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Episode 210
There have been ten million contacts, via phone calls, texts, and chats, with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline since it first launched in July of 2022. As its third anniversary approaches, we check …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Generative AI Chatbot Delivers Great Results for Mental Health. Is “Therabot” the Future?
Episode 209
Would you open your heart to a bot? Tell it all your problems? Look to a piece of code, a computer program, for high-quality mental healthcare? Some people have said yes and the results are hard to i…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Perfectly Hidden Depression: Do You Have It? With Dr. Margaret Rutherford
Episode 208
If you were brought up in a family or a culture that never recognized, discussed, or processed things like depression and trauma, you may have learned to simply hide those difficult feelings away and…
Published on 5 months ago
Cameron Esposito on Comedy, Rehab, and Bipolar Disorder
Episode 207
Cameron Esposito has many titles: hugely successful standup comedian, actor in television and film, writer, podcast host. After a recent rehab stay led to a mental health diagnosis, she has realized …
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
The Thorny Issue of Airline Pilots and Mental Illness
Episode 206
Statistics say that 23% of Americans are currently living with some form of mental illness. For most people, that calls for reaching out for help and receiving treatment and advice on management. But…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Hanif Abdurraqib on Cultivating a Support System, Depression, Anxiety, and Basketball
Episode 205
Hanif Abdurraqib is a MacArthur Fellow, accomplished poet, and critically lauded author of numerous books, including There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, which is now out in paperba…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Checking in With Friends: Open Mike Eagle
Episode 204
Things are scary in this country these days for a lot of people. There is turmoil in the government, shakiness in the economy, and a deep divide over what America even means anymore. In times of uphe…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Welcome, New Listeners
Episode 203
We’ve been seeing an influx of new listeners recently. It’s very exciting. Thank you for that and we’re delighted that you’ve joined us. So we thought we’d take a moment and explain what the show is …
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Jim James of My Morning Jacket on Depression, EMDR, Gratitude, and Taking Care of Jim
Episode 202
“I’m very kind to Jim, I’m trying to take good care of Jim, I’m trying to love Jim,” says musician Jim James of the band My Morning Jacket. The kindness he’s showing Jim, himself, is a relatively new…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
BONUS CONTENT PREVIEW: Depresh Mode: The Game Show
In this bonus content edition of Depresh Mode, We’re joined by some Maximum Fun all-stars for some very light-hearted and delightfully competitive games that are as informative as they are silly.
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Published on 6 months ago