Best Of BCB: Freddie deBoer on Why Blue City Progressives Need to Get Real on Involuntary Commitment

Blue City Blues · Jan 23, 2026 · 57m

While David is away, we are reposting some early days Blue City Blues episodes that many of our more recent listeners may have missed. We thought this one, with author and cultural critic Freddie DeBoer, was a great conversation on a topic that remains timely. We'll be back with fresh episodes shortly:

Freddie DeBoer knows a thing or two about mental illness. He’s been admitted into psychiatric hospitals five times; he was involuntarily committed in 2002. He has, as they say, lived experience.

Freddie is also one of our most original and independent commentators on American cultural trends. A…