Thanks For Asking

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August 14, 2018So Many Things At Once
Cancer is rude. We know this. And it’s been very rude to Rachel. Every time her life and career are going in the direction she wants them to … BAM. The cancer’s back.
When you’re a young woman, and when your life plans are completely upended by cancer for the third time, what do you do? If you’re Rachel, you turn to Tinder.
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41 min
August 07, 2018 YOLO?
You only live once … unless you're Leilani, because Leilani has died five times. FIVE! She was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy when she was 13 years old after experiencing sudden cardiac death.
Hearts don’t last forever. Leilani’s heart was only prepared to last about 24 years. So Leilani got a new one. And that new heart? Well, it didn’t work so well either.
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50 min
August 07, 2018 Episode #42: YOLO?
You Only Live Once... unless you're Leilani. This week - a heart, a transplant, and a mystery.
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46 min
August 07, 2018YOLO?
You only live once … unless you're Leilani, because Leilani has died five times. FIVE! She was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy when she was 13 years old after experiencing sudden cardiac death.
Hearts don’t last forever. Leilani’s heart was only prepared to last about 24 years. So Leilani got a new one. And that new heart? Well, it didn’t work so well either.
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Check out our sponsors:
Talkspace - talkspace.com/ttfa with promo code TTFA
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Ritual - ritual.com/thanks
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46 min
August 01, 2018 Listen to This: TBTL — What The Hell Is An Orange Julius?
Nora steps in to guest host the podcast that just might be Too Beautiful To Live -- a delightful daily show about life, current events, pop culture, puttering, laser baldness helmets, and tonight pants. While regular co-host Andrew Walsh is out of town, Nora and other co-host Luke Burbank discuss sheds, consumer culture, parenting, and because it's Nora, officiating the funeral of a man who married a stranger at the Mall of America.
1 hr 33 min
July 26, 2018 Listen to This: Borrowed Interest — Difficult Women
Borrowed Interest is a podcast hosted by three ad-women of color -- Leeya Jackson, Shareina Chandler, and Amalia Nicholson - kicking it in the advertising business and working it all out with thoughtful discussions, screams and laughter. They're your workplace wokebaes with something to say, so listen up.
In this episode, they get into the ups and downs of being labeled a difficult woman aka an angry black woman aka a woman. They chat with Black Twitter queen/PR powerhouse Alexis Wilson about white feminism and being the lone black lady at your company.
Learn more at borrowedinterestpodcast.com
1 hr 17 min
July 18, 2018 Listen to This: Forever35 – Just Say No with Nora McInerny
This week Nora wants you to listen to an amazing podcast called Forever35. Kate Spencer and Doree Shafrir talk about self-care and how to get some in their (and your) lives. On this episode, they also talk to an up-and-comer named Nora McInerny. Nora talks about dealing with tragedy, how to actually help people who are grieving, and the many joys of drugstore makeup. You can find Forever35 at forever35podcast.com.
1 hr 5 min
July 10, 2018 Listen to This: Reply All — An Ad for the Worst Day of Your Life
Matt's wife died a decade ago. Now, everywhere he goes on the internet, he can't escape advertisements for clickbait sites with her picture on it. This week, Super Tech Support tries to help out.
Further reading:
Matt's non-profit: The Liz Logelin Foundation
34 min
June 26, 2018 The Stories We Tell
The stories we hear about our parents and grandparents are often an intergenerational game of telephone. Even the ones we think we know by heart, fact for fact, evolve as they're told and retold.
Ka came to us with her father's incredible story of heroics and bravery. And his version of events IS incredible and heroic and brave. It's just ... not the story that Ka remembers. And this makes her start to question everything.
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47 min
June 26, 2018 Episode #41: The Stories We Tell
Stories from our parents and grandparents are a sort of intergenerational game of telephone - even the ones we think we know for sure change as they are told and retold.
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Here are the Englishlyrics to the song featured in the episode:
SONG - 1975
In the beginning, the year 1975
The heaven twisted, the earth flipped
The heaven turned, the earth unraveled
The little country of Laos fell
The foundation of our nation fell apart
There was anger, anger
From common soldiers to royalty
We thought about not fleeing the country, but we could not survive if we stayed
With regrets in our hearts, with our power, we lay our weapons lay down and put them away
Crying as though we were burying our love ones in death
The year 1975
The heaven flipped, the earth twisted
The heaven unraveled, the earth turned
There was nothing left of the little country of Laos
The foundation of our nation fell apart
There was anger, anger
From common soldiers to royalty
We thought of not letting go of our country Laos
But we were scared we would die if stayed
With regrets in our hearts, with our power, we lay our weapons lay down and put them away
And cried ourselves to sleep, we cried in our dreams, waking up from those dreams, we cried
The little country of Laos fell
There was anger, anger
From royals to the rest of the nation. Those who had the money to escape the country
They had money to pay their passage on boats
They royals ran away to the other side.
There was nothing left, leaving behind countrymen and women, who did not have money to pay the passage on boats
They fled for their survival but did not make to the other side, dying the way they came...drowning in rivers, lost in the jungle, starving to death in valleys
They had no clothes or cloth to cover their bodies, no coffin lid to close on them
They gave their flesh as food for...
43 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.