Ray Suarez on his new book 'We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century'

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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You may have heard Ray Suarez on Bullseye before. He was last a guest on the show in 2016 and has since interviewed all kinds of folks for us. Lately, Ray has been spending a lot of time abroad. He lectures at the New York University campus in Shanghai. During his time abroad, he's been thinking a lot about what it means to be an immigrant. He's interviewed people from all across the globe on the topic, and has compiled their stories into a new book called We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century.

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0:18.8	Bullseye with Jesse Thorne is a production of maximum fun dot org and is distributed by NPR. It's bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorne. My next guest is Ray Suarez. Maybe you've heard him on our show before. He was last
0:45.8	a guest in 2016 when he did a live show in Washington, D.C. He lives there a lot of the time.
0:52.4	I still remember the corridors of NPR buzzing.
0:55.0	Someone literally said to me,
0:57.0	I didn't realize Ray was so fun.
1:00.0	More recently, you might have heard him hosting our show.
1:04.0	He's interviewed all kinds of folks for us, Bonnie,
1:06.2	Rick Steve's, even Deis and Marrow.
1:08.8	Every time he comes on bullseye, no matter which side of the table he's on, it's a real thrill for me. The man is a genuine
1:14.7	legend, nearly 50 years deep in the game. He's worked for ABC, CNN, CBS. He was a correspondent on the PBS news hour.
1:23.0	For years, he was the host of NPR's Talk of the Nation.
1:27.0	Frankly, I realize now as I list those credits,
1:31.0	he is a little overqualified to work on bullseye.
1:34.4	Lately Suarez has been spending a lot of time abroad.
1:37.0	He lectures at the NYU campus in Shanghai and he's been thinking a lot about what it means to be an immigrant, both in China and in the US,
1:48.0	two countries with very different attitudes about immigration and citizenship.
1:52.0	So he did what he does best. about immigration and citizenship.
1:52.7	So he did what he does best.
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