BEST of Mentally Ill with Comedian Asterios Kokkinos and Comedian Melanie Vare
Story Worthy
Story Worthy Media
4.1 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2013
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Comics Asterios Kokkinos and Melanie Vare share stories about mental illness, suicidal thoughts, and looking for help in this complicated world. We've all been there, now it's time to share with Story Worthy!
Each week Hollywood’s most talented people in the entertainment industry share true, personal stories on the Story Worthy Podcast. Story Worthy celebrated 13 years of podcasting in July 2023 and has over 800 episodes recorded. Christine Blackburn is the creator, host and producer of Story Worthy, Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show, and My Life in 3 Songs exclusively on Spotify.
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| 0:11.0 | John Federman backs Biden and parts of the Green New Deal. |
| 0:15.0 | Journalists call Federman a left-wing champion. |
| 0:18.4 | I'm proud to run on the same ticket as a Joe Biden. You're out of gas. |
| 0:23.7 | Biden's out of time. Federman's out of the question. NRC is responsible for the content of this |
| 0:29.3 | advertising. I want to advance my nursing career, but I can't stop working and spend a lot of money to |
| 0:34.6 | earn a degree. My family, my patients need me. |
| 0:40.2 | At WGU, I can earn a master of science and nursing while juggling my busy life. |
| 0:41.8 | At WGU, we hear you. |
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| 0:59.4 | Welcome to the Story Worthy podcast. |
| 1:15.2 | Here are your hosts, Christine Blackburn and Hannah Sfinney. |
| 1:31.3 | Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm here with Honest Finney, and this is a best of storyworthy, worthy, worthy, worthy. You know, it's true. |
| 1:37.9 | It is a best of storyworthy. And as you know, Honest, from time to time, we repurpose the stories |
| 1:42.9 | that have already been told. Yes. |
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