“We are not necessarily who we think we are…There are more paradoxes in life than things that make sense.” Today’s episode featured Kim. You can find out more about her and her writings at her Myth and Medicine blog on Patreon: patreon.com/myth

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2 Jun 15th, 2021 1h 1m

“The not knowing is awful, and it’s awful from day one and it’s awful thirty years later, but every day that goes by you get more and more in reality.” Producers: Whit Missildine, Jason BlalockEpisode Summary: Decades after her brother disappea

What if your deepest secret was shared with the world?

2 Jun 1st, 2021 1h 8m

“I felt like I was sort of drifting along as something besides human, like I had stepped onto another planet inside my head.” Producers: Whit Missildine Episode Summary: A man haunted by an early childhood trauma finally establishes his own ide

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1 Nov 10th, 2020 36m 27s

“Once I was able to be in control of what I decide is disgusting instead of having that placed on me, that’s what helped me become friends with the feeling.”Producer: Whit Missildine , Andrew WaitsEpisode Summary: After growing up in a rigid Ch

What if you killed someone?

2 Feb 11th, 2020 59m 42s

“We have so much less control than we think we do….Death is really close at hand and we do not do ourselves often any favors by forgetting that.”Producer: Whit MissildineEpisode Summary: Firmly established in adulthood with a great career behin

What if you were entangled in a web of shame?

Oct 8th, 2019 42m 55s

“It’s just confusing thinking about even today what I’m supposed to feel about the whole thing…humans aren’t really built to fully understand that kind of relationship.” Producer: Whit MissildineEditor: Whit MissildineEpisode Summary: Strugglin

What if you harbored an unrelenting fury?

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After losing her entire family at ten years old, a woman’s grief evolves into a self-destructive rage, and as systems of care, punishment and rehabilitation keep failing her, she’s forced to create her own path to healing. Today’s episode featu

What if you danced for those who couldn’t?

1 month ago 49m 55s

An Indigenous woman from the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation whose grandparents suffered the horrific abuses of the Canadian Indian residential schools finds her own path to healing amidst the ravages of generational trauma on her family and com

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Feb 6th, 2024 1h

A woman growing up in poverty in Jamaica is abandoned by her mother at an early age, and as her story of unworthiness deepens, she falls prey to a cruel world. Today’s episode featured Donna Hayes. Donna has written a memoir that includes furt

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1 Nov 7th, 2023 48m 3s

Finally emerging from her critical and violent home life, a teenager suffers a freak electrocution from a downed power line, sending unexpected shockwaves through her and her family. Today’s episode featured Ann Kronlage. You can find out more

What if you found the antidote in the venom?

Jun 27th, 2023 55m 52s

Growing up Muslim in the Middle East, a woman juggles the chaotic expectations of a severely abusive mother with her desire for self-expression; but when she comes into a sexual awakening, a secret world opens where a deeper healing waits. Prod

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Introducing: Something Was Wrong

Jun 19th, 2023 5m 50s

The hardest true crime story to report on is… your own.The sixteenth season of Something Was Wrong features host Tiffany Reese’s firsthand account of surviving a childhood mired with abuse and uncertainty, and the eventual murder of her beloved

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May 30th, 2023 1h 1m

Growing up in a family of ex-Scientologists, a person finds solace in relationships, when they suddenly fall in love with someone calling everything in their life into question while descending into mental illness.Today's episode featured Cass

What if you survived a serial killer?

1 Dec 13th, 2022 1h 5m

While pregnant and navigating a rocky relationship, a woman coming home from a local fair stops for a soda one night and suddenly faces the brutal terror of a notorious serial killer. Today's episode featured Jane Boroski. Jane is the only surv

What if you were taken to the dark side?

Sep 6th, 2022 54m 23s

A woman struggling to find herself finally discovers a place where she belongs and forms a deep friendship, but when she experiments with a powerful psychedelic the experience reveals more than she bargained for.Today's episode featured Ash Str

What if you signed a billion-year contract?

Aug 23rd, 2022 59m 32s

After a woman’s Mormon family falls apart following the death of her father, her mother brings her to a Scientology Center where she leaves everything behind.Today’s episode featured Katherine Mcelhinny. If you’d like to reach out to her, you c

What if you woke up and couldn't move?

1 Aug 16th, 2022 57m 44s

After growing up queer with a complicated father in the 1960s, a man forges his own path, identity and career in the arts, but suddenly, after a routine surgery, he wakes up unable to move. .Today’s episode featured John Killacky. You can find

What if your family was consumed by an unthinkable act? [Rebroadcast - #126]

Jun 28th, 2022 58m 7s

“If there was a note…or just anything that would give us a single clue about it…but ultimately I don’t know like I’m never going to know why.”Today's episode features Mercedes. If you’d like to reach out to her, you can contact her through emai

What if your mom hoarded 90 cats?

1 May 31st, 2022 57m 35s

“We had such a sense of safety and comfort and then…it was like everything changes and you can’t go back.”Today's guest requested to remain anonymous. But if you'd like to reach out to her, you can email at [email protected]. Produc

What if you had the worst roommate ever?

1 May 24th, 2022 1h 5m

“When there’s some trauma, you have a poison within you….If you leave it there it’s going to ferment and take over your life and your body….You need to take this out by speaking it.”Today's episode featured Sonia Acevedo. If you'd like to reach

What if you committed a hate crime?

1 Apr 26th, 2022 57m 54s

“The feeling of unknowing while you’re going through that is probably the strongest, most terrifying feeling I’ve ever felt.” Today’s episode featured Matt Boman. You can find out more about Matt on Instagram @studioboman , on his website, stud

What if they all betrayed you?

Apr 19th, 2022 52m 44s

“I was just terrified, just the not knowing what was happening or what was even going on in my own body…and I was so confused and hurt and scared.” Producers: Whit Missildine, Sara Marinelli Episode Summary: Just before coming into adolescence,

What if you faced a terrifying beast?

Mar 22nd, 2022 55m 11s

“What it felt like was - I am absolutely here, but this is not happening to us…This is not happening at all.” Today’s episode featured John W. Evans. John is the author of three award-winning books. His poems and essays appear in Slate, The Mis

What if you believed it was all your fault?

1 Aug 31st, 2021 50m 4s

“There’s really no way to explain how it feels when you realize one decision you made in an instant altered the life of everyone around you.” Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits Episode Summary: A woman who finally finds her sense of purpo

What if you were consumed by your only cure?

1 Aug 24th, 2021 57m 46s

“All the reality that I had been putting off, and all of the denial, it all crashed in on me.” Producers: Whit Missildine, Jason BlalockEpisode Summary: Growing up in the closet with a mentally ill mother, a man finds his true love, but as thei