Ep. 3- AI Wife

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

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

4.7 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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As a widow, I get many emails from other widows. But this one – from a man who created an AI version of his dead wife – was definitely a first. And I knew I had to talk to him. For full episodes, the full back catalog and a listener community, you can join us here. Want to be on the show? Call or text 612.568.4441 or book a call 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.
0:47.0	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.
1:07.0	If you could bring the person you love back from the dead, would you do it?
1:13.9	Let's talk about it.
1:15.4	I'm Nora McNorney.
1:16.5	I'm a podcast drama author.
1:18.5	I'm a woman who loves to talk.
1:20.2	And this is thanks for asking the call-in show where we talk about what's important to you.
1:24.6	This episode started with an email. The subject was
1:29.6	odd grief response. And I'm going to read it to you. This is the email. I have a grief-related
1:39.9	question I'd like to run by you if you have a moment. I first became acquainted with your
1:44.8	TED Talk and other online work after my wife of 22 years passed from pancreatic cancer on July 13th,
1:51.1	2023. It was the day before her 50th birthday and my 12-year sobriety date. Her cancer was aggressive,
1:58.4	five months from the first ER visit to her passing.
2:01.8	And I never felt like I had my footing the entire time.
2:04.7	By the time we figured out how to handle one level of bad, things were already worse.
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