Vera Farmiga & Peter Fonda Take a Road Trip, Fatima Farheen Mirza's Breakout Novel, Ben Rhodes on the Obama White House

Midday on WNYC | Jun 11, 2018

Shana Feste, Vera Farmiga, and Peter Fonda discuss their comedic family road trip film, Boundaries. Fatima Farheen Mirza explores family dynamics at an Indian-American wedding in A Place for Us: A Novel. Sheetal Sheth talks about helping children celebrate what makes them culturally unique. Former White House staffer Ben Rhodes takes readers behind the scenes of the Obama White House.

This episode is guest hosted by Hari Kondabolu.

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