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Podcast: The Unspeakeasy With Meghan Daum
Episode: Growing Up Zappa: Moon Unit Zappa on Valley Girl, and the rock-and-roll patriarchy
Description: Writer, performer, and Gen-X legend Moon Unit Zappa joins Meghan for a conversation about her new memoir Earth To Moon. She talks about being the eldest child of iconoclastic musician Frank Zappa, growing up in the chaos of the 1970s and 80s rock-and-roll scene, the cultural phenomenon of the hit single Valley Girl, fissures within the Zappa family, and forging a life and career in the today's creative economy. GUEST BIO Moon Unit Zappa was born in 1967 to legendary musician Frank Vincent Zappa and his second wife, Gail Zappa. At the age of 14, she appeared...