The Great God of Depression BONUS – A Visit With Tony Shalhoub
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Radiotopia
4.3 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2018
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Actor Tony Shalhoub is well known for his role as one of the few openly mentally ill characters in television – an obsessive compulsive detective on the long-running show Monk.
In this bonus episode of The Great God of Depression, Shalhoub sits down with co-producer Karen Brown to read passages from William Styron's work, and share his perspective on mental illness and creativity.
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| 1:07.0 | I'm here for Tony. I'm a little early so maybe I'm just going to sit here for five minutes |
| 1:17.7 | so I'm not. Okay, thanks. I've just arrived at a gorgeous apartment lobby on the upper west side where I'm about to record one of my favorite actors. |
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