Roya Hakakian on A Beginner's Guide to America

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🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Author and poet Roya Hakakian talks about her latest book, A Beginner's Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hakakian was born in Iran and came to the United States as a 19 year-old, not speaking any English, and carrying only the things she could stuff in her backpack. She tells Russ about the love affair she's had with her adopted country as well as where there is room for improvement.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics
0:07.0	and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover
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0:26.8	Our email address is mail at econtalk.org.
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0:37.6	Today is March 23rd, 2021, and my guest is author and poet Roya Hakonkian.
0:43.3	Her latest book is a Beginner's Guide to America for the Immigrant and the Curious.
0:48.8	I want to thank Plantronics for providing today's guest with the Blackwire 5220 headset.
0:53.3	I want to let parents listening with small children know that there may be some adult themes
0:57.3	in today's conversation.
0:58.9	Roya, welcome to econtalk.
1:00.3	Oh, I'm delighted.
1:01.9	Thank you for having me on.
1:03.2	Let's start with your own story, which is the backstory of your book.
1:08.2	Your book is written for any immigrant and any non-immigrant curious about understanding
1:13.0	more about the immigrant experience.
1:14.5	It's fascinating.
1:15.5	I said about observations about America and what it's like to come to America.
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