In this episode we discuss the August 11th episode of the New York Times podcast "The Daily." The episode is titled "Pregnant at 16"

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/podcasts/the-daily/roe-v-wade-abortion-louisiana.html

We ask the question "Where are all of these fathers?' during the course of the conversation. We look at contraception, single mothers, the responsibility of fathers, men having multiple babies, and the history of the single black family.

Some additional articles to review on this topic are:

"The breakdown of the black family" by Kay Hymowitz and continued by Chris Bodenner for the Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/black-incarcerations-uncomfortable-history/408733/

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/10/the-breakdown-of-the-black-family-contd/626229/

"The black family in the age of mass incarceration" by Ta-Nehisi Coates for the Atlantic

"African American family structure" on wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_family_structure#:~:text=The%20current%20most%20widespread%20African,of%20two%20parents%20and%20children.

Mr. F and D.W. talk about their experiences and have an open dialogue between two men in the hopes that we can foster a more cohesive and thought provoking conversation within our communities.

We aim to bridge understanding and empathy by open and honest dialogue. We are unmuted, unplugged and unapologetic so we can have open and unguarded discourse within our communities.

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