Kal Penn on YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS
\u201cI wanted to tell my story in a way that made you feel like you were having a beer with me. And\u2026even though I delve into things like identity and politics and family history and things that things that I'm really excited to share with everybody, I want it to be accessible to people who might disagree with me or might not have experience with the things that I have experiences with.\u201d From the Hollywood to the White House, Kal Penn\u2019s careers have been anything but boring; he\u2019s just published a very funny and honest memoir called\xa0You Can\u2019t Be Serious, which covers the work and the people he loves and the lessons he\u2019s learned. He joins us on the show to talk about growing up South Asian, stereotyping and\xa0that\xa0accent, Jhumpa Lahiri\u2019s fiction and more. Featured books: You Can\u2019t Be Serious by Kal Penn and Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake, both by Jhumpa Lahiri. Produced/hosted by Miwa Messer and engineered by Harry Liang.
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