<description>&lt;p&gt;Roberto Jose Andrade Franco joins me to talk about Benjamin Alire Saenz's "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Roberto's Capirotada piece can be read here: &lt;a href="https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2020/april/for-me-capirotada-is-the-taste-of-dancing-and-singing-at-home/" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2020/april/for-me-capirotada-is-the-taste-of-dancing-and-singing-at-home/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and this piece by him in Texas Monthly is one of my favorite things I've ever read: &lt;a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/you-can-never-leave-the-border-behind/" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/you-can-never-leave-the-border-behind/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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The Last Best Thing

The Irrelevant

Roberto Jose Andrade Franco - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, The meaning of Mexican manhood, El Paso Geography, Tony Romo's Fumble, and YA

JUN 29, 202037 MIN
The Last Best Thing

Roberto Jose Andrade Franco - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, The meaning of Mexican manhood, El Paso Geography, Tony Romo's Fumble, and YA

JUN 29, 202037 MIN

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<p>Roberto Jose Andrade Franco joins me to talk about Benjamin Alire Saenz's "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"</p> <p>Roberto's Capirotada piece can be read here: <a href="https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2020/april/for-me-capirotada-is-the-taste-of-dancing-and-singing-at-home/" rel="nofollow">https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2020/april/for-me-capirotada-is-the-taste-of-dancing-and-singing-at-home/</a></p> <p>and this piece by him in Texas Monthly is one of my favorite things I've ever read: <a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/you-can-never-leave-the-border-behind/" rel="nofollow">https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/you-can-never-leave-the-border-behind/</a></p> <hr> <p>The Last Best Thing is a part of <a href="https://theirrelevant.org/podcasts/" rel="nofollow">The Irrelevant Podcast Network</a></p> <hr> <p>Like the pod and wanna help me improve it? Here's a <a href="https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-irrelevant-information-pod" rel="nofollow">tip jar</a> anything helps.</p>