Season 2: The Return of In The Deep: Stories That Shape Us

Dealing with the growing pains of becoming ourselves - a glorious, unapologetic version of us - can be painful and uncomfortable. And sometimes, life gets really messy even when you’re in the company of your own tribe.  We’ve heard from some incredible people on how they’ve dealt with the blows and twists that life can throw our way. And now, we’re back for Season 2, digging deeper to understand that feeling of otherness we often feel on the road to becoming ourselves, in all our complicated glory. 
 
Join Zach Stafford as he explores the topics of discrimination, family and religion that Black and Latinx people often face. Through these conversations, we continue moving forward with a better understanding of our entire truths - no matter how complex they might be. We move onward to redefine what it means to be ourselves, creating space for others to follow. Listen to the first-hand accounts of people that have overcome extreme hardships, and yet remind us that no matter how difficult the journey, there’s always hope, clarity and health on the other side.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Part of growing into your own skin, or maybe even
shedding out of it, is learning how to be comfortable
with ourselves. And sometimes life gets really messy, even when
you're in the places or with the people you care
about the most that experience otherness is daunting, and facing
those growing pains, regardless of how bumpy the journey can get,

(00:23):
is the bravest thing we can do for ourselves. Hi,
I'm Zach Stafford, and this is in the deep stories
that shape us. Join me as we listen to Black
and Latin X stories and try to understand the complexities
and struggles we face in a place that doesn't always
see us, all of us for who we really are.
I sit down with entrepreneurs and artists, the people like

(00:44):
you and me, those that have broken the mold and
done away with the traditional ideals of religion, family, and
identity in order to take up space as themselves. We've
already spoken to some incredible people, people like Lorenzo Lewis,
who created a haven for mental health and the co
Community barbershops, or Alexander Lloyd Blake, who channels his passion

(01:04):
for singing into a tool used for healing, and thanks
to their stories, they've been able to redefine what it
means to be themselves with confidence. Now we are digging
even deeper, wrapping our heads around the effects of stigma
on self identity, exploring how common themes of discrimination, culture,
and economics factor into the struggle, but how these circumstances

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aren't enough to stop us on the road to health
and healing. Season two of In the Deep Stories That
Shape Us is an I heart Radio original podcast, coming
to you Thursday October on the i heart Radio app,
Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.