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

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Celebrity chef and Travel Channel host Andrew Zimmern has made a reputation as a culinary expert with an adventurous streak, traveling the world and sampling tree grubs, shark meat, tarantulas, and horse rectums among many other cuisines. But before his current fame, he was on the street, stealing handbags to fuel his alcoholism, which existed to deaden his long-held depression. We hear about hitting bottom, redemption, and Andrew’s friend, the late Anthony Bourdain.

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0:00.0	I'm Cameron Espazito and I have a lot of jobs. I'm an actor. You've seen me on ABC's and a million little things.
0:04.8	I'm a stand-up comic bestselling author, but I am no expert at survival.
0:08.5	On my new podcast Survivor Diet trying, we're going to learn together from shark attacks to
0:13.8	tsunamis and bad breakups. This is your one-stop shop to prepare for the absolute worst-case scenario.
0:20.0	Join me and some special guests on Survivor Diet trying a comedy podcast that prepares you for anything.
0:26.4	Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.1	Is depression funny? Oh, God, it can be. Yeah.
0:34.0	I mean, it's just, it just needs to laugh at yourself at times. Now,
0:39.7	depression is also a scary nightmare is void.
1:00.0	God goes in to see a doctor says there's something wrong with me. I've got the sadness I can't shake now.
1:09.4	Is there something I can't take now?
1:14.5	It's the hilarious world of depression. I'm John Moe and welcome to season three.
1:19.7	We're calling it the audience season. Yes, we will still have plenty of profiles of interesting,
1:25.5	funny people like we always have. And we're also going to have more of, well, you this time around.
1:31.9	Episodes where you answer questions and share wisdom, live stuff with real people like you in the
1:38.7	audience. Guests that you ask for because we're not just a show really. We're part of a conversation.
1:45.7	Another big part of that conversation happens over on Facebook, by the way. Look for us over there,
1:50.9	join the community, get in the discussion. In this episode, we're going to the streets of New York
1:57.4	to kitchens around the world and to a halfway house in Minnesota. We'll talk about odd foods, career
2:03.7	success, depression, anxiety, trauma, alcoholism, and the experience of hitting bottom. Hard.
2:11.2	I'm Andrew Zimmern and we're here in the recording room at my production company Intuitive
2:17.9	Content in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Andrew Zimmern lives in a dynamin,
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