Monique LaBorde

And then once they consider all of that, if they want to participate and we think that their story is the right fit for the show, then we move on with an interview. I tell everyone, basically, you're in control of what you say, starting from here. If I ever ask you anything that you don't want to answer, you don't have to answer it.

In fact, what I want most is for them to close their laptop that day, feeling like they are proud of how they represented themselves and not feeling like they disclosed anything that they're going to stay awake at night worrying about. Sometimes we do the interview in two sittings, especially if someone is feeling really emotional. We might break and come back another day.

In fact, what I want most is for them to close their laptop that day, feeling like they are proud of how they represented themselves and not feeling like they disclosed anything that they're going to stay awake at night worrying about. Sometimes we do the interview in two sittings, especially if someone is feeling really emotional. We might break and come back another day.

In fact, what I want most is for them to close their laptop that day, feeling like they are proud of how they represented themselves and not feeling like they disclosed anything that they're going to stay awake at night worrying about. Sometimes we do the interview in two sittings, especially if someone is feeling really emotional. We might break and come back another day.

In terms of if someone's ready to tell their story, I don't think of crying as something that is a bad sign. I'm a crier. I cry almost every day. I am too. So it's fine. You are? Yeah. I cried earlier today. Great. So it doesn't mean that the person isn't ready to tell their story. I really trust them when they tell me, I want to do this.

In terms of if someone's ready to tell their story, I don't think of crying as something that is a bad sign. I'm a crier. I cry almost every day. I am too. So it's fine. You are? Yeah. I cried earlier today. Great. So it doesn't mean that the person isn't ready to tell their story. I really trust them when they tell me, I want to do this.

In terms of if someone's ready to tell their story, I don't think of crying as something that is a bad sign. I'm a crier. I cry almost every day. I am too. So it's fine. You are? Yeah. I cried earlier today. Great. So it doesn't mean that the person isn't ready to tell their story. I really trust them when they tell me, I want to do this.

And of course, most of our stories come from people who wrote into us, and we are never pushing anyone into telling a story. We're not in the business of convincing people to tell these stories.

And of course, most of our stories come from people who wrote into us, and we are never pushing anyone into telling a story. We're not in the business of convincing people to tell these stories.

And of course, most of our stories come from people who wrote into us, and we are never pushing anyone into telling a story. We're not in the business of convincing people to tell these stories.

After I do the interviews, then Dre, you come in and we work together with our associate producer, Caitlin Golden, to shape the stories. So do you want to take it from here and talk a little bit about what happens once we start shaping the stories? Yes.

After I do the interviews, then Dre, you come in and we work together with our associate producer, Caitlin Golden, to shape the stories. So do you want to take it from here and talk a little bit about what happens once we start shaping the stories? Yes.

After I do the interviews, then Dre, you come in and we work together with our associate producer, Caitlin Golden, to shape the stories. So do you want to take it from here and talk a little bit about what happens once we start shaping the stories? Yes.

And then once we have the finished product, this is something I really love about Betrayal Weekly that many, many shows do not do. We send the episode to the guest before it's released. Yeah. And we want them to do a fact-checking pass, but we also want them to do a red flag pass.

And then once we have the finished product, this is something I really love about Betrayal Weekly that many, many shows do not do. We send the episode to the guest before it's released. Yeah. And we want them to do a fact-checking pass, but we also want them to do a red flag pass.

And then once we have the finished product, this is something I really love about Betrayal Weekly that many, many shows do not do. We send the episode to the guest before it's released. Yeah. And we want them to do a fact-checking pass, but we also want them to do a red flag pass.

If something came out in the interview that would really make them feel extremely uncomfortable, would make a material impact in their daily life if it were to go out and they don't want it to run, We respect people's feedback on that and we work with them to change it before it goes out. Like I'm thinking of the example of Stephanie. Episode one. Right.

If something came out in the interview that would really make them feel extremely uncomfortable, would make a material impact in their daily life if it were to go out and they don't want it to run, We respect people's feedback on that and we work with them to change it before it goes out. Like I'm thinking of the example of Stephanie. Episode one. Right.

If something came out in the interview that would really make them feel extremely uncomfortable, would make a material impact in their daily life if it were to go out and they don't want it to run, We respect people's feedback on that and we work with them to change it before it goes out. Like I'm thinking of the example of Stephanie. Episode one. Right.

Who was the storyteller in our first two episodes. She had read out loud some of the captions her husband or ex-husband wrote online under photos of her. And when she heard it back out loud in her own voice, she said... I don't want that out there. Yeah. And so we revised it so that you read it in your narration and she was okay with that. It wasn't that she didn't want it to be known.