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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Junot Diaz and Carrie Fisher

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2013

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Junot Diaz has a book of short stories out now in paperback. It's called 'This Is How You Lose Her.' Junot's book is new, but the protagonist Yunior isn't. This is the third time the Pulitzer Prize-winning author has written about him. Is Yunior just an alter-ego for Diaz? Jesse will ask. Then, we revisit Jesse's interview with the actress Carrie Fisher. She'll talk about what it's like to play one of the most recognizable characters in movie history. Later in life, Fisher was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and then treated it with electroshock therapy. She'll talk about what that was like, too. Plus, the hosts of My Brother My Brother and Me answer listeners' pressing pop culture problems; Ian Cohen introduces us to a couple of great new heavy records; and in the wake of The Accidental Racist, Jesse will tell you about a record that mixed country and hip-hop to the benefit of both.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Lee from Dublin, Ireland.

0:01.8

I'm Nick, Showtime Ballata from Rhode Island.

0:03.8

I'm Blake from Oakland, California.

0:05.6

Both I would just see Thorne as produced independently

0:07.9

and supported by listeners like you and me.

0:09.7

You should support the show like I did.

0:11.2

This visit maximumfund.org-donate.

0:15.1

I'm Jesse Thorne.

0:16.2

The writer Juno Diaz is my guest on the show.

0:18.7

When we say who do we idolize,

0:21.1

I wasn't a kid who idolized sports figures.

0:23.6

I didn't idolize movie stars.

0:25.4

I didn't idolize historical figures.

0:27.7

I kind of was an awe of my library

0:29.8

and the idea that there was an institution

0:31.8

where young kids could come in and take books out

0:35.4

the same as adults and be responsible for books.

0:38.2

That just was just such a gift.

0:40.5

It's Bullseye.

0:48.1

Coming out my conversation with Juno Diaz,

0:50.1

who came to the States from the Dominican Republic as a kid.

0:53.0

I always think that my writing is an attempt for me

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