Laurel Morales

"When I came out to my family, my mother of course took it the hardest. But my grandparents didn't," says Alray Nelson, a Navajo LGBTQ rights activist. "We are seeing clearly the aftereffects of what colonialism can look like and how it really shifted our values as Navajo people. Whereas at the time, if you were LGBTQ and growing up in Navajo traditional families, families celebrated that fact. They said that we were sacred."

Morgan's father always dreamed of becoming an artist but a war and family duty got in the way. So Morgan lived out his father's dream. Decades later a gift arrived from his father.

At one point in her life, Kambri Crews wanted nothing to do with her father. He was violent. And he betrayed her. Betrayed the whole family. But, while researching her memoir, Kambri discovered another side to her dad. One that almost brought them back together.

In this audio miniseries, KUOW's Bill Radke engages in conversations about things we don't like to talk about ... deep divides, uncomfortable conversations, and social silences. Bill will join guests navigating complex communication issues and offer solutions for how we might all get better at talking to one another.