Living with Bipolar Disorder: Cameron Esposito

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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424. Living with Bipolar Disorder: Cameron Esposito Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and friend, Cameron Esposito joins us for a conversation about being diagnosed and living with bipolar disorder. -Cameron takes us inside a manic episode and shares what it really felt like-The beauty and heartbreak of loving someone with a mental illness-What it means to be a witness to your own pain and your life-How comedy changes on and off medication for Cameron Cameron Esposito is a standup comic, actor & writer. A nationally and internationally touring headliner, Cameron has released three specials, including the culture-shifting Rape Jokes, and three albums, the award-winning Same Sex Symbol amongst them. As an actor, Cameron has been seen on Netflix, Max, Prime Video, Hulu & many more, as well as in big budget movies & Sundance indies. Cameron is the author of the bestselling book, Save Yourself, about growing up very religious and very gay and hosted the long-running podcast, Queery.Cameron will be on tour with their next hour of standup in select cities this year before it debuts at Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theater in the fall. Cameron Esposito released their newest standup special, Four Pills—about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 40 – on comedy streaming service Dropout to broad acclaim; it was featured in Variety, the LA Times and People. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh my goodness, Cameron. Okay, Pod Squad, you know our guests today. We are here with Cameron Esposito.
0:18.7	Cameron Esposito is a stand-up comic, actor, and writer.
0:22.5	A nationally touring headliner, Cameron has released three specials, including the
0:27.7	culture-shifting rape jokes and three albums, the award-winning same-sex symbol amongst
0:32.6	them.
0:33.5	As an actor, Cameron has been seen on Netflix, Max, Prime Video, Hulu, and many more, as well as in big budget movies and Sundance Indies.
0:41.9	Cameron is the author of the bestselling book, Save Yourself.
0:44.6	I freaking love that book, about growing up very religious and very gay and hosted the long-running podcast, Query.
0:51.1	So good.
0:51.9	Cameron Esposito released their newest stand-up special for pills about being
0:55.8	diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 40 on comedy streaming service dropout to broad acclaim.
1:01.8	It was featured in variety, the LA Times, and people. So despite all of these fancy, fancy
1:08.2	things, Cameron is also our personal friend.
1:13.5	Personal friend.
1:14.7	Yeah, and somebody who wears a sweatshirt.
1:16.4	You know what I mean?
1:17.1	Just a cash crewneck.
1:20.3	Which is what I do say to people when they say, what can you tell me about Cameron?
1:24.3	And I say, well, they wear sweatshirts.
1:26.8	Yeah, that's right. Good. Thank God.
1:29.8	I mean, one of my top credits. Yeah. But thank you for reading all that. It's always nice to hear,
1:34.0	right? When you're also slightly, like, humiliating. Yeah. Yeah. That's such an interesting thing,
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