Thanks For Asking
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Thanks For Asking
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. In case you didn't know, we're still making episodes that are available exclusively on Nora's Substack!
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Dead Sibling Society (Part 1)
If you lose a spouse, you’re a widow. If you lose your parents, an orphan. But we don’t have the language for someone who lost a sibling – your first...
Under a Cloud of Loss
This episode originally ran in 2016, and we pulled it out of the archives to share with you here, and to kick off a new season of TTFA Anthologies, wh...
There’s Someone Dying Upstairs (Part 2)
“Can I move in with you?”
Laurel Louise Anderson (lovingly called Miss Ma’am) posed the question to our producer and her son, Marcel Male...
There’s Someone Dying Upstairs (Part 1)
“Can I move in with you?”
Laurel Louise Anderson (lovingly called Miss Ma’am) posed the question to our producer and her son, Marcel Male...
Wind Phone (Part 2)
What would you say to your dead person? We’re listening in on the Wind Phone.
You can find a wind phone near you here, or call us to lea...
Okay Boomers
“Okay, boomer” will go down in history as one of the funniest (and truest) ways to shut down a boomer whining about younger generations who just don’t...
The Return of Ralph: It’s Going to be OK
Things are not good in the world right now, and you don’t need us to tell you that. But despair is also not good. Having no hope is not good. And Nora...
Update: The Fat Guy with the Alcohol
It’s been a year and a half since we aired an episode where we spoke with Evan about his past and his current health journey of losing weight and recl...
How Do You Grieve Someone Who Isn’t Dead with the Antlers
Today, Nora interviews Peter Silberman of the Antlers, a band whose album Hospice changed her life twice: first in 2010, after a horrible breakup, and...
When Grandma and Grandpa Die, Can I Have Their iPad? with Kate Kennedy
The world is not especially great right now. In the midst of all the chaos and nightmare fuel, today’s episode of Thanks for Asking is an emotional pa...
Normalize “bad women” with Rebecca Woolf
Being a widow is complicated. On top of the earth-shattering grief you experience, there’s a huge societal pressure to be the perfect image of a griev...
IGTBO: Widow Weddings, Sleepovers, and My Dead Uncle’s Sweater
You’ve seen the headlines. You’ve looked at the world. You know, like we do, that not everything is going to be OK. But to start 2026, we’re going to...
The Wind Phone: Part 1
If you have known loss, you know how it feels to pick up the phone to call your person only to realize they won’t answer. This episode is all about yo...
Happyish Holidays 2025
It’s time for Happyish Holidays, 2025 edition! Though we might not see you in person this year, Nora’s still here to listen to and tell your holiday s...
Goodbye, 2025
2025 is coming to a close, if you can believe it. If you’re feeling stressed (and maybe a little relieved) that the end of the year is here, you aren’...
Baby Wants a Gas Mask
Kids ask for the darndest things, and this year, Nora’s youngest asked for… a gas mask. An old-timey gas mask. So, she asked for the weirdest things t...
Your Pettiest Crimes with Caroline Moss
The holiday season can be tough – so we’re taking a break to (anonymously) celebrate some petty crimes. Nora is joined by fan favorite Caroline Moss o...
The Grief Album of the Year with Will Anderson
If you know love and loss, you know how music can transport us to a moment that time stole from us. And if you know grief, you know how simultaneously...
AITA: I Want to Leave My Dying Boyfriend
Her boyfriend is dying… What should she do? When you’re faced with the possibility of joining the Hot Young Widows Club, you get slammed with a millio...
THANKS-giving
The holiday season is hard for most people. Maybe you’re feeling a fresh loss, maybe you’re dealing with an annoying relative, maybe you’re just feeli...
How to Con a Catfish
How do you get back into dating after being widowed? It’s something we’ve talked about before on Thanks for Asking, but never quite like this – becaus...
Talking to My Dead Husband with Psychic Medium Laura Lynne Jackson
Last year, Laura Lynne Jackson changed Nora’s life forever – she helped Nora talk to Aaron ten years after his death. Today, they reunite to talk abou...
Digitally Crushed by Grief
There are times we expect grief to hit us: death anniversaries, birthdays, holidays. But when grief attacks us out of nowhere, what do we do? How do w...
Help, My Parents Are Hoarders!
What is it like to have hoarders for parents? Today, Nora and guest Jane Marie are telling you about it with audience submissions and real-life storie...
Should I Go Back to Work? with Kate Kennedy
Today, Nora and guest host Kate Kennedy discuss the least controversial topic ever: motherhood and work. When a listener wrote about the anxiety she w...
I’m Getting in the Casket With You w/Caroline Moss
We loved the stories about your adult friendships so much we had to make a part two featuring your voicemails! Join Nora and Caroline Moss of Gee Than...
The IBS in Me Recognizes the IBS in You w/Caroline Moss
This is a PSA: you’re not too old to make a best friend. Just because you no longer have assigned seating in a classroom or a playground or playdates...
From The Archives: October 8, 1988
Suffering can feel like such a singular experience -- like there’s no one else in the world who understands what we’re going through. But sometimes, i...
Prescription for a Widow
When can a widow date again? Would you believe it if we told you that the answer lies in the Real Housewives of New York? Today, that’s what Nora’s do...
22 & Struggling (is it just me??)
Even if you have not been 22 with an abusive ex-boyfriend, broke, homesick, and friendless in a new city, you have, at one point or another, felt like...
You’re Not Too Old, It’s Not Too Late Part 2(with Cheryl Sparks)
Last week, Nora set out to prove that no one is ever too old and it's never too late to try something entirely new. The mailbox was so full of amazing...
You're Not Too Old, It's Not Too Late(with Jamie Golden)
Nora recently got a question that asked, “Is 31 too old to pivot into a new career?” The short answer: NO! You’re not too old and it’s not too late to...
Gen Z Dating is Weird: Your Calls
What matters to you matters to me. That’s why I make sure to take time to do live calls and answer your questions. In this episode, we talk Gen Z dati...
Dead People Lore
Have you ever heard something really weird about someone… but at their funeral? I found out that allegedly my dad RODE A MOTORCYCLE. I wanted to hear...
Patients Over Profits
Nurses are the backbone of healthcare. From tending to patients to dealing with doctors, nurses do all the things. In honor of Labor Day, our favorite...
TFA x IMO: Michelle Obama Told Me I'm Not a Loser!
In this brief episode, Nora poses a question to Craig Robinson and Michelle Obama. And boy do they deliver!
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The Widower (Girl, run)
Every once and a while, we get an email that Nora just can’t resist making an entire episode about. This week’s subject is dating a widower – but is s...
Hysterectomies, Health Insurance, and Husbands: TFA Live-Call In #1
Nora started this show because she wants to talk to YOU, the listener, about what matters to you. So today, she talks to listeners about it all : gett...
Giving Away the Farm
Kathy Barker isn’t just the founder of Barker Farm – she’s a mother, an advocate for mental health awareness and breaking the stigma of food insecurit...
Update: How to Lose Your Name with Hayley Paige (Cheval)
It's been a few years since we last spoke with Hayley Paige about the legal battle that took her ideas, her job and her identity. In this episode, we...