please welcome kate fagan. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ welcome to "the daily show." >> good to be here.ch for being here and sharing your story. this is a book based off an article you wrote. just to give it context, you were yourself a college athlete and you realized that college life is not as fun as i guess it seems like in american pie movies. >> right. >> trevor: and you wrote stories about that. what was it from your story that made you want to do more research and write about these? >> yeah, well, when i played hoops at the university of colorado, i tried to quit my freshman year, and i had a ton of anxiety around it. it wasn't really something i owed processed until i read the headlines about maddy's story, and i dug deeper into her story, and i was, like, there is a lot that i can relate to and made me want to pursue it further. >> trevor: maddy's story is one of the most heartbreaking tales i've ever read. on the surface, maddy had it made -- in college, doing well, a star on the track team -- and then seems like it was going wrong. there was no one incident. when you dug thr

book, "what made maddy run: the secret struggles and tragic death of an all american teen," espn's kate fagans here! ( cheers and applause ) first up, mueller time. >> breaking news, ncb news confirms, robert mueller emband a grblg in washington to investigate russia's interference in the 2016 elections. >> a grand juror impaneled means director mueller thinks he has a lot of probable cause to move forward that crimes occurred. >> grand juror, powerful investigate tore cudgels that permit putting witnesses under oath, issuing or possibly indictments. >> trevor: oh, snap! possibly indictments? it's about to go down! down! oh, wait, wait -- i have been told we have live footage of donald trump right now. (sirens) ( applause ) bing, bing, bong, bong, bing, bing, bing -- >> trevor: oh, man! today must suck for donald trump. i just hope if the police ever arrest him, they protect his head when they put him into the car. that's all i hope. that's all i hope. ( laughter ) ( applause ) you know what i just realized? if they find out trump did commit a crime, he's the one american who can't escape to

book, "what made maddy run: the secret struggles and tragic death of an all american teen," espn's kate fagan) first

. >> reporter: in a new book "what made maddy run" espn columnist kate fagan explores her life whosedia. so many youth right now are presenting perfection when in reality there's a much different picture going on. >> madison knew that her instagram feed was a false reflection but he couldn't see that her peers were also reflecting something that maybe wasn't totally real. >> reporter: experts say while many students are posting highlight reels of the perfect college experience, they're also hiding their struggles, anxiety and depression. researchers at stanford university call this the duck syndrome. referring appears to glide effortlessly across the water. while underwater its feet work frantically to stay afloat. >> it's really about maintaining a healthy perspective working hart but also recognizing that you don't have to be perfect to be happy. >> reporter: with more college students diagnosed with depression and 75% of mental health conditions beginning before the age of 24, college has become such a critical time for today's youth. >> there's so much pressure to be at all of th