Emmy Blotnick Once Ate a Whole Head of Cabbage. Alone. In Silence.

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Standup comedian and writer Emmy Blotnick is a rising star in the comedy world. But along the path to success, she’s had to navigate a depression that manifested in some pretty unexpected ways, including culinary disasters involving pumpkin puree, kidney beans, and butternut squash soup. Thanks to some hard work, EMDR therapy, and more nutritious choices, she’s on the right track.

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0:00.0	I've been talking to a small squad of doctors lately and they're all like you got to eat on a regular schedule
0:07.6	and that helps with your mental health. Yeah. And I still don't do it. Turned out food can be nutritious.
0:13.8	Who knew? I've just been slamming cold hot dogs for 15 years.
0:30.0	It's the hilarious world of depression. I'm John Mo. In this episode, trying to make sense of the
0:41.6	world and your place in it while dealing with chronic depression and making comedy for a living.
0:46.7	We've done shows like that before, mind you, kind of our thing. But in this episode, a surprising
0:52.8	amount of food, including hot dogs, cabbage, pumpkin puree, kidney beans, and Minnesota hot dish.
1:00.2	Also flying lawnmowers and talking cats. Buckle up.
1:06.2	My name is Emmy Blotnik. I am a comedian and we are at the Marketplace Studios in Midtown, Manhattan.
1:14.9	Emmy Blotnik is written for the late show with Stephen Colbert and was head writer on Comedy Central's
1:19.9	The President Show. She's performed on Conan and Colbert and in clubs across the country.
1:25.2	I love her stand up because it always feels like she's just figuring things out.
1:31.4	These days I've been on a weird kick these days. I've been buying a lot of vitamins and supplements
1:37.1	on Amazon. I think it's because I don't like to admit when I'm depressed. I go like,
1:41.5	well the problem is I'm not taking fish oil. I know how to fix this. I just need to buy five to
1:49.1	seven bottles of unregulated supplements that are probably full of cat litter. That'll fix it.
1:56.4	That's going to fix it. I don't know what I'm supposed to take. I take recommendations from anybody.
2:04.4	The bar is so low for me. I go on Amazon. I read the reviews. I just go with the wind.
2:09.6	I was looking at a page for magnesium powder and this guy wrote, this stuff made my dogs hips feel better.
2:23.4	I'm just just like, yeah, yeah, add to cart. Let's see what this can do.
2:29.3	Emmy grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a strong sense of otherness.
2:34.3	My mom is a Hungarian immigrant. My dad was an orthodox, Jewish, Russian man.
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