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.

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.

 

#208

Getting Married Again Doesn’t Make You A Bad Widow with Leslie Harter-Berg

I get questions all the time about being a remarried widow. How did I do it? How did I kno... more

05 May 2026

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:16

05 May 2026


#207

IGTBO: A Goose-Forward Home with Sharon McMahon

Here on IGTBO, we're not about toxic positivity -- we're about finding things that are goo... more

01 May 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:06

01 May 2026


#206

Advice-cast: The Worst Thing to Say When Someone’s Grieving, Feeling like a Loser at Work, and Tryin...

Thanks for Asking is a group project – we could not make this show without you. You’re not... more

28 Apr 2026

54 MINS

54:58

28 Apr 2026


#205

Food, Forgiveness and the Cost of Being Thin: A Conversation with Geneen Roth

Every woman in the world has shared one feeling: that their body is wrong. We like to say ... more

21 Apr 2026

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:11

21 Apr 2026


#204

Baja Blast Your Body (feat. Ralph)

This week on It's Going To Be OK: a 13-year-old boy tries to convince his mother that he s... more

17 Apr 2026

50 MINS

50:19

17 Apr 2026


#203

Honest Motherhood with Libby Ward

What makes a good mom? Is it adhering to the perfectly packaged image of a shiny, happy wo... more

14 Apr 2026

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:19

14 Apr 2026


#202

Friends To The End: Cancer, Friendship and Grief

Listen to TTFA Anthologies on [⁠Spotify⁠] (https://open.spotify.com/show/1PVJEYtSE2kb5guvL... more

09 Apr 2026

52 MINS

52:52

09 Apr 2026


#201

How you {really} are: Aging parents, falling out of love with your work, disappointing gender reveal...

Today, we're giving validation, pep talks and space to vent for listeners struggling with:... more

07 Apr 2026

50 MINS

50:21

07 Apr 2026


#200

A Daily Dose of Wonder with Kelly Corrigan

You know what makes things feel more okay? Kelly Corrigan, the host of Kelly Corrigan Wond... more

03 Apr 2026

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:45

03 Apr 2026


#199

AI Deadbots Want To Cure Your Grief

As long as people have been grieving, we have found a way to memorialize our dead people. ... more

31 Mar 2026

59 MINS

59:23

31 Mar 2026


#198

I Can’t Have Kids and My Friends Are Pregnant

On today’s episode, we hear from Cora Danielson, a comic who has been wrestling with somet... more

24 Mar 2026

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:32

24 Mar 2026


#197

Middle School Divorcee | It's Going to be OK with Elise Loehnen

We would never tell you that everything is going to be OK, but we will tell you that somet... more

20 Mar 2026

54 MINS

54:00

20 Mar 2026


#196

Wind Phone (Part 3)

What would you say to your dead person? We’re listening in on the Wind Phone.  You can fin... more

17 Mar 2026

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:01

17 Mar 2026


#195

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 h... more

10 Mar 2026

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:09

10 Mar 2026


#194

Under a Cloud of Loss

This episode originally ran in 2016, and we pulled it out of the archives to share with yo... more

03 Mar 2026

51 MINS

51:06

03 Mar 2026


#193

There’s Someone Dying Upstairs (Part 2)

 “Can I move in with you?” Laurel Louise Anderson (lovingly called Miss Ma’am) posed the q... more

26 Feb 2026

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:58

26 Feb 2026


#192

There’s Someone Dying Upstairs (Part 1)

“Can I move in with you?” Laurel Louise Anderson (lovingly called Miss Ma’am) posed the qu... more

24 Feb 2026

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:46

24 Feb 2026


#191

Wind Phone (Part 2)

What would you say to your dead person? We’re listening in on the Wind Phone.  You can fin... more

17 Feb 2026

42 MINS

42:29

17 Feb 2026


#190

Okay Boomers

“Okay, boomer” will go down in history as one of the funniest (and truest) ways to shut do... more

11 Feb 2026

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:30

11 Feb 2026


#189

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 de... more

06 Feb 2026

50 MINS

50:18

06 Feb 2026


#188

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 p... more

03 Feb 2026

48 MINS

48:49

03 Feb 2026


#187

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 ... more

27 Jan 2026

1 HR 31 MINS

1:31:54

27 Jan 2026


#186

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 f... more

20 Jan 2026

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:33

20 Jan 2026


#185

Normalize “bad women” with Rebecca Woolf

Being a widow is complicated. On top of the earth-shattering grief you experience, there’s... more

13 Jan 2026

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:24

13 Jan 2026


#184

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 ever... more

09 Jan 2026

40 MINS

40:28

09 Jan 2026


#183

The Wind Phone: Part 1

 If you have known loss, you know how it feels to pick up the phone to call your person on... more

06 Jan 2026

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:01

06 Jan 2026


#182

Happyish Holidays 2025

It’s time for Happyish Holidays, 2025 edition! Though we might not see you in person this ... more

23 Dec 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:50

23 Dec 2025


#181

Goodbye, 2025

 2025 is coming to a close, if you can believe it. If you’re feeling stressed (and maybe a... more

16 Dec 2025

45 MINS

45:47

16 Dec 2025