Joe Spector

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562 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 26 Mar

Joe Spector’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Fighting for freedom.

Exactly.

I think it's a concept they didn't want you to know about.

Yeah.

And we fled.

We fled with, I had a hundred bucks and a red suitcase.

And we left-

Lived in Italy in a refugee camp for several months.

Eventually got political asylum to come to the United States.

And then, you know, lived in low income housing for a long time.

In the Bay Area?

In the Bay Area.

What was that like?

A couple of things.

First, my dad definitely told us that we have to assimilate, that we have to learn the language.

He himself, he was a civil engineer and I saw him at first working flea markets, just doing manual labor.

And I think it showed me that he would do anything for his family to have a meal on the table.

And I think later in life, it showed me no one's too good to take out the garbage.

That's right.

That is exactly right.

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