Before the hospital. Before Mackenzie. Before everything changed.

Matt looks back at the relationships, mistakes, and chaotic moments that shaped the person he was before becoming a father.

At the time it felt like randomness. Looking back, it almost feels like preparation.

Before the hospital. Before Mackenzie. Before everything changed.
Matt looks back at the relationships, mistakes, and chaotic moments that shaped the person he was before becoming a father.
At the time it felt like randomness. Looking back, it almost feels like preparation.

What happens when the life you imagined disappears overnight?

Confronted is an eight-episode narrative podcast that begins with the stillbirth of Matt Earle and Lauren’s daughter, Mackenzie, and follows the 18 months that come after - using real recordings captured in the moment.

Blending past and present, Matt and his best friend Josh revisit past relationships, therapy, travel, and the turning points that shaped that time - including the strange moments where you somehow find yourself laughing when you feel like you shouldn’t.

Told from a male perspective, Confronted explores how people respond when life doesn’t go to plan - and how they find a way forward.

New episodes out every Friday. 

What happens when the life you imagined disappears overnight?
Confronted is an eight-episode narrative podcast that begins with the stillbirth of Matt Earle and Lauren&rsquo;s daughter, Mackenzie, and follows the 18 months that come after - using real recordings captured in the moment.
Blending past and present, Matt and his best friend Josh revisit past relationships, therapy, travel, and the turning points that shaped that time - including the strange moments where you somehow find yourself laughing when you feel like you shouldn&rsquo;t.
Told from a male perspective, Confronted explores how people respond when life doesn&rsquo;t go to plan - and how they find a way forward.
New episodes out every Friday.&nbsp;

Confronted

What happens when the life you imagined disappears overnight?

Confronted is an eight-episode narrative podcast that begins with the stillbirth of Matt Earle and Lauren’s daughter, Mackenzie, and follows the 18 months that come after - using real recordings captured in the moment.

Blending past and present, Matt and his best friend Josh revisit past relationships, therapy, travel, and the turning points that shaped that time - including the strange moments where you somehow find yourself laughing when you feel like you shouldn’t.

Told from a male perspective, Confronted explores how people respond when life doesn’t go to plan - and how they find a way forward.

What happens when the life you imagined disappears overnight?
Confronted is an eight-episode narrative podcast that begins with the stillbirth of Matt Earle and Lauren&rsquo;s daughter, Mackenzie, and follows the 18 months that come after - using real recordings captured in the moment.
Blending past and present, Matt and his best friend Josh revisit past relationships, therapy, travel, and the turning points that shaped that time - including the strange moments where you somehow find yourself laughing when you feel like you shouldn&rsquo;t.
Told from a male perspective, Confronted explores how people respond when life doesn&rsquo;t go to plan - and how they find a way forward.

Episode 2: Who I Was Before You

Eighteen months after losing Mackenzie, Matt and Lauren return to the hospital.

They’re pregnant again - carrying hope, fear, and the memory of what happened before.

The final episode follows the tense hours leading up to the birth, and the moment when everything hangs in the balance.

Eighteen months after losing Mackenzie, Matt and Lauren return to the hospital.
They&rsquo;re pregnant again - carrying hope, fear, and the memory of what happened before.
The final episode follows the tense hours leading up to the birth, and the moment when everything hangs in the balance.

Episode 8: The Blue Sky

Can you risk loving another child after losing one?

Matt and Lauren begin the uncertain journey of IVF, confronting fear, hope, and the possibility of opening themselves up to heartbreak again.

Can you risk loving another child after losing one?
Matt and Lauren begin the uncertain journey of IVF, confronting fear, hope, and the possibility of opening themselves up to heartbreak again.

Episode 7: Trying Again

Sometimes the only way forward is to leave everything behind.

Matt and Lauren travel to Europe hoping distance might help them breathe again.

But grief has a way of following you - even to the other side of the world.

Sometimes the only way forward is to leave everything behind.
Matt and Lauren travel to Europe hoping distance might help them breathe again.
But grief has a way of following you - even to the other side of the world.

Episode 2: Who I Was Before You

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