Speaker 1: Part of growing into your own skin, or maybe even
Speaker 1: shedding out of it, is learning how to be comfortable
Speaker 1: with ourselves. And sometimes life gets really messy, even when
Speaker 1: you're in the places or with the people you care
Speaker 1: about the most that experience otherness is daunting, and facing
Speaker 1: those growing pains, regardless of how bumpy the journey can get,
Speaker 1: is the bravest thing we can do for ourselves. Hi,
Speaker 1: I'm Zach Stafford, and this is in the deep stories
Speaker 1: that shape us. Join me as we listen to Black
Speaker 1: and Latin X stories and try to understand the complexities
Speaker 1: and struggles we face in a place that doesn't always
Speaker 1: see us, all of us for who we really are.
Speaker 1: I sit down with entrepreneurs and artists, the people like
Speaker 1: you and me, those that have broken the mold and
Speaker 1: done away with the traditional ideals of religion, family, and
Speaker 1: identity in order to take up space as themselves. We've
Speaker 1: already spoken to some incredible people, people like Lorenzo Lewis,
Speaker 1: who created a haven for mental health and the co
Speaker 1: Community barbershops, or Alexander Lloyd Blake, who channels his passion
Speaker 1: for singing into a tool used for healing, and thanks
Speaker 1: to their stories, they've been able to redefine what it
Speaker 1: means to be themselves with confidence. Now we are digging
Speaker 1: even deeper, wrapping our heads around the effects of stigma
Speaker 1: on self identity, exploring how common themes of discrimination, culture,
Speaker 1: and economics factor into the struggle, but how these circumstances
Speaker 1: aren't enough to stop us on the road to health
Speaker 1: and healing. Season two of In the Deep Stories That
Speaker 1: Shape Us is an I heart Radio original podcast, coming
Speaker 1: to you Thursday October on the i heart Radio app,
Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.