Ep. 01.5 - The Kindness of Strangers

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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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 episode is an exercise in finding (and sharing) the ok, with stories of the ways strangers have shown up for us in our times of need. Thanks to everyone who called (or texted!) in. Call or text us at 612.568.4441 any time. If you’d like to support the show (and get more of it) join us here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi guys, it's Nora. If you like what we've done here on Terrible Thanks for asking, you might
0:06.3	want to check out our YouTube channel. We have two new videos going up every week over at
0:12.9	YouTube.com slash at feelings, A-N-D, co. That's feelings and co. There's a link to it in our show description. So see over on
0:23.2	YouTube if that's what you're into. What a sales gal I am. Um, how are you? Most of us say
0:34.0	fine or good, but obviously it's not always fine, and sometimes it's not even that good.
0:41.2	This is a podcast that gives people the space to be honest about how they really feel.
0:47.1	It's a place to talk about life, the good, the bad, the awkward, the complicated.
0:53.9	I'm Nora McEnnerney, and this is thanks for asking.
1:02.5	We are living in what I would gently call trying times. I talked to somebody the other day who
1:10.2	doesn't live in America and he said, you know what,
1:12.2	you guys are going through something right now.
1:14.1	It was the nicest way you could have put it.
1:15.7	You know what?
1:16.0	You guys are really just going through something.
1:18.2	We really are going through something.
1:19.6	I think we can all feel it.
1:21.6	No matter who you are, it feels like things are incredibly divided.
1:26.5	It feels like the social fabric is like three little threads
1:31.2	left. And I think that I'm not trying to minimize any of that. I feel it. I feel like a
1:39.4	collective anxiety on top of my own anxiety. It's like a little anxiety. Crescent has a layer. I don't know.
1:47.7	What's a layered food? A lasagna is a layered food. Let's start over. Oh, God.
1:56.0	So a few years ago, I was really struggling, just really struggling, just in general, in general,
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