Open Mike Eagle Goes Outside And Meets People

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

A lot of rappers are heavily influenced by the rough and real streets where they grew up. Mike Eagle grew up on those streets too but he was always inside, reading books and watching TV. He loved comedy, cartoons, and especially the wide range of music available on cable, everything from N.W.A to Spin Doctors. Those influences, as well as his unusual mind, make for a fascinating sound. Ever wonder how 90s pop and rap mix with anxiety, depression, isolation, psychology, and comedy? Take a listen.

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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.
0:30.0	Hello one two. This is how I talk usually. Then I get excited sometimes, but I might not get excited
0:36.0	because we're talking about depression, so it might be more like this the entire time.
1:00.4	It's the hilarious world of depression. I'm John Mo. On this episode of our program, we have a story
1:14.4	about a guy who works very hard for a long time to figure out who he is because he knows he is not
1:21.8	like everyone else. He's not one of the normies. His childhood is different. His influences are
1:27.6	unusual. His mind works in a way that other minds don't. His family is anything but typical.
1:34.0	And eventually, his weirdness becomes kind of a superpower. My name is Michael. I go about
1:40.8	open Mike Eagle and we're in my home in South Los Angeles. Mike, his wife Tiffany and their young
1:47.0	son were just moving into their new house when we spoke. Hot day, windows open, he's in the LAX
1:53.6	flight path. So it gets a little noisy. Loads of toys and youth athletic equipment fill the place.
2:00.3	Open Mike Eagle makes music that can be characterized as art wrap, indie wrap, depression wrap,
2:07.2	anxiety wrap, six full albums. That first track you heard was called brick body complex.
2:13.4	This one is Ziggy Starfish, anxiety wraps off his EP Split Pants at Soundcheck.
2:20.0	Totally we have anxiety.
2:50.8	Mike's a podcast host, lead actor in the upcoming film It's a Party. And along with Baron Von,
2:57.0	former guest on this program, he created a variety stage show called the new Negroes, which is
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