Unabridged: I Hated It, Thanks for Asking with Nora McInerny

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Arts, Society & Culture, Books, Literature

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

We're at the end of 2025 and this year we're looking back, not at the best of the year, but at the worst, most hatable moments. To break it all down, Traci teamed up with friend of the pod, Nora McInerny, for a crossover bonus episode between The Stacks and Nora's show, Thanks for Asking. From Taylor Swift to AI slop and so much more, get ready for a whole lot of hot takes and disgruntled energy.

This episode is a collaboration with Nora’s podcast Thanks for Asking.

You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks Website: https://www.thestackspodcast.com/unabridged/2025/12/19/tsu-54-nora-mcinerny

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's me, Tracy Thomas, host of the Stacks, and you are in for another bonus
0:05.4	episode, The Stacks on a Bridge, which is exclusive to Patreon and Substack paid
0:09.9	subscribers.
0:10.6	Today, for my end of your episode, I joined forces with the great Nora McEnnerney to talk
0:18.3	about 2025 in hate. That's right. We're talking about all of the things
0:23.8	we hated from this year. Many of you have heard a lot of my hates before, maybe in the
0:30.4	substack newsletter, maybe on the podcast, but they're going to be all nice for you in one tidy
0:35.5	place. Since Nora and I recorded this episode together, Nora's team has edited and produced this episode. So you're going to get a full intro from Nora right after this. But I just wanted to give you a heads up. That's what you're getting to hear today. This is exclusive to my paid subscribers and Nora's paid subscribers. And listen, if you're listening to this episode for
0:54.4	about, I don't know, 10 minutes and all of a sudden it cuts out, that's because you're not
0:57.9	a paid subscriber to my stuff on Patreon or Substack. And you should do that right now.
1:02.7	Go to patreon.com slash the stacks to join the stacks pack and check out my newsletter at
1:07.6	tracythomas.substack.com. All right. That's all. Let's dive into the
1:13.2	year in hate, 2025 edition. Hello, everybody. Welcome to a bonus episode of Thanks for Asking. A little note before we start.
1:33.8	This is not a normal episode of Thanks for Asking, although what is a normal episode of Thanks for Asking?
1:39.9	This episode is very different. This episode is a hater episode. This episode is just, you know, venting. This episode is what some people might call complaining. This is a time of year when everybody is making their best of lists. I love those. Those are great. But at my core, also, am I a little bit of a hater? Yeah, that's why I look
2:03.0	forward to emails from Tracy Thomas of the Stacks podcast. She sends out an email with a roundup
2:09.9	of what she loves. And one thing she hates. And that hated item or hated topic or hated
2:16.8	person is behind the paywall for real fans only.
2:19.5	And I always love it because she's as smart about what she hates as she is about what she loves.
2:24.5	And that is what inspired this episode.
2:27.5	The things that I love are already out there in a million different places.
2:31.2	But this episode is really a worst things list.
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