Subtext listeners tell us why this show was only built on 'half a concept'

For our final episode, Subtext listeners reckon with the costs of staying silent versus speaking up, and one listener shares a tactic for having tough conversations in a meaningful way. And Bill has a realization about the concept behind the series: It was missing something important from the beginning.

“Hi Facebook friends. I have a story to tell you…”

“An age-old East Asian tradition of not talking openly about personal things...”

“That man did not speak for me…”

For this final episode of Subtext, we asked you what goes unsaid. And you said a lot. You talked about the cost of staying silent versus the cost of speaking up. What it feels like to be told not to speak. And how it’s possible to really talk about what's gone unsaid if you make the conversation more like a game.

This episode is devoted to listeners of this podcast who told us what else goes unsaid, why, and what they do about it.

Resources:

Steph Ikeda’s essay in the International Examiner. "We didn't talk about it": Moving beyond a culture of silence

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