Unwritten is a storytelling podcast that shares raw, intimate moments from a life reimagined — drawn from personal essays, memoir excerpts, and the truths we’re often too afraid to say out loud. Through vulnerability and voice, each episode invites listeners into the healing power of memory, love, and becoming.
Send us Fan Mail I met a boy beside an apartment pool the summer before high school. We were together for about a month, and when we lost touch, I assumed I’d become a small, forgotten part of his past. More than thirty years later, we met for dinner. He remembered that summer better than I did. Hearing what he carried from it made me look back at the boy I’d known, the life he’d survived, and how wrong I’d been about what I meant to him. In this episode of Unwritten, I’m sharing the story of...
9 Sept 2026
Front Row to the Fire: A Love Story Already in Flames
He was my ex's brother. She was his ex who never left. I was just trying to have a fun night out. This week on Unwritten, I go back to a Palm Springs romance that started with betrayal, got sealed with a kitten, and ended in a parking lot screaming match — plus what I found fourteen years later, standing in a shawarma line. Look for this and other stories at Medium.com @Nefertitithomas1 Follow @UnwrittenPodcast for more stories that blur the line between memory and meaning.
24 Oct 2025
Almost Something
In this episode, I share the story behind Almost Something — a brief but electric connection that left an unexpected imprint. From our serendipitous match to a magnetic first date, this is a story about chemistry, hope, and the bittersweet realization that not everything that feels like something turns into more. It’s about allowing yourself to be excited, even when things are uncertain. About staying open — and knowing when to let go. A reminder that even fleeting moments can stir something ...
12 Aug 2025
Spring Break in the 90s
Palm Springs in the 90s wasn’t just a place — it was a phenomenon. Four straight weeks of chaos, music, and sunburnt bodies turning the desert into a living music video. In this episode of Unwritten, I take you right into the heat of it — the bumper-to-bumper strip filled with thumping bass, the thrill of jumping on the back of a stranger’s motorcycle, and the parties that could turn from movie scene to nightmare in seconds. From adrenaline highs to close calls that still make my stomach drop...
6 Aug 2025
The Bracelet Diaries: My Brief Entanglement with "Cuff Daddy"
In this episode, I unpack the hilariously bizarre true story of a wealthy older man, a stack of Dodgers hats, matching jewelry, and what happens when performative generosity meets a woman who can’t be bought. From black car pickups to spirit beads from David Yurman, it all seemed charming — until it wasn’t. Join me as I dive into “The Bracelet Diaries,” a wild ride through L.A. dating, intuition, emotional unavailability, and learning to laugh at red flags in hindsight. 💌 Spoiler alert: I mai...
31 Jul 2025
The House Where I Found My Voice
It started with a text — a Zillow listing of a house I hadn’t seen in decades. But one glance, and I was transported back. In this deeply personal episode, I return to 633 Forest Avenue — the yellow house in Wilmette, Illinois, where I lived as a twelve-year-old girl trying to outrun chaos. It was there, in the quiet corners of a stranger’s home, that I discovered safety, stillness, and the first glimmer of who I might become. This is a story about the power of place, the quiet people w...
29 Jul 2025
Rosé, Red Flags, and The Real LA
In this deeply personal and sharply observant episode, Nefertiti Thomas peels back the glossy layers of LA’s social scene — from rooftop brunches to celebrity-studded soirées — to reveal a sobering truth: not all that glitters is grounded. What begins as a reflection on her outsider roots transforms into a candid recounting of a Napa girls’ trip gone sideways and a realization about the hollowness hiding behind designer labels and curated aesthetics. If you've ever felt like the room was full...
29 Jul 2025
His Name Was Eric
Some memories don’t fade — they blur at the edges, but they never really disappear. In this raw and reflective episode, Nefertiti shares the story of Eric — a 21-year-old man who unexpectedly entered her life through her mother’s whirlwind romance. What began as love and laughter soon turned into a tangle of blurred boundaries, quiet trauma, and unspoken truths. This is a story about childhood innocence, complex love, and the lasting imprint of a single, pivotal day. Told with honesty a...
26 Jul 2025
John Wolf
**This episode explores mature themes and emotional intimacy. Listener discretion is advised. This isn’t a love story. It’s a story about attention, fantasy, and the way women sometimes hold on — not to a man, but to the idea of being seen. In this episode of Unwritten, I read a piece adapted from my memoir-in-progress, A Life Rewritten. It captures the slow unraveling of a woman caught in a lopsided emotional tug-of-war with a man who never quite shows up — except when it’s convenient. To...
23 Jul 2025
He Became Everything
What happens when love defies logic but leaves a lasting imprint on the soul? In this deeply personal episode, host Nefertiti Thomas shares a chapter from her upcoming memoir, A Life Rewritten. It’s a love story that started during the stillness of the pandemic—a connection that was magnetic, messy, and ultimately transformative. This is the kind of love that doesn’t make sense on paper… but reshapes everything. Told with raw vulnerability and quiet strength, this story explores longing, self...
22 Jul 2025
The Edge of Innocence
In this powerful debut episode of Unwritten, Nefertiti Thomas takes us back to the moment her childhood ended. Through visceral storytelling, she recounts her return from Chicago to the dry, unforgiving landscape of Desert Hot Springs—where hope was scarce and cruelty felt like routine. With raw emotion and poetic clarity, she shares the heartbreaking memory of burning her childhood journals, the early betrayal by her mother, and the silent vow that would shape her creative journey for years ...
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