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The Hilarious World of Depression

Episode #PLACEBO: The Return of Peter Sagal

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.84.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2017

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! was our guest on the very first episode of our podcast. He used the occasion to break a long silence and tell the world that he’s struggled with depression, the first time he had told anyone other than a doctor. On this placebo episode, we check in with him to find out how sharing that information went over.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Is depression still funny?

0:03.0

Oh, it's, you know, it's funnier every day.

0:30.0

Is there something I can't take now?

0:35.0

It's the hilarious world of depression, placebo addition.

0:38.6

I'm John Moe.

0:39.8

If you're brand new to the show, welcome.

0:41.6

I'm glad you're here.

0:43.0

On the hilarious world of depression, we talk about the disease of clinical depression.

0:48.4

The old, cliny D, with funny people who have dealt with it.

0:52.5

And that's not to minimize depression or mock it.

0:55.1

We know it's serious.

0:56.3

I've been dealing with it for most of my life.

0:59.2

Laughing with other people is good for you.

1:02.2

It reminds you you're not alone.

1:04.2

And maybe we can knock down the power of the disease a little bit if we can share laugh

1:08.6

once in a while.

1:10.4

Placebo additions of the show are like many episodes, smaller versions that aren't the real

1:15.4

thing, but can fool you into feeling better for a little while.

1:20.0

On this placebo, the return of Peter Segal, host of Weight Weight, don't tell me the NPR

1:25.1

news quiz.

1:26.5

Peter was the guest on episode one of our program.

1:29.2

He talked about his long standing depression for the first time ever with someone other

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