An Evening with Kal Penn and Huma Abedin
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- Опубліковано 14 лис 2021
- Kal Penn and Huma Abedin had vastly different journeys into the world of American politics. As a collegiate-level White House intern during Hillary Clinton’s time as the first lady, Abedin never predicted she’d go on to witness some of the most crucial moments in America’s modern political history; including Clinton’s watershed nomination as the first female candidate for president. Penn, too, has both witnessed and shaped political history as a liaison for the Obama administration-something that he, a prominent Hollywood actor who’d experienced countless discriminations in the entertainment industry, never saw coming.
While their foray into politics were poles apart, Abedin and Penn do share a similar vision of the American Dream molded by their immigrant families. In their own professional endeavors-from Penn’s shift to politics to Abedin’s powerful tenure as Hillary Clinton’s right-hand woman-they’ve done more than just manifest this dream. Instead, they’ve disrupted it’s very core.
Together at INFORUM, Huma Abedin and Kal Penn will bring to life the remarkable experiences they’ve detailed in their new memoirs, Both/And and You Can’t Be Serious, respectively. In doing so, they will provide the audience with more than just powerful insights toward the meaning of the American Dream-instead, they’ll challenge its “one size fits all” narrative in order to reconstruct its meaning for a more inclusive future.
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This program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation.
Penn photo by Maarten de Boer; Abedin photo by Brigitte Lacombe.
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Huma Abedin
Former Vice Chairperson, Hillary Clinton 2016 Presidential Campaign; Author, Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds
Kal Penn
Actor; Former Principal Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement; Author, You Can’t Be Serious
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Before I continue watching the rest of the show, I just want to congratulate you both, Kal and Huma, for having written your books and now sharing your personal experiences and thoughts as children of Asian or South Asian parents that I am also (Southeast Asian in my case, to be more specific). There aren't many significant stories out there that talk about children of South Asian descent who are American citizens and who are into American politics that we can use to educate and motivate young men and women of a minority group to effectively participate in American politics, not necessarily as politicians. In fact, activists have always been our unsung heroes who tremendously push the American agenda that values equity and basic human rights here in the country that is emulated around the world. I wish you both much success and continue to stay humble because, as we know it, humility is a necessary part of our Asian culture that enables us to go a long way in whatever good we do in life. ❤️ 🇺🇸
Thank you for sharing your experience, absolutely amazing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is such a great conversation! I saw one interview with Huma on MSNBC , and I was so impressed that I picked up my phone and ordered it on Kindle. I’ve already read Huma’s book, and this conversation is different. The beginning of the book is so great, I began to hope that we wouldn’t even get to Anthony. I really like Kal’s work on House, and his journalism too. I used to get him mixed up with Cal Perry, and I would be so disappointed when it wasn’t Kal Penn on the report. I loved Huma’s story about meeting the Prime Minister of Bangladesh because my daughter-in-law is from there.
Excellent dialogue between 2 extremely talented individuals. Would welcome the Kal & Huma Roadshow 😉
What an astounding, articulate, elegant and brilliant person. What a
great example to us all about objectivity, reflection, responsibility
and reciprocity.
Further, she illuminates compulsive behavioral
reenactment, which was identified by Freud, then Bessel van der Kolk,
and since around 2000 has been internationally accepted as part of
Trauma theory.
What a beautiful, courageous heart ...
Great interview!!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
picking up your books now..
Huma just finished your book and LOVED it! Now thank you I will read Kal's book. So excited about it!
Frazzle drip
I still want to know what was on that laptop
Absolutely nothing was just a hype
Why would Huma be given any time on any station, channel, airwaves. Please research the list of major crimes and coverips she is involved with. Sure she wasn't executed at Gitmo?
STOP PROMOTING HUMA ABEDIN.