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Pretty Red Flags: The Podcast
Heidi Stark survived something. Then she wrote a book about it. Now she's reading it to you — and filling in everything the pages left out. Pretty Red Flags is a true crime podcast, a book club, and a survivor testimony. And it's just getting started.
Episodes
11 episodes
S1E11: That's Not What Happened
You were there. You saw it. You know what happened."That's not what happened."The first time he rewrote reality in front of her face. It won't be the last.TRIGGER WARNING: The gaslighting is huge in this one.
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S1E10: It Wasn't Intimacy. It Was Research
A lie confirmed. Bruises explained away. A bag of beach trash presented as a gift.And somewhere underneath all of it, a woman who survived something terrible before any of this even started.It was never intimacy. It was research.
S1E9: The Mask Slips
She finally made a friend. He sulked about it.Then she introduced him to one of her closest friends. He held it together just long enough.And then the mask slipped.In public. In front of everyone.
S1E8: Warrants and Falafel
Her friend said "you what the what now?" A reasonable response, honestly.Because in the same week: an engagement, a party that ended with police, a fiancé who ran and left her alone when they arrived, a stranger answering his phone, a wa...
S1E7: With These Mongooses As My Witness
Sticky fingers at the grocery store. Board shorts dropped on a public street. A moving job, a fake proposal, and then—Wait. Was it fake?After a week together, with two mongooses and a park ranger as witnesses, he asked.And ...
S1E6: Lighten Up
He steals a frying pan from a restaurant and tells her to be grateful.He rearranges her entire apartment and tells her how lucky she is.He crosses a boundary she explicitly stated and tells her it felt better anyway.And eve...
S1E5: Only In Small Doses
He carries a knife everywhere he goes. He wears a deer spine around his neck. He talks about woodchippers with a fondness that doesn't quite sit right.But he also shares his deepest vulnerabilities. He listens. He makes her feel complete...
S1E4: Trust the Charm, Ignore the Edge
He's funny. He's attentive. He notices everything.He puts a flower behind her ear and makes her feel like the most beautiful woman in the world.There's a suitcase on his bed that belongs to another woman. There's an edge in his vo...
S1E3: Chased On Arrival
She made it. New city, new life, new beginning.Sabre's in quarantine. The apartment is empty. She doesn't know a single person.And somehow, within hours of landing, he's already there.
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