TTFA Anthologies
by Feelings & Co.
Latest episode
S4: Am I Grieving Right with Dr. Katherine Shear
S4: Am I Grieving Right with Dr. Katherine Shear
About this podcast
The latest season of TTFA Anthologies, Grief: It's Complicated is brought to you by Fordham University.
Fordham University’s Master of Social Work program is ranked among the nation's top 8% of graduate social work programs by the U.S. News & World Report. With three New York campuses, plus hybrid and fully online options, Fordham’s flexible program works with your schedule to help you earn a degree on your timeline. Our evening and weekend part-time study plan is ideal for working adults, with most students maintaining employment throughout their education.
Learn more about Fordham University’s Master of Social Work program at: fordham.edu/TTFA.
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Terrible, Thanks for Asking tells the real stories of real people who have lived through the terrible things in life. TTFA Anthologies are a curated collection of some of our best stories; released in seasons that focus on a specific topic. You can find our entire episode catalog ad-free on Nora's Substack.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 39 episodes
- S4: Am I Grieving Right with Dr. Katherine Shear · 59 minIn 2022, Prolonged Grief Disorder was added to the DSM-V. A new mental health disorder tied to grief ruffled a lot of feathers, including Nora’s. She talked about it on TTFA…
- S4: Friends to the End · 50 minIt’s rare to have a friendship that actually lasts forever, but that’s what Josie and Miles have. When Miles’s cancer comes back after years of remission, Josie is there for him…
- S4: Normalize "Bad Women" with Rebecca Woolf · 1 h 18 minBeing a widow is complicated. On top of the earth-shattering grief you experience, there’s a huge societal pressure to be the perfect image of a grieving partner, missing the…
- S4: About Bob · 53 minWhen Laura gets a call from the hospital telling her that her dad has severe frostbite and could die, Laura is shocked. Not because of the whole frostbite part ... but because…
- S4: The Intended Outcome · 46 minAfter fertility treatments fail, Deya and Sandra decide to adopt a child through the foster system. They have a lot of love to give. They also know the intended outcome of foster…
- S4: Former Life · 51 minKelsey and Louie’s life is blessedly boring in the best kind of way. They have good jobs. They live in the suburbs. They have a kid. When Kelsey gets pregnant again, everything…
- S4: Don't You Want Somebody to Take Care of You? · 1 h 3 minGina became a caregiver at a young age. By age 6, she was emotionally responsible for her mother, her brothers and herself, and she learned to mute her own needs for the sake of…
- S4: A Good Death · 42 minWe all want a good death — a death where we’re surrounded by the people we love and don’t feel any fear or pain. A good death is what Ron Deprez wanted when his body became…
- S4: Her Name Was Heather · 1 h 10 minMelissa is the epitome of responsible. She loves following rules and has spent her whole life trying to be the best person possible. But accidents happen, and one winter morning…
- S4: Under a Cloud of Loss · 51 minDamon’s grandparents were murdered 18 months before he was born. He never knew them, but their deaths — and the trial for their killer — defined much of his childhood. For…
- S3: Update: How to Lose Your Name with Hayley Paige (Cheval) · 1 h 6 minIt's been a few years since we last spoke with Hayley Paige about the legal battle that took her ideas, her job and her identity. In this episode, we get an update from Hayley…
- S3: The Trauma Sponge · 1 h 2 minJeremy Norton has been a firefighter for over 20 years, a job that’s considered heroic and honorable … a job that sometimes means showing up to a false alarm … and sometimes…
- S3: The Teachers Are Not Alright · 59 minLike many teachers, when Kristen started her career at 22, she was hopeful and excited. She loved working with students with special needs, and loved learning how their brains…
- S3: When You Care for a Living, Who Cares for You? · 45 minCare connects all of us. In this episode, we talk to Jonny, a domestic worker, and Ai-jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance about the people who take care of our…
- S3: Fair Play at Home · 43 minAmerica is in a care crisis. Women, especially mothers, are leaving the workforce in staggering numbers in this pandemic era. They're buckling under the pressure of managing the…
- S3: Miss North Dakota · 54 minIn 2012, Rosie became the first Black woman to win the Miss North Dakota pageant. She got to do what she loves most — play music and perform! — and she won scholarship money to…
- S3: The Other Side of Belonging · 45 minJen was a perfect prototype of evangelical woman subculture. She followed the rules close enough to not be problematic but had just the right amount of edge to be successful in…
- S3: Unemployed · 51 minLayoffs. Redundancies. Furloughs. Right-sizing. There are so many ways to say, “Whoops, sorry, you don’t have a job here anymore,” and Sarah Hagi has already lived through a few…
- S3: God's Plan · 56 minCaleb Campbell knew growing up that God’s plan for his life was sports. And when you believe that God himself is responsible for your football career, you feel a LOT of pressure…
- S3: I've Made a Huge Mistake · 50 minEva Hagberg is young, ambitious and about to get her Big Break — a byline in the New York Times! And then, she publishes an error. A big factual error. In the New York freaking…
