This is Good for You
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This is Good for You
Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and ask...
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Overdressing Is Good For You
It’s been a while since I got dressed up to schmooze and mingle, but recently I attended a gala. I got nervous about what to wear: I didn’t want to be...
DJing Is Good For You
My four years of college I dated the campus local DJ. I loved watching him practice, not just because of the stars in my eyes, but I also love seeing...
Former Boy Band Fandom Is Good For You
I recently took a break from listening to my boo Hozier so much. I had started feeling self-conscious about how often I was listening to him, and how...
Romance Novels Are Not a Guilty Pleasure
For a long time, I tried to hide my love of romance novels. They and the readers who loved them were criticized. Any time someone would ask, “What’s y...
Sad Movies Are Good For You
When my mind tries to protect me from things that cause me pain, I have to redirect my sadness onto something else. I won’t cry about the lack of clar...
Birdwatching Is Good For You
As much as birds bother me, there’s something enviable about them. They can just take off when they’re tired of us, and pull up to the wide view of ev...
Our One Year Anniversary!!
We’ve been doing this for one year! I can’t believe it.
As an anniversary present, producer Eric interviewed me about how I ask questions, revea...
Board Games Are Good For You
I’ve been thinking a lot about peace in recent years, and how I eventually want to buy a home and make it a haven, I daydream about having a large ent...
Walking Is Good For You
I am not someone who just goes for a walk. I’m from a place of strong car culture so if I can’t walk there within 15 minutes, I’m over it. Plus, I can...
Pro Wrestling Is Good For You
I know wrestling has a complicated reputation. Is it a sport? Is it entertainment? If it’s both, does that make it less than? Why do we need wrestling...
Collecting Sneakers Is Good For You
Being a sneakerhead is so foreign to me. I know what I like and what serves a purpose for me, but the mythology and processes of it all are beyond me....
Watercoloring Books Is Good For You
I tend to treat my books both with and without reverence. I dog-ear pages but I don’t lend out my books. Even if I don’t like a book, I won’t give it...
Sports Fandom Is Good For You
I like watching sports, but I don’t have the dedication to be a diehard fan. To be a fan–especially a body-painting, tailgating kind of fan–you have l...
Honky-Tonking Is Good For You
When people hear I’m from Nashville, they always ask me about country music. They’re also surprised to hear I’ve never gone honky-tonking: enjoying an...
VHS Tapes Are Good For You
I know I’m not the only one out there who still has a fondness for VHS tapes of old, so I asked my buddy Tyler Sorensen to come on the show and talk a...
Puzzles Are Good For You
The holidays are hard for me, so I'm constantly looking for things to occupy myself in a way that suits me. Last year, I started buying jigsaw puzzles...
“For Colored Nerds” Is Good For You
This episode is two things good for you for the price of one from some of my favorite longtime podcasters. Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings started For...
Reading Is Good For You
Books are my happy place. When I was younger and read something that moved me or something that I recognized as being superbly crafted, I would sleep...
Nostalgia Is Good For You
One of the ways I end up stuck inside during the winter is too much comfort tv. I’ll burrow into a cave of old sitcoms from my high school days when a...
Cannabis Is Good For You
Cannabis does what I need it to do and I don’t need much else, but I had to do some research to settle my fears about certain things, including examin...
Running Is Good For You
I know so many people who swear by running, but I cannot understand it. I have to run... outside... in front of other people? I just don’t get it. Tha...
Manicures Are Good For You
I love getting my nails done. I love matching a nail color to my mood or sending out a secret message only I can decode with my nail color. And I’m fr...
Audiobook Preview: Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be
My book, Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be, is finally out! Listen to an exclusive clip of the book now, and then order a copy (and check out...
Sewing Is Good for You
I will admit, I am not fashionable at all. How do people know how to mix colors? And do they avoid their clothes wearing them? So when I saw that Elea...
Resin Work Is Good for You
Our guest TK Dutes embodies the feelings you have when you pick up something that we talk about on this show: it’s a new experience, but she has the p...
Karaoke Is Good for You
I can’t carry a tune in a bucket with a lid on it, but I love singing. At home. In private. Where no one but my neighbors can hear how off-key I am. T...
Collage Is Good for You
It took me a while to learn to be present and not borrow worry. The universe does not want to punish me, it wants me to be happy and enjoy its gifts....
Dominance Is Good for You
In a previous episode, we learned about the pleasure of submission so it’s only right to learn about dominance as well. My conversation with Venus Cuf...
Baking Bread Is Good for You
I’m talking with the fantastic Bim Adewunmi all about her experience of learning how to bake bread. I need you to know: this won’t be your typical con...
Submissiveness Is Good for You
When I started exploring the kinkier side of my sex life, I focused on what it meant to be more dominant, but it also helped me get in touch with my s...
Pole Dancing is Good For You
Pole dancing is no longer a red light secret— it’s in viral social media posts, movies, suburban mom exercise classes, everywhere. Sometimes I watch Y...
Sports are Good For You
I regret not being more athletic as a kid because I think it would have helped me love my body better, or at least love it more than I do now. In this...
Instruments are Good For You
I’ve always been fascinated by musicians, their ability to translate sound into harmony and improvise something that sounds good out of thin air. Sure...
Plants are Good for You
One of the things I’ve noticed as my friends and I get older is how much we try to make our homes places of peace. For many, that means filling it up...
Needlecraft is Good for You
At the beginning of 2020, I realized I didn’t have a hobby that was not monetized. One day, I was cleaning up a bit and came across a cross-stitch pro...
Riding is Good for You
There are very few aspects of sex that people across the Internet can agree on, but the opinion that riding *eggplant emoji* or “plas-dick” can be exh...
Trailer: This is Good for You
Welcome to the new show from Nichole Perkins, This is Good For You, produced by Multitude! Episodes come out every other Friday.
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