Summary: This week on Unorthodox: a Jewish writer and an Episcopal priest walk into a podcast. Our Jewish guest is writer and essayist <a href="http://www.tabletmag.com/author/dmerkin">Daphne Merkin</a>, whose latest book is <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/thisclosetohappy/daphnemerkin/9780374140366/"><em>This Close to Happy: A Reckoning With Depression</em></a>. She tells us what it was like to write such a personal book—Tablet literary critic Adam Kirsch <a href="http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/223625/depression-classic">called it</a> “a hybrid of memoir, case study, and confession”—and discusses the stigma that continues to surround depression in the Jewish community and beyond. Our Gentile of the Week is <a href="https://twitter.com/RevEdBacon">Father Ed Bacon</a>, a retired Episcopal priest legendary for his work with All Saints Church in Pasadena, California, which he turned into an activist, multi-ethnic congregation in a mostly white and wealthy town. He is also an <em>Oprah</em> regular and author of the book <a href="http://www.8habitsoflove.com/">8 Habits of Love</a>.<br><a href="http://bit.ly/UnorthodoxPodcast">Sign up</a> for for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, behind-the-scenes photos, and more! Email us at <a href="mailto:Unorthodox@tabletmag.com">Unorthodox@tabletmag.com</a>—we'll share our favorite notes on air.<br><br>Music Credits:<br>"Mikveh Bath" by Golem<br>"Don't Hang Up" by The Orlons<br>"where the sunshine goes" by Yshwa<br>"No Rain" by Blind Melon<br>"A Perceptible Shift" by Andy G. Cohen<br>"Once Upon a Time... Storybook Love" by Mark Knopfler, from the film <em>A Princess Bride</em>
