EPISODE · May 6, 2022 · 52 MIN
Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Moorea Masa
from Live Wire with Luke Burbank · host PRX
In honor of Mother's Day, host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello share some thoughtful mom-centric conversations: musician Michelle Zauner, a.k.a. Japanese Breakfast, discusses her memoir Crying in H Mart, in which she reconnects with her late mother and their Korean heritage through a love of food; Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes (In the Heights) reflects on how her mother's use of language informed her writing career; and singer-songwriter Moorea Masa performs her soulful single "Honey," a tribute to her complex relationship with the woman who raised her.
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Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Moorea Masa
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