Aparna Nancherla Is Having a Harder Time Doing Something She’s Great At

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It's pretty easy to be a fan of Aparna Nancherla. Not only does she create incredibly funny, smart, relatable comedy, she does so in a variety of formats. You can catch her standup on Netflix or Spotify and you can see her acting work on shows like "Bojack Horseman" and "Corporate" as well as movies. But as she has become more famous in recent years, Aparna's anxiety and depression have made some of that work harder for her carry out. That's especially the case with standup, the foundational format for comedians. Hear how she found her calling in comedy and how she's now trying to manage her mental health in a world where she gets paid to get up in front of strangers and talk about her vulnerabilities.

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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.
0:30.4	Is depression funny? I think just any point of view expressed in a huge way can be
0:39.0	funny and I think depression because it's like sort of an absence of any point of view in that
0:43.5	sense does become a strong point of view.
1:00.8	The guy goes in and you see a dog says there's something wrong with me I've got.
1:07.1	The sadness I can't shake now is there something I can't take now.
1:15.3	It's the hilarious world of depression. I'm John Mowe. Here's something you might already know
1:20.4	and if you don't you should know it and if you do it's always going to be reminded.
1:24.2	Mental illnesses are not usually something you cure and can then forget about forever.
1:30.1	They linger and you have to manage them. For our guest that's been kind of tough lately.
1:36.4	I am Aparna Nancharla and I am in a podcasting booth in Hollywood, California.
1:48.1	Aparna Nancharla has been one of my favorite comedians for a while now.
1:52.0	Part of that is her perspective on the world which is informed in part by her depression.
1:57.6	I actually I love her any weather. I love when it's gray and cold and windy because for me it
2:03.6	reminds me why I got in the whole depression game.
2:11.8	It keeps me grounded. I like when it's miserable outside because I feel like as it depressive
2:19.2	I can turn to any random optimist on the street and just be like hey you're in my world man.
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