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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 today’s episode of IGTBO, Nora and

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-misunderstood and currently very

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 median age has risen from 35.6 to

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 made to distract you from the

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 formed because of something wholes

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, they don’t want to say the wrong

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 your great-grandparents, great-gr

457. 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 continue to forget the days of the we

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 how widows can be clumsy with

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 life. Whatever day you’re hav

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 control. A perfect, beautiful cale

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 with some variation of the same,

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 journey through prestige and lowbro

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 at the thought. But if you’re

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 later as a trans-racial adopte

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, Nora is joined by author and

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 Rebecca Black’s life – foreve

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 First Loss. Then, podcaster an

A Spiritual Hug with Nadia Bolz-Weber

Today’s IGTBO episode is a spiritual hug – as previous guest and friend of the pod Kelly Corrigon called it – with guest Nadia Bolz-Weber, a beautiful writer, a fellow gr

There’s an Alien Inside Me: Medical Misogyny, a Rom-Com, and Struggles with Infertility

Nicole was 21 years old and had an alien growing inside her chest.  Well, no, not really. But it WAS an extremely large tumor growing inside of her that very much FELT l