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321 - Easy Crafts for the Insane - Kelly Williams Brown (rebroadcast)

9/1/20251 hr 18 min

This episode is about suicide prevention and awareness. Author Kelly Williams Brown tells us about her book, Easy Crafts for the Insane, in which she recounts how, after she gained fame and success as a NYT bestselling author, her world came apart. Then an anti-anxiety-drug-induced manic state nearly ended her life.

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First 90 seconds
  1. Speaker 00:00

    Amazon presents Kelly vs. Roommate's Deviated Septum. (snoring) Absolutely annihilating a college student's sleep. A roommate's snores can sound like a werewolf mid-transformation. (snoring) But Kelly shopped on Amazon and saved on a sleep machine, weighted blanket, and noise-canceling earbuds. Looks like Kelly just got her doctorate degree in crushing sleep. Save the everyday with college deals on Amazon.

  2. David McRaney· Host0:30

    You can go to kitted, K-I-T-T-E-D.shop and use the code smart50, S-M-A-R-T 5-0 at checkout and you will get half off a set of thinking superpowers in a box. If you wanna know more about what I'm talking about, check it out, middle of the show. (music) Welcome to the You Are Not So Smart podcast, episode 321.

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