In season 1, we explore Holly's massive family secret. When she was just 17, Holly Brown’s dad was dying of cancer. It looked like life couldn’t get more traumatic, until her dad dropped a bombshell….or two bombshells, really: twin brothers that her entire family kept secret. She was the only one who didn’t know they existed. After his death left her with more questions than answers, Holly sets out to uncover how a secret this big could be hidden, and why the sitcoms that raised her were often the only way to make sense of a life stranger than TV.
But Season 1 was only Holly's f*cked up family sitcom. In season 2, we get to know yours...
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Episode 6 - The One Where Laurie Kilmartin Laughs in the Face of Death
Emmy-nominated writer and comedian Laurie Kilmartin spent 11 years making Conan O’Brien laugh, made the entire country laugh on Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central and Th
Sep 9 1 h 02 min
Episode 5 - The One With Eric Owusu's Passport Trauma
What if your family sitcom’s vacation episode came with a few extra shocking plot twists? Comedian and writer Eric Owusu got his own when a trip to Ghana brought some sho
Sep 2 56 min
Episode 4 - The One With Evan Ayers' Celebrity Intervention
What if the person you were watching on TV actually did step out of the screen and into your life? After nearly a decade battling addiction, comedian Evan Ayers walked in
Aug 26 1 h 07 min
The One With The 'Burden of Guilt'
Just five days after her engagement to Kenny, Cindy learns that her fiancé was accused of abusing one of Cindy’s children. The facts behind the accusation didn’t add up t
Aug 19 5 min
Episode 3 - The One With Adam Loyd's Genetic Genie In A Bottle
WGA screenwriter and fellow sitcom expert Adam Lloyd always thought his family was just him, his mom, and a dad who wasn’t really in the picture. Then he sent his spit in
Aug 12 1 h 02 min
Episode 2 - The One With Julia Austin's Inner Child Detective
Comedian Julia Austin thought she knew her father...until she walked into her dad's office one day and discovered he'd been living an entirely different life. Julia joins
Aug 5 58 min
Episode 1 - The One With Valerie Tosi's DNA Plot Twist
Comedian, actress, and Millennial Mood Board host Valerie Tosi joins us as our first guest of Season 2 to chat about growing up with addiction, parenting yourself, and br
Jul 29 1 h 02 min
Welcome Back for Season 2!
You didn’t think we were done, did you? Season 2 is coming in hot. And it will have even more family secrets, chaos, drama, big feelings, wild twists… but this time, it’s
Jul 22 3 min
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Everybody has a party story. Host and creator of Personally: Discount Dave (and the Fix) Rebecca Auerbach’s involved in a run-in with rock icon David Lee Roth (you know,
Jul 15 23 min
Episode 10 - The One With The Season Finale
We finally made it! It’s the season one finale. And like any good sitcom season, it ends with revelations, reflections, guest appearances (yes, we finally hear from the s
Jul 8 42 min
Episode 9 - The One With Dana Gould's Fictional Father
Holly can’t be the only one who has processed their family secrets and trauma by creating art. So what can she learn from someone else who has been through this before? H
Jul 1 55 min
Episode 8 - The One Where I Meet My Brothers
Every sitcom has to have it’s special holiday episode. Holly’s version has family drama, a meal at a Mexican restaurant, and some extra special guest appearances: her br
Jun 24 44 min
Episode 7 - The One Where I Find The Punchline
What to do with a childhood filled with trauma? Become a stand-up comedian of course! Holly shares how comedy helped her process her past, and how it’s getting her ready
Jun 17 50 min
Episode 6.5 - EKBM: Behind The Pod
Okay, it’s been like…a lot of death. So, we’re back with one final bonus episode. This time, we hear more wild Brown family lore, take some trips down memory lane to a da
Jun 10 23 min
Episode 6 - The One Where We Grow Up
Holly wasn’t the only Brown sibling growing up in a chaotic and crazy childhood, so let’s learn a bit more about the other two - smarty pants older sister Casey and zany
Jun 3 54 min
Episode 5 - The One Where I Hit Rock Bottom
It’s the episode you’ve been waiting for! What was going on inside Holly’s head this whole time? It’s not easy being a teenager in the best of times. But throw in cancer,
May 27 1 h 11 min
Episode 4.5 - Oops All Clips! The Bonus Clip Montage!
After leaving off on the darkest chapter of their mom’s addiction, we’re taking a brief detour. In this bonus episode, we go behind the scenes with Holly and her siblings
May 20 22 min
Episode 4 - The One Where Mom Goes Missing
Holly’s mom’s drug addiction further unravels, and Holly and her siblings are just trying to stay afloat. With the Brown family home in chaos - financial stress, expired
May 13 36 min
Episode 3 - The One Where Mom Gets To Shine
With Holly’s mom now in charge, things are suddenly different. But that doesn’t mean it’s all uphill from here. There are still more secrets to uncover, and more truths t
May 6 44 min
Episode 2 - The One Where The Cracks Start To Show
When Holly’s dad’s secrets start to come out, her whole life begins to unravel. How does Holly keep up with all the secrets he’s kept as her dad’s life is (seemingly) com
Apr 29 47 min
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This podcast found me at the right time! I too have been toying with art as a mechanism for emotional processing and connection. I found myself relating strongly to the FEELINGS Holly and others in her family experienced, even though I did not have the same experiences as Holly and her family. Great work!
MeLorraine · Sep 2026
First season - The most personally relatable podcast I’ve ever heard. I feel less alone listening. I’m excited for each episode and also hopeful knowing I’m not the only one who made it out. 5 stars. Second season - Lots of unnecessary swearing that adds almost nothing to the podcast. It’s also sometimes hard to hear the narrator because she mumbles at the end of a joke. I do appreciate how they can recognize terrible things their parents have done, but also hold space for the fact that they’ve gone through a lot of bad stuff too — 4 stars
SRM4:36 · Sep 2026
Found the story mostly interesting and her dynamic with her siblings was sweet and they seem great. But I couldn’t believe how she handled when her family invited the brothers to thanksgiving….they’re their family too, and they had to ask your permission? She completely changed how I saw her—she made them all about her. And she literally said at one point after she met them that this story wasn’t about them, it’s about her. I think Holly needs to do some self reflection and realize these two people actually aren’t only important because of how they relate to her.
Definitelybusy · Aug 2026
This show was such a surprise that I started to listening to solely because it was rated one of the top Apple podcasts. I was not disappointed and listened to every episode back to back! Holly takes such serious topics and brings them to life in a way that definitely keeps your attention. It’s the most unique podcast I’ve ever listened to.
RGAdopt · Aug 2026
This podcast is well edited but the first episode drags on and on, promising a shocking secret at the end… when you finally get there, the secret is one we’ve heard a million times before. I felt duped.
Ricky R Richard · Jul 2026
The story may be compelling but I didn’t make it past Holly and her obnoxious sister - they speak like teenage girls and Holly has an obnoxious tendency to set the stage like a theater kid. It’s all very juvenile. I don’t need to hear six examples of sitcom dads to remember the 90s. Get to the point and learn to tell stories in a more concise way.
NYC131313 · Sep 2026
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