The Stars of 'Vida'

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🗓️ 12 June 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Sam chats with the two leads of the STARZ show 'Vida,' Melissa Barrera and Mishel Prada. They play two sisters who return home to their old east Los Angeles neighborhood after their mother's death. There, they have to grapple with family drama, gentrification, racism, and finding their identity. Email the show at [email protected] and tweet @NPRItsBeenaMin with feels.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all from NPR, it's Ben and Minute.
0:06.9	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:07.9	Today, a conversation about a new show on stars.
0:11.3	It's called Vita.
0:12.7	So Vita centers around these two Latinx women characters.
0:16.2	They're brought back to their old Los Angeles neighborhood in East LA after their mother dies.
0:21.4	And they are forced to deal with all these old wounds.
0:24.5	Emma, I saw her in May and she didn't look sick.
0:28.8	She looked fine.
0:29.8	She would hold up.
0:30.8	Did you know?
0:31.8	What?
0:32.8	That she was sick?
0:33.8	No.
0:34.8	I was surprised as you were.
0:35.8	I swear to God.
0:36.8	You apparently knew the show to random roommates.
0:38.8	Well that's because I actually talked to mommy.
0:41.8	Talked to mommy.
0:43.8	Please, you calling me Dali any time you're stored on rent isn't exactly talking, is it?
0:48.8	What's wrong with you?
0:49.8	Our mother is dead.
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