Jimmy Pardo looking mischievous.
Wonderful new episode up with the always funny host of Never Not Funny, Jimmy Pardo. He's been making that show for 20 years! We talk about comedy plus what divorce does to a kid, depresh, anxiety, booze, and getting healthy. Constantly striving and then BEING CONTENT.
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Oh my goodness. It's DAY ONE of the 2026 Max Fun Drive. You'll be hearing from us a lot about bonus content, thank you gifts, the existential need of listener support for what we're trying to do with the show.
But first, we want to make a new thing: Your Best Life In Hell.
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Latest FREE newsletter has cello, snakes, and chipmunks. AND an article about "emotional support daughters" that just might make you feel more seen than you ever have in your life.
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Really proud of this episode w/ Joshua Roman, one of the top cellists in the world.
Hard charging guy w/ TON of accomplishments but never enough for HIM. Then covid hit, then long covid. Irresistible force meets unmovable object. Object wins. He's never been happier.
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Latest FREE newsletter has, well, gotta do it, speculation about the President and mental health. Plus, four people die because of an Idaho program being cut so they reinstated the program. And people get real mad about Macbeth casting.
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Annabelle Gurwitch in a red dress.
Annabelle Gurwitch got a terminal cancer diagnosis while broken down on an LA freeway during covid with her kid in the car. Five years later, she's surprised to still be here. We talk death, anxiety, certainty, uncertainty, and REO Speedwagon while having many laughs.
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Our FREE TO SUBSCRIBE newsletter has a 500yo shark, orders to drink more coffee, living with impending death, Jodi Ernst, why DEMONS are a GOOD IDEA, and the folly of naming shit after people.
What the hell does YOUR newsletter have?!
Sorry, too much coffee.
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Eric Zimmer in a hoodie leaning on a wall
Great interview this week with Eric Zimmer, host of the pod The One You Feed. It's about making small focused actions, repeatedly, mindfully, rather than try to solve everything all at once. In mental health or in overall life direction.
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The picture is Dr. Emily Nagoski and her twin Dr. Amelia Nagoski who wrote a book on burnout. The episode is with Emily, who we've interviewed about sex on a previous episode. She's good people and a lot of fun.
Zebra is chased by a lion. STRESSFUL. But then they escape & complete the stress cycle.
For humans, the lion is your job, relationships, and life. We CAN'T complete the cycle so we feel chased by the lion ALL THE TIME. And that's burnout.
Learn what to do about that.
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Latest FREE newsletter has some great and useful info on:
- Fighting burnout
- Being a zebra
- Brain zaps
- A complete revolution in understanding mental health
- The void
- Collages
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The star of the new improvisation-heavy movie GROUP has never acted before but he's been preparing for the role for decades. A talk with group therapy expert Dr. Elliot Zeisel on how group works and how therapy and acting have a lot in common.
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New episode with the novelist Jonathan Edward Durham about his surprisingly positive and life-changing experience with writing online. And the not surprising experience of it being better than isolating, smoking, drinking, and writing in a tiny apartment.
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Our latest FREE newsletter has a headline I'm very proud of. Plus good news on psychedelics and possibly time saving news on magnetic stimulation. Plus a Blue Öyster Cult video.
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Latest newsletter is out! A day late. I had to drive to Chicago. All things go (x2).
Info on eating disorders, movie stars, science, marijuana, overdiagnosis, underdiagnosis, and the bleakest shit imaginable happening in San Francisco.
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This week, Alexandra Paul (from Baywatch!) tells her story of modeling, Hollywood, and eating disorders plus Dr. Cynthia Bulik an update on the newly discovered *genetic component* that takes shame and blame off people with those disorders (and their moms).
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This week's FREE newsletter has some non-adorable news on dating apps and mental health and how kids are doing, especially in Minnesota (amid The Horrors).
Also: the kiss-and-cry thing with skaters? That's pretty fucked up.
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Big show today! First, we look at the high rates of depression and anxiety among dating app users, which might be explained by HOW they're looking for love.
Then: the short and long-term mental health impact of the ICE surge on MN children and how we can improve it.
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. @nikostratis.com found a path to her true self with the aid of dad rock. This after years of despair, glasswork, close contact w/ violent transphobes, alcoholism, cheap cars, time in the Yukon and, yep, depression. She's a brilliant writer. This is a great episode.
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John here. Wow, I wish I knew. I think it can be helpful to talk about the individual things going on and what they mean. How politics enters into it, the economy, pandemic. I never promise my kids that everything will get better but I assure them that things will change.
It's been a many long years of mentally trying times, with no end in sight, but I know @depreshmode.bsky.social helps get me through the darker moments. Feel empowered for your own struggles, through stories of others working through their own. @johnmoe.bsky.social is great and entertaining as host.
Thank you, Michael.
Our latest (FREE!) newsletter has a debate about the moon that I really want you to see. Also Dad Rock and gender identity, Olympic skiing, and the danger of watching ICE videos. But honestly, that moon thing. Go watch that.
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The ICE surge is having a huge effect on mental health in Minnesota. People who've never struggled now are. And those with severe mental illness are at real mortal risk.
A special episode with Marcus Schmit of NAMI Minnesota today. Out today because it couldn't wait.
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Also on this week's show, host @johnmoe.bsky.social, who lives in Minnesota, talks about the day to day falling apart of his fellow citizens, why it makes total sense, and why giving yourself grace is so crucial.
A deep and fascinating conversation with @amandaknox.com this week about going through trauma (a friend being murdered, Amanda wrongly convicted of it, years in Italian jail, freed), who she became on the other side, and why she has returned to Italy.
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Our latest (FREE!) newsletter has info on our talk with @amandaknox.com, the Minnesota situation, microdosing's bad grade, and why very short videos are donking up our young people.
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John here. Had to talk about this week's show about suicide and Minnesota events in this week's free newsletter. So at the last minute I included a story about a stitching accident that led to a viral hit stuffed toy of a frowning horse called Cry-Cry-Horse.
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Clancy Martin remembered wanting to die at 2 years old. He attempted suicide at 6 and many times since. He is strongly dedicated to helping you not do that.
Join us for a direct, honest, and very helpful talk about suicide. One of our most important episodes ever.
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Forgot to mention! This week's show also includes:
- On-air appearance by producer Raghu!
- Tattoo needle sounds!