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“I used to find this podcast had some pretty compelling stories. Now, it’s just a lot of very privileged people promoting their memoirs about their privileged upbringings where maybe the parents got divorced or someone had an affair…Big freaking deal. A lot of it is hardly even trauma. I’m not saying all the stories are like this. I have empathy for the woman with the hormonal disorder, so glad she’s now happy and found love. But I will be honest, I kept waiting for the secret to be that she was born a male and her mother transitioned her without her knowledge, something like that. Glad that’s not what happened to her, but it’s an example of how this podcast leaves you waiting for the bigger secret that never comes. Then you’ve got the woman who had parents in the NYC literary world of the 70s, and frankly her childhood sounds fabulous. I’m sorry her dad turned out to be into BDSM, but you keep waiting for some bigger secret to be revealed and it never happens. That’s how a lot of these episodes are now. What I am now learning from this podcast (and others like it) is that the secrets in my own family are bigger and deeper than anyone has ever given them credit for. But you only get empathy if you are privileged enough to publish a memoir and land a podcast interview. I don’t get half as much empathy in therapy as these people do on podcasts like this. Dani takes calls from listeners and gives them gushy, empathetic responses. That’s good, and maybe she should consider having some of them as guests. Yeah, they don’t have memoirs out because either they don’t have the skill to write one, or they can’t afford to pay a ghostwriter (let alone pay to self-publish), and they don’t have the connections to publish traditionally. But many of their secrets are more compelling then her regular guests.”
OverThisOne via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/22/23
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“After being a genealogist for 35 years, I know every family has at least one secret. So you know I had to try out this podcast. I wasn't disappointed. Dani has a wonderful approach and interview style and now I wait with anticipation for new episodes.”Read full review »
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“Gripping podcast. Also love that so many of my own feelings as an adoptee are articulated better than I could ever express.”
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“If I want to hear political commentary, I’ll listen to a political podcast.”
mathnut27 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/17/19
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