Selected Shorts

Selected Shorts


Episode 21 Aasif Mandvi “Born Again”

May 29, 2017

From actor, writer, comedian and the former Senior Middle East Correspondent on The Daily Show.  a sweet, funny story about nerdom and outsider culture taken from his memoir, No Man's Land.  Published in 2014, No Man’s Land chronicles Aasif’s life as an Indo-Muslim-British-American and gives a first-hand look at the American immigration experience.  After the story, Aasif calls in to talk to Aparna about his book and the current state of affairs.