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What prompts the twins to search for their unknown biological father at age 30?
On the eve of your 30s, you will look for a man you've never known. We think that you might be our biological father. The search will take you across coasts and into the veiled landscapes of love, family, and memory. Just because you're happy doesn't mean you get to erase your whole past. I'm Sarah Quevedo, and this is Reaching Out. Literally, when should I apologize? In the past? Before I said it? an audio memoir from Futudo and KCRW. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or subscribe to Futudo Plus to binge the entire series now.
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Hi, Suave listeners. We're back on your feed today because we're so excited to share with you something really special. We know that if you listen to Suave, you like raw, unfiltered storytelling. And today's story is just that. It's a story about a man's search for his biological father, produced by documentarian Ser Quevedo. And believe me when I tell you that this episode is not like anything you've heard. Sayre has produced a hauntingly beautiful six-episode audio memoir with Futuro Studios, our podcast division. It's called Reaching Out, and today we're lucky to hear episode one. Here's Sayre.
On February 15th, 2020, Connor calls you to ask if you want to look for your birth father. You do not record this conversation. This is notable, if only because so much of your life has been recorded. Moments far less consequential than this. Your and Connor's fourth birthday.
A school performance. You play a scared rabbit. Your only line. I think you're lost. Don't worry, we'll just go back where we came. Which way did we come? A house party when you were 16, when you first began to record yourself. These records were made because you or someone else thought the moment was worth keeping, a sort of prescient act, one that assumes that you might want to return, that what is captured here may hold some significance, that what is remembered may cohere somehow with the story of your life as you are meant to understand it. There is a price for what we choose to remember and what we choose to forget, for the story we make of it. If you had known how this would all turn out, maybe you would have recorded everything.
Or if you'd known the cost, maybe you would not have recorded anything at all. But you did not know, could not have known. On February 15th, 2020, your brother calls you to ask if you want to look for your birth father. But there is no record of that call. There is, however, a recording of the call you make a few days later.
Hello? Hey, brother. Hey, what's up? Nothing. My phone is at 10%, by the way. That's cool. I don't feel like talking on the phone very long. I'm tired. I'm recording. I hope that is okay. Oh, really? Okay. Yeah. All right. That's cool. Are you recording because you want to talk about dad stuff? Yeah. Well, not just because of that, but yeah. I thought that's what you wanted to talk about. I have other things on my mind, but I mean, yeah, that's just like a very intense conversation.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What prompts the twins to search for their unknown biological father at age 30?
0:00–10:36
2
Why does the narrator value early home recordings and what do they reveal about family memory?
10:36–14:14
3
What discovery about a DNA testing kit reignites the search for their father?
14:14–20:24
4
How does moving to Los Angeles affect the narrator’s sense of identity and routine?
20:24–25:19
5
What information about the biological father is uncovered through public records?
25:19–30:51
6
How do the twins plan to meet their father and what emotions surface?
30:51–35:51
7
What insights does the narrator gain about recording his life and seeking closure?
35:51–39:44
8
How does the episode conclude with reflections on the journey and future steps?
39:44–41:26