Terrible, Thanks for Asking

“Terrible, Thanks For Asking” is a show by author Nora McInerny that lets real people get real honest about how they’re really doing. It’s sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and almost always both. A production of Feelings & Co.

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March 25, 2025 • Ep. • 1 hr 4 min

Update: Back Into The Void

In this episode, we get an update from widower David Cherson. This is the first part of a two-part series called Life of a Lonely Widower. For Life of a Lonely Widower (Part 2) and other full episodes, the full back catalog and a listener community, you can join us here. Want to be on…

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  • Update: Back Into The Void

    In this episode, we get an update from widower David Cherson. This is the first part of a two-part series called Life of a Lonely Widower. For Life of a Lonely Widower (Part 2) and other full episodes, the full...

    March 25, 2025

  • Out of The Void, Into The Dating Pool

    In this episode, we get an update from widower David Cherson. This is the first part of a two-part series called Life of a Lonely Widower. For Life of a Lonely Widower (Part 2) and other full episodes, the full...

    March 25, 2025

  • Ep. 5.5 – IGTBO, TFA (Part 2)

    Take a break from the doom and disaster and reset your psyche with some okay things. We won’t ever say “everything is going to be okay” but we will do our best to find and focus on even the littlest...

    March 18, 2025

  • Ep. 5 – Some Regrets

    I cannot trust anyone who says No Regrets. Because really…you don’t have ANY? NONE?! Are you sure about that? I can tend towards the opposite mentality myself, but in between No Regrets and All Regrets is a safe middle ground...

    March 11, 2025

  • Some Regrets

    I cannot trust anyone who says No Regrets. Because really…you don’t have ANY? NONE?! Are you sure about that? I can tend towards the opposite mentality myself, but in between No Regrets and All Regrets is a safe middle ground...

    March 11, 2025

  • Creativity, Burnout and Life Beyond Productivity with Maria Bowler

    Rise and Grind, Girlbosses! It’s time to GROWTH HACK your way to your BEST SELF and make this the ULTIMATE year. If you don’t have time, you can make time, because excuses are no excuse. Just kidding! Like so many...

    March 4, 2025

  • I Hate My Friend’s Partner…What Do I Do About It?

    Do you say something? Do you shut up? I’m just one woman with an opinion, so I took your calls and texts to answer this listener question: do you say something when your friend is in a relationship with someone...

    February 25, 2025

  • Worrying, Fresh Retirement and Movie Extras

    If it’s Tuesday, the phone lines are open and operators (me) are standing by. Today we’re talk to callers from Honolulu to North Carolina about everything from worrying to working as an extra on Hallmark movies to existential crises. Learn...

    February 18, 2025

  • Ep. 3.5 – Worrying, Fresh Retirement and Movie Extras

    If it’s Tuesday, the phone lines are open and operators (me) are standing by. Today we’re talk to callers from Honolulu to North Carolina about everything from worrying to working as an extra on Hallmark movies to existential crises. Learn...

    February 18, 2025

  • AI Wife

    As a widow, I get many emails from other widows. But this one – from a man who created an AI version of his dead wife – was definitely a first. And I knew I had to talk to him....

    February 11, 2025

  • Ep. 3- AI Wife

    As a widow, I get many emails from other widows. But this one – from a man who created an AI version of his dead wife – was definitely a first. And I knew I had to talk to him....

    February 11, 2025

  • Are You Lonely?

    Loneliness is, according to people who know about these things, an epidemic on par with smoking and obesity. It affects our physical and mental health…and it seems like it’s affecting everyone. Today’s callers are experiencing loneliness in many different ways...

    January 28, 2025

  • Ep. 2 – Are You Lonely?

    Loneliness is, according to people who know about these things, an epidemic on par with smoking and obesity. It affects our physical and mental health…and it seems like it’s affecting everyone. Today’s callers are experiencing loneliness in many different ways...

    January 28, 2025

  • The Kindness of Strangers

    THINGS ARE DEFINITELY NOT OK RIGHT NOW! We know it. You know it. Your dog knows it (who told her??). But even when things are terrible, there’s something out there — however small — that is at least okay. Today’s...

    January 22, 2025

  • Ep. 1.5 – The Kindness of Strangers

    THINGS ARE DEFINITELY NOT OK RIGHT NOW! We know it. You know it. Your dog knows it (who told her??). But even when things are terrible, there’s something out there — however small — that is at least okay. Today’s...

    January 22, 2025

  • Interdependence, Trump Flags, and Taylor Swift

    The first episode of our new call-in show is here, and we have two callers who seemed to be totally unrelated: a new rancher in Texas, and a Swiftie with Cerebral Palsy in New York. But (get your red string...

    January 14, 2025

  • Ep. 01 – Interdependence, Trump Flags, and Taylor Swift

    The first episode of our new call-in show is here, and we have two callers who seemed to be totally unrelated: a new rancher in Texas, and a Swiftie with Cerebral Palsy in New York. But (get your red string...

    January 14, 2025

  • Ep. 1 – Interdependence, Trump Flags, and Taylor Swift

    The first episode of our new call-in show is here, and we have two callers who seemed to be totally unrelated: a new rancher in Texas, and a Swiftie with Cerebral Palsy in New York. But (get your red string...

    January 14, 2025

  • The Year of Less: Vision Boards, Awards, What’s Next in 2025

    It’s been awhile since we’ve been in your feed, probably because we took a hiatus in March of 2024. Nearly a year later, we have some clarity on what’s next (it’s exciting!). The new show will launch on January 14,...

    January 10, 2025

  • You’re Not Lazy, You’re Overwhelmed (feat. Kendra Adachi, The Lazy Genius)

    In case you didn't know, we're still making episodes that are available exclusively on Nora's Substack! We wanted to give all of our listeners a little preview of our most recent episode! Consider joining Nora's Substack to listen to the...

    December 26, 2024

  • I Will Do Better feat. Charles Bock

    In case you didn't know, we're still making episodes that are available exclusively on Nora's Substack! We wanted to give all of our listeners a little preview of our most recent episode! Consider joining Nora's Substack to listen to the...

    December 19, 2024

  • Update: Behind The Scammer feat. Celisia Stanton

    In case you didn't know, we're still making episodes that are available exclusively on Nora's Substack! We wanted to give all of our listeners a little preview of our most recent episode! Consider joining Nora's Substack to listen to the...

    December 17, 2024

  • Am I grieving right? With Dr. Katherine Shear

    In case you didn't know, we're still making episodes that are available exclusively on Nora's Substack! We wanted to give all of our listeners a little preview of our most recent episode! Consider joining Nora's Substack to listen to the...

    November 26, 2024

  • Am I grieving right? With Dr. Katherine Shear

    In case you didn't know, we're still making two episodes a month for our Patreon and Apple Plus subscribers. We wanted to give all of our listeners a little preview of our most recent episode! Consider joining TTFA Premium on...

    November 26, 2024

  • Am I grieving right? With Dr. Katherine Shear

    In case you didn't know, we're still making two episodes a month for our Patreon and Apple Plus subscribers. We wanted to give all of our listeners a little preview of our most recent episode! Consider joining TTFA Premium on...

    November 26, 2024