The Great God of Depression #1 – The Night Kingdom
Radiotopia Presents: We're Doing the Wiz
Radiotopia
4.3 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2018
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
After a personal tragedy, newly minted neurologist Alice Flaherty falls into a rabbit hole of mania, delusions and creative overload—and encounters a famous writer who revolutionized the conversation about mental illness.
The Great God of Depression is a production of Showcase from PRX’s Radiotopia. It’s produced by Karen Brown and Pagan Kennedy, with support from New England Public Radio. Music and sound design by Ian Coss. Julie Shapiro is the executive producer.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Radiotopia presents from PRX's Radiotopia. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi there, it's Robin. |
| 0:11.0 | Did you know that Radiotopia has a reality dating |
| 0:14.0 | podcast? It's called Hang Up. It's kind of like a queer cross between The |
| 0:18.6 | Bachelor and Love is Blind and Seriously, it's a blast. Hangup's tagline is no rings attached. |
| 0:25.0 | It's a refreshing focus on dating and connection rather than marriage. |
| 0:30.0 | Here's a little clip about their current season. |
| 0:32.0 | Our star Timo is 41 years old. Here's a little clip about their current season. |
| 0:33.0 | Our star Timo is 41 years old and recently divorced. |
| 0:36.0 | I haven't been on a single date in 18 months. |
| 0:39.0 | But now, they're looking for someone special. |
| 0:41.0 | And like, really hot sex. |
| 0:44.0 | Really hot public sex. |
| 0:46.0 | So we set them up with six callers to date exclusively over the phone. |
| 0:51.0 | I feel like I could talk to you for hours. |
| 0:55.0 | On hang-up, you don't just get to eavesdrop on dates. |
| 0:58.0 | There's also a series of eliminations. |
| 1:00.0 | And in the end, there's a twist. |
| 1:02.0 | Will the last caller standing choose the star back and go on an all-expenses paid vacation together? |
| 1:08.0 | Or choose a cash prize instead. |
| 1:11.0 | The new season is out now, so stay on the line. |
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