Eating Elk Kabobs in Idaho
Notes from America with Kai Wright
WNYC Studios
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
A new graphic memoir from New Yorker cartoonist Navied Mahdavian tells the story of his decision to move with his wife from San Francisco to rural Idaho. Mahdavian joins producer Kousha Navidar to discuss, This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America. Plus, we take your calls.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Notes from America with Kai Wright. |
| 0:17.6 | I'm Kusha, I'm a producer on the show, thanks for hanging out with us. |
| 0:21.0 | A mission of our show is to foster insight and connection during a divided time. |
| 0:27.0 | That division shows up in a lot of ways. |
| 0:29.2 | Often, it's between the experiences of Americans who live in urban versus rural communities. |
| 0:35.3 | In 2016, New Yorker cartoonist and writer Navid Medavian moved from San Francisco to |
| 0:41.7 | rural Idaho. |
| 0:43.2 | This was right after Trump was elected. |
| 0:46.1 | And like so many big choices we make in our lives, the outcome of moving to a remote |
| 0:51.7 | cabin in Trump country was a lot. |
| 0:55.5 | And in ways you might not expect, yes, it was often intimidating. |
| 0:59.2 | Sometimes scary, but his emotional space also changed. |
| 1:04.1 | What was most interesting to me in hearing Navid's story was the ways in which he found |
| 1:08.7 | community. |
| 1:09.7 | And the ways in which that new community showed up for him. |
| 1:13.4 | I recently guest hosted all of it with Allison Stewart and Navid joined me to talk about |
| 1:18.3 | his recent graphic memoir that captures his experience from becoming a bird lover to |
| 1:23.6 | finding out how much you can love Elk Kobobs. |
| 1:27.2 | It's called this country and I'd like to share it with you now and I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:41.0 | You're listening to all of it on WNYC. |
| 1:43.2 | I'm Kushan Avidar in for Allison Stewart. |
| 1:46.4 | In 2016, New Yorker contributing cartoonist Navid Medavian and his wife made a drastic |
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