Nuri Turkle

…So basically, we gave Chinese spies back and they gave us innocent people that they had interned because they were Uyghurs. Anyway, don't get me started on that. This is amazing news because I imagine Nuri had probably by this point somewhat made peace with the idea that he was never going to see his mother again, which is heartbreaking.…

…It was pretty extraordinary, to say the least. Nuri, of course, is fascinating. He was born into a re-education camp in Kashgar, China. And the state interned his mother when I think she was six months pregnant. So Nuri lived in the detention center as a baby for the first few months of his life. Years later, he comes to the U.S. for graduate school, and I b…

…On Fridays, though, we share stories, take listener letters, offer advice, share wild updates on previous episodes, which is actually kind of where I want to begin today. Because crazy, actually, update for you guys that surprised me. I found out I was reading the New York Times. Y'all remember Nuri Turkle? He's an attorney. He's a public official.…