Welcome to Our Podcast – and our Crazy, Unscripted Story!

Jeff and I should never have met at Harvard in fall of 1992. We were in different years of our programs, different schools—and at the one meeting where we might have had a chance at meeting each other, he left early and I arrived late.

And that was that.

But God.

I literally bumped into Jeff later that night. Later, I *might* have joined an acapella singing group because he was in it. You’ll hear the rest of that story, as well as the moment I just knew Jeff was going to say the dreaded phrase, “I just want to be friends” and the crazy God story of how we were directed into writing books and doing research, in our debut podcast today on your listening app of choice and viewable on YouTube.

That’s right! Our brand new podcast, I Wish You Could Hear This is live today! Please help us start strong! Listen, follow, and share with your friends. (If you can’t find it yet on Apple Podcasts, don’t worry, it’ll arrive soon.  We will let you know when it appears. In the meantime, you can listen in on our website, YouTube, or many other podcast platforms.)

Practical help for Real Life

Most of our podcasts offer the practical help you’ve grown accustomed to right here in this space. You’ll listen, say “aha,” and take away specific steps that can help you thrive in your life and relationships.

But on I Wish You Could Hear This we’ll also take you behind the scenes. You’ll hear the mic drop moments from years of research—that have made Jeff and I turn to each other and say, “I wish people could hear this.”

Now, you can.

Of course, we’ll still bring you high-quality blog content, and you’ll still find it right here in your inbox and at Shaunti.com. We’ll alternate the flow each week with blog, podcast, blog, podcast, and, well … rinse and repeat. Thanks for making this adjustment with us as we reach new audiences with the surprising secrets that help people thrive!

Our Backstory

In Season 1, Episode 1 we’ll tell you about us. For example, some of you know Jeff as my husband, coauthor, fellow Harvard graduate, and—if you’ve heard him speak—a likeable guy with impeccable comedic timing. But episode 1 peels back a little bit of how his hardscrabble Michigan farming community life formed his character. (And also how he took a lonnnngggg time to ask me out for a sandwich, much less ask me to marry him.)

I also share how I became an accidental author and some of the early resources that laid a strong, early foundation for ministry.

We could never have scripted our story, but we invite you to listen in. After all, we’re just real people like the 40,000 other real people we’ve interviewed and surveyed in our more than twenty years of research—digging out the little things that make a big difference in people’s lives.

Podcast overview

On I Wish You Could Hear This, Jeff and I offer proven steps to help you thrive in your life, faith and relationships. It’s our way of giving listeners a research-based secret decoder ring for relationship snags, perplexing work dynamics, and some of the mental health complexities that threaten to keep us all from thriving. 

You’ll hear not only from us but from fellow authors and friends (so you hear the good behind-the-scenes stuff!), marriage and relationship experts, everyday people, ministry leaders, and other researchers. (We promise that last one will be fun and fascinating, not boring!)

And episode by episode, we’ll we unlock little actions that make a big difference in our lives.  

Episode 1 details:

Episode 1: Social Researchers, Authors, and Speakers Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn: Our Story

Release Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Duration: 42 minutes (normally it will be more like 30-35 minutes, but in this one we decided to tell the whole story).

Summary: You know us as social researchers and bestselling authors. You may also have heard us speak at a marriage event.  But do you know how Jeff and I met? In episode 1 you will hear that story, as well as why Jeff and I do what we do.   

Resources & Links Mentioned: 

Experiencing God 

For Women Only

For Men Only

Shaunti.com

Support the Show: Our podcast thrives on the support of our incredible listeners. So subscribe to our podcast, Share your favorite episodes, leave us a review, or send us an email to start a conversation about sponsoring an episode or an entire season.

Connect with Us: We love hearing your incredible thoughts, stories, and voices. Connect with us on social media or email us at webcontact@shaunti.com. Your story could be on the next I Wish You Could Hear This episode.


If you are interested in having Shaunti bring research-based strategies, practical wisdom and biblical principles to your next event, please contact Nicole Owens at nowens@shaunti.com.

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