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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

Anthony Jeselnik | Late Night Writer Dina Gusovsky on Why Everyone Should Be Raised By Immigrants

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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4.33.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Late Night writer Dina Gusovsky compares her experiences being raised by immigrant parents with American "snowplow parenting."

Then, Seth talks to comedian and writer Anthony Jeselnik, who also takes a few more questions backstage at Studio 8G.

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0:00.0

From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night

0:09.0

with Seth Meyers.

0:10.0

Today, you'll hear a Sess interview with comedian and writer Anthony Jezzelnik, who sticks

0:13.6

around for a few more questions backstage exclusively for this podcast.

0:17.3

But first, late night writer Dina Gazzoski tells Seth why she feels strongly about immigrant

0:21.6

parents.

0:22.6

After a handful of celebrity parents were caught up in a massive college admissions scandal,

0:31.4

there's been a renewed focus on extreme parenting techniques, including something called

0:35.0

Snow Plow Parenting, a trend in which parents go to great lengths to shield even their adult

0:39.9

children from life's obstacles.

0:41.8

Here to comment, please welcome one of my writers, Dina Gazzoski.

0:45.0

Thanks, Seth.

0:47.6

Thanks, Seth.

0:48.6

Now, as a native Russian and a child of immigrants, I think this whole idea of Snow Plow Parenting

0:53.6

is absolutely insane, which brings me to a new segment called Everyone Should Be Raised

0:57.9

by Immigrants.

1:02.9

Well, throwing up is hard, but immigrant parents make it even harder.

1:06.9

They don't snowplow if anything they bury you in snow and give you a tiny shovel to dig

1:11.9

yourself out.

1:12.9

You know, to build character.

1:16.0

Now, I came to America when I was four, and one of my first memories here was my parents

1:20.1

sending me off without warning to the horror that is kindergarten.

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