Memoir Writer Christina Quist on Baboons, Storytelling, and Morning Pages

<p>The American suburbs have little in common with the post-apartheid communities of Capetown, South Africa. Christina Quist knows this firsthand. She, her husband, and their five kids sold most of their belongings and moved from Ohio to the southern Hemisphere. Christina never imagined that she'd be dodging stray bullets and shooing baboons from her house. In this episode, Melissa and Dave interview Christina on her memoir, “Kaleidoscope: absurdly short stories of traveling and unraveling." In a wide-ranging interview, she recounts a hilarious story about a baboon who sauntered into her house, the importance of "morning pages," and the travails of self publishing.</p>