The Confidante

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The Confidante

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41 minutes

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Oct 17, 2019

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Imagine a privileged New England family living by the sea, with a glamorous, wild mother who has a long affair with her husband’s best friend, and makes her daughter — Adrienne — her ally.
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Oct 17, 2019

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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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Bonus Episode: Jennifer Mendelsohn on Genealogy and Secrets: 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. by Family Secrets
26 min listen
Family Secrets Trailer: Dani Shapiro dared to tell her family secret. In return, others told her theirs. Explore how family secrets shape us, distort us and … liberate us. by Family Secrets
3 min listen
Little White Lie: What if, as a child born into a white Jewish family, anytime someone remarked about your skin color, a story was told about a distant Sicilian grandfather? Even if it was obvious that wasn't the whole story? Lacey Schwartz talks about what it's like to live in an alternate universe of knowing-not knowing your own secret. by Family Secrets
22 min listen
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. by Family Secrets
6 min listen
Inheritance: Author Dani Shapiro reveals what it was like to, by chance, discover a shocking secret about herself, and what this secret taught her about identity, family, and new beginnings. by Family Secrets
16 min listen
A Joyful Heart: Debbie Millman's story is one of extraordinary resilience in the face of trauma and the redemptive power of love and strength found in the unlikeliest of places. (Warning: this episode contains explicit information about sexual abuse.) by Family Secrets
36 min listen
The Fifth Passenger: Growing 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.” by Family Secrets
33 min listen
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. by Family Secrets
45 min listen
The Very Image: Growing up Jim Graham never felt at home in his father's house. But it wasn't until he was well into adulthood that a family secret revealed why. For two decades Jim's tenacity led him through the maze of the Catholic Church archives to learn the truth of his origins. by Family Secrets
42 min listen
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. by Family Secrets
34 min listen
One Drop: Imagine living in one of the whitest enclaves in America, so white that just four people of color were recorded by the census bureau. Now imagine that your father "slipped over the color line" to be there. Bliss Broyard discusses her family secret and how it formed her life, past and present. by Family Secrets
31 min listen
Listener Stories, July 30: In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community. To share your secret, call 1-888-SECRET-0. by Family Secrets
7 min listen
The Phone Call: Frank's father was a “proud Willie Loman” character who sold stuff — cars, printing presses, whatever needed selling. He was a glad-handing guy, “the mayor of everything.” And he was living a double life. by Family Secrets
38 min listen
Brian Koppelman of “Billions” On Truth and Writing: 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. by Family Secrets
24 min listen
A Shock to the System: Dani Shapiro reveals what it feels like to uncover a family secret and how that secret leads to self-exploration. by Family Secrets
3 min listen
Bonus Episode: Inheritance: On this bonus episode, Dani shares an excerpt from her New York Times best-selling novel ‘Inheritance.’ by Family Secrets
15 min listen
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? by Family Secrets
30 min listen
Mama and Her Numbers: Bridgett grew up in Detroit in the '60s in a vibrant house with a mother who was genius with numbers. But for most of her life, Bridgett kept her mother's genius a secret. by Family Secrets
37 min listen
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). by Family Secrets
39 min listen
Listener Stories, November 14: In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community. To share your secret, call 1-888-SECRET-0. by Family Secrets
7 min listen
Listener Stories, July 25: In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community. by Family Secrets
6 min listen
In Conversation with Nora McInerny: In this special episode Dani sits down with Nora McInerny from the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking. by Family Secrets
45 min listen
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. by Family Secrets
33 min listen
Open Secret: As a child, Steve Lickteig was told that he was adopted. But that didn't turn out to be entirely true, or even half of the story. by Family Secrets
39 min listen
Listener Stories: In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community. by Family Secrets
10 min listen
Listener Stories, December 26: In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community. To share your secret, call 1-888-SECRET-0. This January, Dani’s taking Family Secrets on the road. To get your tickets, visit danishapiro.com. by Family Secrets
9 min listen
Listener Stories, November 21: In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community. To share your secret, call 1-888-SECRET-0. by Family Secrets
8 min listen
Listener Stories, July 18: In this bonus episode we hear from listeners in the Family Secrets community. by Family Secrets
9 min listen
The Red Potion: Janny Scott grew up on an 800-acre British-style estate outside Philadelphia with a loving, gregarious father who was always the life of the party. But underneath her father’s light exterior was a darkness he struggled to keep at bay—a lifelong effort that would eventually cause him to self-destruct. by Family Secrets
34 min listen
Flying and Crashing: Kiese grew up in Oxford, Mississippi —the only child of a single mother, a black boy who struggled with weight. His childhood and adolescence were marked by two daily assaults: that of American racism, and America’s obsession with weight. by Family Secrets
44 min listen

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