Here's an intimate conversation between husband and wife Marcela and Rock about the obstacles in their marriage of 7 years. It's a fan favorite in The Skin Deep community. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It launched The New Yorker d

Navigating the Friend Zone

Apr 16th, 2021 20m 15s

What's the value of boundaries in friendship? Alberto and Gaby were friends for a while and Alberto started to develop some romantic feelings. Gaby then set the boundaries and made clear they will be friends and not romantic. That actually deep

A Father Recognizes His Abusive Behavior

Apr 9th, 2021 24m 43s

11 years together have given Sala & Danette a loving foundation to navigate their blended family and the opportunity to grow intimately with one another along the way. Drop into their moving conversation as they break down the ethos of their co

They Found Out They Were Adopted

Apr 2nd, 2021 20m 26s

Teenage brothers Julian and Thomas only found out they were adopted recently. Growing up together all that time without knowing the truth didn't get in the way of them building a strong sibling bond, and now they're figuring out together what f

I Feel Desired as a Trans Person

Mar 26th, 2021 20m 54s

Nicole and Jin are a gender nonconforming couple of trans experience. How are society's labels used against us and how do we allow them to shape us? What is it like to break them? And what do you face when you break them? Nicole and Jin are sha

Husband Confesses Last Thoughts on His Deathbed

Mar 19th, 2021 23m 20s

Mauricio came very close to death. He's recovering from COVID and in this conversation you'll hear his oxygen machine in the background. Because we just passed the one year anniversary of when COVID was declared a pandemic in the US, we're pres

Sometimes I'm Just a B*tch To My Daughter

Mar 12th, 2021 21m 31s

In honor of Women's History Month, here's two unashamedly strong women: mother and daughter, Dorian and Tyla. How honest can you be with your parents? How honest can you be with your children? 18-year-old Tyla has an extremely honest mother — o

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4 Minutes on Womanhood

Mar 8th, 2021 5m 16s

To honor International Women's Day, we explored our "database of human conversations" that we make accessible to everyone and highlighted moments exploring womanhood. These are parts of conversations uplifting and supporting women, reflecting o

The Anxiety of Being Married to a First Responder

Mar 5th, 2021 22m 55s

Sarah and Jose are a married couple in Texas. Jose is an EMT, a firefighter, and a policeman. Texas recently experienced the worst storm in three decades: 4.5 million homes and businesses left without power, and (as of this recording) 70 deaths

She Tells Her Ex There's a New Woman

Feb 26th, 2021 24m 22s

Tommi and Lisette used to be lovers and still live together — even though they've broken up. In this conversation, Tommi admits to Lisette she's dating someone new now and it's serious. Lisette tells Tommi she's moving out and leaving town. The

Daughter Appreciates Mother's Acceptance

Feb 19th, 2021 18m 59s

Mother and daughter Tamala and Althea demonstrate the deep power of family members sticking together and the love necessary to do it. They discuss Tamala's expression of love and commitment to her daughter that came at a particulary vital momen

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5 Minutes of Black Love

Feb 13th, 2021 6m 28s

For Black History Month and Valentine's Day, from the thousands of one-on-one conversations that are part of {THE AND} library, here are a few moments to celebrate and cherish Black love. We treasure everyone who participated openly and vulnera

Friends Trying to Confess Their Romantic Feelings

Feb 12th, 2021 16m 12s

Gabrielle and Luna have been friends for seven years, and their friendship has been getting deeper. Recently the line between platonic and romantic is getting hard to find. How hard is it to express your love for someone? How do you navigate yo

You Reek of Integrity and That Scares Me

Feb 5th, 2021 16m 12s

Listen in to Huia and Mark: dear friends who share a profound connection and rare emotional intelligence. The respect that underlies their relationship showcases a unique friendship that isn’t without its challenges, but these two display an im

I'm a Bag of Flaws

Jan 29th, 2021 15m 20s

Listen in on Maggie and Christopher, who after years of dating online, never in person, finally met in person. If you’ve ever been hesitant to share your burdens with a loved one, this conversation beautifully touches on not only the source of

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Trailer Season 2: Us Illuminated

Jan 26th, 2021 2m 14s

Listen into the emotional space between two people as they ask and answer intimate questions. Lean in as two people (couples, family members, siblings, and sometimes even strangers) share what they love—or maybe don't love—about their relations

That's My Flavor of Sex

Jan 22nd, 2021 28m 35s

Jordan and Sam meet for the first time on a blind date and hold nothing back as they get to know each other and find a chemistry between them. Sam gets frank about how his past experiences with cheating and masturbation have forged his non-trad

I Got The Monkey Juice

Jan 15th, 2021 14m 13s

Virgie and Kelly ponder changes to their mother-daughter relationship as Virgie faces complications of old age and Kelly shoulders a newfound worry whenever her mother doesn’t answer her phone. Worrying aside, they keep the conversation light a

The Most Intense Love I've Ever Felt

Jan 8th, 2021 19m 45s

Engaged couple Rachel and Kristoph are on the cusp of taking the next step in their relationship: getting married. This conversation is a moment to reflect on the role they play in each other’s lives and how “surrendering themselves” allows the

You're There For Me When It Gets Dark

Jan 1st, 2021 18m 34s

Listen in on a conversation between Alexander and Deon, close friends who breathe new life into the idea of a “support system”. In an exchange that feels more like a private, deep, late-night chat, Alexander and Deon dig into how they’re able t

I Chose You Over My Mother

Dec 25th, 2020 19m 20s

In this episode we meet married couple Melisa and Lloyd. These lovers of seven years were always drawn to each other, but their capacity to learn and grow together provided a foundation for their relationship to really flourish. In this convers

Telling My Grandmother I'm Queer

Dec 18th, 2020 22m 54s

What's your relationship like with your grandmother? Marianne and Hollis' relationship as grandmother and granddaugher is beautifully honest, filled with a respectful compassion, and amazingly transparent. In this episode, Hollis reveals to her

We Were Taught To Believe in Fairy Tales

Dec 11th, 2020 27m 22s

Meet Alexa and Parker, siblings who grew up as part of a religious group their family ultimately left. Now both in college together, they use this conversation to share the ongoing effects of abandoning their church and the unexpected depth to

I Didn't Want to Love You

Dec 4th, 2020 16m 34s

Meet Georgia and Alyx, former best friends turned lovers, six months into their romantic relationship. As their connection evolves, they reflect on the moment they realized their feelings had changed for one another and they recognized that the

I'm Happy to Call You My Dad

Nov 27th, 2020 18m 5s

Join Cyrus and Calvin, a thirteen-year-old boy and his adoptive father, in a lovingly frank conversation about Calvin’s childhood in and out of foster care and the ways it informed his decision to adopt Cyrus, Cyrus’ curiosity about his birth p