Friends To The End: Cancer, Friendship and Grief

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

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

4.7 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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0:00.0	Hi, guys, it's Nora McNerney. This podcast is called Thanks for Asking. But back in the day,
0:06.1	and by the day I mean up until the end of 2024, it was called Terrible Thanks for Asking.
0:11.9	And if you were a listener back in the terrible days, you might remember this episode, but
0:17.3	honestly, you might not because it was five years ago. It came out in 2021. And we pulled it
0:23.0	out of the archives to include in our latest season of TTFA anthologies. That is a separate feed
0:29.5	that we have set up where a few times a year, we dig through the archives, we pull together episodes
0:34.9	from across a decade of podcasting and find a common theme.
0:40.5	And this season, the theme is grief.
0:43.7	It's complicated.
0:45.2	And these are all stories about the kind of grief that you won't find in the sympathy card aisle.
0:51.0	Stories like the one that you are about to hear, which is about the loss of a very, very,
0:56.2	very good friend. I know a lot of you have experienced that, the death of a close friend.
1:02.0	Many more of you have not yet. And again, you can hear that whole season of TTFA anthologies
1:08.9	over on that feed. You can find the link in our show description.
1:12.4	You can find it in your podcast app. You just search TTFA anthologies, but it is here for you today.
1:19.4	This is an independent podcast. We are here doing things on our own, peace and things together.
1:25.9	And so we appreciate you being here.
1:27.7	And if you like this episode and you want to share it with somebody that you think would also like it, that's great.
1:32.8	You know what?
1:33.2	Enough about me.
1:33.9	Let's get to the episode.
1:40.3	I'm Nora McNerney, and this is terrible.
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