Episode Notes

We all want to be believed, yet not everyone is believable. Criteria for credibility reflect cultural norms and our own desires to leave what we already know unquestioned, but how do these biases affect what we hear and the choices we make? In her latest book, Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn’t Enough, _Dina Nayeri uncovers how we listen, who we believe, and the tragic consequences of not believing others. Dina joins me in conversation as we wrestle with how we believe and how we can become better at hearing the stories that people like us and not like us tell. Dina is a winner of the UNESCO City of Literature Paul Engle Prize and a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship. Her previous book, _The Ungrateful Refugee, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Kirkus Prize.