Dave Holmes Puts the ADHD in Dave Holmes

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Some people don’t have short job titles. Dave Holmes is, among other things, a writer, MTV VJ (despite losing the contest that landed him the job), TV host, actor, and even a former advertising executive. He has dealt with anxiety, depression, and a thorny time coming out as a gay man. Just before our conversation, he received a new diagnosis of ADHD and suddenly a lot of things made a lot more sense.

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0:00.0	When someone says, well, what do you do, Dave?
0:02.0	What's your job now?
0:03.8	That's the problem.
0:05.0	I don't know.
0:06.0	I mean, I'm like, I'm doing a lot of different things.
0:08.7	Let's run down some of them.
0:09.9	Okay.
0:10.9	I write for I Squad.
0:14.0	I wrote a book.
0:15.2	I would like to write another one.
0:17.6	I've co-written a script that is potentially, I don't know.
0:23.4	There's the TV writing.
0:25.0	Now, how about it?
0:26.2	Without getting super specific.
0:28.5	I host three podcasts.
0:32.9	I'm on air.
0:33.9	It's serious XM.
0:38.2	But I'm a little bit all over the place.
0:42.2	It's the hilarious world of depression.
0:43.8	I'm John Moe.
0:45.1	I was really excited to talk to Dave Holmes when I was in Los Angeles not long ago.
1:04.7	That's where Dave lives with his partner of many years, the musician Ben Wise.
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