Why Tho? The Podcast

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week we chat about how Lizzy got into advice giving and our hiatus of an unknown amount of time. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast! More: Read the mos...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss a question from Lizzy's anonymous form. The writer has left the church and dated women. Now, they're in a relationship with a man and wonder if they are falling into the trappings of their youth that they chose to leave. For a more distilled version of th...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss a question from Lizzy's anonymous form. This listener wants to be a relationship but expressed they are looking in all the wrong people. Lizzy and Destiny weigh in about the importance of all kinds of relationships in your life and the power of self-valid...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss how to be a better human for your fellow humans and tips for having a better spring. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast! More: Read t...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss whether it's considered rude to go to an Easter egg hunt at a church but not attend the service? For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast!...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss reader responses about the last podcast/column about a bartender giving a friend free drinks. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast! Mor...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss an anonymous reader/listener question about appropriate tipping and whatever is going on with The Duchess of Wales. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airin...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss a conundrum from another one of The Oregonian's great advice columns: What can you do if an in-law's habits are grossing you out? For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday follo...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss a conundrum from every judgey person's favorite corner of the internet, Reddit's AITA. Was it wrong for someone to tell management at a cafe about misbehaving children? For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss some readers/listener responses to our earlier podcast/Lizzy's earlier column about a married woman being creeped out after being sent a hook up text by a married man she doesn't know well. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, w...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss some advice sent in from a Portland-area audiologist in response to last week's question from a reader/viewer who asks how they can strike a balance between being supporting of their partner who deals with anxiety and depression and engaged in retail ther...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss some advice sent in from a Portland-area audiologist in response to last week's question from a reader/viewer who asks whether or not women and men can be friends and the ladies discuss it with a live (albeit distracted) audience AKA Lizzy's 4-year-old da...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss some advice sent in from a Portland-area audiologist in response to last week's question from a reader/viewer who asks whether or not women and men can be friends and the ladies discuss it with a live (albeit distracted) audience AKA Lizzy's 4-year-old da...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss some advice sent in from a Portland-area audiologist in response to last week's question from a reader/viewer about hearing loss and get into a rousing debate about the death penalty and the "Fast and the Furious" franchise. For a more distilled version o...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss the icy weather in Portland and Oregon, a question from a viewer who said that both them and their father are experiencing hearing loss. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesda...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss what to do when someone likes you more than you like them, check up on New Year's goals and how they're going and get mad about Portland traffic. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho t...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss the etiquette surrounding taking your shoes off in someone else's home, what they're into and not into this week and whether you can keep someone from smoking cigarettes near your house. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, whic...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss whether or not using the accessible bathroom stall when you don't need to makes you a jerk, the sliding scale of femininity and more! For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday f...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss resolutions for the new year, sort of, and things they've been vibing with all year including some great book recommendations from Lizzy We hope you have a wonderful holiday time with your loved ones and get some relaxation before the new year starts. Tha...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week we talk about a response from a reader/listener about a previous episode/column where someone expressed their exhaustion over buying lots of gifts for all their family member and feeling like it was more of an obligation than a joy. We also talk about new tattoos, Des...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss what you can do to combat chronic and compulsive people pleasing, being a medical marvel, running and more. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast! More: Read...

Why Tho? The Podcast goes behind the scenes of Lizzy Acker's advice column for The Oregonian/OregonLive. Listen each week as Lizzy and producer Destiny Johnson dig into reader questions and dilemmas. Look for the Why Tho? column every Tuesday, podcast every Thursday and a daily advice newsletter that also includes advice from Dear Abby, Ask Amy and others at oregonlive.com/newsletters. Find Lizzy'...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss gift giving, the consumerism around the holidays, secret Santa and license plates. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast! More: Read the...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss how to be a good host without losing your marbles, heartburn, traveling abroad and deviled eggs. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast!...

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss how to deal with some of your more irritating family members over the holidays, food safety, long books and tipping etiquette. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday followin...