We are Going Thru It, a weekly conversation between two sisters learning to navigate their own grief after the recent loss of their brother, Adam, who died of stage IV colorectal cancer. Born 11 years apart and currently living on opposite ends of the country, Holly and Jill Shakoor remain each other's best friend and confidant. Like a cathartic conversation with your best friend, or for some, an actual therapy session, Going Thru It will serve as a platform for human connection exploring the many layers of loss and love. So come along on this journey with two honest, sharp, semi soulful and empathetically entertaining sisters as they process collective family grief in real time.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWe are Going Thru It, a weekly conversation between two sisters learning to navigate their own grief after the recent loss of their brother, Adam, who died of stage IV colorectal cancer. Born 11 years apart and currently living on opposite ends of the country, Holly and Jill Shakoor remain each other's best friend and confidant.
Recent episodes include "Practical Magic with Vanessa Lane" (28 October 2026, 56 minutes), "Take the Shot with Cousin Jeff" (1 October 2026, 47 minutes), and "Summertime Sadness…..With a Side of Optimism" (11 September 2026, 37 minutes).
Going Thru It publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 45 minutes.
Booking probability for Going Thru It is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Going Thru It requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Going Thru It's contact route on record: public web form.
Going Thru It is a society podcast.
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Episode #66
It's spooky season, the veil is thin, and the weirdos are living it up. This week, we welcome Montclair local and friend, Vanessa Lane, a self-proclaimed weirdo, mother of three, and woman who has fully embraced her...
Episode #65
Cousin Jeff is back, and this time with some sage advice: take the shot. Sometimes the best memories come from the things you probably shouldn’t be doing in the first place. Watching the movie you might be too young to...
Episode #64
After taking the summer off, we’re back and there is A LOT to catch up on. With August and summer officially over, we chat about our trip overseas for a family wedding, babies and the selective memory that comes with...
Episode #63
Meet Lalie. She's French. She makes an exceptional cheese board, believes dinner should never be rushed, watched 14 seasons of Grey's Anatomy in two months, and spent the last two years helping raise my daughters. She...
Episode #62
No one was a bigger Knicks fan than our brother Adam. So when the Knicks finally won their first championship in 53 years, there was no way we weren't coming together to celebrate. The Knicks are champions. We still...
Episode #61
Knicks in the Finals…..Cousin Jeff on the mic…..no notes. This week, it’s just Holly and CJ—talking ‘94, Madison Square Garden, and the energy of New York then vs now…..and why this run feels different (in a good...
Episode #60
There are some people you meet in life who just feel different. Ro is one of them. She came into Adam’s life in 2021, and it’s no surprise she was the one who had his heart. She’s truly one of a kind. Someone special...
Episode #59
This Friday marks two years of Going Thru It… and it’s Adam’s birthday. So this week, we did what felt right. We sat down with three of the people who knew him best. Christopher Salviano. Zak Kaslow. Jonathan Collazo...
Episode #58
No guest. No agenda. Just a long overdue catch-up. Holly's in Hawaii.... but it's rained nonstop, the power's out and we've somehow been to the movies three times already. We talk Jill's London trip without Luca and...
Oscar Sunday is here, and with Jill out, we’re joined by friend, fellow Jersey kid, and Hollywood multi-hyphenate Brett Gursky for Going Thru It ’s official-but-unofficial Oscars episode. We go way back with Brett to...
Episode #56
It’s one of those weeks where the headlines feel uncomfortably close to home. Between James Van Der Beek’s death from colorectal cancer and Eric Dane’s ALS diagnosis, it’s hard not to think about your own health and...
Episode #55
Super Bowl Sunday is an actual holiday in the Shakoor family. This week we’re talking hosting, nostalgia, the collective viewing experience, and why the West Coast kickoff time just hits different. Jill’s back at work...
Episode #54
We recorded this on January 9th, when things in our world already felt heavy. But by the time this episode airs (January 29th), it somehow feels even heavier… so we’re really grateful for conversations like this one...
Episode #53
Christmas in Hawaii was actual magic—rainbows, beach days, family chaos, and a surprise Grandma touchdown. Then came the brutal part: leaving. We talk about why saying goodbye to a trip can feel like grief (even when...
Episode #52
It’s our 52nd episode (WHAT?!?)—and our last one of 2025. In this episode, we check in from two very different places: Jill is finally seeing the light at the end of her solo-parenting tunnel, while Holly is just...
Episode #51
Life doesn’t give you a map for the moments that matter most - birth, loss, and everything in between. So when Jill had Luca, she called in a professional: postpartum doula and all-around force, Laura Veras. While the...
This week, we’re joined by Stephanie Wittels Wachs —author of Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful and co-founder/Chief Creative Officer of Lemonada Media (home of her own podcast Last Day and Wiser Than Me with Julia...
Bonus Drop! Inspired by our recent conversation with Jenna Sackman, we decided to talk to kids about grief.....so we let Jack and Goldie take the mics for this episode. There are Knicks takes, Uncle Adam memories, and a...
We weren’t a therapy family.....until that time we had to be. This week we’re joined by Peace of Mind NYC Founder, Jenna Sackman. Jenna is a holistic and integrative therapist who helped our family through one of the...
Episode #47
We are back after Hollys 10 day stint in LA serving as Jill’s Chief of Staff. We catch up on everything from the onboarding process with husbands, inappropriate yet brilliant baby Halloween costumes, to our dad’s unique...
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Senior Rabbi at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Wilshire Boulevard Temple
author of The Modern Loss Handbook, Modern Loss Community
Eastern medicine doctor and holistic fertility expert, Naturna Institute
Author of Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul, Time Magazine
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