Growing up evangelical in the Purity movement of the 1990s, a woman constructs the ideal life, when piece by piece, her image of family, marriage and her identity begin to be dismantled.
Apr 28
404: What if you were stricken with the flesh-eating disease?
After suffering from necrotizing fasciitis, a soccer coach sets out to rebuild his body, his identity, and the life he thought he had lost. Today’s episode featured Scott Martin. If you’d like to email Scott, you can reach out to him at Reader.playfromyourheart@gmail.com. Scott i ... Show More
55m 23s
Apr 21
403: What if your childhood bully actually apologized?
After growing up in a home shaped by violence, racism, and fear, a woman is stunned to receive an apology from the girl who bullied her in middle school, forcing her to reckon with the harm they both carried and the possibility of repair. Today’s episode featured Christy Davis. I ... Show More
48m 28s
Apr 14
402: What if a deadly tornado helped to heal old wounds?
After narrowly surviving one of the deadliest tornados in US history, a woman is driven to confront a long-buried harm, finding in the aftermath a deeper sense of purpose, forgiveness, and service. Today’s episode featured Nanda Nunnelly. If you’d like to contact Nanda, you can e ... Show More
54m 9s
Aug 2023
S17 Ep3: Living in a Nightmare
*Content Warning: Murder of a child, homicide, child abuse, infant abuse, descriptions of injuries, NICU, coma, life-support, cyber harassment, suicidal ideation, cancer, death, depression, anxiety, physical and emotional abuse.*Sources:A Second Miracle for Jacehttp://asecondmira ... Show More
56m 53s
Aug 2022
S13 Ep14: [Birdie] Everything Went Dark
*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of false imprisonment, drugging, self-harm, sexual, psychological and physical violence. For free and confidential resources, please visit: somethingwaswrong.com/resources RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organi ... Show More
1h 6m
Jul 2023
S17 Ep1: Something Magical About Him
*Content Warning: mass shooting, gun violence, cults, religious abuse, anorexia, disordered eating, suicidal ideation, NICU, neglect, purity culture., death. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW SS23 Merch: merch.cameo.com/store/somethi ... Show More
51m 42s
Oct 2022
S14 Ep3: Oh Here We Go
*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of bullying, emotional, sexual, physical, and vehicular violence, sexual coercion and suicidal ideation. For info on how to report a crime related to this season and share related crime tips with our team, please visit somethingw ... Show More
50m 54s
Nov 2022
S14 Ep5: What a F*cking Psycho
*Content warning: emotional, sexual and physical violence, stalking, suicidal ideation. For info on how to report a crime related to this season and share related crime tips with our team, please visit somethingwaswrong.com/14 For free and confidential resources, please visit: so ... Show More
46m 37s
Dec 2022
S14 Ep10: A Very Bad Person
*Content warning: emotional, sexual and physical violence, child abuse, sexual coercion, non-consensual pornography, suicidal ideation. For info on how to report a crime related to this season and share related crime tips with our team, please visit somethingwaswrong.com/14 Sourc ... Show More
1h 54m
Dec 2022
S14 Ep9: Mind F*ck
*Content warning: emotional, sexual and physical violence, child abuse, sexual coercion, non-consensual pornography, suicidal ideation. For info on how to report a crime related to this season and share related crime tips with our team, please visit somethingwaswrong.com/14 For f ... Show More
1h 3m