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Political Gabfest

Gabfest Reads | A Former Haitian President’s Grandson Lives the Modern Immigrant Experience

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.58.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon talks with author Rich Benjamin about his new book, Talk to Me: Lessons From a Family Forged by History. They delve into Rich’s complex family history— particularly the experiences of his grandfather, Daniel Fignolé. Fignolé was the president of Hatti in 1957 before being ousted by a coup that involved American influence. Rich and Emily discuss how the political upheaval had a lasting impact on Rich and his family, the immigrant experience of “internalizing America” and the lasting scars of trauma.    Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at [email protected]. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.8

of February. I'm Emily Bazelon, one of the hosts of Slate's Political GabFest, and I am so glad to be here today with Rich Benjamin, who is the author of the new book,

0:57.7

Talk to Me, Lessons from a Family Forged by History.

1:02.4

Rich, welcome.

1:03.6

Thank you, Emily.

1:04.4

So glad to be here.

1:06.0

Thank you.

1:07.1

So when we met, you told me that your grandfather was the president of Haiti who was spirited out of the country in a coup with the help or the hurt of the Eisenhower administration and that you had a book coming out about him and the effects of his exile on your family.

1:25.0

I was sold right away, wanted to talk with you about this book. And now

1:30.1

here it is. So if you don't mind, let's start with your grandfather, Daniel Finiolet. For readers who

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