It's always good to check in with friends, see how they're doing, how they're holding up.

It's always good to check in with friends when times are challenging and daunting,

when climate change is going bananas, and there are hurricanes in the Pacific,

and those hurricanes are hitting California where those friends live.

It's always good to check in with friends when those friends have had a long

history with mental health conditions, including plenty of time and inpatient facilities,

and when those friends are also smart as hell and can share a lot of the wisdom they've gleaned

from the bumpy mental health road they have traveled. Friends who can articulate those experiences and do

so in a really entertaining and dynamic way. It's always good to check in with friends who have

lost people in their lives. It's always good to check in with friends when those friends,

that friend, I'll narrow it down, when that friend happens to be one of the funniest

human beings currently walking the planet. My point is that it is always, always good to check

in with Maria Bamford. It's DePresh Mode. I'm John Moe. I'm glad you're here. I'm always glad when Maria Bamford is here.

Anywhere I can talk with her. She's just one of my favorites. Maria is a veteran stand-up comedian,

many specials under her belt.

She headlines all over the world.

She's the creator and star of Lady Dynamite, a TV series loosely based on her own life, that ran for two amazing seasons on Netflix.

She also does voiceover work on billions of animated series.

Maria Bamford is now an author, the author of a new memoir entitled,

Sure, I'll join your cult.

I talked with her about the book, about cults, about her late mom and dad,

and about the messed up mental health care system in America.

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