Thanks For Asking
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Thanks For Asking episodes

  • Sad and Lucky
    If you've ever been in therapy, something your therapist might've told you about is both/and thinking. It means two things can be true at once. And in this episode, which features an essay from Nora's book No Happy Endings, she's both sad and lucky.
    Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up.
    Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here.
    Nora also writes sad & funny books! You can buy them here.
    Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.
    49 min
  • Episode #65: Sad and Lucky
    Sad! And Lucky! Those are things you can be! Includes an essay from Nora's book, No Happy Endings, available where books are sold except like, Walgreeens. But always at noraborealis.com/book.
    You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.
    TTFA is public media. Which means we are supported by you. You can join us with a contribution at ttfa.org/donate
    And check out our sponsors this week:
    Talkspace -- talkspace.com with code TTFA
    Third Love -- thirdlove.com/terrible
    Calm -- calm.com/thanks
    45 min
  • Sad and Lucky

    Sad! And Lucky! Those are things you can be! Includes an essay from Nora's book, No Happy Endings, available where books are sold except like, Walgreeens. But always at noraborealis.com/book.

    You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.

    TTFA is public media. Which means we are supported by you. You can join us with a contribution at ttfa.org/donate

    And check out our sponsors this week:

    Talkspace -- talkspace.com with code TTFA

    Third Love -- thirdlove.com/terrible

    Calm -- calm.com/thanks

    45 min
  • Sad and Lucky

    Sad! And Lucky! Those are things you can be! Includes an essay from Nora's book, No Happy Endings, available where books are sold except like, Walgreeens. But always at noraborealis.com/book.

    You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.

    TTFA is public media. Which means we are supported by you. You can join us with a contribution at ttfa.org/donate

    And check out our sponsors this week:

    Talkspace -- talkspace.com with code TTFA

    Third Love -- thirdlove.com/terrible

    Calm -- calm.com/thanks

    45 min
  • WWJD?
    Jenny and Michelle are the kind of twin sisters you see in movies. They’ve got the twin telepathy. They’ve done the switching places shenanigans.
    The sisters are so connected, so in sync, that Michelle feels like she should’ve seen it coming. On what should’ve been the best day ever, Michelle loses a sister, Pat loses a wife, and a brand new baby named Teddy loses his mom.
    Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up.
    Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here.
    Nora also writes sad & funny books! You can buy them here.
    Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.
    54 min
  • Episode #64: WWJD?
    Jenny and Michelle are twins. Twin telepathy, switching places, the whole deal. Pat and Teddy are big parts of Jenny and Michelle's lives, but no one has been HERE before.
    You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.
    You can pre-order Nora's new book - No Happy Endings - from her website at noraborealis.com/book
    TTFA is public media. Which means we are supported by you. You can join us with a contribution at ttfa.org/donate
    And check out our sponsors this week:
    For Hers -- forhers.com/thanks
    Ritual -- ritual.com/thanks
    Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction by Judith Grisel
    49 min
  • WWJD?

    Jenny and Michelle are the kind of twin sisters you see in movies. They’ve got the twin telepathy. They’ve done the switching places shenanigans. The sisters are so connected, so in sync, that Michelle feels like she should’ve seen it coming.

    On what should’ve been the best day ever, Michelle loses a sister, Pat loses a wife, and a brand new baby named Teddy loses his mom.

    —

    Can’t get enough TTFA? Sign up for TTFA Premium for $7.99 a month. You’ll get access to exclusive bonus content, ad-free episodes, extended guest interviews and more! Visit TTFA.org/Premium to get started.

    Shop for your favorite TTFA gear at TTFAmerch.com.

    You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.

    —

    And check out our sponsors this week:

    • For Hers -- forhers.com/thanks

    • Ritual -- ritual.com/thanks

    • Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction by Judith Grisel

    • 49 min
    • WWJD?

      Jenny and Michelle are the kind of twin sisters you see in movies. They’ve got the twin telepathy. They’ve done the switching places shenanigans. The sisters are so connected, so in sync, that Michelle feels like she should’ve seen it coming.

      On what should’ve been the best day ever, Michelle loses a sister, Pat loses a wife, and a brand new baby named Teddy loses his mom.

      Can’t get enough TTFA? Sign up for TTFA Premium for $7.99 a month. You’ll get access to exclusive bonus content, ad-free episodes, extended guest interviews and more! Visit TTFA.org/Premium to get started.

      Shop for your favorite TTFA gear at TTFAmerch.com.

      You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.

      TTFA is public media. Which means we are supported by you. You can join us with a contribution at ttfa.org/donate.

      And check out our sponsors this week:

      • For Hers -- forhers.com/thanks

      • Ritual -- ritual.com/thanks

      • Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction by Judith Grisel

      • 49 min
      • The Intended Outcome
        After fertility treatments fail, Deya and Sandra decide to adopt a child through the foster system. They have a lot of love to give. They also know the intended outcome of foster care is for the child to reunite with their birth family.
        When Deya and Sandra begin fostering a baby girl, they try to not get too attached ... but it's SO hard. And as the baby's birth mother works toward reunification, the women are torn. They want the young mother to succeed. They believe in reunification! They also fear losing the baby girl they've come to deeply love.
        Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up.
        Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here.
        Nora also writes sad & funny books! You can buy them here.
        Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.
        49 min
      • The Intended Outcome

        After fertility treatments fail, Deya and Sandra decide to adopt a child through the foster system. They have a lot of love to give. They also know the intended outcome of foster care is for the child to reunite with their birth family.

        When Deya and Sandra begin fostering a baby girl, they try to not get too attached ... but it's SO hard. And as the baby's birth mother works toward reunification, the women are torn. They want the young mother to succeed. They believe in reunification! They also fear losing the baby girl they've come to deeply love.

        —

        Sign up today for TTFA Premium! For $7.99 a month, you get access to exclusive bonus content, ad-free episodes *and* the knowledge that you’re keeping our show afloat! Visit TTFA.org/Premium to get started.

        Want (sporadic) emails from Nora and Team TTFA? Sign up here. 

        When you shop our Bookshop.org store, you support the author, independent bookstores AND our show! Shop here. You can purchase Nora’s books here.

        Shop for your favorite TTFA gear at TTFAmerch.com.

        —

        And check out our sponsors this week:

        Brooklinen – brooklinen.com with promo code THANKS

        Rothy's – rothys.com with code TERRIBLE

        Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction by Judith Grisel

        45 min

      About Thanks For Asking

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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.

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