Tamara Yajia

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ ? minutes

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Writer and comedian Tamara Yajia joins Andy Richter to discuss growing up as a child star in Argentina, her mom’s side hustle, the days of Weird Twitter, and her memoir, "Cry for Me, Argentina." Do you want to talk to Andy live on SiriusXM’s Conan O’Brien Radio? Tell us your favorite dinner party story (about anything!) - leave a voicemail at 855-266-2604 or fill out our Google Form at BIT.LY/CALLANDYRICHTER. Listen to "The Andy Richter Call-In Show" every Wednesday at 1pm Pacific on SiriusXM's Conan O'Brien Channel.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the three questions with me, Andy Richter. Today I'm back with comedian, actor,
0:05.1	and author Tamara Eiji. We've known each other from social media for years. We were Twitter pals back in
0:10.6	the day. And she's got a fascinating story about growing up a child star in Argentina. It's all in
0:16.2	her new book called Cry for Me, Argentina, My Life is a Child Star, and it's in bookstores now.
0:21.9	So after you listen to this, go buy a copy. Here she is, Tamara Aegea.
0:40.0	Well, let's get started.
0:43.2	Tamara Eiji, hello.
0:44.4	Tamara.
0:46.9	Fuck, I already fucked it up.
0:49.0	Is it ever Tamara?
0:51.5	It can be, but yeah.
0:52.4	But you're Tamara.
0:53.2	I'm Tamara.
0:54.3	You can call me Tam too.
0:55.4	The soul come out.
0:56.2	Tamara.
0:57.5	Yeah, just call me tomorrow. The musical Annie probably was very personal for you.
1:01.1	Yes.
1:01.7	And people would say.
1:02.9	She's singing right to me.
1:04.4	To me.
1:05.1	Poor little me orphan child star immigrant.
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