Neko Case Leaves Bad Places, Goes to Better Places

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Long before Neko Case was known as one of the top singer-songwriters working today, she was a punk teenager running around the streets of Tacoma, having ditched a neglectful and dangerous house. Fortunately for her and her eventual fans, she got her life on track, developed a strong interest in music and threw herself in to making it. We hear about how she got herself together in spite of her parents, how depression came to wallop her, and what she did to get on track once again. Plus, we hear about how she joyfully wept when trying to talk to Janelle Monae's backing band.

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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.
0:30.2	We're going to get to that totally.
0:32.2	I know there's so many parents, there are timelines.
0:36.3	You're bringing in all these boxes to our category.
0:38.5	I know I'm sorry. That's fine. That's why we're doing it.
0:40.2	So many corpses.
0:41.4	Just a pile of corpses.
1:00.9	It's the hilarious world of depression. I'm John Mo.
1:06.9	My guest on this episode has appeared on comedy programs like Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me and At Midnight.
1:12.1	She's done voice acting on Aquatine Hunger Force, but she's probably better known for singing really pretty.
1:18.5	Like this song, I wish I was the moon.
1:20.7	I've got all this, but we're doing a good night.
1:23.7	She's done voice acting on Aquatine Hunger Force, but she's probably better known
1:28.1	for singing really pretty. Like this song, I wish I was the moon!
1:51.1	I'm Nico Case. We are in the basement of the theater in St. Paul, Minnesota.
2:02.8	The Palace Theater? The Palace Theater, which is huge and has no windows, so it's
2:08.4	it looks like a super secret bunker. I traveled a full two blocks for this
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