# 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. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Skirt Caught on Fire](https://omny.fm/shows/family-secrets/a-skirt-caught-on-fire) _2026-07-09_ In our extraordinary season finale, Mary Afsari shows us how our unknowable pasts-the tragedies, traumas, and truths-can shape a future and change a life. Many lives, in fact. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/9216806a-7cf2-4ebe-b68b-ae2d0173cb71/5ef2c542-b672-495a-8a65-b48100f9b1e7/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=4d305889-aa33-49d9-bee7-ae2d0173cb7b) ## [I Think You Should Stop Talking](https://omny.fm/shows/family-secrets/i-think-you-should-stop-talking) _2026-07-02_ When Emily returns from a family trip, she tells people she has a "crazy story" but it's more than that. It's always more than that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/9216806a-7cf2-4ebe-b68b-ae2d0173cb71/55f7b033-9e0b-42a9-8e03-b47a013873f2/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=4d305889-aa33-49d9-bee7-ae2d0173cb7b) ## [Have You Seen Her?](https://omny.fm/shows/family-secrets/have-you-seen-her) _2026-06-25_ Casey's biological mother doesn't want to be found. But still, Casey seeks to find her. Needs to. And when she does, a deluge of truth pours forth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/9216806a-7cf2-4ebe-b68b-ae2d0173cb71/8a563e5d-89f2-45e9-82bb-b472013979b8/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=4d305889-aa33-49d9-bee7-ae2d0173cb7b) ## [Have You Ever Seen a Body Like This?](https://omny.fm/shows/family-secrets/have-you-ever-seen-a-body-like-this) _2026-06-18_ Tom's father takes up all the oxygen in the room with a presence that's larger than life. Larger, in fact, than the many lives he keeps hidden from his wife and children. Tom must reckon with this legacy as he sets out to forge his own. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/9216806a-7cf2-4ebe-b68b-ae2d0173cb71/7b8793ea-3821-4db5-8e07-b46c013c8d36/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=4d305889-aa33-49d9-bee7-ae2d0173cb7b) ## [Making Yourself Up](https://omny.fm/shows/family-secrets/making-yourself-up) _2026-06-11_ For most of her life, Darcy's identity is a mystery. Who's her mother? Who's her father? And who, in the end, is she? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/9216806a-7cf2-4ebe-b68b-ae2d0173cb71/abae262f-93ab-4c5f-b37a-b4650157ae3b/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=4d305889-aa33-49d9-bee7-ae2d0173cb7b) ## [We Heard Everything](https://omny.fm/shows/family-secrets/we-heard-everything) _2026-06-04_ A childhood rife with political upheavel, violence and loss. An adulthood overtaken by distrust and manipulation. And then, finally, the truest friend and companion -- a Jack Russell terrier named Coco--helps Fatima break free and discover the joy that awaits her. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/9216806a-7cf2-4ebe-b68b-ae2d0173cb71/250756d7-2dd9-4c2e-8bf8-b45e0153c3e8/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=4d305889-aa33-49d9-bee7-ae2d0173cb7b) ## [Nobody Liked Their Nickname](https://omny.fm/shows/family-secrets/nobody-liked-their-nickname) _2026-05-28_ When tragedy befalls Laurie's crowded family, she and her eight remaining siblings-and their deeply detached and peculiar parents-must navigate the unthinkable. And too, the unsayable-because in this haunted home, nothing is said at all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/9216806a-7cf2-4ebe-b68b-ae2d0173cb71/0c19d4b3-cfb7-428f-afce-b456016bf79d/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=4d305889-aa33-49d9-bee7-ae2d0173cb7b) ## [Hijacked](https://omny.fm/shows/family-secrets/hijacked) _2026-05-21_ First: a hidden sibling. Then: an unbelievably harrowing hostage situation. As Mimi moves through life, she must confront the scarring secrets stacked against her. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/9216806a-7cf2-4ebe-b68b-ae2d0173cb71/6dd246be-151e-4779-9513-b44f0154642e/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=4d305889-aa33-49d9-bee7-ae2d0173cb7b) ## [Mrs. America](https://omny.fm/shows/family-secrets/mrs-america) _2026-05-14_ Growing up, Jackie is a self-described "girl's girl" in family full of women - surrounded by her sister, mother, and several loving aunts. But a generational secret has been kept, and Jackie will slowly learn that she is deeply impacted by this secret and the silence surrounding it - one that shapes her life from the inside out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/9216806a-7cf2-4ebe-b68b-ae2d0173cb71/4dbe48e5-c24b-4e00-8a45-b449013d01c6/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=4d305889-aa33-49d9-bee7-ae2d0173cb7b) ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lpc19w4VJSZo) _2026-05-14 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Strangers](https://omny.fm/shows/family-secrets/strangers) _2026-05-07_ A seemingly perfect marriage-a whole life-shatters overnight when Belle discovers her husband's betrayal and uncovers the silences and stories that have come to define her. As everything collapses, she must decide whether to protect the narrative she's been handed or finally confront the truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 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