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The Other Healing: Trauma and Mental Recovery After Covid
The impact of COVID-19 is usually measured by infections, hospitalizations, and its economic devastation, but even those who do not personally contract COVID must grapple with long term mental health consequences. Long after a vaccine emerges and spreads, we as a society will need to deal with our trauma going forward. You simply can’t go through all that depression, anxiety, despair, and disruption unscathed. In a new talk that can be presented virtually or in-person, author and podcaster John Moe explains how to understand our individual and collective suffering and what can be done about it. Drawing from his experiences and conversations around simple and complex trauma, John tries to understand what it means in the short term, what it means in the long term, and how to address it.
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How I Discovered How Hilarious Depression Truly Is
John Moe, host and creator of The Hilarious World of Depression podcast, explores society’s reluctance to discuss mental illness and what needs to be done about it by tracing his own experiences with depression. That story is sometimes deeply funny, sometimes harrowing, and, more often than you’d think, both at the same time. Moe’s story is open, honest, and hopeful, as it blends in the thoughts of the numerous celebrities he’s interviewed to arrive at a positive and hopeful place. This talk also offers several simple things anyone can do to fight stigma and make the world a healthier place.
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What I’ve Learned by Being Professionally Depressed
There are millions of people with depression out there but very few have managed to turn pro. John Moe offers the lessons he’s gathered from creating and hosting the critically acclaimed hit podcast “The Hilarious World of Depression”. The lessons are pretty simple (“We’re Dumb About Terminology”, “The Magical Cure Potion Will Never Show Up”), and Moe illustrates them with honesty and humor while demonstrating that these lessons are things we can all keep in mind as we try to lift the stigma surrounding mental illness. By the end of the speech, which features interview snippets from the various comedians Moe has interviewed, audiences will have had a good laugh and learned a lot.
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Sunny Skies for the Darkly Inclined: Why the new openness about mental health comes at a perfect time
There was a time in our society when secrecy abounded on the subject of mental disorders. If you had depression, an anxiety problem, traumatic stress, or some other issue creating difficulty, you just kept quiet about it. This long-ago time that I’m speaking about?
This was the approach from as far back as history goes up until, like, six years ago. Now there’s more sunlight than ever on the subject, a development that really comes in handy given the enormous magnitude of the mental health crisis we find ourselves in.
In this talk, John Moe traces his own mental health awakening and road to recovery and outlines how it tracks with the wider enlightenment.
Welcome to the Hilarious World of Depression.
John Moe is the host and creator of the podcast Depresh Mode and of the award-winning hit podcast, The Hilarious World of Depression and the author of the book of the same name.
His writing has appeared in numerous humor anthologies as well as The New York Times Magazine, McSweeney’s, The Seattle Times, and many more publications, and he’s written plays that have been performed on three continents. He’s a longtime contributor and columnist for McSweeney’s.
John has hosted nationally distributed public radio programs such as Wits, Weekend America, and Marketplace Tech and his radio work has been featured on numerous national radio programs. He lives in St Paul.
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How Understanding Depression Goes Beyond The Scientific MethodScience has yet to pinpoint exactly why some people experience depression and others do not.
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John’s colleague told him he didn’t belong. It was just what he needed to hearThis story is part of the My Unsung Hero series from the Hidden Brain team about people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.
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Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Full Episode) / Seattle NowIt's the most wonderful time of the year again. No pressure! Except for maybe the crowds, travel and Omicron variant. We’re turning to John Moe of the Depresh Mode podcast…
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Depression is no joke. So why are comedians so good at talking about it?Stand-ups and other funny people are performing a revolutionary service for public health. And it happens to be hilarious.
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Nine months after getting laid off, John Moe finds a new home for conversations about mental healthFormer American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio host John Moe is back with a new podcast, Depresh Mode, after his previous show was canceled amid layoffs over the summer.
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After APM layoff, St. Paul’s John Moe launches new mental health podcast ‘Depresh Mode’St. Paul radio personality and author John Moe has a new podcast, “Depresh Mode with John Moe,” which examines mental health issues through a comic lens.
He was fabulous! I personally heard very, very good feedback from attendees, organizers and other speakers who all thought he was the perfect end to our day and very interesting and engaging.
