1 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: Family Secrets. It turns out that just about everyone has them, 2 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: which accounts for the incredible outpouring of community and sharing 3 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: of these stories that's happening as a result of my 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: podcast Family Secrets. My name is Danny Shapiro, and I'm 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: a writer author of the instant near times best selling 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: memoir Inheritance, which I wrote after discovering a massive secret 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: that had been kept from me all my life. That 8 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: discovery changed my life in good ways and hard ways, 9 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 1: and led to this podcast. In each episode, I sit 10 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: down with an amazing guest and we delve into stories 11 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: that cover all sorts of things identity, addiction, loss, legacy, 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: and always the secret shame that runs beneath so much 13 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: that is hidden. Here's some of what I've learned in 14 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: the first two seasons of Family Secrets and what you 15 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: can expect from the third season. Sometimes families keep secrets 16 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: from each other in the name of love. We mean well, 17 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: we really do, but those secrets leave a trail of 18 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: confusion in their wake. When a secret is kept from us, 19 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: we often feel haunted, like there's something we don't know, 20 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: something we can't put our finger on, and this can 21 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: make us feel especially as children that there's something wrong 22 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: with us, and sometimes when we do discover a secret, 23 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: we end up in the uncomfortable role of becoming keepers 24 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: of secrets ourselves again in the name of love. In 25 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: Season three of Family Secrets, which launches on Thursday, February sixth, 26 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: you can expect some extraordinary, soulful, dramatic stories. I sit 27 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: down with Michael Haney, a brilliant journalist who spent his 28 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: life trying to piece together what happened the night his 29 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: father died. When I come into ownership of this secret, 30 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: my father's a secret, I basically froze, and for a 31 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: good year I just thought I can't write this story. 32 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: I can't share it. I don't know what I'm going 33 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: to do now. I talk with Lisa Jobs, daughter of Steve, 34 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: who spent years denying that she was his child. My 35 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: father actually wasn't a cold person, but it kind of 36 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: added up to that because he couldn't depend on the warmth. 37 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: It was so intermittent and unpredictable. He was passionate, he 38 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: was warm, and he was cold when he was in race. 39 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: I explore the power of forgiveness during an amazing conversation 40 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: with David Kazinski and Gary Wright, who was nearly killed 41 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: by one of the Unibomber's powerful male bombs. Gary was 42 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: Jed's victim. I was Jed's brother. If we could build 43 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: a bridge across this chasm it's abyss of human suffering, 44 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: then there was hope. I speak with Stephen Romo, a 45 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: Houston based news anchor who for a very long time 46 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: kept the dark truth about his childhood very deep beneath 47 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: a polished professional exterior. It did create dissonance for me 48 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: as I was growing up and moving on in my 49 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: career that my job was to seek out the truth. 50 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: I sort of just pretended to be the boy with 51 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: no history. I discuss what happens when the source of 52 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: your family's financial ruin is someone whose job it was 53 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: to protect you with Axton bets Hamilton, an expert on 54 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: identity theft. That's why I was doing the right thing 55 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: by not answering the door, by not developing friendships, by 56 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: just willing to be left alone, I thought I was 57 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: helping defend our families from the identity feet. I can't 58 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: wait for you to hear all of the incredible conversations 59 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: we'll be having this season, which kicks off February sixth. 60 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: You can listen and subscribe to Family's Secrets on the 61 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts.