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The Mixed Marriage Project
New Jan 08, 2026 1h 0m

The Mixed Marriage Project

In his locked study, Dorothy’s father works on his book. For years. And years. And years. But it’s not until after his death that Dorothy uncovers the secrets in between its unfinished pages.See om...

90 Miles
Jan 01, 2026 1h 3m

90 Miles

Karen vanishes with her children to escape a violent marriage, erasing a life in order to save it. But eventually, when it’s safe—if it’s safe—she must come out of hiding.See omnystudio.com/listene...

All Without Telling Me
Dec 25, 2025 36 min

All Without Telling Me

In 1998, long before Dani discovered the truth of her biological paternity, she published a story called “The Secret Wife” about the discovery of her father’s second wife, a secret marriage that ha...

The Guy Who Knew a Guy
Dec 18, 2025 1h 14m

The Guy Who Knew a Guy

When Francesca sets out to understand her father’s past, she is faced with a world of crime, silence, and denial. But it’s not just his past she must reckon with; it’s her present, her inheritance ...

Tangled Up in Blue
Dec 11, 2025 52 min

Tangled Up in Blue

Sam grows up without knowing his biological father. As he enters adolescence, he begins to resemble Bob Dylan. A lot. So when Sam learns his mother had a brief relationship with Dylan in the 70s, t...

Baby X
Dec 04, 2025 48 min

Baby X

After centuries of ancestral trauma, Julian must listen closely to the stories of his family —stories of survival, memory, myth and generations of erasure—in order to discover the story of him...

They Weren’t Into Consequences
Nov 27, 2025 56 min

They Weren’t Into Consequences

When Amanda’s parents’ eccentricities take a dark turn toward hoarding, scheming, and secret-keeping, the walls begin to literally close in on her. As the chaos and deceit grows in volume around he...

In The Backseat of My Body
Nov 20, 2025 1h 23m

In The Backseat of My Body

When Kate begins to recover haunting memories, she must confront a family history shaped by silence and generational harm. What follows is her quest to piece together the truth and reclaim a stolen...

Acting on Top of Acting
Nov 13, 2025 1h 5m

Acting on Top of Acting

Ari’el has spent his life playing characters, trying on different identities. But at a certain point he must discover who—beneath all these competing selves—he truly is. See omnystudio.com/lis...

New Season! Coming Soon!
Nov 06, 2025 4 min

New Season! Coming Soon!

Thursday, November 13th. New Secrets. New Stories. New Season. Join us next week for our thirteenth launch!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bonus: Dani and Gretchen Rubin
Aug 14, 2025 37 min

Bonus: Dani and Gretchen Rubin

Author and podcaster Gretchen Rubin joins Dani to talk about aphorisms and family secrets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Word from Dani
Aug 07, 2025 1 min

A Word from Dani

Updates, Workshops, and Special Guests!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s a Storm Coming
Jul 31, 2025 1h 20m

There’s a Storm Coming

A ninety-year old father and his youngest daughter come together to unpack a secret that altered—and ultimately made sense of— the shape of each of their lives.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

Which Circle Are You In?
Jul 24, 2025 57 min

Which Circle Are You In?

Not every member of a family is told the same story. Elissa wrestles with the necessity of claiming her voice, even as telling her own singular truth may exact a painful price.See omnystudio.com/li...

Who’s the Girlfriend?
Jul 17, 2025 47 min

Who’s the Girlfriend?

A box of letters. A hidden life. A history rewritten. Susan must reckon with how to move forward—how to be a daughter, a sister, a mother—after so much staggering change.See omnystudio.com/listener...

Truth or Consequences
Jul 10, 2025 57 min

Truth or Consequences

As E.A. takes to the road on a route once taken with her mother, she must confront the stories we inherit, the ones we choose to tell, and the one’s we don’t.See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

It Feels Like Blood
Jul 03, 2025 43 min

It Feels Like Blood

What does it mean to be a family of one? Steven examines his search for belonging in the wake of disappearance, loss, and profound mystery.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

The Rage Didn’t End Until the Mystery Did
Jun 26, 2025 55 min

The Rage Didn’t End Until the Mystery Did

Marian’s body knows something her brain does not. It takes years before she finally has the language to define herself. To be herself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Defensive Wounds
Jun 19, 2025 1h 13m

Defensive Wounds

Erin grows up in and around violence and anger. But nothing could have prepared her for the tragic discovery she makes at age twenty-seven.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Perfect Happy Family
Jun 12, 2025 50 min

The Perfect Happy Family

Through the dual lens of a devoted sister and parent, Julie explores the emotional terrain of family illness and secrecy, puzzling over how she can care for others without losing herself entirely.S...