 20, 2018
Andrew Zimmern Wrecks His Life, Rebuilds His Life, and Eats Weird Food
Aug 13, 2018
Special Episode: Mental Health First Aid and Lady Gaga’s Mom
Jun 26, 2018
How to Get Help
Jun 08, 2018
Highlights From A Hilarious Night of Depression
Mar 05, 2018
Hannah Hart Gets Drunk, Tries To Make Grilled Cheese, Gets Famous, Tries To Enjoy It
Feb 05, 2018
Ted Leo Stops Beating Up File Cabinets, Songs, Self
Jan 29, 2018
Rachel Bloom Finds Her Voice, Then Uses It To Sing About Stealing Pets and Moving to West Covina, California
Jan 22, 2018
Reggie Osse Puts It Together
Jan 15, 2018
Linda Holmes Leaves Law to Concentrate On Watching TV and It Works Out Great
Jan 08, 2018
Rhett Miller Really Hates That Brass Cat
Jan 02, 2018
Mike Brown Trains as an Engineer to Prepare for Comedy
Dec 26, 2017
Janelle James Discovers She’s a Comedian and Not a Gardener
Dec 18, 2017
Jenny Lawson is Very Fond of Creepy Smiling Dead Animals and Worries Quite a Bit
Dec 11, 2017
The Holiday Coping Mechanism Spectacular
Dec 04, 2017
Ana Marie Cox Is Not Really Edited Much At All
Nov 27, 2017
Julie Klausner Builds a More Confident and Dumber Version of Herself For Our Amusement
Nov 20, 2017
Jeff Tweedy Didn’t Want to Take His Doctor On Tour Because the Doctor Was Terrible
Nov 13, 2017
Patti Harrison Figures Out Who She Is and She’s a Woman Who Likes Gross Jokes
Nov 06, 2017
Gary Gulman Is a Brilliant Comedian and an Ineffective Offensive Lineman
Oct 30, 2017
Aimee Mann Discovers That Having Feelings About Terrible Things Is Perfectly Fine
Oct 23, 2017
John Green Falls Victim to Some Bad Fiction While Writing His New Book
Oct 16, 2017
Neal Brennan Gives Ketamine and Magnetic Impulses a Try
Oct 09, 2017
Margaret Cho Works Out A Lot And Makes People Upset In New Jersey
Oct 02, 2017
Wil Wheaton Is Really Hoping It’s All Worth It
Sep 25, 2017
Episode #PREVIEW: Season 2 starts Sept. 25!
Sep 18, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: Imagine Depression as a Person and Describe Them
Aug 28, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: How to Get Help
Aug 15, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: Hitting the Nail on the Head
Jul 31, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats on where all that coping music comes from
Jul 17, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: The Things We Tell Ourselves That Help
Jul 05, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: Vol. 2 of Listeners’ Favorite Coping Songs
Jun 19, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: Listeners’ Favorite Coping Songs
Jun 05, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: Coping Ideas From a Real Live Sad Clown
May 22, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: A Conversation with Ana Marie Cox
May 05, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: Therapeutic Ukuleles, Therapeutic Penguins, Therapeutic Yarn
Apr 24, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: The Return of Peter Sagal
Apr 10, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: Bonus Episode of Terrible, Thanks for Asking to Celebrate #trypod
Mar 27, 2017
Episode #PLACEBO: Billy Joel, Intrusive Thoughts Named Steve, and Nocturnal Carpentry
Mar 13, 2017
Episode #9: Paul F. Tompkins Sees Dead Grass and Has Screwed Up Relationships
Feb 06, 2017
Episode #8: Baron Vaughn and His Inadvisable All-Cheerio Diet
Jan 30, 2017
Episode #7: Jen Kirkman, Bad Therapy, Good Therapy, and Nuclear Invasion
Jan 23, 2017
Episode #6: Supershow! Eight Comedians! One Chronic Mental Illness!
Jan 16, 2017
Episode #5: Andy Richter on Youthful Melancholy and Twisted Entertainers
Jan 09, 2017
Episode #4: Dick Cavett Tells Tales of Hollywood’s Secret Shame
Jan 02, 2017
Episode #3: Sam Grittner Finds a Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Suicide
Dec 26, 2016
Episode #2: Maria Bamford Talks Bipolar II While Her Pugs Eat Nilla Wafers
Dec 19, 2016
Episode #1: Peter Sagal Opens Up
Dec 12, 2016
Episode #0: The Hilarious World of Depression — coming soon!
Nov 30, 2016