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Funny, raw conversations about the hard parts of being human.
We Can Do Hard Things moves between couch-level confession and full-volume civic alarm. One week it is birthdays, friendship, and embarrassing stories; the next it is Jane Fonda on aging and activism or Amanda with Jeremy Scahill on U.S. power abroad.
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We Can Do Hard Things is built around the idea that ordinary life is difficult, funny, painful, and worth talking through together. Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle bring a close-family dynamic to the show, often using their own relationships, parenting experiences, body stories, fears, and conflicts as the starting point for larger conversations. Episodes can feel like a support group, a kitchen-table debrief, or a guided interview, depending on the guest and topic. The show regularly explores shame, self-trust, emotional honesty, body wisdom, creativity, relationships, parenting, and mental health. It also makes space for politics and structural critique, including episodes on wealth inequality, billionaire power, corporate feminism, and social justice. Guest conversations often center on frameworks for living differently, such as Justina Blakeney's creative intuition, Martha Beck's body-based inner compass, or Anand Giridharadas's critique of elite philanthropy. The hosts are comfortable moving from embarrassing bodily mishaps to spiritual language, from family soccer tension to the future of the podcast, and from personal healing to policy-level arguments. A recurring strength is the show's ability to frame vulnerability as collective relief rather than private failure. Listeners should expect strong feelings, candid self-disclosure, humor, and a frequent emphasis on naming what people are usually taught to hide. It is best suited to people who want emotional honesty with a mix of comedy, self-help, memoir, feminist analysis, and progressive politics.
Made for: Listeners who like intimate host chemistry, emotional self-inquiry, feminist conversation, and interviews that connect personal stories to bigger cultural questions.
What sets it apart: The show blends celebrity-host intimacy, listener vulnerability, therapeutic language, comedy, and progressive social critique into one emotionally direct format.
Come do life with Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle. With more than half a billion plays, We Can Do Hard Things is a hilarious, raw, comforting “support system for braving the everyday.” The Pod Squad goes hard ($56 Million raised in global aid) and stays soft: meet here on Tuesdays to laugh, talk, and cry our way through the pain and magic of being human. Subscribe, Follow, and join our social media community here: https://linktr.ee/wecandohardthingsshow
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Personal stories become tools for examining emotional life, cultural pressure and the systems that shape everyday choices.
We Can Do Hard Things keeps bringing large questions down to the scale of a choice, a friendship or a body's warning signal. Its candid group conversations and guest interviews move easily between emotional growth and public life, treating embarrassment, creative purpose and…
Structural-power Jenga meets a full-car-seat pee story, and somehow you leave both feeling less alone.
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The most mortifying stories turn out to be the most universal -- which is the whole point of telling them.
Mortification as medicine is a real argument, and this episode backs it up. The hosts spend an hour on their most embarrassing personal memories alongside listener voicemail confessions -- the kind that produced, by their own account, genuine cry-laughing solidarity.
Four friends reflect on the Oscar-nominated film they built around a poet's final year.
Megan Fowley flips the usual setup here, interviewing her friends Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Sarah Bareilles about "Come See Me in the Good Light," the Oscar-nominated documentary built around the last year Megan shared with her partner, poet Andrea Gibson.
Justina Blakeney's tingle framework is a quietly useful map back to the self you stopped hearing.
The episode opens on the comedy of failed January resolutions before finding its real subject: the argument that self-knowledge matters more than self-improvement as a starting point.
The Jenga-tower episode that argues every institution we take as given was built for someone else's profit.
Amanda kicks off a new recurring subseries -- think Real Housewives meets History Channel meets TED Talk -- built around the argument that fixtures like the bar exam, birth control, and the CIA were not inevitable but deliberately constructed for someone's benefit.
A sharp, warm case for trusting the body over the argument you've built against it.
The question Martha Beck posed during a moment of romantic panic -- when the mind was winning against the rest of the person -- anchors this revisited conversation. Her argument: suffering is a guide, not an obstacle.
Spanish devotionals for overloaded days.
Ira Glass frames weekly theme-driven segments spanning family secrets to Portland's protest conflict.
Shankar Vedantam unpacks the psychology behind relationships, careers, and money through researcher interviews.
David McRaney interviews researchers on cognitive bias, motivated reasoning, and why minds change.
Ryan Holiday pairs daily Stoic lessons with long-form guest conversations at his Texas bookstore.
NHPR's Jason Moon investigates the Bear Brook barrel murders and a New Hampshire wrongful-conviction case.
We Can Do Hard Things revisits a conversation with Dolly Parton about songwriting, business decisions, creative identity, and caring for others.
We Can Do Hard Things hosts Glennon Doyle, Amanda Doyle, and Abby Wambach revisit their most embarrassing stories alongside listener voicemail confessions, framing the sharing of mortifying moments as an antidote to shame and a tool for human connection.
This episode explores the complex emotions surrounding birthdays, particularly the pressure to feel loved and accomplished, and offers strategies like honesty and gratitude to improve how we celebrate ourselves and others.
This episode explores the United States' history of regime change through CIA coups and military actions, connecting recent events involving Iran, Venezuela, and Gaza under the Trump administration to broader patterns of foreign intervention.
This episode explores how to stay engaged in the world while holding onto joy, featuring Tracee Ellis Ross as an example of finding freedom and connection through her 50th birthday celebration and concept of 'cauldron people'.
The host invites spiritual teacher Meggan Watterson to discuss how to process rage and emotional turmoil by gathering trusted voices and exploring inner wisdom, inspired by a moment of infuriating days.
This episode features a deeply emotional and inspiring conversation with poet Andrea Gibson, sparked by a therapist's recommendation and occurring on the day Gibson received incurable cancer news.
Megan takes the host chair with Abby Wambach, Glennon Doyle, and Sarah Bareilles beside her.
This episode honors survivors by revisiting a conversation with Tarana Burke, founder of the Me Too movement, in light of recent revelations about Jeffrey Epstein and systemic failures.
Amanda interviews attorney Brad Edwards about the Epstein case, detailing the survivors' courage, the secret immunity deal, government cover-up, and the path forward for accountability.
Amanda presents a comprehensive chronological overview of the Epstein case, focusing on verified facts and systemic corruption.
The hosts celebrate a recent trip to Mexico with Brandi Carlile, sharing humorous and heartfelt stories about the experience.
This episode explores the struggle to maintain sanity and usefulness during chaotic times, focusing on the tension between sticking to prepared plans and adapting to rapidly changing circumstances.
An interview with activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham analyzing the conditions that made Minnesota a beacon for justice and how to replicate that change elsewhere.
Glennon Doyle and Amanda Doyle interview designer and artist Justina Blakeney about her concept of the 'tingle'—the physical sensation of authentic desire and creative curiosity that she argues is a reliable guide to self-knowledge.
Host Amanda launches a new solo-plus-interview series by dissecting the history and mythology of American billionaires, opening with stark statistics: eight billionaires own as much as 3.6 billion people, and three men — Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg — hold more wealth than the bottom half of America.
Nothing says New Year's energy like Martha Beck.
We Can Do Hard Things opens by framing the conversation in mid-December, two weeks before 2026, as the hosts set up a discussion about what the podcast will look and feel like next year.
The hosts announce their return to audio-only format, reflect on trying video, and invite listeners to continue the journey together.
Glennon Doyle and her co-hosts discuss personal growth, healing, and reimagining relationships in a conversation with healer Iset Rose.
The hosts introduce an episode featuring astrologer Sonia Renee Taylor reading Amanda's birth chart, exploring how astrology reveals paths of ease through life's challenges.
Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach have their astrological charts read by Sonia Renee Taylor, exploring how aligning with one's soul purpose reduces suffering.
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle introduce an episode with author Ashley C.
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle interview Rosie O'Donnell about her childhood, loss of her mother, healing in Ireland, and her letter to Abby about addiction.
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle interview Mandy Patinkin and Catherine Grody about their marriage, parenting, and life philosophy.
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle interview musician Katie Gavin about desire, intergenerational healing, recovery, and living courageously.
Glennon Doyle and guests discuss codependency, power dynamics, and spiritual guidance in relationships with Liz Gilbert.
Glennon Doyle introduces a special episode with soccer legend Julie Foudy, sharing excitement and vulnerability as they discuss her new project.
An interview with author Austin Channing Brown about her new book on reclaiming full humanity and racial justice.
Glennon and Abby discuss a morning coffee crisis caused by a lack of filters, leading to a humorous and relatable conversation about daily routines and problem-solving.
The hosts reflect on their live tour, discussing how to cope with life's hardships and the magic of imperfection, ending with a surprise vow renewal on stage.
A conversation with immigrant justice advocates about protecting children and families from ICE and how listeners can get involved.
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle introduce a foundational conversation about conflict with journalist Amanda Ripley, exploring what healthy conflict looks like.
Hosts interview addiction expert Dr.