Lidia Yuknavitch, Felipe Torres Medina, and Pedro the Lion (REBROADCAST)
About this episode
Bestselling author Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her memoir, while Felipe Torres Medina explores the US immigration system, and Pedro the Lion performs music.
Bestselling author Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her new memoir Reading the Waves, which explores memory and how a shift in position can reshape our complicated stories; award-winning humorist and writer Felipe Torres Medina (The Late Show With Stephen Colbert) takes us on an adventure through the quagmire of the US immigration system with his book America, Let Me In: A Choose Your Immigration Story; and indie rock group Pedro the Lion performs "Spend Time" from their latest album Santa Cruz.
People in this episode
Host: Luke Burbank
Guests: Lidia Yuknavitch, Felipe Torres Medina
Topics covered
- memoir
- immigration
- music
- storytelling
- personal narrative
Keywords
- Lidia Yuknavitch
- Felipe Torres Medina
- Pedro the Lion
- memoir
- immigration
- music
- storytelling
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Books & works: Reading the Waves, America, Let Me In: A Choose Your Immigration Story, Santa Cruz
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