824: Family Meeting

This American Life

Society & Culture, News, Politics, Arts

4.6 • 88.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Your mother and I have something we want to talk with you about.

Prologue: A family sits down to discuss one thing. But then the true purpose of the meeting emerges. (9 ½ minutes)
Act One: For one kibbutz-dwelling family in Israel, the decision of where to land after the October 7th attacks goes back and forth… and back… and forth. (28 minutes)
Act One: For one kibbutz-dwelling family in Israel, the decision of where to land after the October 7th attacks goes back and forth… and back… and forth. (28 minutes)
Act Two: An excerpt from “Belles Lettres," a short story by Nafissa Thompson-Spires from her book Heads of the Colored People, performed by actors Erika Alexander and Eisa Davis with a cameo from our colleague Alvin Melathe. (14 minutes)

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0:00.0	A quick warning, there are curse words that are unbeeped in today's episode of the show.
0:05.0	If you prefer a beeped version, you can find that at our website, this American Life.
0:10.0	org.
0:11.0	From W.B.C. Chicago, this is American Life, I'm on our class.
0:15.0	Okay, so listen, right now we're going to be a little bit quiet, because we're going to have a family talk.
0:21.0	Are you ready for a family talk?
0:23.0	Wait, wait, wait, dad.
0:24.3	What?
0:25.0	Brian LeBaron, is dad of a big family,
0:27.7	seven kids and all.
0:29.2	He most grew up in the United States, but his father and most of his family is Mexican and move back there a few years ago.
0:35.3	Back in November he gathered everybody together for a family meeting, outside, on a patio.
0:40.5	Most of the kids were on a long bench holding pillows.
0:43.0	Lexi thinks that this is an important moment in our family,
0:47.5	and I agree with her.
0:48.9	Lexi is Lexi Harrison Cripps, the journalist that recorded this meeting, because she knew what some of the kids did not know,
0:54.8	that Brian was planning to run for a seat in Mexico's House of Representatives.
0:58.6	What does that mean?
1:00.2	I want to work for the government. That's what that means.
1:03.0	And since I'm going to be running,
1:05.0	it's going to be a lot of work for me.
1:08.0	And I'm going to be traveling a lot.
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