Introducing...Everybody Knows But Me

About this episode

Holly Brown shares her journey from a childhood filled with secrets and loss to creating a dark comedy podcast that reflects her experiences.

Holly Brown may have grown up right next to Hollywood, but her life was a world away from her 90s sitcom dreams. Instead, Holly’s childhood was filled with family secrets, immense loss, and heartbreaking grief. SO. What’s a girl to do? Create a genre-bending, dark comedy podcast, of course! Welcome to… Everybody Knows But Me: A dark comedy podcast about the secrets we inherit and the stories we tell to survive Holly revisits her dark, twisty past and proves that you actually can make your life into a 90s sitcom, if you only try hard enough. Grab your beanie babies and gushers, and strap in for a story that even Mr Feeny can’t resist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Josh Adam Meyers

Guest: Holly Brown

Topics covered

• dark comedy
• family secrets
• childhood
• grief
• storytelling

Keywords

• dark comedy
• podcast
• family secrets
• 90s sitcom
• grief

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Everybody Knows But Me, 90s sitcom

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