Relationships

Love, friendship, and everything in between—relationships are the threads that weave through our lives, often messy, sometimes broken, but always essential. Here, we talk about the highs and lows of connecting with others, the joy of finding your people, and the heartache when things fall apart. Because relationships are complicated, and sometimes just hearing someone else’s story can make you feel a little less alone.

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  • From The Archives: Nathan

    Warning: This episode contains discussions of suicide and suicidal ideation. Nathan always knew he was different growing up. He also knew the LDS church had certain expectations of him: He’d…

    July 18, 2023

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  • 53. Emoji Games

    Sometimes, when Feelings & Co producer Jordan Turgeon gets a text message from her friend Marie, it’s actually Marie on the other end. But sometimes, it’s her 3-year-old son communicating…

    July 11, 2023

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  • 38. Traffic Control

    If you’ve ever stood in line to use a women’s bathroom, you know things can get chaotic. But one night at the Taylor Swift concert in Glendale, Arizona, a bathroom…

    June 20, 2023

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  • 35. Arizona Goths

    An ode to the teenagers who wear black hoodies and jeans in the middle of an Arizona summer.

    June 15, 2023

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  • 22. Little Moments Of Intimacy

    Sometimes you get stuck behind a bunch of bros at a concert, and it ruins your experience. But at a War on Drugs concert in 2021, Nora stood behind the…

    May 29, 2023

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  • 14. Go Team

    Nora’s not a natural joiner, but you know what always gets her? The power of strangers rallying together in small and unexpectedly heartwarming ways.

    May 17, 2023

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  • Nora Needs a New Dad

    Nora’s dad died in 2014 from pretty much all of the cancers, leaving her mom Margaret without her life partner of almost 50 years … and leaving Nora without a…

    February 14, 2023

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  • Debt, Lies, and Other Things Our Parents Leave Us

    Identity theft is something many of us are familiar with, but we have a specific image of what this looks like – our data being stolen online, or someone getting…

    February 7, 2023

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  • Between Two Widows

    Michael Allio was a fan favorite on Katie Thurston’s season of “The Bachelorette,” applauded for the vulnerability he showed as he talked about losing his wife, Laura, to cancer and…

    November 8, 2022

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  • Para-Mom

    When Leah Nixon woke up in the hospital after a construction accident and learned she was paralyzed from the chest down, she wondered how she’d go about starting a family…

    September 20, 2022

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  • Born Fat

    Genna is fat. They are also queer and nonbinary. All of these things can make a person feel marginalized in a straight, cisgender, thin-obsessed society … but for Genna, it’s…

    September 6, 2022

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  • The Missing Puzzle Piece

    Chelsea’s mom and unborn brother died in a car accident on Chelsea’s first birthday, leaving little Chelsea and her grief-stricken father behind to piece back together their shattered life. As…

    June 28, 2022

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  • Asking for a Friend

    When romantic relationships end, there’s usually a clean cut – a moment, a conversation, an argument that ends things for good. When friendships dissolve, the break is usually way less…

    June 21, 2022

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  • Saved As Draft

    Why do we hold on to things we no longer need? For many of us, it’s because they remind us of who we were and who we thought we might…

    June 7, 2022

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  • Matchmaker, Make Me a Match

    Last year, we did a virtual live show on Valentine’s Day, and Nora — who considers herself a bit of a matchmaker — did some matchmaking. And while she was…

    May 31, 2022

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