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Nov 2020
18m 3s

Appearances

The Truth
About this episode

Appearances is “an audio mind trip about an Iranian-American woman, the family she carries around in her head, and the family that she wants to have.” It’s a wonderful new 10-part series from producer Sharon Mashihi, Mermaid Palace, and Radiotopia.

For this episode, we’re playing the series Prologue. If you like what you hear, please go check out the whole series! You can find it here:

https://mermaidpalace.org/appearances

Or by searching for “Appearances” in your favorite podcast app.

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