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Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick.

This week's guest is Michelle.

She's a psychiatrist and has depression.

Let's talk about it.

Yeah. A radio show host.

Yeah, we're here.

Michelle.

How's it going?

Traffic this morning on the Boyle One is Toronto.

Hey.

Okay, well, I'm trying to think how we can somehow segue into a thing.

Well, one thing I can say is that here we are once again, Toronto still.

It's kind of frustrating me that you're doing that because...

I know. I do it because every week people tune in and they'll be like, okay, but that, like, who cares? Does that matter? But it kind of does matter. We're here in Toronto. And there's something really special about that because it gives us an opportunity to leave Halifax, show up in a new community, and talk to people within that community and hear their stories and hear about what they're dealing with.

But today's guest, Michelle, you're actually not living currently in Toronto.

No.

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