Episode #1: Peter Sagal Opens Up

Published: Dec. 12, 2016, 10:21 a.m.

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The longtime host of NPR\\u2019s Wait Wait\\u2026Don\\u2019t Tell Me has battled depression for much of his life but has never gone public with that struggle until now. Sagal recently went through what was for him a very painful and very messy divorce. He shares how he\\u2019s been able to move on and host a weekly comedy program even as his life was falling apart. Some of the methods: keeping very busy and listening to Amy Poehler. We also hear from Peter Sagal\\u2019s friend, the neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, on what helps and hurts a depressed person\\u2019s brain in times of crisis.

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