Episode 476
with Hari Kondabolu, Sarah Scoles, and Angelica Garcia
Host Luke Burbank and guest announcer Hari Kondabolu admit to being undecided on matters of personal hygiene and bed-making; science journalist Sarah Scoles encounters some true believers at the International UFO Congress; and singer-songwriter Angelica Garcia performs "I Don't Believe in Death" from her album Cha Cha Palace.
Hari Kondabolu
Comedian
Named one of Variety’s “Top 10 Comics to Watch,” Hari Kondabolu is probably the smartest person you’ll laugh at this year. Why? Because he earned a Masters in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and worked as an immigrant rights organizer in Seattle. Thanks to that, his comedy is a complex blend of social commentary, honest personal experience, and trenchant political wit. Hari’s Netflix standup special Warn Your Relatives was released in 2018 and his critically-acclaimed documentary The Problem with Apu has been making waves since 2017. Website • Twitter
Sarah Scoles
Author
Sarah Scoles is all about identifying the unidentifiable. Her latest book They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers is an anthropological look at the UFO community, told through both first-person experiences and researchers as they pursue what they see as a solvable mystery. Sarah is a science journalist, the author of the book Making Contact, and a contributing writer at Wired and Popular Science. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, Smithsonian, The Washington Post, Scientific American, and others. Website • Twitter
Angelica Garcia
Singer-Songwriter
With Mexican and Salvadoran roots in the San Gabriel Valley, east of Los Angeles, Angélica Garcia has spent the last few years creating a second family within the welcoming community of Richmond, VA. This multicultural dichotomy shapes her latest album Cha Cha Palace — her Spacebomb Records debut and follow up to 2016’s Medicine for Birds. Her song "Jícama" became widely known when Barack Obama selected the track for his 2019 year-end list. Angelica’s indie pop style boasts its own brand of cool by weaving her personal experiences into her infectious sound. Listen • Twitter