Behind the Series: Secrets
Radiotopia Presents: We're Doing the Wiz
Radiotopia
4.3 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Behind the Series is a short-run series about the shows previously featured on this very podcast: Showcase from Radiotopia. This week, we revisit Secrets, a six-part series from 2018. When released, Secrets offered listeners a compelling mix of autobiography, private admissions ranging from espionage to photography fraud, and storytelling traditions from Sweden and the U.S.. Three years later, producers and hosts Mohamed El Abed and Martin Johnson lift the curtain to share the secrets behind Secrets: how they get people to tell private stories of their lives and what’s happened since Mohamed shared this part of his family’s story.
Behind the Series is hosted, written, and produced by Mark Pagán. Executive producers are Audrey Mardavich and Julie Shapiro. Music from JD Samson and Blue Dot Sessions.
Behind the Series is a production of Showcase, from PRX’s Radiotopia. Wanna learn more about your favorite shows, get audio recommendations, events updates, and podcast news? Sign up for the Radiotopia Citizen newsletter at radiotopia.fm/citizen.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Radiotopia Presents from PRX's Radiotopia. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi everyone, in today's episode we'll be giving a lot of spoilers to the |
| 0:12.1 | showcase series from 2018 secrets. |
| 0:16.0 | You'll be able to catch on even if you haven't listened to the series yet |
| 0:20.0 | or if it's been a while. |
| 0:22.0 | But if you want the full scoop or a refresher, we recommend you |
| 0:26.5 | go back and find the series in the feed and give it a listen. Thank you. What is a good secret? |
| 0:36.0 | Or what is a good secret for a show like secrets? |
| 0:39.8 | It's a complicated question and a big question, but I would say that it all comes down to the interviewer and not the interviewee. |
| 0:48.5 | Having a secret and living with a secret or being part of its secrets is kind of a trauma. |
| 0:58.1 | This is behind the series, a short run series about the Shows featured on this very podcast, Showcase, from Radiotopia. |
| 1:08.0 | I realize I just threw a lot of shows, series, and pods at you, but that's what we're here to talk about. |
| 1:13.6 | These next four episodes will lead up to some exciting announcements |
| 1:16.9 | about the future of Showcase. |
| 1:19.2 | I'm Mark Bagan, the host and creator of the podcast other men need help and a producer here at |
| 1:26.4 | Radiotopia. I'll be your guide introducing you to the folks behind some of the |
| 1:31.8 | showcase series you loved. |
| 1:34.3 | Today we look at secrets, originally released in winter 2018. |
| 1:39.3 | I can't say why I did it the first time. |
| 1:45.0 | We all have them. |
| 1:46.0 | One lie become a second lie. |
| 1:49.0 | We all live with them. |
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