I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American. So my last name is Famuyiwa, it's different. And so that was a part of my experience from… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
My father modestly referred to himself as the Great Santini when we were growing up. And he took it - I later learned he had seen a high-wire aerialist when he was a boy, and he was up doing acrobatics… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Work can take on a new dimension if you know something about the artist. — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Google started as a free search engine. It's still free, but now it's making a lot of money on ads, right? A lot of… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
When I hear a politician speak biographically, I never know what's part of the campaign biography narrative that's been carefully crafted. — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
When you're reading a newspaper and you're seeing ads on the page, it's not kind of invasive. Like, it's on the page next to… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American. So my… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Dad mistook - for some reason unbeknownst to me - he mistook his family for a platoon of Marines. I mean, he - the… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I was thinking about comedy and how comedy in many ways opens us up to ideas and really being influenced by Richard Pryor and… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I was in an adolescent psychology class at Citadel when the guy said, if you had a mother who was beaten, there's a great… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
You know, how am I leading my own life? What am I denying? Since I brought such great powers of denial into my adult… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
