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Depresh Mode with John Moe

Annie Weisman on Bulimia, Television, Catharsis, and Rude Internal Monologues

Depresh Mode with John Moe

Maximum Fun

Mental Health, Comedy, John Moe, Comedy Interviews, Interview, Health & Fitness

5777 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Her TV series Physical is more than half mental.

Transcript

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0:00.0

When I lived in Seattle in the 1990s, there were two bumper stickers that I saw all over town.

0:14.9

Visualize world peace and kill your television.

0:19.5

So I bought one of each.

0:21.3

Then I splice them together to make one sticker that said,

0:24.5

visualize your television.

0:26.9

I love TV.

0:28.2

I think it's fantastic.

0:29.6

On a great show, you can watch the evolution of a character,

0:34.0

see how their struggles play out over the course of years sometimes, how everything

0:38.9

interconnects. And being someone interested in mental health, well, the great shows have plenty

0:45.4

to offer there as well. And there are so many great shows available these days. We're in a

0:50.5

golden age of TV. So, you know, thanks for listening to podcasts.

0:56.0

It's Depression Mode.

0:57.3

I'm John Moe.

0:58.1

I'm glad you're here.

0:59.4

One newer show that I did not watch, at least for a while, was physical.

1:03.6

It's on Apple TV Plus.

1:05.3

Rose Byrne is the star.

1:07.1

Based on the ads that I saw for physical, just the visual ads, I thought it was about aerobics.

1:12.6

I saw leotards and leg warmers, those kind of braided headbands.

1:17.0

I thought, oh, okay, it's 80s kitsch.

1:19.2

And I'm like, nah, I've already seen the wedding singer.

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