Family Secrets

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Bonus: Our Conversation with 2022 Pulitzer Prize Winning Writer Jennifer Senior May 12, 2022

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In this replay bonus episode, Dani speaks with writer Jennifer Senior about her cover story ‘What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind’ for the September 2021 issue of The Atlantic.

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Bonus: Stories You Want to Hear Apr 28, 2022

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Tell us what stories you'd like to hear at 1-888-SECRET-0.

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Bonus: Dani and Nora Mar 17, 2022

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Dani sits down with her friend and fellow podcaster Nora McInerney for a deep dive into her own family secrets.

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Family Secrets Mixtape: A Treat from Hark Audio Feb 17, 2022

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Dani recalls some of her favorite Family Secrets moments in this special bonus episode put together by Hark. Watch for more bonus content as we continue work on the next season.

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Can We Just Go Get Her? Feb 10, 2022

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When Zoe Shaw becomes pregnant at fifteen years old, her life is thrown into orbit. Not only must she conceal her pregnancy from her family and community, but too, her future will be forever informed by the secret at the core of her adolescence.

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Mermaid Manor Feb 03, 2022

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Liz Scheier’s mother is eccentric at best, and violent at worst. In the grips of mental illness, she keeps secrets and tells lies. It isn’t until Liz turns eighteen, when her mother finally divulges hidden truths about her past. Decades later, Liz is still trying to piece together the myriad levels of deception.

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Circle Yes or No Jan 27, 2022

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In 1988, Margaret Kimball is four years old and her mother attempts suicide; this is just one of several family secrets. As Margaret searches for answers nearly thirty years later, she mines through old diary entries, hospital records, home videos, and other archives to piece together a narrative map of her childhood in an attempt to understand the unspoken familial fractures.

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Yellow Legal Notepad Jan 20, 2022

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Beneath Justine’s mother’s polished façade lay a fearsome rage that drives Justine to flee from home. After her mother dies, Justine uncovers an envelope revealing the mystery of her mother’s character, and a telling history that stretches back to the early years of World War II and beyond.

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Escape Velocity Jan 13, 2022

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Just as Adam approaches an exciting apex in his career, he receives life-shattering news which stems from a deep and painful family secret.

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Tarof Jan 06, 2022

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Michelle grapples with the memory of her sexual assault and home invasion that occurred during her college years. Twenty years later, after a career of working with victims like herself, Michelle endeavors to find out what happened to her case and why she never heard from the police again.

Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.

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