Thanks For Asking
Feelings & Co.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!
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 314 | Founded | 10 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Mental HealthSociety & CulturePersonal JournalsHealth & Fitness | |||
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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 reclaiming his life. In this episode, Evan tells us what he’s been up to and also surprises us with how ... more
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 then in 2011, when her husband was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Over a decade later, thank... more
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 palate cleanser. Nora and friend of the pod Kate Kennedy are here to deliver some silliness with the w... more
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 grieving partner, missing the love of your life. But what if the person who died was actually kind of a h... more
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Updated November 2025; I have been a listener since the original format and have been hanging on for dear life the past several years hoping Nora will return to the original format. I have not been able to get through an episode for years. The episode released today is cringy and her guest has a voice that is like nails down the chalkboard. Incredibly boring, rehashed topic. Sadly, this pod is just taking up space so I will be unsubscribing.
10/5/21; so very pleased that the TTFA format appear... more
Apple Podcasts5treehouse50
United States2 months ago - Love you Nora!
Nora takes dark topics, shines a light on them and makes them interesting and funny. Thanks Nora from Melbourne Australia
Apple Podcasts5D C 2019
Australia3 months ago - Not the same.
I’ve been listening to this since the beginning, like 2017 or ‘18. Nora has become so vapid, it’s hard to listen to what this has become. She loves the smell of her own farts.
Apple Podcasts1SDSSTLUnited States3 months ago - The BFF you need while living life
Thanks Nora. Love your episodes and the therapy you provide of all of those living with our wounds wide open.
Apple Podcasts5KentuckyMomofTwoUnited States3 months ago - OMG!!
I love your podcast!! I’m 68, and love the reminder-“eyes on your own paper”!!
Apple Podcasts5I can’t think of a nickname!!United States3 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #19 | United States/Society & Culture/Personal Journals |
Apple Podcasts | #12 |  Canada/Society & Culture/Personal Journals |
Apple Podcasts | #66 |  United Kingdom/Society & Culture/Personal Journals |
Apple Podcasts | #195 | Canada/Society & Culture |
Apple Podcasts | #50 |  Italy/Society & Culture/Personal Journals |
Apple Podcasts | #68 | Australia/Society & Culture/Personal Journals |
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1. Peter Silberman
2. Rebecca Woolf
3. Will Anderson
4. Tracy Koski
5. Laura Lynne Jackson
6. Kate Kennedy
7. Tracie Ducksworth
8. Kathy Barker
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