John Moe

New pinned tweet! Depresh Mode! Acclaimed mental health pod! maximumfun.org/podcasts/dep... Sleeping with Celebrities! Comedy sleep aid pod! maximumfun.org/podcasts/sle... The Hilarious World of Depression! memoir! us.macmillan.com/books/978125... I'd like to play a weird old guy in a movie!

YMMV, but it seems like God (ugh, don’t ask) was right! It was super helpful. Thanks!

it does appear that I'm ready to crush the rest of my day thanks to the power of friendship and dance

I think Jon would be a welcome addition to our sleepytime deadpan comedy weirdo program and my first favorite Mariner was Bruce Bochte. Look at him, he's terrified.

I could reply to that work email a day later than I should have. It would take 10 seconds. But how about this. Got a little proposal for you. WHAT IF I spent five days beating myself up over not replying in a timely manner and THEN took ten seconds to reply? Huh?!?! #FreeMBA

I got a voicemail from God (ugh, don't ask) who said it was okay for you to stop election scrolling or working hard at your job or whatever and take a break and watch this scene from RRR. Apparently it will help you. youtu.be/W87ioHjqd7c?... Please report back on your results in the replies.

Kurt Anderson is on the podcast to talk about a few things, glucose management, Spy Magazine, and sending 10 cents to Trump to see if he would cash it (he did). maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...

I’ve always been opposed to substance abuse but to each their own.

Well, it's unfortunate that this bake sale is supporting substance abuse, but at least it's also going to mental health treatments, so we take the wins we can get. www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-...

Hey everyone! Lori’s coming over!

Two things can be true at the same time. You can be completely saturated with information on political candidates in races many hundreds of miles away from you AND have no idea who the fuck all these people are running for school board in your own city.

I think Batman should adopt this puppy. new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal...

Today I interviewed Kate Flannery from The Office. I asked if she's on a street with steady foot and car traffic, how many times in an hour will a stranger shout "Meredith!" at her. Depends on how fast the cars are moving and whether she has a hat on but generally: a lot of times. Good to know.

Now I’m wondering if Eddie is a secret sports phenom, because we had a pastor who coached his kid’s soccer team a few years ago, and they got destroyed by Eddie’s kid’s team (Eddie was their coach)

I think it’s sweet that after all these years none of us have told Bruce Springsteen that Atlantic City isn’t even in Nebraska. He doesn’t need to know. He would be so embarrassed. Shh.

You have to really, really, really fucking suck for your 8th grade teacher to come out and shame you like this. Damn.

My dad has been gone a long time but if there’s one thing I wish I could ask him to expand on it would be his love of Kafka’s The Trial and his belief that it was hilarious. I feel like knowing more about that would unlock him. Ask your parents about their weird shit before it’s too late.

Someone will have to break the news to G’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Flip.

Auto insurance spam. This ended up being short for bitcoin and not what I thought. Not sure which is worse.

Did you know fish can kind of experience schizophrenia? Did you know a horse isn't a great therapist but can still be helpful? Do you want some non animal based solutions to grief? All that and more in this week's newsletter! johnmoe.substack.com/p/grief-schi...

Well this is one of my favorite short stories I've read in a while and it also happens to be a 3-minute song. Damn. Damn. youtu.be/rVZkyOuu_4o?...

Ngl, @johnmoe.bsky.social, today's Depresh Mode was like a slug to the chest - but in a good way. I'd never realized how much I was grieving the things I'd lost - or never had - until that context you and Megan Devine provided. Lotta thinking to do now. And I'M glad YOU'RE here.

BlueSky has five kinds of users.

Had a dead battery and the AAA guy asked what I did for work. Forgot to say potato scientist and told him the truth (mental health podcaster and writer). We talked for a while, he opened up about friends lost to suicide and subscribed to my show. So that was okay too.

Lula won? Oh wow, I met him in a club down in old Suho.

(staring at enormous New York studio festooned with ornate gold fixtures) “It’s like if Saddam opened Warhol’s factory.”

Since #CheesecakeFactory is all over the timeline, enjoy this all-timer Wits sketch by @johnmoe.bsky.social featuring Steven Yeun

Sure, I demand a lot from my students. More than they are capable of. And maybe I yell at them. A LOT. Do I teach them what’s in the lesson plan? Rarely. Will my class help them in the future? Ha. Of course not. But that’s why they call me The Worst Teacher Anyone’s Ever Seen.

Don’t you DARE make me like the Pittsburgh Steelers. The nerve.

Everyone’s fixated on the Cheesecake Factory part and ignoring the Saddam Hussein part. It wasn’t just a gag about Cheesecake Factory. The joke is all about the absurd pairing to illustrate the ridiculousness of the target.

Imagine never having heard *of* Soundgarden and your first exposure is them playing live 15 feet in front of you in 1989. I lived that. (Nirvana was supposed to open but the college’s student government wouldn’t pay them their requested $500.)

He knows what he did.

Podcast listener said I was a "Charlie Rose level interviewer without the problematic issues." I'll take that one. Put it in my pocket.