'Who Gets Believed': Stories of Asylum-Seekers and Others

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 7, 2023

Dina Nayeri, author of The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You, speaks with us about latest book, Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn't Enough (Catapult, 2023), which weaves the stories of asylum seekers, torture survivors, wrongfully convicted inmates and others to reflect on what it means to be believed or dismissed when the story you tell can determine your fate.

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