How Are You? On This Podcast, The Answer Is: 'Terrible, Thanks For Asking' [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 3/3/174:00 AM

Nora McInerny is tired of small talk. "I don't want small talk ..." she says on her podcast. "I want the big talk."

McInerny's show is called Terrible, Thanks for Asking, and she begins each interview with the same question: How are you? The responses she gets go way beyond the typical "I'm fine."

McInerny deals with death, loss and coming through trauma. But her approach to these tough subjects is saturated with love and humor.

She shares (or, as she puts it — overshares) some of her stories with NPR's Ari Shapiro.

[For more of this story go to http://www.npr.org/2017/03/02/...le-thanks-for-asking]

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