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Getting a new mental health diagnosis is kind of like a twist in an M. Night Shyamalan movie.

You quickly go to a montage of your life up to that

point and things that were mysterious before start to make sense. Except that whole process takes

longer than it does in a movie. And like Mark Wahlberg probably doesn't show up in your life

reckoning. Maybe he does. Who am I to say?

I shouldn't judge. It's Depresh Mode. I'm John Moe. I'm glad you're here.

My guest this week is Samantha Irby, and Samantha Irby is pretty hilarious.

She's the author of several best-selling books of essays, including We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, Meaty, Wow, No Thank You, and a new collection, quietly hostile, which comes out on May 16th.

Samantha Irby writes the blog, Bitches Gotta Eat,

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