Select Live and Pre-taped Interviews
For my inaugural show on Fresh Air, I speak to a memoirist whose life experience is the opposite of mine in a key way. While I wrote a father-daughter love story, in Louba Mrie’s Defiance, she details rebelling against her father during the Syrian Revolution. In retaliation, he allegedly kills her mother.
Fresh Air
For the hit podcast’s annual live event, I host a spirited conversation on the role of ancient moral frameworks in today’s AI revolution. Can Aristotle save us?
New York Times Hard Fork Live
My show in which we ask luminaries: what you have learned about how power really works? Start with Barack Obama. Then peruse others. My favorites include Sal Khan (Khan Academy + TED), Rosalind Wiseman (author behind megahit “Mean Girls”), democracy activist Stacey Abrams, rapper/actor Common, feminist lawyer Gloria Allred, actor Justin Baldoni, organizer Dolores Huerta.
Art of Power
Are social media companies responsible for screen addiction in kids? Oh, how the tides have turned! I love the callers into this live show. Local teachers and parents offer real time perspective on the heels of a historic court case amidst the The Anxious Generation movement.
KQED Forum
How do you uncover your parent’s hidden pasts? I glean pro-tips from fellow immigrant daughters Min Jin Lee, Kao Kalia Yang and Sahaj Kaur Kohli.
NPR