JL;DR SUMMARY In this episode of Unorthodox, the hosts interview Iranian American writer Roya Hakakian about her book detailing the immigrant experience in America, emphasizing both the profound and mundane elements of life in the U.S. Poet Christian Wiman, the Gentile of the Week, discusses how his religious journey and the inspiration from Abraham Joshua Heschel influence his poetry, and poses a personal question about faith to the hosts. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

• At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
• This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
• Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
• But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
• And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.