Bonus: Libby Copeland, Author of The Lost Family, on Identity in the Age of DNA Testing
On this special bonus episode of Family Secrets, Dani speaks with Libby Copeland, author and journalist, about the psychological and emotional complexities that face families who have kept secrets, an...
14 Touko 202029min
Family Secrets Live: In Conversation with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Part II
Dani 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.c...
8 Touko 202021min
Family Secrets Live: In Conversation with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
In January, Dani hit the road for a series of live conversations with some of her favorite writers, artists, and thinkers. Her first stop: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she sat down with renowned t...
7 Touko 202040min
Bug Dust
For years, Steven Romo just didn’t talk about the bleak landscape of his childhood—not with friends, and certainly not with his colleagues at the TV station where he works as an anchor. Until a headli...
9 Huhti 202036min
Bonus: Stephanie Wittels Wachs, host of “Last Day” on storytelling in the time of Coronavirus
In this special bonus episode, Dani speaks with Stephanie Wittels Wachs, actress, activist, and co-host of the hit podcast Last Day, which shines a light on the real human stories behind epidemics we ...
4 Huhti 202046min
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 dar...
2 Huhti 202033min
Fever Coat
When Axton Betz-Hamilton was in middle school, her family’s mail started going missing. Her parents told her that they’d been the victims of an identity thief, and that the perpetrator was likely some...
26 Maalis 202032min
Bubbe and Zayde and Grandma and Pa
Growing up, Adam Frankel idolized his father and his father’s father, eventually following in their footsteps to become a successful speechwriter for politicians like John Kerry and Barack Obama. But ...
19 Maalis 202046min
