Names Optional
Some stories are too important to stay hidden even when the person telling them needs to be.
Names Optional with Alyssa Rodarte is a space for the truths people carry quietly: unbelievable experiences, complicated relationships, difficult decisions, hard-earned healing, and the moments that changed everything.
Each episode brings you into one raw, honest conversation. Some guests step forward openly. Others leave their names behind so they can finally speak freely, feel heard, and seek a new perspective. Together, Alyssa and her guests unpack what happened and transform lived experiences into awareness, connection, and resilience.
The names may be optional. The truth isn’t.
Names Optional
Names Optional Trailer: No Names. Just the Story.
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Everyone has a story they would tell if no one knew it was theirs. Names Optional gives those wild, messy, hilarious, and unbelievable experiences a place to be heard.
The identity stays hidden. The story doesn’t.
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