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By The Oregonian/OregonLiveSociety & CultureHealth & FitnessMental HealthEducationSelf-ImprovementRelationships
Why Tho? The Podcast episodes
- Why Tho? the Podcast: Unspoken tattoo rules
Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss the Jonah Hill controversy with his former girlfriend Sarah Brady and what boundaries actually are. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast!
More:
- Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/
- Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup
- Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at [email protected] or tweet @lizzzyacker!
- You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at [email protected] or tweeting her @hello_destiny!
- Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html
26 min - Why Tho? the Podcast: Why are people so insufferable about birthdays?
Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss "birthday people." For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast!
More:
- Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/
- Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup
- Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at [email protected] or tweet @lizzzyacker!
- You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at [email protected] or tweeting her @hello_destiny!
- Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here:
39 min - Why Tho? the Podcast: Jonah Hill and boundaries
Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss the Jonah Hill controversy with his former girlfriend Sarah Brady and what boundaries actually are. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast!
More:
- Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/
- Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup
- Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at [email protected] or tweet @lizzzyacker!
- You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at [email protected] or tweeting her @hello_destiny!
- Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html
38 min - Why Tho? the Podcast: Can I pick my neighbor's fruit?
Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss if it's okay to pick fruit if it's hanging over a sidewalk or is on a parking strip? For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast!
More:
- Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/
- Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup
- Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at [email protected] or tweet @lizzzyacker!
- You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at [email protected] or tweeting her @hello_destiny!
- Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html
26 min - Why Tho? the Podcast: Can you ask your free babysitter to clean up your home?
Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss whether or not you get what you pay for with free childcare. Can you ask your free babysitter to clean up after your kid? What degree of mess constitutes this? For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast!
More:
- Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/
- Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup
- Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at [email protected] or tweet @lizzzyacker!
- You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at [email protected] or tweeting her @hello_destiny!
- Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html
29 min - Why Tho? the Podcast: Do I approach a stranger with their fly down?
Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss the perils of public transit and whether they'd approach a stranger. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast!
More:
- Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/
- Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup
- Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at [email protected] or tweet @lizzzyacker!
- You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at [email protected] or tweeting her @hello_destiny!
- Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html
24 min - Why Tho? the Podcast: How do I stay in the moment?
Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss how to live in the moment when you're feeling stuck in life. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast!
More:
- Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/
- Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup
- Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at [email protected] or tweet @lizzzyacker!
- You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at [email protected] or tweeting her @hello_destiny!
- Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html
51 min - Why Tho? the Podcast: Can I be mad that my bridesmaid didn't tell me she was pregnant?
This episode originally aired on June 15, 2023 before Why Tho? the Podcast moved to its own feed.
Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss who is the "bad guy" in a situation with a pregnant bridesmaid and possible bridezilla. What do you think?
More:
- Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/
- Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup
- Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at [email protected] or tweet @lizzzyacker!
- You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at [email protected] or tweeting her @hello_destiny!
- Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html
40 min - Why Tho? the Podcast: Should I break up with my hair dresser over memes?
This episode originally aired on June 8, 2023 before Why Tho? the Podcast moved to its own feed.
What should you do if you find out your hairdresser is sending violent memes to public figure on social media? Is that cause to break off your relationship with them? The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker is here to give you advice for life on this and more. She's joined by producer Destiny Johnson and they talk out this conundrum (and share stories) that will be distilled into her popular advice column Why Tho, which comes out on Tuesdays on Oregonlive.com. Come spend ~30 minutes with your new internet BFFS.
More:
- Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/
- Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup
- Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at [email protected] or tweet @lizzzyacker!
- You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at [email protected] or tweeting her @hello_destiny!
- Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html
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About Why Tho? The Podcast
From the publisher's feed
Why Tho? The Podcast goes behind the scenes of Lizzy Acker's advice column for The Oregonian/OregonLive. Listen each week as Lizzy and producer Destiny Johnson dig into reader questions and dilemmas. Look for the Why Tho? column every Tuesday, podcast every Thursday and a daily advice newsletter that also includes advice from Dear Abby, Ask Amy and others at oregonlive.com/newsletters. Find Lizzy's past advice columns at oregonlive.com/whytho.
About Lizzy:
Lizzy Acker is a reporter on the Life & Culture team and the author of the advice column, "Why Tho?" She covers everything from ice cream to Oregon's legal psilocybin program to car-less travel. She was born in Oregon and began her journalism career in high school as a writer for the Corvallis Gazette-Times' teen page, "Hardly Minor." Her book of short stories, "Monster Party," was published in 2010.
About Destiny:
Destiny Johnson is a three-time Regional Murrow Award-winning social media producer at The Oregonian/OregonLive. She started her career in television journalism in her home state of Florida before moving to the Portland NBC affiliate station KGW. She has been at The Oregonian/OregonLive in 2022. She now focuses on nerd-centric and community-based stories. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism with a focus in photography from the University of Florida in 2016. She also thinks it’s weird to write about herself in third person but likes plants, crocheting and hanging out with her dog when she’s not doing the journalism thing.