10 Best Podcast Episodes Of 2019

2. Terrible, Thanks For Asking #64 - WWJD?

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While podcasts are so often used to generate a chuckle, to entertain, or even just to serve as background noise, a podcast has the ability to tell a powerful story, to be a personable experience, and to be extremely real.

One particular podcast that is one of the most impactful and poignant pods going, is Nora McInerny's Terrible, Thanks for Asking.

In Terrible, Thanks for Asking, Nora speaks to regular, everyday people about their stories. And even if there is at times humour in amongst some of these episodes, each tale is often drenched in sadness.

It's hard to label someone's real-life heartache as somewhat of a 'Best Of', yet the story told in the 'WWJD?' episode of Terrible, Thanks for Asking is such an impactful listen that it deserves to be heard by everybody.

Twin sisters Jenny and Michelle shared a unique bond, yet that bond was forever altered by the tragic death of Jenny shortly after giving birth to her first child, Teddy. In 'WWJD?', this tragedy and its aftermath are explored in a sensitive, thoughtful way that is respectful to a subject matter that many others would struggle to handle or outright avoid.

You can listen to this podcast in full here.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.