17: your mom didn't teach you Spanish?

A conversation with Josiah Coe, whose family is from the USA and the Philippines. We talk about his childhood on a farm in rural Georgia with seven siblings, the ways in which he grew up surrounded by Filipino culture within the United States, and how the concept of “otherizing," useful to some, is ultimately meaningless. He discusses the feeling of often being misidentified as Iranian or Mexican, and how such experiences led him to discovering those cultures and their languages. We also talk about his life as a violist and the importance of truly listening in today’s world.