Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Former Olympic sailor on living with Truman Syndrome
Those who suffer from a delusion called Truman Syndrome believe they’re constantly being filmed and watched by a TV audience. Kevin Hall has suffered that delusion. He’s a former professional sailor who grew up in Southern California.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThose who suffer from a delusion called Truman Syndrome believe they’re constantly being filmed and watched by a TV audience. Kevin Hall has suffered that delusion. He’s a former professional sailor who grew up in Southern California. His story is told in a new book “The Kevin Show.”
Kevin Hall as a teenager. Courtesy Hall family.
Author Mary Pilon. Credit: Julie Goldstone Koch.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Gina Pollack
Producer
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Mary Pilon
author of “The Kevin Show: An Olympic Athlete’s Battle With Mental Illness.”
Kevin Hall
former Olympic sailor, has been diagnosed with Truman Show Syndrome.
The full episode
4 of 4Real life 'Truman Show' in the mind of a former Olympian- 0:00North Korea: Serious nuclear thaw?
- 10:08Suge Knight's attorneys have their own legal issues
- 19:43Hollywood: Where do reality and fantasy meet?
- 29:06Former Olympic sailor on living with Truman SyndromeYou’re reading this