We Have Two Guests This Week: Comedian Aaron Foster and His Depression

If you’ve dealt with depression, you know that it’s a disorder
that speaks to you, firing off insults and terrible idea, often
right in the middle of a conversation. Barges in to tear you
down. We all must contend with this rude presence. Aaron Foster
is a very funny comedian who is still fairly new to the full-time
comedy life but, now in his fifties, he’s done a lot of living to
inform his comic material. Much of his recent act is centered on
a fairly recent diagnosis of major depressive disorder, a
condition that he has likely lived with for a very long time.
Aaron grew up with an abusive father with bipolar disorder and a
brother with schizophrenia who eventually took his own life.
Aaron hosted a show on HGTV, opened two restaurants, and made a
living as a visual artist for many years. But all the while,
comedy called to him. Something about how comedians seemed to
make sense of the world appealed to him and after dabbling in
standup earlier in life, he has now taken the plunge to dedicate
his energy to it. In a moving and personal conversation, Aaron’s
depression makes a few appearances but we’re always able to catch
it and put it in its place.


(As mentioned on the show)


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