ep. 77: How to Mind Mental Illness with Esmé Weijun Wang
What happens when you aren't "the appropriate type of crazy?" Best-selling author Esmé Weijun Wang talks to Caroline and Cristen about living with schizoaffective disorder, how it shapes her ambition and the subjectiveness of being "high functioning."
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