Manuelito Wheeler
👤 Speaker
178
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
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The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
So I have just introduced myself in Navajo.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
Language equals culture.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
So it's the late 1990s, and my wife has gone to grad school, and she left me with our three-year-old son at the time.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
And so she started school, and she got an apartment in Tempe.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
We had a small apartment.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
Then I came down three, four months later.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
And, you know, I had a three-year-old son, and I needed a job.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
And I'd always found myself in the museum world.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
So where do I go to look for work right away?
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
You may have heard of it.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
So I go apply for a curatorial type job there and do great on my interview.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
Think I have it in the bag.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
Sorry you didn't get it.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
It wasn't that cold, but, you know, sorry you didn't get it.
The Moth
The Wisdom of Elders: The Moth Radio Hour
The herd's expanding.