Emotional & Honest Podcasts
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Feelings & Co. podcasts explore the full spectrum of human emotions. Hosted by Nora McInerny and others, our shows are rooted in emotional honesty, offering stories that range from deeply touching to delightfully humorous. Discover our chart-topping podcasts including Terrible, Thanks for Asking, It’s Going to be OK, The Terrible Reading Club, Refamulating, and Time Capsule: The Silver Chain. Explore the full list below.
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9. “The Night The Lights Went Out” With Drew Magary
Our brains and our minds are fragile, and they're housed in our fragile little human bodies that just break unexpectedly. That's where Drew Magary found himself: the owner of a broken…
June 27, 2023
8. “You’d Be Home Now” With Kathleen Glasgow
Adolescence is generally a pretty terrible part of a person's life. Being a teenager is hard! It (often) sucks! But reading about teenagers doesn't suck, and one of Nora's favorite…
June 27, 2023
7. “We Are Not Like Them” With Christine Pride
For the past few years, the U.S. has been in the midst of a racial reckoning, and though today's book is a piece of fiction it is, like all fiction,…
June 27, 2023
6. “Conversations With People Who Hate Me” With Dylan Marron
Part of what's terrible sometimes is how easy it is for people to hate each other. And how hard it is for people to TALK to each other in meaningful…
June 27, 2023
5. “Saving Us” With Katharine Hayhoe
If you're sent into an anxiety spiral every time you hear the words “climate change,” you're not alone. Everything we read these days tells us that the clock is ticking…
June 27, 2023
4. “The Ugly Cry” With Danielle Henderson
There are people in the world who were once kids who grew up without the kind of parents you see on '90s sitcoms, kids whose parents abdicated all responsibility, who…
June 27, 2023
3. “Between Two Kingdoms” With Suleika Jaouad
When sickness has become the center of your life, when the goal posts move from “get better” to “live,” you do not simply wake up better and get on with…
June 27, 2023
2. “The Anthropocene Reviewed” With John Green
John Green is one of Nora's favorite observers of humanity, in part because of how gentle he is with even the most maddening parts of human existence: illness (both mental…
June 27, 2023
1. “Dusk, Night, Dawn” With Anne Lamott
When Nora lost her dad, her second pregnancy, and her husband in the fall of 2015, people gifted her a lot of books. Why? Because people want to say and…
June 27, 2023
From the Archives: Witness
We are taking a break this summer (not a vacation!) to produce new stories, so we are sharing some of our favorite episodes while we’re working. This episode was first broadcast…
June 27, 2023
43. Leticia’s Lily Pads
Leticia lost her oldest son Anthony to suicide. On her ranch in the country, she’s able to find pockets of okay every day. Leticia Ochoa Adams is a speaker and…
June 27, 2023
42. The Ocotillo
Nora moved to the desert, and found a dead plant in her yard. Turns out, it was not only dead, but it was a metaphor for being alive.
June 26, 2023
41. Not Today, Milk
Life often tries to get us down, but we’re not about to add spilled milk to that list!
June 23, 2023
40. The Mom Tax
When people become parents, they get moved into a new tax bracket that is specific to being a mom, dad or caregiver. Parents are able to cash in on the…
June 22, 2023
39. Breakaway
We all know the adage that we can’t judge books by their covers. Still, Feelings & Co producer Jordan Turgeon couldn’t help but be surprised when a fellow coffee shop…
June 21, 2023
