Monica Cure (a different Monica from the Monica in previous episodes) discusses her journey from Romania to the U.S. to Romania again and why she's decided to live in Bucharest. Monica and I both have Romanian heritage, and both of our families left in part due to religious persecution. On this podcast, we discuss what that history means to us.

Monica is also a renaissance woman and professor, so we also cover a lot of other ground including her work translating Romanian poetry and her book on postcards. Thank you to Monica for being on the podcast and teaching me my favorite Romanian word: "zori."

I recorded this podcast in a different location and unfortunately I placed the mic too close to Monica so she comes in a bit louder than me. I tried to fix the levels but it's still noticeable. Sorry about that!

Monica on how to read poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6irYRriLvgA

Monica's book on postcards: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/picturing-the-postcard

Pictured: Monica, me, and our friend Vlad Dracula.

Amazing theme music: Romanian Hora by The Underscore Orkestra is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.