Hey family secrets family, I hope you're continuing to enjoy revisiting some early episodes of the pod as much as I am and unpacking the themes and resonances of these episodes with some of my favorite great minds.

So far, we've had Dr. Galete Adless talking with me about Bubby and Zeta and Grandma and Pa from season three. Dr. Mark Epstein and I discuss what's wrong with Teddy also from season three.

And Chris Karr and I explore taxidermied duck from season six. I am amazed at the way these stories feel as fresh and relevant today as they did when I first recorded them.

Another indication that while no two family secrets are exactly alike, they all share a kind of commonality in their impact on us.

For our next great minds bonus episode and the last one before we launch season nine, my guest will be Dr. Ruth Faden.

Dr. Faden is the founder of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and she is the inaugural Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics at Johns Hopkins.

I asked Dr. Faden to listen to an episode from way back in season two titled The Loving Choice.

There are some episodes that when I listen back, I remember exactly where I was when we recorded them.

I was in person with my guest John Melman at a recording studio in New York City, a conversation that has stayed with me and made me think a great deal about the secrets we keep in the name of love.

I hope you'll go back before next week and listen to The Loving Choice in advance of my conversation with Dr. Ruth Faden.

And remember, we're hard at work on season nine, which will drop in early November. Until then, I hope you love these great minds conversations and find them insightful.