Just a heads up, this episode does have some strong language. What's an answer you've stopped searching for? When am I going to be happy, you know? I used to think when I was a kid, I first got diagnosed the depression. I was like, okay, so how do I cure this thing that I have? Because I don't want to feel like this anymore. Until I, like, accepted that it is part of my life and something that I could treat and manage,

I was not going to be happy.

I'm Rachel Martin, and this is Wildcard, the game where cards control the conversation.

Each week, my guest answers questions about their life.

Questions pulled from a deck of cards.

They can skip one question and they can

flip one question back on me. My guest this week is Noah Khan. I think depression and anxiety

give you sneaky superpowers in a lot of ways. Like the power of understanding and is sympathizing.

The power of like self-deprecation is really important to me. Noah Khan strikes me as the kind of artist who's taking nothing for granted.

When you watch him on stage, he is locked in, making the kind of music he always wanted to make

in front of stadiums of people, and then he looks up, takes in the crowd, hears them singing

his lyrics, and then it looks like he's simply overwhelmed with gratitude. His new album is called The Great Divide. And it is my great pleasure to welcome Noah Khan to Wildcard. Hi. Hello, thank you. Those kind words. Thank you very much. I'm so happy to have you here. We're going to start with memories. You ready? Let's do it. Okay, let's go.

So, three cards.

I hold up three at a time.

And you pick one, two, or three.

Okay.

I think we go for the middle one.

Yeah, I just got to feel it out.

Part the Red Seas.

Here we go.

What's an ordinary place that feels extraordinary to you because of what happened there?

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