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Our most intimate experience can be our greatest inspiration.

The place where ideas are born.

But what if those ideas stay in hiding?

What if they never have the chance to be shared?

This show creates a safe space for giving talks anonymously. We value ideas over identity, substance, over style.

You cannot talk publicly about it.

We have impacted my whole life.

I just don't have the Constitution to get up on a stage.

It's just isn't something you talk about.

Just not, why are there.

Not if you want people to take you serious the secrets we can't tell.

From Ted and Audible, this is Sincerely X. X.

I'm June Cohen, a longtime host and curator for Ted.

And when I first reached out to the speaker she was a bit surprised.

You know I never ever ever expected an email back.

No when you hear the bleep in what follows it's because she accidentally reveals her home state.

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