text: Kagan went on to extend her DarynKagan.com brand of content to television news documentaries, radio, and books. Her first TV film, Breaking the Curse, aired on PBS and won the 2008 Gracie Award for Outstanding Documentary. Kagan produced and narrated the film, which told the story of an American woman fighting for those living with leprosy in India. Kagan's first book, What's Possible!, was released in 2008 by Meredith Books, and was described by the Associated Press as "stories about people who overcame obstacles to achieve dreams." Her next documentary, Solartown USA, was about a Wisconsin town that made a commitment to solar power in the 1970s. Oprah Radio began to run DarynKagan.com content each day beginning in March 2009 on SIRIUS XM radio.
  Personal life
  Kagan sees her story as one of "reinvention," and speaks around the country on that topic. She is Jewish, and her great-grandfather was a Russian immigrant named Eiser Cohen who came to the United States through Ellis Island and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her grandfather, Jack Kagan, later moved to the Los Angeles area. Her mother, Phyllis Kagan, is a breast cancer survivor who has appeared on CNN discussing the disease. Kagan has a younger sister named Kallan, an executive at Arc Productions, and an older brother named Mark.
  In September 2004, Kagan became romantically involved with radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, but they broke up in February 2006. Kagan is married to Trent Swanson and is stepmother to his two daughters. The marriage took place sometime before 2015.
  Kagan has adopted a three-legged cat, Tripod, and a dog, Darla Louise, from rescue shelters.