Terry Gross
👤 Speaker
21959
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
She couldn't be there to protect you because she had to work.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
So your family was so poor, and your mother was supporting the family, four children on her own.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
Let me just explain again that you were squatting.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
The family was squatting in an abandoned diner.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
It must be so interesting to be on stage doing comedy about all these horrible things from your childhood that you could have been in legal jeopardy for, that a lot of your family could have been deported for.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And now you've found a way on stage to make that funny and, of course, to make it very public.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
Is that because you watched so much TV when you were a kid?
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
You learned a lot about America from TV.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
Is that where you learned like this perfect English, no accent kind of sound?