Hello and welcome to a special mini-sode of depression mode. I'm John Moe. I'm glad you're here.

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content vault, hundreds of hours, including two new shows from Depression Mode this year.

The All-Star Sad Songs That Make You Feel Better, We have folks like Nico Case, Gavin Rostale,

Open Mike Eagle, Josh Ritter, talking about their favorite sad songs that paradoxically improve mood.

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