Connie and Pedro

UnFictional

KCRW

Society & Culture

4.4 • 923 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2010

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A personal story of crossing the border and protecting the border, a fascinating, funny and thoughtful lesson in family, culture and patriotism. Also, a heartbreaking tale of an Inuit Eskimo boy who finds himself in turn of the century New York City.

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0:00.0	KCRW's car donation program is sponsored by local Kia dealers,
0:03.7	introducing the EV6 available with AR windshield head-up display providing turn-by-turn directions,
0:09.8	hazard warnings, and more.
0:11.4	More info at Kia.com.
0:13.8	From KCRW and KCRW.com,
0:16.4	this is unfictional.
0:18.2	Real life stories from the sophisticated to the profane.
0:21.4	I'm Bob Carlson and in this episode,
0:25.0	guns, baby socks and online forms
0:29.0	we drop into the life of Connie and Pedro.
0:31.0	How did we meet?
0:32.0	Do you remember? If I remember correctly. life of Connie and Pedro. How did we meet?
0:32.6	Do you remember?
0:33.6	If I can remember correctly,
0:35.1	I was at our friend's house in a garage where you can't.
0:38.1	No, no, no, no.
0:39.2	That's the wrong sir?
0:40.2	Do I have it on run?
0:41.6	We met at Pizza Hut.
0:43.0	A couple whose life probably isn't what their parents imagined when they illegally crossed the border a generation ago.
0:49.0	Then later, an Eskimo boy finds himself in turn of the century New York City.
0:53.8	It does not end well.
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