Welcome to going mental. This is your host Eileen Kelly. I'm interested in the things many of us face but don't always talk about.

After spending five months at McLean Hospital working on my mental health, I'm back.

A little more insightful and with plenty of stories to share.

Expanding on my usual topics of sexuality and intimacy, this season takes into account

everything I learned during my stay.

I'll be bringing together a wide range of guests, some beloved, some contentious,

to discuss work, love, and the bizarre phenomenon that is modern life.

Join me as we try to make sense of it all.

On today's episode, I sit down with Amanda Knox, who is an exoneree, journalist, public

speaker, and author of the New York Times best-selling memoir waiting to be heard.

Between 2007 and 2015, she spent nearly four years in an Italian prison and eight years on trial

for a murder she didn't commit.

The controversy over Amanda's case made international headlines

for nearly a decade and thrust her into the spotlight

where she was vilified and shamed.

Today, Amanda works to shed light on issues of wrongful conviction,

truth-seeking, and public shaming.

We talk her acquittal from the murder she didn't commit

and the lasting effects the media has

had on her mental health.

For those who are not familiar with your story, do you mind introducing yourself?

Sure. My name is Amanda Knox. I was wrongly convicted while

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