Tressie McMillan Cottom & Trevor Noah: Optimistic and Depressed

Death, Sex & Money

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Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The Daily Show host says he sometimes struggles to get out of bed. But he's comfortable saying that with a smile. This episode is part of our 2019 Maternity Leave Lineup of guest hosted shows while our regular host, Anna Sale, is out on leave. Are you new to Death, Sex & Money? Check out our starter kit of some of our favorite episodes. And subscribe to our weekly email newsletter! Every Wednesday we send out podcast listening recommendations, fascinating letters from our inbox and updates from the show. Sign up at deathsexmoney.org/newsletter. Support Death, Sex & Money today at deathsexmoney.org/donate. Follow the show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Got a story to share? Email us any time at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hey, before we get going, I just want to let you know that suicide comes up in this conversation you are about to hear.
0:07.0	If you're struggling, please ask for help.
0:12.0	People get too sad about it. help.
0:13.0	People get too like sad about it, they get too like, oh no, you suffer from depression.
0:18.0	Oh, Trevor.
0:20.0	Oh, let me hold you.
0:21.0	We think we're being empathetic. Oh child we're giving
0:26.8	and we're being empathetic. Yeah but what we do is we create a stigma without
0:30.7	realizing it because we feel pity for people.
0:33.2	This is death, sex and money.
0:39.2	There sure are a lot of bare naked ladies in here.
0:42.2	The show from WNY about the things There are a lot of bare naked ladies in here.
0:42.7	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:46.2	Got, uh, you got my money?
0:48.2	And need to talk about more.
0:49.6	I haven't done that dance since my wife died.
0:52.8	I'm Tressy McMillan Cotton and for Anna Sale.
0:56.2	And I want to tell you a story about the very first time
0:59.2	that I met Trevor Noah.
1:01.1	I'm a sociologist, a professor, and a writer. And a few years ago I went on the daily
1:06.4	show to talk about one of my new books. And I go home and of course everybody you know is amped and it's like oh my God how is it
1:14.2	everybody wants to know how you smell I get that question a lot actually
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