In Episode 2 of Questions I Wished I'd Asked My Parents, we meet Mark Kaminski, a doctor who patented a cure for a type of lymphoma. His parents came to the U.S. from Poland. And Polish was the only language spoken in their home. Then Mark entered kindergarten. With a briefcase. He might as well have had a sign on his back that read: "Kick me, I'm a nerd who doesn't speak English."

In Episode 1 of Questions I Wished I’d Asked My Parents, we meet Joe Borri, an artist and an author. His father was a Detroit policeman – though Joe insists he could have been a comedian. Joe’s older brother died when Joe was 10 years old. His father, a devout Catholic until then, stopped attending church. And Joe would love to ask him: How did you get through that and hold the family together?