Unwritten

In this episode, I share the story behind Almost Something — a brief but electric connection that left an unexpected imprint. From our serendipitous match to a magnetic first date, this is a story about chemistry, hope, and the bittersweet realization that not everything that feels like something turns into more. It’s about allowing yourself to be excited, even when things are uncertain. About sta...

Palm Springs in the 90s wasn’t just a place — it was a phenomenon. Four straight weeks of chaos, music, and sunburnt bodies turning the desert into a living music video. In this episode of Unwritten , I take you right into the heat of it — the bumper-to-bumper strip filled with thumping bass, the thrill of jumping on the back of a stranger’s motorcycle, and the parties that could turn from movie s...

In this episode, I unpack the hilariously bizarre true story of a wealthy older man, a stack of Dodgers hats, matching jewelry, and what happens when performative generosity meets a woman who can’t be bought. From black car pickups to spirit beads from David Yurman, it all seemed charming — until it wasn’t. Join me as I dive into “The Bracelet Diaries,” a wild ride through L.A. dating, intuition,...

It started with a text — a Zillow listing of a house I hadn’t seen in decades.  But one glance, and I was transported back. In this deeply personal episode, I return to 633 Forest Avenue — the yellow house in Wilmette, Illinois, where I lived as a twelve-year-old girl trying to outrun chaos. It was there, in the quiet corners of a stranger’s home, that I discovered safety, stillness, and the first...

In this deeply personal and sharply observant episode, Nefertiti Thomas peels back the glossy layers of LA’s social scene — from rooftop brunches to celebrity-studded soirées — to reveal a sobering truth: not all that glitters is grounded. What begins as a reflection on her outsider roots transforms into a candid recounting of a Napa girls’ trip gone sideways and a realization about the hollowness...

Some memories don’t fade — they blur at the edges, but they never really disappear.  In this raw and reflective episode, Nefertiti shares the story of Eric — a 21-year-old man who unexpectedly entered her life through her mother’s whirlwind romance. What began as love and laughter soon turned into a tangle of blurred boundaries, quiet trauma, and unspoken truths. This is a story about childhood in...

** This episode explores mature themes and emotional intimacy. Listener discretion is advised. This isn’t a love story. It’s a story about attention, fantasy, and the way women sometimes hold on — not to a man, but to the idea of being seen. In this episode of Unwritten , I read a piece adapted from my memoir-in-progress, A Life Rewritten . It captures the slow unraveling of a woman caught in a lo...

What happens when love defies logic but leaves a lasting imprint on the soul? In this deeply personal episode, host Nefertiti Thomas shares a chapter from her upcoming memoir, A Life Rewritten . It’s a love story that started during the stillness of the pandemic—a connection that was magnetic, messy, and ultimately transformative. This is the kind of love that doesn’t make sense on paper… but resh...

In this powerful debut episode of Unwritten , Nefertiti Thomas takes us back to the moment her childhood ended. Through visceral storytelling, she recounts her return from Chicago to the dry, unforgiving landscape of Desert Hot Springs—where hope was scarce and cruelty felt like routine. With raw emotion and poetic clarity, she shares the heartbreaking memory of burning her childhood journals, the...