Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein's IFC series Portlandia returns on Thurs. Feb. 27.

Carrie Brownstein on Hunger and Self Discovery

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 28, 2015

Carrie Brownstein, musician (Sleater-Kinney), writer and actor ("Portlandia") and the author of Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir (Riverhead Books, 2015), tells her story from misfit to rocker to TV star and talks about listening to and performing music as a means to self discovery.

→EVENT:  See Carrie Brownstein in conversation with Gaby Hoffman at Barnes & Noble (Union Square) tonight 10/28 at 7PM.  More info here.

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