It's how I know we've both worn Spanx for decades, or that he's self-conscious of his hairline or how he walks. Any time we feel embarrassed or do something embarrassing, we write to each other. One of the people, Kiese Laymon, I only met when we started this group. Embarrassment is on me all the time, and I want to get it off.Īnd one of the ways my obsession with embarrassment has played out in the last few months is I'm in a group chat dedicated to it. At least once a day, I break out into a rash from embarrassment, like a couple of days ago when I learned from a coworker that all my life I've been mispronouncing the word 'incongruous.' See? I get embarrassed when I think people are looking at my eyebrows or when other people see my dog poop. I'm so embarrassed of myself all the time. Part of the reason I'm interested in embarrassment is because of this realization I had recently. Let's call it Belle of the Gall.Īct 2, Judgment Day. Today we'll hear some of those and talk about what they reveal.īut we're going to kick things off with Jane's story because, honestly, of the hundreds of embarrassing stories that I've heard, I've never heard another one like Jane's, where it changed someone so deeply. And we asked you for your embarrassing stories.

I think the best ones say so much about us, reveal sides of ourselves maybe we'd rather not see.Īnd to prove the point that embarrassing stories have a lot to teach us, I decided to harness the power of the radio program. But that's not the only reason I like them. If I hear a good one, I'll retell it for years. And I'll get to that story in about a minute.īut first, let me just say, I love embarrassing stories. And that she had one, a big one that she'd never told anyone but her therapist, something that changed who she was. So I was surprised when she texted me and said she'd heard I was looking for embarrassing stories to put on today's radio show.

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