WEBVTT - Bonus: Dani's Listening, Episode 4

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<v Speaker 1>Family Secrets is a production of I Heart Radio. Danny's

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<v Speaker 1>Listening is a bonus series brought to you by Family

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<v Speaker 1>Secrets High Family Secrets Family. It's Danny. I've been listening

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<v Speaker 1>hard in all sorts of ways as we're putting together

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<v Speaker 1>a truly stellar sixth season of Family Secrets. I'm listening

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<v Speaker 1>to my extraordinary guests who have navigated the secrets that

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<v Speaker 1>have been kept from them, the secrets they've kept from others,

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<v Speaker 1>and the secrets they've kept from themselves. Secrets, it seems,

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<v Speaker 1>are everywhere. People tell them to me at dinners, at parties,

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<v Speaker 1>they send me handwritten letters, or drop me messages on

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook or Instagram. Well, secrets have been always a part

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<v Speaker 1>of human nature throughout history. I think that in these

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<v Speaker 1>last few years where at a real moment of reckoning

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<v Speaker 1>Why Well, in part because it's so much harder to

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<v Speaker 1>keep a secret the Internet, for instance, cell phones, text chains,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course DNA testing. Someone recently asked me if

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<v Speaker 1>I think all of this unavoidable transparency is a good thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and I really do, which doesn't mean it isn't painful

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<v Speaker 1>or rocky or complicated to have your world up ended

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<v Speaker 1>by all you didn't know. But the thing is, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the truth. And if there's anything I've learned in the

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<v Speaker 1>last few years from my guests and from my own story,

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<v Speaker 1>it's that the truth is liberating. It really does set

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<v Speaker 1>us free. I'm also listening to the messages you all

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<v Speaker 1>are leaving on our private call in line dedicated to

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<v Speaker 1>family secret stories. I hope you'll keep them coming. Please

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<v Speaker 1>don't be shy. I can't even begin to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>how much sharing these stories means to all the folks listening,

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<v Speaker 1>millions of you. You may think of it as an

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<v Speaker 1>act of confession, but it's really an act of generosity.

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<v Speaker 1>I look forward to hearing from you and responding to

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<v Speaker 1>more of your stories. Just call one eight eight eight

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<v Speaker 1>Secret zero. That's one eight secret and the number zero.

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<v Speaker 1>You can also follow me on my favorite social media platform,

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram at Danny writer. That's d A n I Writer. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>I will keep listening