Thanks For Asking podcast

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!

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!

 

#168

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 s... more

16 Sep 2025

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:44

16 Sep 2025


#167

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 an... more

12 Sep 2025

58 MINS

58:58

12 Sep 2025


#166

Dead People Lore

 Have you ever heard something really weird about someone… but at their funeral? I found o... more

09 Sep 2025

48 MINS

48:28

09 Sep 2025


#165

Patients Over Profits

Nurses are the backbone of healthcare. From tending to patients to dealing with doctors, n... more

01 Sep 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:36

01 Sep 2025


#164

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... more

29 Aug 2025

20 MINS

20:50

29 Aug 2025


#163

The Widower (Girl, run)

Every once and a while, we get an email that Nora just can’t resist making an entire episo... more

25 Aug 2025

48 MINS

48:07

25 Aug 2025


#162

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 ... more

19 Aug 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:19

19 Aug 2025


#161

Giving Away the Farm

Kathy Barker isn’t just the founder of Barker Farm – she’s a mother, an advocate for menta... more

12 Aug 2025

56 MINS

56:42

12 Aug 2025


#160

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 to... more

07 Aug 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:14

07 Aug 2025


#159

Tales of a Type B

Have you ever looked at Nora and wondered, what is going on inside her head? Today, you’re... more

05 Aug 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:30

05 Aug 2025


#158

Pull over on the freeway, it's a PowerPoint Emergency! | Corporate Horror Stories Pt. 2 with Becca P...

In this second installment of corporate horror stories, Nora is joined by Becca Platsky of... more

29 Jul 2025

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:22

29 Jul 2025


#157

Health Insurance Horror Stories

America has a healthcare problem. One of those problems is Health Insurance, which I have ... more

22 Jul 2025

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:25

22 Jul 2025


#156

Everyone is Lying To You: influencer culture with Jo Piazza

Influencers are the people (women!) that people (women!) love to hate. But they also have ... more

15 Jul 2025

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:25

15 Jul 2025


#155

Signs from the Other Side

I believe that our people never truly leave us. They stay with us. They live in us, always... more

08 Jul 2025

40 MINS

40:15

08 Jul 2025


#154

I Was the Other Woman... And He Died

As a widow, I get a lot of grief emails. But this one stopped me right in my tracks with t... more

01 Jul 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:29

01 Jul 2025


#153

How Do I Trust in Love When My Heart Has Been Broken?

Nora talks with Jess, a struggling caller who has found herself in a relationship with som... more

24 Jun 2025

52 MINS

52:37

24 Jun 2025


#152

UnWorld with Jayson Greene

In this episode, we catch back up with Jayson Greene, author of the memoir Once More We Sa... more

17 Jun 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:52

17 Jun 2025


#151

What Do People Do All Day?

In this first episode of the newest installment of Thanks for Asking, Nora hears from thre... more

10 Jun 2025

58 MINS

58:36

10 Jun 2025


#150

S3: I've Made a Huge Mistake

This is an episode from the new season of TTFA Anthologies, go to [⁠Apple Podcasts⁠] (http... more

05 Jun 2025

50 MINS

50:33

05 Jun 2025


#149

S3: Emergency! Banner Ads!

This is an episode from the new season of TTFA Anthologies, go to [Apple Podcasts] (https:... more

05 Jun 2025

35 MINS

35:58

05 Jun 2025


#148

Corporate Horror Stories

Work is not your life. Your life is not your work. We try really hard to separate them. Bu... more

03 Jun 2025

48 MINS

48:05

03 Jun 2025


#147

Help, I Said the Wrong Thing!

Breaking news: humans make mistakes. This is not a bad thing! Our mistakes are how we lear... more

27 May 2025

49 MINS

49:22

27 May 2025


#146

Finding Meaning In The New Age of Anxiety

The world doesn’t make a lot of sense right now, including other people and why they think... more

20 May 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:54

20 May 2025


#145

Pep Talks 2

Last week’s pep talk episode (https://noraborealis.substack.com/p/stop-being-mean-to-yours... more

13 May 2025

56 MINS

56:02

13 May 2025


#144

What It’s Like to Be a Brain Surgeon, with Dan Heath

Sharing an episode of “What It’s Like to Be…” from author Dan Heath. On the podcast, Dan e... more

08 May 2025

48 MINS

48:52

08 May 2025


#143

Her Parents Skipped Her Wedding(Estrangement)

Estrangement is one of those hot button topic that everyone has an opinion about, and here... more

06 May 2025

48 MINS

48:12

06 May 2025


#142

Pep Talks

Every once in a while, we all need a little bit of solicited motivation from someone total... more

29 Apr 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:11

29 Apr 2025


#141

You’re Lonely: What’s the prescription? An Interview with author Julia Hotz, author of The Connectio...

What if your doctor prescribed you a hiking group? A ceramics class? Not in place of whate... more

22 Apr 2025

52 MINS

52:01

22 Apr 2025