Pete Holmes Looks for Meaning and Membership

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

You might know Pete Holmes from his many standup specials, his talk show, or Crashing, the HBO series he created and starred in. You might not know the long and varied spiritual path he's traveled in his life. Pete was an incredibly devout Christian, living by the Bible and obsessed with avoiding eternal damnation. Following traumatic life events, he arrived first at atheism and finally at a consciousness-based worldview influenced by thinkers like Ram Dass and Joseph Campbell. Sticking around for all parts of that journey: a love of comedy and some rather aggressive anxiety and depression.

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0:00.0	This is a story about a guy seeking a spiritual path that will make his mind feel better.
0:06.0	Is depression funny?
0:08.0	I think everything's funny. I think everything can be funny.
0:12.0	And I will say this to my brothers and sisters that might be struggling.
0:16.0	It certainly is interesting.
0:30.0	It's the hilarious world of depression. Season 4. I'm John Moe.
0:38.0	You dear listener, keep this show going and we love you.
0:42.0	You're kind and smart and funny and I like your hair.
0:46.0	There was a smiling baby in the front room of Pete Holmes' Los Angeles house when we walked in to record.
0:52.0	Baby Lila, one year old now and she just kept smiling.
0:56.0	Smiling and smiling, she looked like an enlightened little boot up.
1:00.0	After setting up in the studio house out back, Pete Holmes came in and he smiled just as much.
1:06.0	We're in my house. We're in the garage of my house.
1:12.0	And who are you?
1:14.0	I don't want them to know.
1:16.0	That way it can be more open.
1:18.0	Pete Holmes has been a stand-up comedian for 18 years.
1:22.0	He created and starred in the HBO comedy series Crashing based on his life and career.
1:28.0	That series recently ended.
1:29.0	Pete is the host of the popular podcast, You Made It Weird, where he talks with famous guests about issues like comedy, sex, and God.
1:37.0	He's the author of the new book, Comedy Sex God.
1:40.0	Here he is from his 2018 HBO special, Dirty Clean.
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