Wil Wheaton Is Really Hoping It’s All Worth It
The Hilarious World of Depression
American Public Media
4.8 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2017
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Wil Wheaton was a child star in Stand By Me, a regular on Star Trek: The Next Generation as a teenager, and has been trying to figure out his role in show business for a long time since then. He was dealing with the pressures of fame and the fickle tastes of Hollywood, all while dealing with a chemical imbalance in his brain that made him prone to anxiety and depression. Wil’s better now thanks to medication, but despite his long IMDb page and regular work on The Big Bang Theory, his hit YouTube show, and a thriving and varied career, he sees himself primarily as a failed actor.
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| 0:00.0 | Is depression funny? |
| 0:01.5 | When I personify it as an asshole who's just being obnoxious, you know? |
| 0:06.8 | I saw that you were feeling pretty good about yourself today, so hey, by the way, before you go to sleep, |
| 0:13.0 | here's everything you've ever regretted doing in your entire life. |
| 0:16.7 | Set to music! |
| 0:30.0 | It's the hilarious world of depression. |
| 0:48.8 | I'm John Moe. |
| 0:50.1 | Here we talk about depression with people who have dealt with it, and we have some laughs |
| 0:54.0 | along the way to make those conversations more enjoyable. |
| 0:57.7 | That way the whole thing isn't so scary, and there can be more conversations, and maybe |
| 1:01.3 | things can get better for everyone. |
| 1:03.8 | And welcome my dear friends to Season 2 of the Show. |
| 1:08.2 | Season 1 was a big success, and we're back with more than twice as many episodes, incredible |
| 1:12.7 | guests, and a broader scope. |
| 1:15.5 | There are a lot of entertainers, makers of things, creative folks who are very deeply funny, |
| 1:21.1 | but maybe not actual comedians. |
| 1:23.3 | And this season we're going to talk to comedians and to some of those other people, musicians, |
| 1:27.6 | writers, actors. |
| 1:29.1 | We got Russell Brand coming up, Margaret Cho, author John Green, Wayne Brady, Amy Mann, |
| 1:34.5 | Gary Gullman, so many people. |
| 1:37.5 | First up, an actor, writer, YouTube host, and former Starfleet Ensign. |
| 1:42.8 | My name is Will Wheaton, and we are in my game room at my house in the San Fernando |
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