What if, as a child born into a white Jewish family, anytime someone remarked about your skin color, a story was told about a distant Sicilian grandfather? Even if it was obvious that wasn't the whole story? Lacey Schwartz talks about what it's like to live in an alternate universe of knowing-not knowing your own secret.
May 28
Nobody Liked Their Nickname
When tragedy befalls Laurie’s crowded family, she and her eight remaining siblings—and their deeply detached and peculiar parents—must navigate the unthinkable. And too, the unsayable—because in this haunted home, nothing is said at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf ... Show More
45m 6s
Sep 2021
EP65: A Father's Note to His "Timeless" Daughter, The Corrupt City Council, and A Father's Secret
On this episode of Our American Stories, talk radio host Jeff Katz shares a note that his daughter won't ever read, but will surely impact your life for the better; Erica Brewer shares how the city council of her own community worked to silence her; and Skip Reeves tells the stor ... Show More
38m 17s
Sep 2021
S2 | Ep 3: An Alley Along Melrose
Los Angeles, 1981-1982. “This rumor went around in 1981, 1982, that kids just were brought to see the body of another kid.” The origin story of Bret Easton Ellis (and Less Than Zero), Part Two.
45m 8s