Redacted: What Divorced Women Aren't Telling You

A limited series podcast where divorced women share their stories—sometimes anonymously—and talk honestly about their experiences before, during, and after divorce.

Redacted: What Divorced Women Aren't Telling You is a society podcast hosted by Steph Sprenger, with 8 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Steph Sprenger hosts Redacted: What Divorced Women Aren't Telling You, a society show with 8 episodes published.

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  The "Now What?" Era: Unbecoming a Wife

  Jun 3, 202640 minS0

  <p><b>SHOW NOTES:</b></p><p>In this episode, we cover:</p>How Cindy went from ghostwriter and editor to finding her own voice — and launching The Mother Lode on SubstackThe role Maggie Smith's You Could Make This Place Beautiful played as a lantern for both of us during our divorcesMDMA therapy, IFS therapy, and the "good girl" conditioning that keeps women trapped in marriages long past their expiration dateWhy couples therapy can actually harm women — particularly when covert abuse or personality disorders are involvedThe Divorce Diary series: the financial reality of divorce no one talks about, including legal fees...

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  Waiting for Permission: The Intersection of Grief and Divorce

  May 20, 202614 minS0

  <p><b>Show Notes:</b></p>A writer reads her original flash nonfiction piece about grief, permission, and the marriage she knew she needed to leaveOn the particular cruelty of losing your mother while also losing your marriage—and what happens when there is no space to grieve both at onceThe moment she told the sky before she told anyone else, and how her mother's voice found her on a morning runWhy so many women feel they need to justify leaving a marriage, that wanting out isn't enough, that intuition doesn't count, that we need external evidence before we can tr...

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  I Didn't Want to Be a Nag: The Quiet Ways a Marriage Falls Apart

  May 14, 202629 minS0

  <p>This episode begins with two anonymous essays and unfolds into a conversation about marriage, divorce, patriarchy, emotional labor, and the things women learn to normalize.</p><p>Using the lens of a neglected house, today’s writer explores what it means to spend years trying to be “respectful,” “patient,” and “not a nag” while slowly disappearing inside your own life.</p><p>Together, we talk about:</p>the emotional labor of walking on eggshellsthe stories women inherit about being “good wives”why so many women stay longer than they want tohow writing helps us untangle complex experiencesthe freedom of no longer managing...

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  I'd F*cking Date Me

  Apr 7, 202624 minS0

  <p><b>Topics covered:</b></p>Parachute relationships — what they are and why they matter (and why they sometimes crash-land hard)“Divorce doulas” — passing the torch, bearing the lantern, and why women are the safety net nobody talks aboutUnhealed men, therapy, and the resignation that keeps people stuckThe “sorry about us” part — apologizing for your own existence in relationshipsGoing from shame about your circumstances to “I’d fucking date me”Why the lessons keep coming until you actually learn them<p><b>Quotes:</b></p>“I’d fucking date me.”“I just keep thinking of a line of women passing buckets of water down — that...

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  I feel shame that I'm still grieving

  Mar 26, 202616 minS0

  <p>Today’s episode of the limited podcast series features one of last year’s anonymous authors reading her piece, Definitely not a phoenix. It received so much support ran it ran on the Substack column—many divorced women related to the pressure to “rise from the ashes” as some sort of before/after success story. This piece is a much more honest look at what healing really looks like. I loved the conversation we had after she read her piece, and I think you will too. </p><p><b>Show Notes</b></p>A writer reads her original personal essay about...

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