Thanks For Asking

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Thanks For Asking episodes

May 01, 2023 The Plunge (From "It's Going To Be OK")
One December afternoon, Nora got peer pressured into jumping in a 30-something degree pool. She’s not here to promote cold plunging, but sometimes being uncomfortable for a short period of time can change your perspective!
“It’s Going To Be OK” is a daily podcast from Feelings and Co, the company that brought you “Terrible, Thanks for Asking.” Each morning, we bring you a short story, essay, or interview about one thing that makes us (or our guests) feel like it might not all be so bad – even if some things are.
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Share your OK thing at 612.568.4441 or by emailing a voice memo to [email protected]. We may use your submission in a future episode!
“It’s Going To Be OK” is brought to you by The Hartford. The Hartford is a leading insurance provider that’s helping to simplify employee benefits by making them more personal and easier to understand.
The IGTBO team is Nora McInerny, Jordan Turgeon, Megan Palmer, Claire McInerny, Marcel Malekebu, and Eugene Kidd.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
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7 min
April 30, 2023 Well, It's Going (From "It's Going To Be OK")
Nora McInerny is an author, speaker and podcast host who has never claimed to be the brightest ray of sunshine. The world can be doomy and gloomy! But in the spirit of her late husband, Aaron, she’s made it a goal to find one okay thing – every day.
“It’s Going To Be OK” is a daily podcast from Feelings and Co, the company that brought you “Terrible, Thanks for Asking.” Each morning, we bring you a short story, essay, or interview about one thing that makes us (or our guests) feel like it might not all be so bad – even if some things are.
If you liked this episode, go subscribe to "It's Going To Be OK" in your podcast app, so you never miss a single OK thing!
Share your OK thing at 612.568.4441 or by emailing a voice memo to [email protected]. We may use your submission in a future episode!
“It’s Going To Be OK” is brought to you by The Hartford. The Hartford is a leading insurance provider that’s helping to simplify employee benefits by making them more personal and easier to understand.
The IGTBO team is Nora McInerny, Jordan Turgeon, Megan Palmer, Claire McInerny, Marcel Malekebu, and Eugene Kidd.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
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9 min
April 25, 2023 Bury Me In A Camry
Grieving is a lonely experience. Many of us who have been through it wish there was a handbook to lead us through the experience. When comedy writer Jason Roeder lost his mom, he decided to write the guidebook that he wanted to read. This episode of Terrible Reading Club is a chat with Jason about his book Griefstrike!, a humorous guide to grief.
Jason Roeder is comedy writer, and is the former senior writer and editor of The Onion.
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This spring, we’re traveling the country to tell you terrible (and funny) stories live. We love meeting our listeners, so check out the last few stops on our spring tour.
Friday, April 28 | Columbus, OH | Lincoln Theater
Saturday, April 29 | Indianapolis IN | The Toby
Sunday, April 30 | Cincinnati, OH | Woodward Theater
Monday, May 1 | Ann Arbor, MI | The Ark
38 min
April 20, 2023 The (Mis)Adventures of Nora and Marcel Part 1 — TTFA PREMIUM
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12 min
April 18, 2023 Courtney's Secret Garden

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Courtney Maum is having a midlife crisis. Parenting is taking so much of her time. Her writing career is going well, but that means she’s overwhelmed by deadlines and book deals. Her marriage is in a rough patch, and when she starts asking herself “should I have an affair?” and “should I become an alcoholic?” she recognizes she needs a change in her life.
She dreams of finding an escape that brings her back to her childhood passion of being outside for hours, lost in her thoughts.
In this episode, we follow Courtney as she tries to find her Secret Garden.
Courtney is an author, her most recent book The Year of the Horses is a memoir about rediscovering herself through her love of horses. Nora recommends her fiction: I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You and Touch.
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49 min
April 04, 2023 Objectively And Objectifiable-y Beautiful — TTFA Premium
Like many women, Nora grew up being inundated by very specific ideas of what it meant to be beautiful. In this TTFA Premium episode preview, she talks with rapper Dessa about their complicated feelings surrounding beauty standards and aging.
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17 min
March 30, 2023 The Greener Grass — TTFA Premium
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12 min
March 28, 2023Jamie The Good Times Gal
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There are a ton of money stories out there. Stories about people who are screwed financially through no fault of their own. People who did everything right and still cannot get a leg up. This episode is not one of those. It’s an excavation of a specific kind of debt, and a specific kind of shame. The kind that Jamie Feldman found herself in when she was 33 years old: credit card debt.
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Resources:
Average credit card debt in the U.S.

Information on emotional spending

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The episode transcript can be found here.
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39 min
March 14, 2023 The Trail
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In April 2022, Marlin Sill’s father died from a head injury caused by a cycling accident. A few weeks later, he embarked on a months-long hike through the Western United States. Throughout last summer, Marlin sent the TTFA team voice memos of himself processing his dad’s death while he hiked. In this episode we take you on the trail with Marlin as he grieves, and also throughout the rest of the first year without his dad.
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1 hr 6 min
March 09, 2023 Gifted and Terrible
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40 min

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A call-in show from author Nora McInerny that lets real people get real honest about how they're really doing. Operators(me) are standing by to take your calls.