Elna Baker

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2010

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Elna Baker is a comedian and writer. Her memoir is "The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance."

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Charlie Todd from New York City.
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0:17.6	Bye now.
0:18.5	I'm Jesse Thorne, live on tape from My House in Los Angeles.
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0:25.0	and PRI, public radio, international.
0:30.0	It's the sound of Young America.
0:34.8	I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:35.7	My guest on the program is a comedian,
0:39.8	writer, and performer.
0:41.1	You might have heard her on This American Life or on The Moth.
0:45.2	Her brand new book of memoir is called The New York Regional Mormon
0:49.4	Singles Halloween Dance.
0:51.2	It's the story of how she, a young practicing
0:54.4	Mormon, moved to New York City and struggled with her faith
0:59.5	and the demands that New York City makes on anybody,
1:02.4	not just Mormons.
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