Fresh Air with Terry Gross, October 24, 2016: Interview with Chris Gethard.

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(1.) Standup comic CHRIS GETHARD (GETH-ard). In his new off-Broadway show Career Suicide, he riffs about things he used to be afraid to talk about: depression and suicide. A critic with The Times of London gave it four stars and wrote '… its openness and its vividness leave you with a happy hum of connection.' GETHARD has toured with comic Mike Birbiglia and was in his film about comedy improv, Don't Think Twice. GETHARD spent decades with the improv group the Upright Citizens Brigade which has been the training ground for many contemporary comics. (INTERVIEW CONTINUES THROUGH THE END OF THE SHOW)