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The Hilarious World of Depression Podcast

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 people who have dealt with this disease, hosted by veteran humorist and public radio host John Moe.

The Hilarious World of Depression Podcast

Open Mike Eagle Goes Outside And Meets People

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

Just the Funny Parts

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

Lori Gottlieb Has Seen All Possible Sides of Therapy

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

Mara Wilson Had Great Opportunities and Difficult Challenges

Mark Duplass Has Two Speeds: Go and Crash

Mike Birbiglia Faces His Darkest Fears and Puts Them On Stage

Mike Brown Trains as an Engineer to Prepare for Comedy

Miz Cracker Looks in the Mirror

Mortified‘s Dave Nadelberg Presents Your Shame Live On Stage

Naomi Ekperigin Brings In Her Baggage, Unpacks It

Neal Brennan Gives Ketamine and Magnetic Impulses a Try

Neko Case Leaves Bad Places, Goes to Better Places

Jonny Sun Ended Up Here Somehow

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

Pete Holmes Looks for Meaning and Membership

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

Reggie Osse Puts It Together

Rhett Miller Really Hates That Brass Cat

Ryan Bingham Finds a Home and Settles Down

Scott Thompson Keeps Getting Back Up Again

Ted Leo Stops Beating Up File Cabinets, Songs, Self

The Hilarious NIGHT of Depression

The Perils and Rewards of Travel

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

Whitney Cummings Puts It Together and Stops Falling Apart

Words: Am We Uses Them Good At Mental Health?

Your Amazing Therapeutic Jukebox

Depression’s Eleven Big Lies EXPOSED!

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

Steven Page Camouflages Songs About Depression

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

Adventures in Therapy

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

Ana Marie Cox Is Not Really Edited Much At All

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

Angelina Spicer Wants to Say Things Out Loud About Postpartum Depression

Anil Dash Loves Social Media and Wants It To Change

Call A Friend, Find Out How They’re Doing

Charlene deGuzman Has Unsexy Stories About Sex

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

Chris Gethard Does Not Avoid the Collision

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

Wil Wheaton Is Really Hoping It’s All Worth It

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

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

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

Gary Gulman Is a Brilliant Comedian and an Ineffective Offensive Lineman

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

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

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

The Holiday Coping Mechanism Spectacular

Jameela Jamil Has an Ambitious Goal: To Feel Things

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

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

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

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