9/11 Boy: Growing up with grief with David Ferrugio
25 years ago, the United States was rocked by the tragedy of 9/11. American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 struck the Nor...
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Terrible, Thanks For Asking
You know how every day someone asks "how are you?" And even if you’re totally dying inside, you just say "fine," so everyone can go about their day? This show is the opposite of that. Hosted...
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459. The Portal Is Open with Caroline Moss
Some things are just a little too perfect to be random – and this is coined by Nora and guest Caroline Moss as “the portal opening.” In toda...
We Need To Talk About Post-Partum Psychosis: Ayana Lage On Her Memoir and The Case of Lindsay Clancy
Ayane Lage is the author of Missing Me: A memoir of post-partum psychosis and the long road back, her own first-hand account of an often-mis...
My Mother's Money: Beth Pinsker on Finances and End of Life
If we’re lucky, we’ll all be old someday. America is gradually getting older. According to the US government, since 2001, the national media...
Toddler Sunday Hits Different: Finding the OK in the World with Kate Kennedy
If you’re on the brink right now, you aren’t alone. As the Summer of Surrender comes to an end, Nora wanted to bring you an episode that was...
This Story Doesn’t Have A Happy Ending: Losing a Sibling to Opioid Overdose with Steph Wittels Wachs
Most friendships start because you have something in common: work, hobbies, fashion, books, sense of humor. But not all friendships are form...
Polyamory Is Easier When One Of Them Is Dead: Answering Widow Questions with Rebecca Woolf
People tend to tiptoe around anything to do with widowhood. We know that people are clumsy with their words and their actions, and often, th...
He Was A Mirror Of Me: Trauma, Memories, and Family Myths Changing Lives
Our lives are shaped by our families. Not just our habits, family recipes, and noses – our stories, too. You probably know stories about you...
He Was A Mirror Of Me: Trauma, Memories, and Family Myths Changing Lives
Our lives are shaped by our families. Not just our habits, family recipes, and noses – our stories, too. You probably know stories about you...
Crusty Soul Energy with Elizabeth Kott
On today’s episode, Nora is joined by Elizabeth Kott to renew your hope in humanity and give you your much-needed dose of OK. If you continu...
Help! I Was Dumped By A Widow
People are clumsy when it comes to widows – we’ve made a handful of episodes about just how clumsy we can be. But we don’t often talk about...
456. Is This a 90s Summer? with Jo Piazza
Some days, OK things are all around us and naming them is a breeze. On other days, it feels like you have never, EVER been OK in your entire...
The Best at Suffering Award: Maggie Smith on Life After Divorce and Letting Go of Perfection
When you’re a planner and life throws you a big, rusty wrench, how do you live in the aftermath? If you’re anything like us, you desire cont...
9 Things You Need To Hear If You're Struggling: Laura McKowen on addiction, guilt, and recovery
Drinking is a really acceptable thing in the US. Most towns have liquor stores on every few corners. Every home decor store has products wit...
A Bluebird Day with Laura McKowen
What’s okay with Laura McKowen right now? After we talk about the weather (and who doesn’t love to talk about the weather?) we go on a journ...
SUMMER OF SURRENDER: Let’s give up, girls
There is no shame in giving up, despite the fact that the #Girlboss from the 2010s in us all might be rolling over in her metaphorical grave...
Uprooted: What Can Happen When a Black Child Is Transracially Adopted by a White Family?
Adoption is often viewed as a happy ending, and sometimes it is! But for Thenedra, her experiences as a child in the foster care system and...
Nothing Starts on Sunday but Birth Control with Courtney Maum
If you’ve been feeling like life is throwing everything at you all at once – burnout, exhaustion, chaos – today’s episode is for you. Today,...
What happens after Viral Fame? Rebecca Black can tell you.
In 2011, it was impossible to escape the “Friday” music video. September 16, 2011 changed the trajectory of pop culture – and of 13-year-old...
Happyish Complicated Father’s Day to all who struggle to celebrate! with Dayna Kathan
Father's Day can be complicated. In this special mini-episode, we hear an essay from writer Hannah Diaz titled No One Sent Flowers for the F...