To Michael
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When someone dies, you're supposed to say something. Someone is supposed to say something. Someone is supposed to summarize this person, prove that they existed, that they mattered. But what do you say when a complicated person dies after a complicated life?
Update: Chelsea from Forever Alone?
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Way back in 2017, we did two episodes with Nora’s friend Chelsea, who was sure she was going to be alone FOREVER...and then met Brian....
Just Like Us
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Are stars just like us? After a conversation with Busy Philipps… you will 100% think so. Hers is a story of finding and owning your...
The Milkman's Baby
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Morgan Jerkins spent many months piecing together the patchwork of her own family history, and many weeks literally wandering in the lands...
What's Negative About Positivity?
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Good vibes only? Not on this podcast, and not when Susan David is in the room. For years, Susan has been leading the conversation about the...
Happyish Holidays 2020
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This episode features conversations with people doing the best they can in difficult circumstances. Like Dr. Lucy Kalanithi, whose husband...
Sanctuary
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We all have to find our way to our adult selves. As an author, filmmaker and co-founder of a mass movement -- the Women’s March --...
Rebecca Black is Back
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Ten years ago, Rebecca Black was a 13-year-old who made a music video. It… wasn’t great. But it also wasn’t great that it went viral...
Deep Dive w/ Kate Kennedy
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Something to get your mind off of the craziness of this 2020 Election Day! Our twice-monthly newsletter features behind-the-scenes content,...
Miss North Dakota
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In 2012. Rosie became the first Black woman to win the Miss North Dakota pageant. Here’s what it’s like being a Black pageant queen in a...
What About Your Friends?
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We know that romantic and familial relationships are work -- and we tend to respect the time it takes to maintain healthy relationships with...
Addiction, Language and Education
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How do we talk about addiction in more productive ways? How do we hold empathy and boundaries together? What does it mean to recover? I have...
Fine, I Guess?
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Sam Irby has been pretty terrible, but she’s okayish now! She’s also the funniest person in the world, and this episode will make you...
Team Top Figure
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In May, a viral video filmed by two young men pushed them to the top of everyone’s news feed. We tracked them down (it wasn’t hard,...
Jenell
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What happens when the place that feels like home...decides that you don’t belong anymore? When the person you trust to be a safe place for...
Black Widow
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Leslie Gray Streeter is...well, look at the title of this episode. Her very, very good book is available here.Our twice-monthly newsletter...
Come Meet Drayden
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Drayden is a solid, good human. He doesn’t lie. He tells it like it is. He is a Black boy with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and his mother...
Ride Through It
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Every subculture believes that they are truly unique in their wild, passionate love for whatever it is they love. But honestly? Horse people...
David’s Excellently Sad Adventure
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We have always told you that we will not call grief a journey. But David Garcia’s story involves grief… and a physical, literal trip. So...
What's Gonna Happen To Me?
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This episode is the second in a 2-part series. Before you listen to it, listen to the previous episode, Untying Knots. Brittany is raising...
Untying Knots
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Sometimes, our parental relationships are a little… tangly. We’re wrapped up in big, old knots from strings that were tangled up before...
Salome's Choice
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There are certain parts of motherhood that you can count on: sleepless nights, self-doubt, unpredictable emotions, complete and total...
Policing and Racial Trauma with Angela Davis
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For many people, the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis was the latest graphic instance of a Black American being killed by the police...
The Other Side Of Belonging
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There are lots of rules, all around us. They tell us who is in, and who is out. They tell us who belongs, and who does not. What does it...
Unemployed
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Layoffs. Redundancies. Furloughs. Right-sizing. There are so many ways to say “you don’t have a job here anymore,” and Sarah has...
100?
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Raise your glasses! It's a 100th Episode Extravaganza!You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast....
Update: Chelsea from Forever Alone?
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Just Like Us
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The Milkman's Baby
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