Bonus Episode – Dear America with Jose Antonio Vargas

This Filipino American Life

English - October 24, 2018 16:19 - 122 MB - ★★★★★ - 360 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 29 – Chat w/ Pinay Entrepreneur Freya Estreller, co-founder of CoolHaus Ice Cream

Next Episode: Episode 29.5 – 18 Questions for Producer Mike

On this bonus episode, the TFAL crew talks with the Emmy nominated filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize journalist winner Jose Antonio Vargas. The founder and CEO of Define American has been traveling around the country on his book tour for Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. In this episode we go straight into a conversation about the complexities of immigration and how the Filipino American experience of mixed families (documented and undocumented) has changed the undocumented narrative in the US.

How have you supported your undocumented relatives? How do you have these conversations with your family? Let us know by emailng us at [email protected] or call our voicemail, (805) 394-TFAL (8325).

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In the episode Elaine misspeaks when she says “green card” she means “phone card.”

If you haven’t yet, pick up Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen at your local bookstore!