Zoe Kurland
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So you don't want to disappoint people either.
If that makes them smile, it makes me smile too.
I always thought I'd work in the movies like my dad.
I'm a radio journalist in far west Texas.
In my job, I knock on strangers' doors to ask them about their lives.
I sit with them on their couches, at their kitchen tables, follow them out screen doors to their backyards, crackling with dry heat.
I have a big head of curly blonde hair, and I have been known to throw on a heel and clomp around in the desert.
It occurs to me that if you sat in the last row of the theater, if you squinted, it might look a little familiar.
When my dad and I finish our interview, he puts his rings back on, one at a time.
The placing of the jewelry ritual is oldest time itself.
Aren't you shocked that I know exactly where to put each one?