REBROADCAST: Aparna Nancherla, Gary Gulman, No-No Boy
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Comedian and writer Aparna Nancherla discusses her memoir “Unreliable Narrator” and why her mother made her order pizza to combat her shyness; stand-up comedian Gary Gulman riffs on the false notion of dangerous scissors in elementary school; singer-songwriter and historian No-No Boy performs his song "1603," featured on his latest album “Empire Electric,” which tells the story of the first non-Native sighting of Oregon by a multicultural crew of sailors who fell through the cracks of history. Plus, host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello learn about the times our listeners suffered from impostor syndrome.
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