Podcasts about afghan cycles

Type 2 is a podcast from Looking Sideways in association with Patagonia that explores the intersection between the outdoors, action sports and activism. My guest for this episode of Type 2 is Shannon Galpin an explorer, writer, journalist, artist and global activist known primarily for her work on climate action and women's rights. I first became aware of Shannon through her long-running work in Afghanistan, where she has been involved with womens' rights projects for over a decade now. She first visited the country in 2009, eventually helping to establish the first Afghan Women's National cycling team, and continuing to advocate for the right of women in the country to ride bikes in safety. Shannon wrote two books about this experience, as well producing the documentary Afghan Cycles. Today, with social and political change sweeping the country once again, she has been working to help evacuate the women she worked with and their families from the country, as well as setting up post-evacuation programmes for them around Europe, the US and Canada. In addition to this important, emotionally involving work, Shannon is also collaborating with her daughter Devon on a project called Endangered Activism, through which she focuses “on field research and the use of street art as a way of …inspiring youth activism for wildlife conservation and climate justice” As you're going to discover from our conversation, Shannon has a truly remarkable range of interests and is creating important, transformative work across a number of different creative fronts, something she sums up by saying ‘my curiosity outweighs my fear'. I found her empathetic, inquisitive approach to activism to be hugely inspiring - I hope you do too. New episodes of Type 2 are released every four weeks through my Looking Sideways channel. Hear it by subscribing to Looking Sideways via ApplePodcasts, Spotify or any of the usual other podcast providers. Thanks to Ewan Wallace for the theme tune, and to my editor Fina Charleson.

Sarah Menzies is an incredibly talented filmmaker and director of several documentaries that capture characters who are changing the world in positive ways. In this episode, we discuss her path to becoming a filmmaker, and she walks us through the production of her amazing feature length documentary, Afghan Cycles. Afghan Cycles follows the journey of a group of young women in Afghanistan who are pushing gender and cultural barriers by riding bicycles. This inspiring film uses the bicycle to tell a story of women's rights, human rights, and the struggles faced by Afghan women on a daily basis... from discrimination, to abuse, to the oppressive silencing of their voices in all aspects of contemporary society. These women ride despite cultural barriers, despite infrastructure, and despite death threats, embracing the power and freedom that comes with the sport. I'm so excited to share this conversation with you guys. Sarah's work is so inspiring, and her documentary is one of my favorites.  Keep up with Sarah on social media! Instagram: @sarmenzies, @afghancycles Watch Afghan Cycles: www.afghancycles.com  Enjoy!   Credits: Music: www.bensound.com 

Jenifer Westphal founded Wavelength Productions to develop, fund, and produce films that tell great f**king stories. Wavelength Productions works tirelessly to find and support talented and exciting filmmakers in all stages of production on projects that resonate with broad audiences. Sundance 2019 films included In Association and Executive Producer on Matt Tyrnauer's Where's My Roy Cohn?, Executive Producer on Tayarisha Poe's Selah and the Spades, and Co-Executive Producer on Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera's The Infiltrators and Rachel Lear's Knock Down the House. Additional projects include Executive Producer on Morgan Neville's film Won't You Be My Neighbor?, In Association and Executive Producer on Matt Tyrnauer's Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, Executive Producer on Sarah Menzies' Afghan Cycles, Executive Producer on Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman's Sembene!, Executive Producer on Marshall Tyler's CAP, In Association and Executive Producer on Tom Quinn's Colewell, Associate Producer on Ben Hickernell's A Rising Tide, as well as Associate Producer on Sundance 2018 favorites This is Home, directed by Alexandra Shiva, Associate Producer on Night Comes On, directed by Jordana Spiro and Co-Executive Producer on Laura Nix's Inventing Tomorrow. Jenifer is a benefactor of Chicago Media Project, where she sits on the board. She recently served as a panelist on the Sundance Catalyst Round Table. In addition to her work in film, Jenifer is a major donor to the Laura Ingalles Wilder Museum in Minnesota. She also serves as an advisory board member and grantor for the Good Work Foundation (an organization with the mission to lead a digitally-[em]powered education model for rural Africa and the world).​Twitter: @WestphalJenifer Joe Plummer started his career producing Shakespeare for the award-winning company Poor Tom Productions and The Williamstown Theater Festival. In 2005, he transitioned to network television where he produced and directed shows for TRUTV, Court TV, The Food Network, HGTV. In 2012, Joe started a digital ad agency and production company -- Gotta Kid To Feed Productions and made a splash with his Webby-nominated viral series Real Actors Read Yelp. At GKTF, Joe created and directed original digital content for ESPN, Nickelodeon, The Food Network, Cooking Channel, HGTV, Travel Channel and more, all the while producing viral content for brands across the country. In 2015, he released his first short film Love Life; a comedy about online dating gone awry. As the Supervising Producer for Wavelength Productions, Joe oversees all in-house productions, development, investment, and co-productions. He is currently producing a slate of documentary films for Wavelength; Unschooled, How to Be Normal, The Foursome and Maybe Next Year. Additional credits include Executive Producer on Matt Tyrnauer's Where's My Roy Cohn? , Co-Executive Producer on The Infiltrators, Executive Producer on Athlete A, Executive Producer on Feels Good Man, Co-Executive Producer on Knock Down the House, and Executive Producer on Colewell. Website: https://www.wavelengthproductions.com/aboutTrailer to Knock Down The House | Official Trailer | Netflix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wGZc8ZjFY4You can also check my documentary The People of Brixton, on Kwelitv here: https://www.kweli.tv/programs/the-people-of-brixton?autoplay=true Damien Swaby Social Media Links: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/damien_swaby_video_producer/Twitterhttps://twitter.com/DamienSwaby?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/Damien-Swaby-213805135363397/?ref=bookmarks

Support the podcast through Patreon and get access to special audio and written content, be part of a private Facebook group and enjoy other benefits reserved for supporters of the podcast! *****   Today’s guest is Anna Brones. Anna is many things. She’s a writer, she’s an artist and a documentary producer. And the thread through all of these is that Anna is a creative. I met Anna maybe eight years ago or so and we’ve stayed in touch via Facebook all this time so I’ve been able to watch the growth of all the things she’s involved with. Most recently, something very interesting came across my radar and I really wanted to reach out to chat with her about it. She’s a producer on a documentary that’s just come out called Afghan Cycles. After you listen to this conversation, I want you to go rent this movie – you can find all the ways to do so by going to Afghancycles.com. It’s the story about some very bold women in Afghanistan who are challenging gender issues by the “simple” act of biking. It’s really quite amazing. So of course in this conversation with Anna, we talk about the movie and these bold women bicyclists and the benefits of empowering women – whether in Afghanistan or elsewhere. But we also talk extensively about what it means to be creative. Because she brings thoughtful creativeness to everything she does. So many of the women I have on the podcast are living what I would categorize as a very intentional life. They make very thoughtful decisions when it comes to what it is they do. And Anna is high on the list with regards to that category. Perhaps it’s the way she articulates her thoughts (of course, she’s a writer!) but I was really impressed with how intentionally she lives and I think you’ll clue into that during this episode as well. I know you’ll really enjoy this conversation with Anna Brones.          ***** Have a burning question and want to be featured on a future episode? Call 877-280-5170 and leave a message or email me here. ***** Connect with AnnaWebsite | Instagram | Twitter   Links/books/people mentionedAfghan Cycles (website) Afghan Cycles (Instagram) Outside Magazine article about Anna Lomography camera (Amazon) The Oatmeal Connect with me: PATREON! (join the community!) Facebook Instagram WanderTours Be Bold Facebook Group (women-only) Twitter Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe then tell a friend! Be Bold, Beth

Both filmmaker Sarah Menzies and The Musical Mountaineers accomplished big things after our conversations last year. Sarah debuted her film Afghan Cycles. Rose and Anastasia played music in Seattle's Benaroya Hall. We catch up and celebrate what's next. Women featured in this episode: Sarah Menzies, Anastasia Allison, and Rose Freeman Hosted by Gale Straub In this episode you'll hear: How the Afghan Cycles film debut at Hot Docs film festival went for filmmaker Sarah Menzies Why film festivals are important for outdoor documentary films How Sarah is carving out time for her and her partner Kaitlin after devoting so much time to Afghan Cycles What Sarah wants to focus on for her next film project How she feels about Afghan Cycles being available to stream on platforms like iTunes Why Sarah wouldn't tell you she's "living the dream" but why she wouldn't have it any other way The Musical Mountaineers share about the concert they played at Benaroya Hall in Seattle (and how it wasn't as different as they thought it would be from playing in the mountains) The beauty in the fact that wherever Anastasia and Rose play their instruments, the feeling is the same. What Rose and Anastasia are excited about Anastasia's p-cloth company, Kula Cloth The possibility The Musical Mountaineers see in 2019 (for themselves and for others!) The She Explores book We're doing a She Explores book event at REI Seattle May 1st at 6:30PM. Mark your calendar! Sponsored by NoteCast by EX-IQ and Warby Parker Learn more at She-Explores.com Join us in our She Explores Podcast Facebook Group Sponsor Websites and Codes Warby Parker: Head to warbyparker.com/EXPLORE to order your free Home Try-On’s today. Notecast: Head to Notecast.app and use code EXPLORES at checkout for 60 days free! Resources Sarah's Episode: All In Rose and Anastasia's episode: The Musical Mountaineers Afghan Cycles: Find it on iTunes and find out where you else you can stream it Afghan Cycles: Website Sarah Menzies: Instagram & Let Media The Musical Mountaineers: Instagram & Facebook Kula Cloth: Website & Instagram Anastasia Allison: Instagram and Website Rose Freeman: Instagram She Explores Book Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other people find us. Music is by Josh Woodward, Lee Rosevere and Kai Engel using a Creative Commons Attribution license.

We recorded this episode shortly after Erik had just returned from New York City where he circumnavigated all of Manhattan in a kayak to promote the No Barriers Summit that took place in October 2018. He took interviews along the way as journalists and you can read more and see some photos here. Erik, Dave, and Jeff dove in with Shannon asking about her and her daughter’s website and how they came up with the name: “endangered activists.” Shannon shares her love of activism with her daughter and decided to encourage her passion for animals and so, they built a project around this passion. “Perhaps activism is also an endangered species” Most of the time, Shannon explains, people find activism overwhelming and, especially in this day and age with all that is going on, it can seem like too much work to be involved. And instead, people become apathetic. But Shannon’s goal is to get people (including her daughter) to blast through this apathy, find their passion, and start working towards a goal or project to bring about change. When Shannon was college age - she had dreams of being a dancer or a sports therapist and then, at age 18, she had an incredibly traumatic life altering experience when she was raped and nearly killed. This event would shape her trajectory in ways she couldn't foresee at the time. After living abroad for 10 years, getting married, having a baby, and returning to Colorado, Shannon receives horrible news. Her younger sister was raped while at college. She starts looking into how common this occurrence is and discovers that violence against women is extremely common on college campuses and, spurred by wanting to change this and other alarming gender violence stats, “almost overnight” she became an activist. She chose to focus on Afghanistan after learning they have some of the worst records of gender violence and human rights violations. “The activism has always been in me but I wasn’t putting it to use in the world.” Her first step was learning and collecting data. She made contacts that helped her meet locals from all walks of life in the community - everyone from women in prison, folks in parliament, teachers, and other activists and heard their stories. She chose to travel without security in order to help break down those initial barriers to human connection. Over time she developed a network and decided her next step was to highlight what regular Afghans were doing and in particular, the youth, since they are the future. Little by little, Shannon was developed her cause by taking on small projects, all of which involved storytelling and evolved into street-art in and sport activism in particular. “No matter how different my projects have seemed it all comes back to the power of voice and the power of storytelling.” “One of my better qualities is that I thrive in the deep-end ….I like the puzzle of figuring things out. The idea of becoming an activist was just another puzzle to tackle.” As she spoke to more individuals and traveled the country she of course experienced dangerous or risky situations but overall she was blown away on the resilience and tenacity of the Afghans she met: “Just as you’re exposed to the worst of humanity you simultaneously are experiencing the best of humanity.” She started speaking to women in prisons who were often jailed for so called “morality crimes.” For example: being sexually assaulted or domestically beaten and she reflected upon her own experience and how despite the trauma she endured she was lucky that the USA doesn’t punish victims in the eyes of the law. The women were incredibly open and wanted to share their stories and she began to value the importance of bearing witness even more: “We look upon “victims” as something less than, people that we have to help, nurture, and hold up and that is demeaning and patronizing. People who are victimized and have to struggle are typically the strongest people that I know, have the most resiliency, and the most capacity to change, if we give them the tools, allow them to own their own voice, their own story and allow them to share that.” Erik is intrigued by Shannon’s quest to bring riding bikes to the women of Afghanistan and how she pursued this goal. As a mountain bike rider in Colorado, she was blown away that nobody seemed to be taking advantage of the beautiful terrain in Afghanistan and realized that despite other huge leaps forward in the workforce and other areas of society, it was still completely unheard of for women to ride bikes. She decided to lead by example. She brought her bike overseas and just started riding, striking up conversations everywhere she went which would lead to dinners, and coffee and more conversation, and even other men and boys who would ride with her. Five years later (after continuing to ride) she met the first generation of women who were riding bikes in Kabul as part of Afghan National Cycling Team. She met with their coach who, it turns out, was training both men and women. And now, despite the persistence of old stereotypes and physical harassment, young women in Afghanistan are taking a stand and riding bikes - changing their culture and making history on two wheels. This road to activism is not always easy, or instantly rewarding, or lucrative and it takes constant work and grit to succeed. She suggests that for others who are on the sidelines that want to get involved and feel overwhelmed: just start. Pick a passion and see how you can make small changes, even if it’s just locally, to affect change: “Each action seems insignificant on its own….but when you look back and realize all the people that are putting their drops of water in the bucket: that’s how we’re making change.” As Shannon progressed in her pursuits in Afghanistan she slowly started to accept what a strong role her own sexual assault played in helping her find this line of work. “The things that happen to us, that we see as the worst of the worst, are also the catalyst for change in us.” Her other tips include ignoring other people’s doubts about your choices and your decisions, to stay true to your vision, and to surround yourself with people that know more than you. Start the process, get comfortable feeling vulnerable, and stay strong in your fight to make a difference and overcome apathy. Visit Shannon's website: endangeredactivism.org Learn more about her film, Afghan Cycles, now touring the film festival circuit. Read her book, Mountain to Mountain, about her work in Afghanistan.

On this episode of the Women Sports Film Podcast, Jennie interviews the team behind Afghan Cycles on a gondola at the Mountain Film Festival!

Sarah Menzies is all in. Whether it's her adventure documentary film career or her relationships, Sarah is fully committed to following through on giving back to others. Sarah’s story is about what she would do for her many loves, and in turn, and what they would do for her. The filmmaker behind the short pieces, "The Mirnavator" and "A Steelhead Quest," Sarah's first full-length documentary film, "Afghan Cycles" is debuting at Hot Docs April 29th. Afghan Cycles uses the bicycle to tell a story of women’s rights - human rights - and the struggles faced by Afghan women on a daily basis, from discrimination to abuse, to the oppressive silencing of their voices in all aspects of contemporary society. These women ride despite cultural barriers, despite infrastructure, and despite death threats, embracing the power and freedom that comes with the sport. With the help of her girlfriend Katilin Bailey, we talk with Sarah about the evolution of her promising career. Women Featured in this Episode: Sarah Menzies and Kaitlin Bailey Hosted and produced by Gale Straub. In this episode, you'll hear: How Sarah became a documentary filmmaker and lessons learned along the way The importance of (at times) removing yourself from the story Tips for getting started in the outdoor film industry What fishing can teach you about patience, generosity, and the environment The parallels between bicycling in Afghanistan and the suffrage movement in the United States The challenges faced by Afghan women and their perseverance in spite of them. Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other people find us. Sponsored by Columbia Sportswear. Watch the "Offline" video featuring She Explores here. Join the She Explores Podcast community on Facebook. Visit She-Explores.com Resources mentioned in this episode: Live She Explores Event: Portland Oregon Sarah's production company: Let Media Outside Online: Sarah Menzies Knows the World's Coolest Women The Mirnavator A Steelhead Quest Afghan Cycles Website Columbia "Offline" Film Columbia Sportswear Episodes air weekly on Wednesdays-- subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss an episode. Music for this episode is by Chris Zabriskie, Kai Engel, and Lee Rosevere via freemusicarchive.org with a CC by A license. Music is also by Kent Rockefeller.