Jenny Lawson is Very Fond of Creepy Smiling Dead Animals and Worries Quite a Bit
The Hilarious World of Depression
American Public Media
4.8 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
She's the author of bestselling books and an incredibly popular blog, but Jenny Lawson showed up to our interview wondering, at least a little, if her appearance on this show and her whole career, really, was part of some delusion. It's not. She's the real thing: an incredibly funny and honest writer with a legion of fans, a very old decapitated and stuffed boar's head named James Garfield, anxiety, depression, and a clear-eyed view of the world.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Cameron Espazito and I have a lot of jobs. I'm an actor. You've seen me on ABC's and a million little things. |
| 0:04.8 | I'm a stand-up comic bestselling author, but I am no expert at survival. |
| 0:08.5 | On my new podcast Survivor Diet trying, we're going to learn together from shark attacks to |
| 0:13.8 | tsunamis and bad breakups. This is your one-stop shop to prepare for the absolute worst-case scenario. |
| 0:20.0 | Join me and some special guests on Survivor Diet trying a comedy podcast that prepares you for anything. |
| 0:26.4 | Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.5 | Hey everybody, John Moe here. Before we dive into this latest episode, |
| 0:34.2 | just wanted to let you know that it's your support that helps make this program possible. |
| 0:39.7 | And a quick reminder that you can go to hilariousworld.org and click give now. |
| 0:45.7 | If you donate at any amount before the end of December, we will send you the hilarious world of depression pill case. |
| 0:52.5 | It's a little sliding top pill case. It's a lot of fun. |
| 0:56.1 | If you donate at the $5 a month level, we will send you the hilarious world of depression mug. |
| 1:02.4 | It is handsome and stately. It can hold tea and cocoa whatever you want to drink. |
| 1:09.2 | Just go to hilariousworld.org and click give now. |
| 1:14.0 | Is depression funny? |
| 1:15.6 | I think that everything terrible has the potential to be funny. |
| 1:19.2 | Sometimes it's the only way to survive it by laughing at it and making it smaller and more manageable. |
| 1:26.1 | A couple hours later |
| 1:31.0 | It's the hilarious world of depression. |
| 1:55.7 | I'm John Moe. |
| 1:57.1 | John Moe is a |
| 1:58.6 | person who has had first-hand experience dealing with depression. |
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