Family Secrets
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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The Last Haircut
When Bill, who grew up in a traditional, southern family, first met his wife he recognized the outsider in her – that she too felt isolated and different. Together the two of them banded together in solidarity and love and took on the world. But when Bill was 45, they came to terms with the realization that Bill wasn’t living truthfully.
42 min
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The Journal
We forget that our parents have their own lives, desires and, in some cases, secret lives that they’ve covered up in order to protect the family. But what happens when your elderly parent develops dementia, forgets to cover his tracks, and in doing so unleashes a Pandora’s box of secrets about his sexual escapades and misdeeds?
29 min
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Update: Season 2 Has Launched!
Dani Shapiro discusses the launch of Family Secrets and shares a sneak peek of next week’s episode. Beginning next week Family Secrets resumes its weekly publishing schedule on Thursdays.
2 min
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The Loving Choice
What if you kept a secret because it was so painful it would crush your young children? What if you were terminal and chose not to tell them?
36 min
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Bonus: In Conversation with Lori Gottlieb
In this bonus episode, Dani Shapiro talks with best-selling author, speaker and therapist Lori Gottlieb about the emotional toll of secrets.
41 min
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Family Secrets: Season 2 Trailer
Check out the trailer for season two of Family Secrets, from best-selling author, Dani Shapiro. Season two premieres on Monday, August 19th.
3 min
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Bonus: Listener Stories, Episode 7
In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community.
6 min
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Bonus: Listener Stories, Episode 6
In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community.
8 min
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Bonus: Listener Stories, Episode 5
In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community.
7 min
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Bonus: In Conversation with Nora McInerny, Pt 2
In the second part of this special episode, Dani sits down with Nora McInerny from the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking.
42 min
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Bonus: In Conversation with Nora McInerny
In this special episode Dani sits down with Nora McInerny from the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking.
44 min
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Bonus: Listener Stories, Episode 4
In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community.
9 min
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Bonus: Listener Stories, Episode 3
In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community.
8 min
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Bonus: Listener Stories, Episode 2
In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community.
8 min
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Bonus: Listener Stories, Episode 1
In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community.
10 min
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Bonus: Sam Dingman of Family Ghosts on the Afte...
Dani Shapiro and Sam Dingman from the podcast, Family Ghosts, discuss the family secret Sam revealed on his podcast. Season 2 of Family Ghosts launched on May 15. Familyghostspodcast.com
33 min
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Bonus: Brian Koppelman of “Billions” On Truth a...
Dani Shapiro and Brian Koppelman of “Billions” talk about the extraordinary speech on secrets and shame that the character, Chuck, delivers on “Billions.” Find out how vulnerability and truth fuel creativity.
23 min
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Update: Do You Have A Family Secret?
Many of you have filled our inbox with powerful stories. To that end, we’ve set up a phone number for listeners of Family Secrets. And we invite you to tell your secret, your story, that we can share with this community.
1 min
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Update: On The Road
Dani Shapiro shares her experience of being out on the road on her book tour, hearing from readers and listeners about their family secrets.
5 min
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Bonus: Inheritance
On this bonus episode, Dani shares an excerpt from her New York Times best-selling novel ‘Inheritance.’
14 min
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Bonus: Jennifer Mendelsohn on Genealogy and Sec...
This bonus episode features an edited conversation between Dani Shapiro and journalist and genealogy expert, Jennifer Mendelsohn, at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
25 min
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Don't Duck
Sylvia Boorstein grew up in a loving, close-knit family. But in the background lingered a grief-filled secret. As an adult she allowed herself to explore the secret, and one day, on a hunch, visited the cemetery where her mother was buried.
32 min
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The Secret Son
While walking her dogs one evening Laura Engel received a life-changing email that transported her back to a home for unwed mothers in New Orleans.
45 min
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Band of Men
Tim Ehrlich's secret nearly killed him. But he and a group of other men with the same secret found the courage to come forward and reveal it, and in doing so heal a lifetime of pain. (Warning this episode contains explicit information about sexual abuse).
39 min
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Zygote Baby
Jane Mintz's parents were forthright about her being adopted, but not about her birth mother's identity. As an adult, Jane found her biological mother and discovered many more secrets, the cost of keeping them, and why we all deserve to know where we come from.
34 min