Episode 2: Why is it so hard for some black folk to say I love you?

"It's not hard for a black man of my caliber to say I love you."

But is it? 

Many black people say they didn't hear the words I love you  much when growing up, including both Leila and Hana. In Episode 2 we examine the reasons why we don't hear I love you, what it means, and whether it's changing today. We talk to inmates at San Quentin state prison, a professor who studies black male emotional expression, and Stooptalk with Al Letson about I love you in his home.

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Credits:
Thanks to Al Letson (@al_letson) and Serie McDougal (@SerieMcdougal) for contributing to this episode.

Sound Design: Chris Hoff
Illustration: Neema Iyer (@Neemascribbles)
Digital Production/PodOps: Megan Jones (@missmeganj)