Depresh Mode with John Moe
Episodes
S.E. Cupp, Panic Attacks, Breakdowns, and Making New Boundaries
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Current events in the world today can be a lot to deal with even as a regular person. You got war in Ukraine, anti-democracy and pro-Putin forces in a...
John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats on Anxiety, Violence, Drugs, Youth in Peril, and TikTok
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The singer, songwriter, guitarist, and acclaimed author John Darnielle is one of the more prolific creative forces you’re likely to run across. He’...
Sarah and Nippy Sought Self-Improvement, Ended Up in a Cult
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Edmonson and Anthony “Nippy” Ames were doing okay in life. They were healthy, they were working, and, like a lot of people, they were lookin...
Now We’re Two Years Into Covid and Burnout Has Gotten So Much Worse
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
41% of people are planning to quit their jobs in the next three months. 41%!We first tackled the topic of employee burnout a year ago and much has hap...
You’re Wrong About ADHD with Sarah Marshall from You’re Wrong About
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For people who have never lived with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the condition can be seen pretty simply. They might think it mea...
Dylan Marron Has Conversations With People Who Hate Him
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Online comments sections have become synonymous with cruelty, hatred, bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, and the jerks who spew that kind of thing out. Mo...
Liz Scheier’s Mom Had Borderline Personality Disorder and Some Heavy Secrets
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
First time author Liz Scheier’s book, Never Simple, is aptly named. Liz had always known that her mom suffered from depression and anxiety but she d...
Nick Kroll and Brandon Kyle Goodman Have Emotional Meetings with Human Resources
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Human Resources, a spinoff of the Netflix show Big Mouth, is a very honest, truthful, and illuminating program about how mental and emotional health o...
Joel Kim Booster Is In A Pit
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s tempting to try to look for a reason why Joel Kim Booster, ordinarily a very funny and engaging person, feels dead inside, trapped in a persist...
Patty Schemel Was Introduced to Bacardi and The Clash in the Same Moment
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Drummers have different styles. Patty Schemel’s drumming has always been tight and precise but she plays hard and heavy, big thick beats that powere...
When Home DNA Tests Blow Up Everything You Thought You Knew
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It used to be a lot easier to keep family secrets about issues of paternity. That was before companies like Ancestry.com and 23 & Me came along and o...
Shelley Had Dissociative Identity Disorder. You Have Multiple Personalities.
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), a condition formerly referred to as multiple personality disorder, is very rare almost everywhere in the world e...
Drew Magary on a Mysterious Traumatic Brain Injury, a Coma, an Intolerable Personality, and a Recovery
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As if sustaining a traumatic brain injury and being in a coma for a few weeks wasn’t bad enough - and it certainly was - Drew Magary had the added c...
Jen Kirkman on Anxiety, Epiphanies, and How to be an Unacceptable Airline Passenger
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anxiety has cost Jen Kirkman several things over the course of her life, including, as she explains in our conversation, a study abroad program in Ams...
The Sex Episode
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
NOTE: Not a great episode to listen to with your kids in the room. Everyone would be uncomfortable.Sexual health is part of health. Mental health is a...
Amanda Knox on the Difference Between Exoneration and Freedom
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You can find plenty of articles online about Amanda Knox and her Italian court case, some from more reputable publications than others. Amanda was con...
Connor Franta’s Struggles With Identity, Sexuality, and Mental Health Are Available on YouTube
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most people have pictures of themselves at a younger age, maybe even a couple moderately embarrassing home videos kicking around. In Connor Franta’s...
The View From Inside ADHD with Carolina Hidalgo and Dave Holmes
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can wreak havoc in a person’s life, especially when you don’t know you have it and especially when you ha...
It’s Not You, It’s The World: Covid, Mental Health, and What Comes Next
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is plenty of information coming out of the CDC about COVID that has nothing to do with actual viruses in droplets. America’s mental health con...
Our Wildly Speculative and Totally Unqualified Psychological Analysis of Major Christmas Characters
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sure, we know Santa Claus flies around the world delivering presents, but doesn’t that seem awfully compulsive? And what’s with the meticulous lis...
Bridger Winegar Had a Nervous Breakdown on a Mormon Mission, Which is Never Good
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not really the most direct route to comedy success: grow up in conservative Mormon Utah, be closeted about your sexuality even to yourself, try...
Aimee Mann Couldn’t Hear Very Well or Write Songs. That’s Inconvenient Because She’s Aimee Mann.
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aimee Mann has a brilliant new album out called Queens of the Summer Hotel with songs about mental illness and identity, all inspired by the book Girl...
Broti Gupta Would Prefer Not To Be Serious For Even One Hour, Thank You
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It wasn’t supposed to be like this for Broti Gupta. This comedy thing. It wasn’t supposed to be happening at all. She grew up the daughter of a do...
Josh Gondelman, the Good Boy of Comedy, is Somehow Just Fine. Gary Gulman is Baffled.
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(takes a moment to secure tongue firmly in cheek)It would be rude to make fun of Josh Gondelman just because he’s a little strange. Or not strange. ...
Ivan Maisel Wants To Tell You About His Son Max
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ivan Maisel’s words have been available to the general public for decades. It’s just that those words have tended to be about what’s happening w...
Let’s Get Our Minds Ready For the Gig Economy
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve seen John Ross Bowie on a screen before. I’m sure of it. Maybe it was the Big Bang Theory or Curb Your Enthusiasm or some of the other eigh...
The Beautiful World of Mentally Nutritious Video Games
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s get this out of the way first: there are a LOT of video games available, including a lot of games that don’t require you to kill people and ...
Lane Moore on Being Alone, and Not Swiping Right on Naked Blood-Soaked Guys
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Forming emotional bonds with fellow human beings is one of the most basic instincts we have. There’s a primal urge to attach yourself to others, for...
Meet the Neighbors: Depresh Mode with John Moe x Go Fact Yourself
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Depresh Mode with John Moe and Go Fact Yourself got together to celebrate MaxFun Block Party!If you enjoyed this conversation we had with host J. Keit...
Amos Lee Gets Deep, Gets Dark, Makes Jokes
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Amos Lee has a wonderfully smooth singing voice and plays the acoustic guitar beautifully. And if you never paid attention to his lyrics, you might ev...
Tom Scharpling on Suicidal Ideation, Depression, In-Patient Care, ECT, and Memory Loss
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Within the comedy world, Tom Scharpling is known as a bit of a Swiss Army Knife. He’s the host of the long running Best Show, online now and on WFM...
Six Things You Need To Know For Your Mental Health
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
World Mental Health Day is this coming weekend and Depresh Mode host John Moe is feeling a bit reflective. When your job involves talking about mental...
Alison Rosen on Postpartum Depression, the Anxiety of Scales, and Best Friendship
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Rosen cautions us to not read too much into the title of her show. It’s really just an expression that was popular in slang vernacular a few ...
Janet Varney Wasn’t In Being John Malkovich. But She Lived It.
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast listeners know Janet from the JV Club podcast here on Maximum Fun. Television audiences know her from You’re The Worst and Stan Against Evil...
Movies and TV Shows That Get Mental Illness Right and Some That Get It Wrong
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all seen screen portrayals of people with mental illnesses and we’ve all seen ones that miss the mark pretty badly. Someone has a vague sens...
Jackie Kashian Did What You Should Do
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Therapy isn’t about hating your mother. It’s not about crying over something that happened when you were six and then dwelling on it for the rest ...
School is Starting, Kids are Psychologically Messed Up, and We All Need to Help
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
COVID has been traumatic for young people. For a year and a half now, it’s either been impossible to go to school or the place that they go to doesn...
Meditation is Good and Helpful and Doesn’t Require All That Woo-Woo Mysticism
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we asked Dr. Darshan Mehta, Medical Director of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine in Boston and an Assistant Professor of Medicin...
Tuca & Bertie’s Lisa Hanawalt on Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and Funneling All That Knowledge Into Cartoon Birds
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The first thing that I noticed when watching Tuca & Bertie was that there was a LOT going on. Bertie is frantically trying to navigate her magazine jo...
How to Express Concern About Someone’s Mental Health and When to Shut Up About It
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s tricky. That’s what we found when we set out to answer a question we get a lot: “How do I approach a loved one who I’m worried about in t...
Griffin Newman with Co-Stars Depression, Anxiety, Comedy, Lousy Bikes, The Tick, Kevin Costner, and Woody Allen
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You’ll notice that this episode is longer than most of our episodes. That’s just the way it tends to go with Griffin Newman. Episodes of his own p...
Song Imploder with A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers feat. Anxiety and Depression
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Song Imploder edition of our show (borrowing a format from the podcast Song Exploder), Carl (who records as A.C.) Newman walks us through “W...
Depression, Anxiety, and Devil Horns: Chelsea Ursin Saves Her Soul with Rock n’ Roll
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rock music isn’t a cure for depression or anxiety. You can’t wail away on “Smoke on the Water” and have all your mental difficulties melt away...
Kelly Williams Brown Has Bad Times With Mental Health, Physical Health, and Marriage But Better Times With Crafts
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You can tell a lot about Kelly Williams Brown’s life by looking at her multiple bowls of tiny origami. Her “lucky stars” are folded in a pattern...
“Hey, Topics! You’re Not So Tough! Wait! Ow! Yes You Are!” with Anna Sale
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s much easier to talk about the weather than it is about mental health. We all know this. Because it’s a lot easier to face the idea of a rainy...
Joel Kim Booster Is In A Pit
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s tempting to try to look for a reason why Joel Kim Booster, ordinarily a very funny and engaging person, feels dead inside, trapped in a persist...
Eating Disorders, What We Knew Before and What We Know Now, with Alexandra Paul
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra Paul wasn’t allowed sugar as a kid but she snuck it anyway, not for the taste but for the comfort it provided. As a teen, Alexandra’s mo...
Grief Feels Like You’re Losing Your Mind. But ARE You?
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When a loved one dies, the world can become chaos. Everything has changed. The way you drive a car, the way food tastes, the way you even talk to peop...
Stephanie Wittels Wachs and the Pain and Frustration of Watching Addiction Happen
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, folks. John Moe here. I knew about Stephanie Wittels Wachs for quite a while before I met her but correctly figured I’d get to know her one of t...
Bipolar 101: What It Is and What It Isn’t with Ana Marie Cox & Dr. Ken Duckworth
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
No, bipolar disorder doesn’t mean that you’re kind of cheerful one day and a little bit glum the next. Those are just moods. That’s not a disord...
Pretty Sure Allison Raskin Knows More About OCD Than Khloé Kardashian
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Allison Raskin has been attempting to manage her obsessive compulsive disorder for most of her life. It’s meant knowing when she can be home to take...
Jarrett Hill and the Quest for the Therapist Who Knows What You’re Talking About
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Before he was a podcast host, radio personality, or a journalist breaking major political news, Jarrett Hill was a kid growing up gay in a religiously...
Mental Health Care is On Screens For Good Now, Let’s Get Ready
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The American mental health care system has had some very fundamental problems for a while now: there are too few therapists, way too few psychiatrists...
Zach Kornfeld of The Try Guys, Ira Glass, and Rhett Miller Separately But Related By a Theme
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yeah, this became a pretty big show. Just kept filling up with more guests. It started with a conversation with Zach Kornfeld of The Try Guys, a YouTu...
Peter Sagal Has These New People In His House
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Sagal always sounds chipper and fun on the hit NPR quiz show Wait Wait Don't Tell Me but that's always been just one part of his personality. ...
What To Expect When The Virus Is Gone But COVID Trauma Goes On
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Look, we’re all going to be messed up for a while from COVID. Some of us a lot, some of us a little, some for a very long time, others for not as lo...
Jenny Lawson, Magnets, Puppetry, and Small Business Ownership
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, has connected with a lot of people through her essays and books about the challenges of daily life, getting a l...
Open Mike Eagle, the Former Obfuscating Mike Eagle
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Issues of depression and anxiety have been present in Open Mike Eagle's raps for a long time. His most played track on Spotify is "Ziggy Starfish (Anx...
If You're Miserable At Work, Maybe It's Not Your Fault
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Burnout is burning out of control. A lack of motivation at work. A sense that the effort you put in ultimately has no point. A feeling that all of thi...
Kelsey Darragh Lives Out Loud
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian, vlogger, author and podcast host Kelsey Darragh keeps a running inventory of the mental health challenges she’s faced and continues to dea...
Patton Oswalt Talks About It Because It Happened
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Depresh Mode with John Moe. In this episode, John explains how he came to be in the unique business of having open conversations about the...
Coming March 29th!
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Honest, humane, and even funny conversations about common mental disorders like depression, anxiety, addiction, OCD, PTSD and more. Hear from top arti...