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Family Secrets
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Family Secrets. We all have them. And while the discovery of family secrets can initially be terrifying or traumatic, often these discoveries have the power to liberate, heal, and even uplift us. Join Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of the memoir Inheritance, and her guests as they explore astonishing family secrets and uncover the extraordinary lessons the truth can teach us.
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I Was Told Not to Tell Anyone
Nov 21, 202400:29:04Tap to summarizeAfter years of keeping her abortion a secret, Honor discovers the power of telling.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →The Two Names
Nov 14, 202400:59:18Tap to summarizeWhat’s in a name? And what’s not? With a splintered identity and a voracious hunger for truth, David travels far and wide for answers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Daddy Will Never Read Vogue
Jun 22, 2023Tap to summarizeFrom the outside, Priscilla’s family life looks dazzling. Her parents are both revered in the literary community and she and her sister grow up in an artistic home. But things change when their parents decide to do something they said they never would: they divorce. After this, their father’s hidden life begins to rise to the surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Bonus: Dani and Nora
Mar 17, 2022Tap to summarizeDani sits down with her friend and fellow podcaster Nora McInerney for a deep dive into her own family secrets. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Escape Velocity
Jan 13, 2022Tap to summarizeJust as Adam approaches an exciting apex in his career, he receives life-shattering news which stems from a deep and painful family secret. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Bonus: What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You?
Jun 29, 2021Tap to summarizeIn this bonus episode, Dani sits down for a conversation with Kelly Corrigan for her podcast, Kelly Corrigan Wonders. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →The Local Intelligentsia
Jun 3, 2021Tap to summarizeGraphic memoirist Alison Bechdel had a complicated relationship with her father, who hid his sexuality from just about everyone in their small Pennsylvania town. When she came out in college, it finally seemed like they’d get the opportunity to bond over the truth of their identities—until a tragic event cut that connection short. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Family Secrets Live: In Conversation with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Part II
May 8, 2020Tap to summarizeDani and Bessel respond to questions from the audience about trauma, and how art—and writing in particular—can help people heal. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →The Fifth Passenger
Oct 10, 2019Tap to summarizeGrowing up in suburban New York, Joanna was always aware of two pastel portraits of children she assumed were just part of her parents’ art collection. But sometimes she would hear her mother on the phone, crying, and referencing “the accident.” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Russian Dolls
Oct 3, 2019Tap to summarizeAt some point in our childhood we all met the moment where we had to summon the courage and strength to stand up to the difficulties of the world. But imagine being 8 years old and finding yourself in the car with your mother in the middle of the night as she hands you a map and speeds away into the unknown. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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