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Terrible, Thanks For Asking

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Feb 28, 2023 • 43min

Should I Have Kids?

TTFA producer Claire McInerny experienced an extreme weather event in 2021, a result of climate change, that left her worried about the future. She started channeling her anxiety about the future of our world into another important question she was asking herself: “Should I have kids?”In this episode, Claire tries to untangle her feelings around what the world will look like in the future with her desire to have a family of her own.—Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Consider joining TTFA Premium to get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.Our TTFA Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join us here.The episode transcript can be found here.—We’re lucky to only work with sponsors and brands we know and love. Using our links and codes saves you money and supports our independent production!ROTHY’S: Get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/TERRIBLETHE FARMER’S DOG: Get 50% off your first box at thefarmersdog.com/nora.SQUARESPACE: Visit squarespace.com/TTFA for a free trial and use offer code TTFA to save 10%OSEA: Head to oseamalibu.com and use code TTFA for 10% offYou can find our full sponsor list here.—Find TTFA on social:TTFA on Instagram | TTFA on FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 14, 2023 • 54min

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 dad. Does a 40-year-old married woman with four children of her own need a father figure in her life? Nora thinks so! But what does Margaret have to say about dating in your 70s?—Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Consider joining TTFA Premium to get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.Our TTFA Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join us here.You can find the episode transcript here.—We’re lucky to only work with sponsors and brands we know and love. Using our links and codes saves you money and supports our independent production!ROTHY’S: Get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/TERRIBLETHE FARMER’S DOG: Get 50% off your first box at thefarmersdog.com/nora.SQUARESPACE: Visit squarespace.com/TTFA for a free trial and use offer code TTFA to save 10%OSEA: Head to oseamalibu.com and use code TTFA for 10% offSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 7, 2023 • 46min

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 a hold of our social security number. But almost a third of identity theft crimes are committed by a family member. This episode tells the story of two people who experienced financial abuse at the hands of their parents.—Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Consider joining TTFA Premium to get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more. Our TTFA Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join us here.The episode transcript can be found here.—We’re lucky to only work with sponsors and brands we know and love. Using our links and codes saves you money and supports our independent production!ROTHY’S: Get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/TERRIBLETHE FARMER’S DOG: Get 50% off your first box at thefarmersdog.com/nora.VEGAMOUR: Visit vegamour.com/Terrible and use code Terrible to save 20% on your first orderOSEA: Head to oseamalibu.com and use code TTFA for 10% offYou can find our full sponsor list here.—Find TTFA on social:TTFA on Instagram | TTFA on Facebook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 24, 2023 • 47min

How To Lose Your Name

Cheval spent her entire life trying to be a wedding dress designer (she started sewing at 7 years old and studied fashion design in college). In her mid 20’s, she got her big break when a large fashion house hired her to design a wedding dress collection named after herself. But that dream only lasted eight years. She found herself in the middle of a legal battle that would take away her collection, her job as a designer, and eventually her name. —Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $5 / month. Sign up.Our Substack subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join here.Read the episode transcript here.Follow Cheval on Instagram @allthatglittersonthegram and check out her new shoe line at sheischeval.com.—Our social media:TTFA on InstagramTTFA on FacebookNora on InstagramNora on FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 10, 2023 • 32min

Into The Void

One thing we know about grief is that it needs a witness. That inside every griever is a nearly uncontrollable urge to make the people around us understand what we had and what we have now. In this episode, we are all David’s witnesses.—Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Consider joining TTFA Premium to get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more. Our TTFA Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join us here.You can read the episode transcript here.—We’re lucky to only work with sponsors and brands we know and love. Using our links and codes saves you money and supports our independent production!ROTHY’S: Get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/TERRIBLETHE FARMER’S DOG: Get 50% off your first box at thefarmersdog.com/nora.SQUARESPACE: Visit squarespace.com/TTFA for a free trial and use offer code TTFA to save 10%OSEA: Head to oseamalibu.com and use code TTFA for 10% offYou can find our full sponsor list here.—Find TTFA on social:TTFA on Instagram | TTFA on Facebook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 20, 2022 • 36min

Your Happyish Holiday Traditions

The happyish holiday season can be whatever the heck you want it to be, no matter what pressures you feel from family and friends and society. So, here’s to creating new traditions – and to the Terribles who shared theirs with us (and with you).Our Substack subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 13, 2022 • 48min

Happyish Holidays 2022

‘Tis the season! Our terrible holiday tradition is back, this time with more of your painful, sad, awkward holiday stories. Plus: boundary setting advice from Melissa Urban and a fiery Hanukkah story from Vanessa Zoltan.Our Substack subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join here.You can find the episode transcript here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 7, 2022 • 44min

Blocked and Reported

When Natalie Weaver stepped into the media spotlight to advocate for her 8-year-old daughter Sophia’s right to health care, she expected some pushback. She didn’t expect the flood of online hate and death threats that came her way … or for images of Sophia to end up on the wrong, hurtful, abusive side of the Internet. —Learn more about Natalie’s work for families with medically fragile kids at Sophias-Voice.com.Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $5/ month. Sign up.Our Substack subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join here.You can find the episode transcript here.You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter  and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 15, 2022 • 50min

Army Wife

Death by suicide has long been a problem within the U.S. military, and not just among veterans: In 2020, suicide rates among active duty service members hit a six-year high.On August 28th, 2015, Heather’s husband Tyler became one of those statistics.Theirs is a story of friendship, of love, of family, of service and duty … and of trauma, domestic abuse and mental illness.If you’re experiencing thoughts of suicide, you can call or text 988. If you’re a victim of domestic violence and want out, you can call the National Domestic Violence hotline. You’re not alone.References:  Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide Common Factors in Military Domestic Homicides: Implications for Prevention and Intervention  Military Versus Civilian Murder-Suicide Military Suicide Rates Are at an All-Time High Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $5 / month. Sign up.Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here.You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter  and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.Read the transcript for this episode here.HAPPYISH HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE! Join us for a live show in-person or via livestream on December 6th. Tickets here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 8, 2022 • 1h 22min

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 raising his son James without his mom. Losing a partner to cancer? Raising a young son on your own? Sounds familiar!Michael came across Nora’s TED Talk shortly after Laura died, and when he reached out to the podcast, we knew we had to get these two on a call together. That call became a TTFA Premium episode. Now, if you’re a Bachelor Nation fan, you know that Michael is on the current season of “Bachelor in Paradise,” where he’s been speaking to his grief and loss and the difficulty of dating again in general … but especially on national television. We’re re-airing this episode in our main feed here today for all of you Bachelor Nation fans who want some more insight into Michael’s ~*journey*~ (yes, that’s a Bachelor joke). If you like it, and want more bonus content like this, sign up for TTFA Premium on Patreon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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