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A Journey to Kazakhstan & Self-Discovery

Midday on WNYC | Jul 22, 2018

Writer and comedian Audrey Murray discusses her book,  Open Mic Night in Moscow: And Other Stories from My Search for Black Markets, Soviet Architecture, and Emotionally Unavailable Russian Men. At age twenty-eight, while her friends were settling into corporate jobs and serious relationships, Murray was on a one-way flight to Kazakhstan, the first leg of a nine-month solo voyage through the former USSR. A blend of memoir and offbeat travel guide, this catalog of a comedian’s adventures is also a diary of her emotional discoveries about home, love, patriotism, loneliness, and independence.

On July 24 at 7 pm Audrey Murray will be at Powerhouse Arena (28 Adams St, Brooklyn).  

This segment is guest hosted by Jenna Flanagan. 

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