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Brandon Weichert, geopolitical analyst and best-selling author of "A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine" and other books, on his faith journey as an evangelical Christian, Democratic Senator Van Hollen's (MD) trip to El Salvador to stand with MS-13 gang members, and the continuing American-Iranian nuclear non-proliferation treaty discussions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Election day is finally here, and voting is underway in dozens of states. Plus, we'll give you the Election Day forecast. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken to Israel's defense minister, as the deadline to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza looms. There are reports that an American-Iranian journalist has been detained by Tehran. And, we'll tell you why Japanese researchers have launched a wooden satellite into space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will Israel get its wish - an armed confrontation with Iran? We're joined by brilliant American-Iranian analyst and author Trita Parsi, co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire!"  The second installment in our Thrills or Kills series! An arthouse film with homages to classic vampiric films and American/Iranian pop culture!    Support The Show:  https://www.patreon.com/captainslogcast   Follow The Show: https://twitter.com/CaptainsLogPod   https://www.instagram.com/captainslogpod/   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgZvyiWBoZ4wgUvkXMnFR3A?view_as=subscriber   Help Bones-Guy & His Family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/genevieve-diabetes-diagnosis?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram_feed   Teepublic:  http://tee.pub/lic/-0QiaJySDjs   Dante's Damnation:  https://youtu.be/aZR3m9cCOoM?si=0PeyHhojm3AjCchS   Carlos Rivera's Socials:  https://www.instagram.com/carlos_r15/ https://www.instagram.com/losphotosrivera/   Audible Trial: http://www.audibletrial.com/CaptainsLog

The science increasingly points to a very positive link between (responsibly and professionally administered) psilocybin - or 'magic mushrooms' - and mental health. After reading American-Iranian comedian, writer, and actor Negin Farsad's experience on a Jamaican psychedelic retreat, written for AFAR, I talked to both Negin, and CEO/Head-facilitator of Mycomeditations, Justin Townsend about psychedelics, mental health, and creativity. This is a warm, deep, intriguing insight into the world of fungi and the human experience, which touches upon Jungian depth psychology, the default mode network, and the things that hold us back from our optimal creativity. As ever the show is supported by founding sponsor Illustration X: https://illustrationx.com and the Ukrainian Institute. You can help a wonderful organisation by supporting the Ukrainian creative community as they struggle to keep making during the horrific war: https://ui.org.ua/ http://neginfarsad.com/ https://www.instagram.com/neginfarsad/ https://www.mycomeditations.com/

On this week's roundup of the biggest headlines on Wall Street and how they affect your finances: Nicole follows the money trail of the American-Iranian prisoner exchange, the latest union to go on strike and the silver lining of a government shutdown. Want to start investing, but don't know where to begin? Go to moneyassistant.com and meet Magnifi, your AI money assistant, designed to help you make a plan for your financial goals. Want one-on-one money coaching from Nicole? Book a meeting with her here: intro.co/moneynewsnetwork 

In September 2012, a news story broke about Pastor Saeed Abedini, an ordained minister with duel American-Iranian citizenship who was arrested in Iran. He had been involved with setting up house churches in Iran and was working on setting up an orphanage. In 2013 he was sentenced to eight years in prison where he was beaten and denied medical treatment. Saeed's former wife, Naghmeh, worked tirelessly for Saeed's release, which took place in 2016. Shortly before Saeed was released, Naghmeh revealed that Saeed had been addicted to pornography and physically, emotionally, and verbally abused her throughout their marriage. In this first of two episodes, Naghmeh shares her story. Episode Transcript SPONSOR: This program is sponsored by Blazing Grace Ministries. ANNOUNCER: This radio program is PG13. Parents strongly cautioned - some material may be inappropriate for children under the age of 13. Jesus's mission was to comfort those who mourn, bind up the broken-hearted, proclaim liberty to captives, and open prison doors for those who are bound. For those who want more than status quo Christianity has to offer, Blazing Grace Radio begins now. And here is your host, Mike Genung. MIKE GENUNG, HOST, BLAZING GRACE RADIO: Hey, Mike Genung here, and welcome back to Blazing Grace Radio. I'm coming to you from another 115 degree day here in Phoenix, AZ. I think this is like #21 in a row, with more to come! So in September 2012, a news story broke about Pastor Saeed Abedini. He was an ordained minister with dual American-Iranian citizenship and he was arrested in Iran. He had been involved in the past, with setting up house churches there, and was working on setting up an orphanage. Then in 2013, he was sentenced to 8 years in prison. And the stories coming out of that prison were pretty dark, where he was beaten, and denied medical care, and it was pretty rough treatment. And I remember watching that story back at that time and praying for his release. And his wife Naghmeh was... she seemed to be everywhere, petitioning for his release, and getting involved with the US government, and some big name Christian ministries got involved, and... and then Sabadini - or Abedini - was released from prison on January 16th, 2016. And then shortly afterward there were started... stories were starting to surface where he had been abusing his wife, and he was - he had some porn problems. And as we know in our ministry, those two can often go hand in hand, with porn and abuse. It could be physical, emotional or verbal abuse. So, today I have Saeed's former wife Naghmeh with me to tell her side of the story. She made national news when she publicly advocated for the release of her then-husband, Saeed Abedini. Through Saeed's imprisonment, Naghmeh was able to bring worldwide attention to the plight of persecuted Christians, and able to proclaim the Gospel to millions across the globe by speaking at human rights groups, major news outlets, the United Nations at Geneva, the European Parliament Congress, and she had personal meetings with both President Barack Obama and [President] Donald Trump. When it came to light that she had been abused throughout her marriage by her husband, the Christian community suddenly changed on her. So, Naghmeh, welcome to the program. NAGHMEH ABEDINI PANAHI, GUEST: Thank you for having me. MIKE: So let's get started, and have you share your story. NAGHMEH: Yeah, I, since I can... I became a Christian from Islam when I was nine years old. My passion had always been to missions and preaching Muslims for Christ. It wasn't until my husband, who was very abusive, went to prison in Iran, that God started building me up. Because up to that point I have been so abused, so controlled, that I wouldn't then rely on my own thinking. I was completely controlled by my husband, and his imprisonment is actually what set me free, where I was able to... I guess I drew close to the Lord, reading His word, and praying more. And through that time is when God revealed to me the abuse I was under and set me free. And, as you mentioned, porn was a big part of our marriage, and it was considered as "godly" to watch and to try to please my husband in a way that would... in a way, it was twisted to show that it was not sin, and that it was... you know, a way that I could serve my husband. MIKE: You talked about abuse. What did that look like? NAGHMEH: Well, it was very subtle. I didn't even... when I met Saeed in 2002, I had no idea what narcissism was, or even any clue about emotional or psychological abuse. I knew about physical abuse, but even then I thought it's someone that gets beaten up all the time and.... it started with, just when I was meeting him, it started with a lot of verbal putting me down, my looks, wanting me to change certain things about myself, where I had entered the relationship, I was very confident. I was becoming more and more... not confident and believing lies about myself and that I wasn't desirable. Also, around that time, it was the isolation. I didn't realize that's what it was, but just criticizing all my friends... At that time I was a missionary in Iran when I met Saeed, so I didn't have a whole bunch of friends, but I had made some friends. I had come to Iran about a year early before I met Saeed, so some friends. And then my family would visit, and he was undermining them as not being spiritual, as Saeed was… Saeed was very Pentecostal, casting out demons, and a lot of signs and wonders, and he was basically... really, because I did see a lot of signs and wonders, I guess, he made me really trust in him and not to go to my family members or friends that I used to go for council. So he... Saeed became the only source of truth in my life. And there was... there was a few physical... it was some pushing and shoving and... but it wasn't a full-on beating until about a year into our marriage. About a year and a half into our marriage is when the first physical abuse happened. But before then, there was a lot of pushing me away, isolating me. The silent treatment, which is abusive as well, not speaking to me for weeks or months, and or... days, weeks, or months, depending on how much he wanted to punish me, and me begging to talk to him. And yeah, just some, I guess some physical, but at that time I wouldn't have considered it abuse. Some pushing and shoving and yeah, that's how it was. Until about a year, we were so busy with the house church movement, pretty much when I met my husband, we... focused on, we were leading one of the largest house church movements in Iran, so we were busy building disciples. I was actually really busy with that, and traveling, and starting churches, and so our relationship was not so much the focus, even though I knew something was off. But we were so busy, until... November of 2005, we had to flee Iran. So three years. If I met Saeed in 2002, I didn't... I met Saeed in 2002, I didn't marry him until 2004. So about three years after we met and about a year after marriage, we had to flee Iran. We were getting arrested a lot, and... I personally had guns pointed to me and told to deny my faith, and it was just getting so intense that we believed that it would actually endanger the house churches if we stayed longer. And, so, we went to Dubai, and a missionary family... it was around Thanksgiving, and a missionary family had gone to America for sabbatical for six months. So they told us we could use their apartment in Dubai until Saeed could get a visa to America. And the first night that we landed there I was pregnant with my daughter, and I was so tired, I was throwing out... I was searching through the suitcase for my pajamas and Saeed got upset and said "You're making a mess," and I said "Who cares?" and that's when my first full-on beating happened was... MIKE: Oh. NAGHMEH: He just beat me, kicked me, punched me; head, stomach, everywhere, I was bruised, and I thought I was going to die. I crawled into the bathroom, and I mean I had bumps coming out of my head. I crawled into the bathroom and called his parents. I called my mom. They were, of course, his parents were back in Iran, and my parents were in America. And he never said sorry, I mean... he ended up saying it was just the demonic forces in Dubai that had made him do it, but never true repentance. And at that time I was pregnant with our first... child, our daughter. So, having come from the Middle East culture, and also the American culture, church culture of purity movement, where if a girl kisses a guy, she's lost her purity and you're not supposed to, you know... you're supposed to keep yourself for your husband, I felt like I was damaged goods. So I didn't see a way out, in terms of walking away from that marriage. I thought, you know, "I'm stuck and I'm also pregnant, I don't want to be a single mom." So I... from that moment on, I guess I learned my lesson? I was walking on eggshells and did everything not to upset him again. And we ended up coming to America and we had our daughter in 2006, and our son in 2008. So that's... that's my... that's before his imprisonment. And I ended up, I was working until... he, yeah, I was working and we were raising the kids until he... he was traveling back and forth to Iran starting in 2009, when my son was about a year old. And in 2012, he was arrested. And that's when my whole life changed, I guess, from what I thought was the worst thing that could have happened to me, ended up being... actually, God rescued me. MIKE: You met him in 2002. So in the two years that you courted, was there any clue of the physical abuse, or any type of abuse, or the pornography? NAGHMEH: No, he was so deceptive. No, because I, well now looking back, of course there was emotional abuse. There was spiritual abuse, he would use Bible verses, but not something... It was very subtle. And even with his porn addiction, he was very deceptive. We had satellite so we could watch TV shows that were outside of Iran, which sometimes they had kissing, and so when the scene would come up with people kissing, he would look away and I thought, "Wow, this is a really pure man that can't even watch... like, he doesn't want to watch that." So no, I... the porn stuff I had no idea. I actually thought, "Wow, this is a very pure person." I knew of... of his past that was not very... was... yeah, his past was not good. I didn't know about the... he didn't talk about any porn addiction, but I knew he had relationships, there was even an incident of... gang rape, and his behaviors towards women. But all of that, he would say, was before he became a Christian, and he'd become a different person. And so, yeah. I just thought he's a Paul. I would call him a Paul, because he has such a radical background, where he was trained by Hezbollah terrorist group to attack Israel, and then he was about to murder a pastor, and he got saved. And so... I just thought that's the past. He's... when I met him he was a baby Christian, probably two years in the Lord, and he seemed on fire. And so I didn't... his past didn't bother me. It wasn't til we came to America and I was pregnant with my daughter, and I would look next to my bed and he was gone. And, of course, I'm usually a sound sleeper, but when you're pregnant, you go to the bathroom a lot [laughs] So it was towards the end of my pregnancy, and when I would wake up, and then I'd catch him in our living room, which was, you know, a good walk from the bedroom. It was, it was... I would search for him, where could he be? And I would find him in the living room and... he was watching porn. And he would turn it off and pretend it didn't happen. And so that was my first wake up call of what's going on. And then when I had my daughter, when she was about 10 months old, I was pregnant again with my son, Jacob, and we... he was again, there was some abuse, physical abuse, where he had grabbed me and I called the police. He ended up being charged for domestic abuse. It was in 2007, because, yeah, because my son was born in 2008. So my pastor at that time suggested that we move in with my - or I move in with my parents. He said, "Get away, it's not a safe place," you know, "go somewhere away from him." And so that's when I moved in with my parents. And then just over time he left... you know, I don't want to go into the details. There was a season where he left that then he came back, and ended up actually weaselling himself back into my parents house, coming back. And again, that's when it came up. It was... my parents now would walk in, and he had the TV on and he was watching porn, and he'd get so embarrassed and turn it off. And then it became to a point where he would just, if I walked in... he ended up watching it in the playroom, which was not an area my parents would normally come up at, because it was like the second floor. But then I would walk in, he was watching it, and it became to a point where he was no longer ashamed. He was just like, "Uh huh. I'm watching it. It's not sin." And so I didn't know, I guess, what to say to that. He had good arguments that when he was going to... Bible school, I guess they talked about sexually learning to do things, and it was okay to do things in marriage, and they had, he had taken a class on Song of Solomon. And so he was basically justifying it. And then soon... well, yeah, after my son was born, then he was demanding it. He was saying, "We need to watch it, and you need to do things like I tell you to do." And I was resisting watching it. I watched it a few times, but I couldn't stomach it. I just... the Holy Spirit within me was just so much against it. So I refused to watch it, but then he was watching it without shame. And but... and then he was, because of his porn addiction, sexually abusing me. He's just like wanting to do certain things that I didn't want to do. He wanted, you know, certain positions, and forceful, and aggressive, and... which again, at that time I wouldn't have labeled as sexual abuse. But it was. It was... very forceful, and demanding, and not listening to my... I guess my... I'm not wanting, you know, certain things and... so, but at that time I didn't see any of that as abuse, I just thought I have a hard marriage, and I didn't know what to do with it. So yeah. MIKE: You mentioned something about a rape in his past? NAGHMEH: Yeah, he had mentioned... he had mentioned that as a young boy in Iran, they had... it was rape. That he had a relationship with older women and younger women, but he mentioned a specific situation where there was a street girl. I don't know if she was a prostitute or if she was... she was being.... she was sex slavery or whatever her situation was, but she was pretty young, probably a teenager, and he was 18-20, because he got saved at 20. So he was... she was definitely much younger, and they kind of gang raped her. It was him and a group of friends, and... at that time when he told me I was, we were still dating, and so I couldn't even, I had to have no sexual relationship, I couldn't even fathom what he was saying, and... I... I didn't realize the red flag of... a person, basically raping, what that, another human being, what that would mean. MIKE: Mhmm. NAGHMEH: And then years later, I... other women approached me and talked to me, and I realized he's done that to many, many people, even in our house churches. He would pray for people, he would turn off the light, and he would pray for people and they would fall. Like Benny Hin. He was... Benny Hin was Saeed's hero. And later, so many girls at my church said he was fondling with them, and he was sexually molesting them. And when they were on the ground and everyone else's eyes were shut, Saeed was the only one praying and moving around, and praying for people. And years later, people start coming forward and saying that he was sexually abusing them and had used that opportunity to molest them, and things like that. MIKE: Mhmm [sighs] NAGHMEH: But it wasn't until after I came out with the abuse that all these other people started coming to me about things that they had seen. I'd even had other pastors, house church pastors, come forward to me and said, "Now that you say it, like I'd noticed this and this and this, and I didn't know if I was seeing it correctly, but Saeed was doing all this stuff with these girls," and... so until the abuse and his sexual addiction became known to me, and I even understood how damaging, like you said, a porn addiction is, and how it goes hand in hand with abuse, because a woman is no longer viewed as a human being, that they're objectified so... so usually porn addiction and abuse usually go hand in hand... I didn't know any of that until my eyes were opened up to abuse. And, so yeah, and the way they were opened up was when Saeed was in prison. So in 2012, as you said, Saeed was arrested. And at that time, right before his arrest, I remember crying out to the Lord because I could barely read my Bible. I could barely pray. The Bible was used to manipulate me, to control me - MIKE: Mmm. NAGHMEH: - to call me a bad wife. So I couldn't even read God's word because anytime I opened it, it was condemning. It was oppressive. And so when Saeed was arrested, I start opening up the word of God and I start praying. But before his arrest, I remember crying out and asking God to help with the marriage. I thought, "this is going to be my life for the rest of my life. This is going to be my marriage for the rest of my life." Saeed had been in a hotel room, before his arrest, with another woman. And I had called and she had picked up, and I became hysterical. And instead of apologizing, he said I'm crazy and I need to go see a doctor because I was hysterical that another woman - MIKE: Mmm. NAGHMEH: - answered the phone in his hotel. And so at that time, I remember thinking, "Wow, like he's saying I'm crazy for thinking that he cheated on me? They're just sleeping in the same room?" And I thought, this is my... I didn't even see a way out. I never thought divorce would be an option. So I remember crying out to the Lord, like, what's going on? Lord is, you know, and for the first time, just pouring my heart out to the Lord. And then a few hours later, both this girl and my husband were arrested and put in the prison, or actually put under house arrest first, and then put in prison. And from that moment on, I just start praying and reading my Bible. And in the effort of trying to get my husband out, God was building my confidence in Him and growing my walk with Him. And in 2015, I was speaking at a mega church in North Carolina, and the pastor's name was David Chadwick, Pastor David Chadwick. And he... I just... Saeed had a smartphone inside of the prison, and he had gotten a smartphone about a year before his release and he was messaging me, he was seeing how famous he was getting - MIKE: Mmm. NAGHMEH: - and I noticed he was getting access to my Amazon account, and he was watching things like "50 Shades of Gay", which I clicked on and it was just... it was making me like sick to my stomach, the sexual content. And so I noticed he's definitely watching porn again, so I mean, from Iranian prison, and then and it was seemed like there was a lot of more gay porn which made me wonder about what's happening in prison. And then I finally, I didn't share that part of the sexual stuff, because I was so ashamed. I didn't share it with the pastor, but I shared with him, like, "I don't understand. Saeed has a phone inside of the prison and he's sending me really rude messages saying me I'm a whore, I'm a... I'm a Jezebel," and so this pastor looked at me, and I shared everything of what has happened in our marriage, and I couldn't make sense of why Saeed was putting me down when I was trying so hard to get him out. Later it made sense that Saeed was noticing that I was becoming confident, I wasn't the same girl as I was before, where I would just shrivel up and submit to him. So this pastor, after I mentioned everything, and I showed him some of the text messages, he looked at me. He said "Naghmeh, you know, I'm not just a pastor." And I said, "No, I didn't know that." He said. "I'm a doctor." I - MIKE: Naghmeh, Naghmeh I need you to, I need to interrupt for a moment because we're out of time for this first show. But your story is very powerful, and we're going to continue this interview with Nagmeh next week, so I encourage you to join us. And then we'll talk to you next week. ANNOUNCER: Blazing Grace is a nonprofit international ministry for the sexually broken and the spouse. Please visit us at blazinggrace.org for information on Mike Genung's books, groups, counseling, or to have Mike speak at your organization. You can e-mail us at email@blazinggrace.org or call our office in Chandler, AZ at 719-888-5144. Again, visit us at blazinggrace.org, e-mail us at email@blazinggrace.org, or call the office at 719-888-5144. SPONSOR: This program was sponsored by Blazing Grace Ministries.

Shortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards 2023. In this episode I look back at how Iranians have made use of art in the 2022 uprising to undermine the hardline fundamentalist regime that has held power there since 1979. Women in particular have had their rights repressed and their bodies controlled. Within Iran artists have been creating work which is critical of the regime, sharing it widely to inspire others to join the fight or to keep going. Artists in the Iranian diaspora have also been important for raising awareness of the human rights abuses taking place, and for keeping the protests in the public eye in the West, including the high-profile American-Iranian artist Shirin Neshat.The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.To see the images and watch the videos discussed in the podcast visit www.thegallerycompanion.com. This is where you can subscribe to The Gallery Companion email list, which goes out every fortnight to accompany each new podcast episode, and is packed full of links to more info. That's where you can share your thoughts and join the conversation too.The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.To see the images and watch the videos discussed in the podcast visit www.thegallerycompanion.com. This is where you can subscribe to The Gallery Companion email list, which goes out every fortnight to accompany each new podcast episode, and is packed full of links to more info. That's where you can share your thoughts and join the conversation too. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegallerycompanion.com/subscribe

Randy Short Min. Dr. Randy Short, M.Div. is a Washington, D.C. native and a scholar, historian, human rights defender, social commentator, anti-eugenics advocate, freelance journalist, writer, and social action/social justice missionary affiliated with the Christian Church. Washington D.C. Representative for the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization, Black Agenda Reports, Judicial Justice Movement, and African American for Human Rights. Conference. In 2011, Short twice accompanied the Honorable Cynthia McKinney to Libya. An informed and excellent researcher and speaker, Short is regularly featured on FM/AM/blog radio programs nationally. Since 2011, Short has been a commentator on Russia Today News, PressTV, Al Alam, El Tejah News, Atlantic Television News, FARS news service, SAFARTV, RT, Abby Martin's "Breaking The Set", Voice of America Portuguese Africa, RTAC, WJLA-New Channel 8, Belarus National News, INFOWARS, DC Cablevision, Pacifica Radio raising issues that range from wars in Mali, Syria, Somalia, and Libya to helping to break the stories of the murders of Ramarley Graham and Trayvon Martin internationally. Short is the executive producer of “The Façade of the American Dream” documentary addressing racism and social injustice that PressTV aired internationally in January 2013. Short's second documentary "Dred Scott Nation" debuted on PressTV in August of 2015.  Short is a graduate of Howard University (B.S./Ph.D.), Harvard University (M.Div.), and the University of Virginia (M.Phil.). His Ph.D. in African and African American history. Short taught History and Religion at Bowie University and Lane College, former Executive Director of the Prince George's County Youth Commission, Board of Rebecca Project for Human Rights, and serves on the Board of the Coalition of Adoption Programs. As a Howard Univ. student leader, Short forced the school to grant honorary doctorates to Kwame Ture and organized the “Stop the Genocide in Darfur” campaign in 2004. Short is a columnist-contributor to Conservative Digital News, and he has published articles in Black Agenda Report, the Baltimore-Washington Afro-American, News Dimensions, Howard University Community News, Howard University Hilltop, Howard University Barrister, Short helped Myrlie Evers Williams and Rev. C.T. Vivian combat the burning of Black churches in the 1990s. Short aided the creation of the first Afro-Latin Human Rights Roundtable for the Congressional Black Caucus and been Amnesty International's Country Specialist for Sudan (2002-2005). As an opponent to the “War on Drugs” Short partnered with the late Dr. C. Delores Tucker to secure presidential pardons for Kemba Smith and Dorothy Gaines in 2000. As the President and Founder of the Anti-Depo Provera Clergy Coalition, he has presented before Congressman William L. Clay, Jr. and the Congressional Black Caucus regarding the need to outlaw Depo Provera. He also works alongside anti-Eugenics activist Elaine Riddick. Short has a book on the famed missionary the Rev. William H. Sheppard and genocide in the Congo to be published in 2019. Short helped edit and write the report “Depo Provera: Deadly Reproductive Violence”.Presently, Short is the Policy Director of Rebecca Project for Justice and is the Pastor for Salvation and Liberation Temple LLC. Since 2011, Short has been a collaborator with American-Iranian documentary filmmaker and Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi, and they have made two films “The Facade of the American Dream” (2013), “Died Scott Nation” (2015), and he was featured in the critically acclaimed documentary film on race in America titled “Black White and Blue”. Short was a featured presenter for the #1 ranked Amazon.com 2021 documentary Buck Breaking. Short is the convener of the 2019 Gone Too Far Movement organized to oppose H.R. 5 the Gay Equality Act. Short has authored and co-authored two books Slavery's Mastery (2021) and the Cory Booker biography I Am Spartacus with Roger Stone

Different Drum: A Biography of Dr. Randy Short  Min. Dr. Randy Short, M.Div. is a Washington, D.C. native and a scholar, historian, human rights defender, social commentator, anti-eugenics advocate, freelance journalist, writer, and social action/social justice missionary affiliated with the Christian Church. Washington D.C. Representative for the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization, Black Agenda Reports, Judicial Justice Movement, and African American for Human Rights. Conference. In 2011, Short twice accompanied the Honorable Cynthia McKinney to Libya. An informed and excellent researcher and speaker, Short is regularly featured on FM/AM/blog radio programs nationally. Since 2011, Short has been a commentator on Russia Today News, PressTV, Al Alam, El Tejah News, Atlantic Television News, FARS news service, SAFARTV, RT, Abby Martin's "Breaking The Set", Voice of America Portuguese Africa, RTAC, WJLA-New Channel 8, Belarus National News, INFOWARS, DC Cablevision, Pacifica Radio raising issues that range from wars in Mali, Syria, Somalia, and Libya to helping to break the stories of the murders of Ramarley Graham and Trayvon Martin internationally.  Short is the executive producer of “The Façade of the American Dream” documentary addressing racism and social injustice that PressTV aired internationally in January 2013. Short's second documentary "Dred Scott Nation" debuted on PressTV in August of 2015.    Short is a graduate of Howard University (B.S./Ph.D.), Harvard University (M.Div.), and the University of Virginia (M.Phil.). His Ph.D. in African and African American history. Short taught History and Religion at Bowie University and Lane College, former Executive Director of the Prince George's County Youth Commission, Board of Rebecca Project for Human Rights, and serves on the Board of the Coalition of Adoption Programs. As a Howard Univ. student leader, Short forced the school to grant honorary doctorates to Kwame Ture and organized the “Stop the Genocide in Darfur” campaign in 2004. Short is a columnist-contributor to Conservative Digital News, and he has published articles in Black Agenda Report, the Baltimore-Washington Afro-American, News Dimensions, Howard University Community News, Howard University Hilltop, Howard University Barrister,  Short helped Myrlie Evers Williams and Rev. C.T. Vivian combat the burning of Black churches in the 1990s.  Short aided the creation of the first Afro-Latin Human Rights Roundtable for the Congressional Black Caucus and been Amnesty International's Country Specialist for Sudan (2002-2005). As an opponent to the “War on Drugs” Short partnered with the late Dr. C. Delores Tucker to secure presidential pardons for Kemba Smith and Dorothy Gaines in 2000. As the President and Founder of the Anti-Depo Provera Clergy Coalition, he has presented before Congressman William L. Clay, Jr. and the Congressional Black Caucus regarding the need to outlaw Depo Provera. He also works alongside anti-Eugenics activist Elaine Riddick. Short has a book on the famed missionary the Rev.  William H. Sheppard and genocide in the Congo to be published in 2019.  Short helped edit and write the report “Depo Provera: Deadly Reproductive Violence”. Presently, Short is the Policy Director of Rebecca Project for Justice and is the Pastor for Salvation and Liberation Temple LLC. Since 2011, Short has been a collaborator with American-Iranian documentary filmmaker and Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi, and they have made two films “The Facade of the American Dream” (2013), “Died Scott Nation” (2015), and he was featured in the critically acclaimed documentary film on race in America titled “Black White and Blue”. Short was a featured presenter for the #1 ranked Amazon.com 2021  documentary Buck Breaking. Short is the convener of the 2019 Gone Too Far Movement organized to oppose H.R. 5 the Gay Equality Act. Short has authored and co-authored two books Slavery's Mastery (2021) and the Cory Booker.

Randy Short Min. Dr. Randy Short, M.Div. is a Washington, D.C. native and a scholar, historian, human rights defender, social commentator, anti-eugenics advocate, freelance journalist, writer, and social action/social justice missionary affiliated with the Christian Church. Washington D.C. Representative for the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization, Black Agenda Reports, Judicial Justice Movement, and African American for Human Rights. Conference. In 2011, Short twice accompanied the Honorable Cynthia McKinney to Libya. An informed and excellent researcher and speaker, Short is regularly featured on FM/AM/blog radio programs nationally. Since 2011, Short has been a commentator on Russia Today News, PressTV, Al Alam, El Tejah News, Atlantic Television News, FARS news service, SAFARTV, RT, Abby Martin's "Breaking The Set", Voice of America Portuguese Africa, RTAC, WJLA-New Channel 8, Belarus National News, INFOWARS, DC Cablevision, Pacifica Radio raising issues that range from wars in Mali, Syria, Somalia, and Libya to helping to break the stories of the murders of Ramarley Graham and Trayvon Martin internationally. Short is the executive producer of “The Façade of the American Dream” documentary addressing racism and social injustice that PressTV aired internationally in January 2013. Short's second documentary "Dred Scott Nation" debuted on PressTV in August of 2015.  Short is a graduate of Howard University (B.S./Ph.D.), Harvard University (M.Div.), and the University of Virginia (M.Phil.). His Ph.D. in African and African American history. Short taught History and Religion at Bowie University and Lane College, former Executive Director of the Prince George's County Youth Commission, Board of Rebecca Project for Human Rights, and serves on the Board of the Coalition of Adoption Programs. As a Howard Univ. student leader, Short forced the school to grant honorary doctorates to Kwame Ture and organized the “Stop the Genocide in Darfur” campaign in 2004. Short is a columnist-contributor to Conservative Digital News, and he has published articles in Black Agenda Report, the Baltimore-Washington Afro-American, News Dimensions, Howard University Community News, Howard University Hilltop, Howard University Barrister, Short helped Myrlie Evers Williams and Rev. C.T. Vivian combat the burning of Black churches in the 1990s. Short aided the creation of the first Afro-Latin Human Rights Roundtable for the Congressional Black Caucus and been Amnesty International's Country Specialist for Sudan (2002-2005). As an opponent to the “War on Drugs” Short partnered with the late Dr. C. Delores Tucker to secure presidential pardons for Kemba Smith and Dorothy Gaines in 2000. As the President and Founder of the Anti-Depo Provera Clergy Coalition, he has presented before Congressman William L. Clay, Jr. and the Congressional Black Caucus regarding the need to outlaw Depo Provera. He also works alongside anti-Eugenics activist Elaine Riddick. Short has a book on the famed missionary the Rev. William H. Sheppard and genocide in the Congo to be published in 2019. Short helped edit and write the report “Depo Provera: Deadly Reproductive Violence”.Presently, Short is the Policy Director of Rebecca Project for Justice and is the Pastor for Salvation and Liberation Temple LLC. Since 2011, Short has been a collaborator with American-Iranian documentary filmmaker and Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi, and they have made two films “The Facade of the American Dream” (2013), “Died Scott Nation” (2015), and he was featured in the critically acclaimed documentary film on race in America titled “Black White and Blue”. Short was a featured presenter for the #1 ranked Amazon.com 2021 documentary Buck Breaking. Short is the convener of the 2019 Gone Too Far Movement organized to oppose H.R. 5 the Gay Equality Act. Short has authored and co-authored two books Slavery's Mastery (2021) and the Cory Booker biography I Am Spartacus with Roger Stone (2021).

Real faith ‘passes first through the body/ like an arrow' so writes the American-Iranian poet Kaveh Akbar. In his collection Pilgrim Bell he plays with the physical and divine, the human capacity for cruelty and grace, and the reality of living as a Muslim in an Islamophobic nation. The Anglican priest and biblical scholar John Barton turns his attention to the word of God as it has travelled across the world. The Bible have been translated thousands of times into more than 700 languages. In The Word he traces the challenges of crossing linguistic borders from antiquity to the present, while remaining faithful to the original. Faith, fanaticism and fame combine in Emma Donoghue's novel, The Wonder, now made into a film, starring Florence Pugh. It follows the story of a young girl in 1860s Ireland who stops eating, but miraculously stays alive, and the nurse sent to discover the truth. Producer: Katy Hickman Image: From the film, 'The Wonder'. (L to R) Florence Pugh as Lib Wright, Josie Walker as Sister Michael in The Wonder. Cr. Aidan Monaghan/Netflix © 2022

In this episode I interview John Ghazvinian, author of "American and Iran", where we talk about the surprising history of American-Iranian relations by beginning in 1720, and continue all the way through the circuitous and, sometimes tortuous, path that is the history of these two remarkable nations.We look at the foundations for American interest in Iran; the growth of Iranian fascination with American democracy; the fascinating dual character of Iran as both the inheritor of Ancient Persia and Cyrus the Great, on the one hand, and as a Muslim nation, on the other hand; the role that religion played as a motor for progress in both the Constitutional Revolution of 1905 and the Iranian Revolution of 1979; and, finally, we consider the future of American-Iranian relations.

Senior writer at VICE News Tonight, Neda Toloui-Semnani, joins Jess and Zerlina to talk about her new book, They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents. Hear her reflections on unearthing her family's story, her American-Iranian identity, motherhood during unrest and much more.

Danny and Derek spend the first part of the episode talking about Libya from its independence through the rise and fall of Muammar Gaddafi, the civil war, and its faltering peace process. Then, Derek is joined by Assal Rad, senior research fellow at the National Iranian-American Council, to discuss her recent piece on the role economic warfare plays in extending the US empire and on the state of American-Iranian relations. Check out Assal's article here: https://bit.ly/2TZR8AD Become a patron today! www.patreon.com/americanprestige  

Arash Azizi is the author of “Shadow Commander: Soleimani, US & Iran's Global Ambitions” and the author of an essay for New Lines Magazine on Iran's new president. In this podcast with New Lines' Rasha Elass and Cameron Khansarinia, policy director at the National Union for Democracy in Iran, based in Washington DC, they explore the new president's background, whether Iran is going through a domestic crisis and what the future of American-Iranian relations will look like.

In 2017, Dina Nayeri, an American-Iranian author, wrote an article for the Guardian with the title ‘The ungrateful refugee: We have no debt to repay'. Last year, she published the book ‘The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You', which tells her own and several other refugees' stories while exploring themes of refugee life. In this episode: Dina Nayeri http://www.dinanayeri.com/ Book: The Ungrateful Refuge https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-ungrateful-refugee/dina-nayeri/9781786893499 Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/04/dina-nayeri-ungrateful-refugee Charities: Refugee Support https://www.refugeesupport.eu/ Freedom From Torture https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/ SecondTree https://secondtree.org/ HostNation https://www.hostnation.org.uk/ RAID(Rights and Accountability in Development)https://www.raid-uk.org/

In Losing Hearts and Minds: American Iranian Relations and International Education During the Cold War (Cornell UP, 2017), Matthew K. Shannon, an associate professor of history at Emory & Henry College, shows the complex role that Iranian student migration to the United States played in shaping the relations between the two countries. For U.S. policymakers, Iranian student migration to the United States was as a useful way to provide Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the training and technical expertise necessary for his modernization program. But as Shannon shows, Iranian students quickly became immersed in the progressive student movements of the 1960, eventually turning their critical energies to the shah’s own authoritarian regime and contributing to his overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution. This fascinating monograph is full of many unexpected twists and turns and will be of interest to historians of the U.S. in the world, US-Iran Relations, scholars of higher education, and anyone interested in this important era of U.S. foreign relations. Steven P. Rodriguez is a PhD Candidate in history at Vanderbilt University. You can reach him at steven.p.rodriguez@vanderbilt.edu and follow his twitter at @SPatrickRod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security

In Losing Hearts and Minds: American Iranian Relations and International Education During the Cold War (Cornell UP, 2017), Matthew K. Shannon, an associate professor of history at Emory & Henry College, shows the complex role that Iranian student migration to the United States played in shaping the relations between the two countries. For U.S. policymakers, Iranian student migration to the United States was as a useful way to provide Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the training and technical expertise necessary for his modernization program. But as Shannon shows, Iranian students quickly became immersed in the progressive student movements of the 1960, eventually turning their critical energies to the shah’s own authoritarian regime and contributing to his overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution. This fascinating monograph is full of many unexpected twists and turns and will be of interest to historians of the U.S. in the world, US-Iran Relations, scholars of higher education, and anyone interested in this important era of U.S. foreign relations. Steven P. Rodriguez is a PhD Candidate in history at Vanderbilt University. You can reach him at steven.p.rodriguez@vanderbilt.edu and follow his twitter at @SPatrickRod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

In Losing Hearts and Minds: American Iranian Relations and International Education During the Cold War (Cornell UP, 2017), Matthew K. Shannon, an associate professor of history at Emory & Henry College, shows the complex role that Iranian student migration to the United States played in shaping the relations between the two countries. For U.S. policymakers, Iranian student migration to the United States was as a useful way to provide Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the training and technical expertise necessary for his modernization program. But as Shannon shows, Iranian students quickly became immersed in the progressive student movements of the 1960, eventually turning their critical energies to the shah’s own authoritarian regime and contributing to his overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution. This fascinating monograph is full of many unexpected twists and turns and will be of interest to historians of the U.S. in the world, US-Iran Relations, scholars of higher education, and anyone interested in this important era of U.S. foreign relations. Steven P. Rodriguez is a PhD Candidate in history at Vanderbilt University. You can reach him at steven.p.rodriguez@vanderbilt.edu and follow his twitter at @SPatrickRod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

In Losing Hearts and Minds: American Iranian Relations and International Education During the Cold War (Cornell UP, 2017), Matthew K. Shannon, an associate professor of history at Emory & Henry College, shows the complex role that Iranian student migration to the United States played in shaping the relations between the two countries. For U.S. policymakers, Iranian student migration to the United States was as a useful way to provide Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the training and technical expertise necessary for his modernization program. But as Shannon shows, Iranian students quickly became immersed in the progressive student movements of the 1960, eventually turning their critical energies to the shah’s own authoritarian regime and contributing to his overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution. This fascinating monograph is full of many unexpected twists and turns and will be of interest to historians of the U.S. in the world, US-Iran Relations, scholars of higher education, and anyone interested in this important era of U.S. foreign relations. Steven P. Rodriguez is a PhD Candidate in history at Vanderbilt University. You can reach him at steven.p.rodriguez@vanderbilt.edu and follow his twitter at @SPatrickRod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In Losing Hearts and Minds: American Iranian Relations and International Education During the Cold War (Cornell UP, 2017), Matthew K. Shannon, an associate professor of history at Emory & Henry College, shows the complex role that Iranian student migration to the United States played in shaping the relations between the two countries. For U.S. policymakers, Iranian student migration to the United States was as a useful way to provide Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the training and technical expertise necessary for his modernization program. But as Shannon shows, Iranian students quickly became immersed in the progressive student movements of the 1960, eventually turning their critical energies to the shah’s own authoritarian regime and contributing to his overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution. This fascinating monograph is full of many unexpected twists and turns and will be of interest to historians of the U.S. in the world, US-Iran Relations, scholars of higher education, and anyone interested in this important era of U.S. foreign relations. Steven P. Rodriguez is a PhD Candidate in history at Vanderbilt University. You can reach him at steven.p.rodriguez@vanderbilt.edu and follow his twitter at @SPatrickRod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

In Losing Hearts and Minds: American Iranian Relations and International Education During the Cold War (Cornell UP, 2017), Matthew K. Shannon, an associate professor of history at Emory & Henry College, shows the complex role that Iranian student migration to the United States played in shaping the relations between the two countries. For U.S. policymakers, Iranian student migration to the United States was as a useful way to provide Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the training and technical expertise necessary for his modernization program. But as Shannon shows, Iranian students quickly became immersed in the progressive student movements of the 1960, eventually turning their critical energies to the shah’s own authoritarian regime and contributing to his overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution. This fascinating monograph is full of many unexpected twists and turns and will be of interest to historians of the U.S. in the world, US-Iran Relations, scholars of higher education, and anyone interested in this important era of U.S. foreign relations. Steven P. Rodriguez is a PhD Candidate in history at Vanderbilt University. You can reach him at steven.p.rodriguez@vanderbilt.edu and follow his twitter at @SPatrickRod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Welcome back to the Teammate Apart Podcast. Today’s special guest is Hassan Ghiassi. Hassan is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, consultant, master dialog facilitator, and founder of Aristotle’s Cafe.  Coming from an American-Iranian background, from a young age Hassan was always fascinated by cross-cultural communication taking a deep interest in how different cultures and people communicated.That passion led him to develop a communication framework and host community discussions that would bring people together and allow them to make meaningful conversation.  Since then he’s made major waves and immeasurable impact having facilitated more than 1,000 discussions himself, speaking with thousands of people the world over about some of life’s most important subjects. Additionally, he’s trained a small army of more than 300 facilitators worldwide to share this framework and facilitate discussions that matter.  Along the way, Hassan has been given the opportunity to hone his skills in diversity & inclusion, digital marketing, organizational culture, and so much more now bringing that combined expertise to his facilitated discussions, and to the board rooms of those he consults. Joining us here for what will surely be a podcast that matters to discuss his perspective on empathy, trust, and leadership communication on remote teams please join me in welcoming to the show, Hassan Ghiassi.Hassan GhiassiTraining Leaders to Have More Discussions that Matter - TEDx Speaker and Master Dialogue Facilitator | DEI Trainer | Conflict Resolution | Org Culture | Coach | Lover of Questions, Communication, & Empathy.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/consulthassanHire Hassan to Work With Your Team: https://dia-logic.comGet Involved with Aristotle's Cafe: https://www.aristotlescafe.comAbout Hassan GhiasiI can teach you and your organization how to lead and facilitate discussions that matter. No matter how difficult the topic is, you’ll have an easy-to-follow process to master those moments.After 16+ years of trainings, 350+ people trained, 956+ conversations, with more than 10,000+ people - I promise it will change your life!TEDx Speaker - "How Discussions That Matter Create Empathy”Master Dialogue Facilitator and ModeratorAristotle's Cafe small group discussion sessions happening in the United States, Iceland, Myanmar, Mongolia, Thailand, Indonesia, and India.Topics include Life, religion, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, gender, politics, interpersonal and intergroup conflicts, and workplace communication amongst others.Improving community, state, and national discourse with Facilitation, questions, communication, and empathy.Born in St. Louis to a Jewish mother and Iranian father, our founder, I grew up knowing the importance of bringing different communities together.Inspired by an upbringing full of diversity and differences, in 2005 I started holding free community discussions after returning from a study abroad experience in Sweden.I received my Masters of Communication Studies in California following the presentation of "Aristotle's Cafe - Speaking From Experience" which was awarded the Top Student Paper by the National Communication Association for Experiential Learning in 2011 for my ability to improve critical thinking, cultural awareness, and mindfulness for participants.In 2019 I was honored to be the only non-native speaker invited onto Bangkok's Chaerongkrung TEDx stage where I presented "How Discussions That Matter Create Empathy."Though currently based in Raleigh, North Carolina, I've spent eight years prior to 2020 working in Thailand, Cambodia, and Germany.Living the life of truly global citizens - my wife and I often joke that with a family made up of Christians, Muslims, Jews, and Buddhists we'll never run out of great celebrations or reasons to take time off for a holiday.Specialties:• Community dialogue• Organizational dialogue• Discussions that matter across differences of identity and worldview• Meeting designs that foster productivity and lead to collective outcomes and shared visions• Meaningful conversations, difficult conversations, and all things small group discussion.===

In about two weeks’ time an ultimatum will be tested in the tense American-Iranian relationship. Unusually, it was issued in Tehran and directed at Washington, rather than the other way around. The Iranian Parliament has threatened by legislation that if by the 21st sanctions re-imposed on Iran by the Trump administration are not lifted, limits on Iranian non-compliance with its obligations under the 2015 will be broken. While this is only one tactic by one Iranian body, disputed by others; it nevertheless underscores the escalatory nature of friction left over from the Trump era, while Biden and his associates express their wish to renew the deal and improve on it, but have yet to take concrete steps in this direction. So is the clock ominously ticking, or is it just another phase in a turbulent relationship? Panel: - Jonathan Hessen, Host. - Amir Oren, Analyst. - Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser – Project Director on Middle East Developments, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. - Dr. Nir Boms, Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University. Articles on the topic: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/us-iran-close-to-nuclear-bomb-capability/ https://www.tv7israelnews.com/israel-us-defense-chiefs-discuss-iran/ https://www.tv7israelnews.com/gantz-iran-is-close-to-nuclear-capacity/ #IsraelNews #tv7israelnews #newsupdates Rally behind our vision - https://www.tv7israelnews.com/donate/ To purchase TV7 Israel News merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/tv7-israel-news-store Live view of Jerusalem - https://www.tv7israelnews.com/jerusalem-live-feed/ Visit our website - http://www.tv7israelnews.com/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/tv7israelnews Like TV7 Israel News on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/tv7israelnews Follow TV7 Israel News on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tv7israelnews/ Follow TV7 Israel News on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tv7israelnews

In this episode, Haddy and Yassi talk about the provocation from Episode 16 Provocation (#ArtIfPodcast) Take photos of anyone who see wearing Red and Black Plaid (“the shared fabric of humanity”) and tag us and Andy’s other instagram account: www.instagram.com/peoplewearingredandblackplaid Andy Sarjahani (b. 1983, Richland, WA) is an American-Iranian documentary filmmaker and photographer raised in the Ozarks of Arkansas and currently based in East Tennessee. He is interested in people, our relationship to place and how that shapes our worldview. He has a Masters of Science in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems from Montana State University and left his career in academia in 2012 to tell stories with a camera. He worked on the critically acclaimed documentary Tower (Keith Maitland, 2016) and his work has been featured in Vice, Outside, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, and numerous other festivals and universities. Find Andy Online WEBSITE/SOCIAL MEDIA www.andysarjahani@gmail.com www.instagram.com/andysarjahani --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Episode Summary: Reality bites in this week’s gallery chat as Haddy talks about the aesthetics of information visualization in graphs and charts and Yassi talks about the ways in which surveillance culture blur art and reality. Documentary filmmaker Andy Sarjahani, this week’s interview guest, joins in the conversation sharing his experiences in how visual storytelling works to convey deep truths and tackles existential questions. Andy Sarjahani (b. 1983, Richland, WA) is an American-Iranian documentary filmmaker and photographer raised in the Ozarks of Arkansas and currently based in East Tennessee. He is interested in people, our relationship to place and how that shapes our worldview. He has a Masters of Science in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems from Montana State University and left his career in academia in 2012 to tell stories with a camera. He worked on the critically acclaimed documentary Tower (Keith Maitland, 2016) and his work has been featured in Vice, Outside, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, and numerous other festivals and universities. Find Andy Online WEBSITE/SOCIAL MEDIA www.andysarjahani.com www.instagram.com/andysarjahani WORK SAMPLES LAST DAYS OF TOYS R US (photo essay): https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/438awm/depressing-photos-from-the-last-days-of-toys-r-us HORNS OUT (short doc): https://rockandice.com/videos/climbing/horns-out-maurice-horn-reflects-lifetime-climbing/ DOWNSTREAM PEOPLE (short doc): https://vimeo.com/173096029 Provocation (#ArtIfPodcast) Take photos of anyone who see wearing Red and Black Plaid (“the shared fabric of humanity”) and tag us and Andy’s other instagram account: www.instagram.com/peoplewearingredandblackplaid Mentioned in the Show Tangled Up in Blue NYTimes Corona Virus Article Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards Light Map Into Eternity (Swedish documentary about nuclear waste) The Truman Show Deepfakes We Live in Public You are Watching Me (Link to film no longer works) Errol Morris Cinema Verité Maysles Brothers 1619 Podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today, I'm excited to have the opportunity to talk with one of the most influential Women in WordPress and a first-generation American Iranian, Shayda Torabi. She is the CEO and Co-Founder of RESTART CBD, an education first CBD wellness brand. She's formerly held positions at WP Engine and WebDevStudios. Additionally, she runs this blog, “With Shayda”, which has afforded her the opportunity to work with brands ranging from Texas Monthly and Eater to The Westin. Shayda has spoken at over a dozen WordPress related events and has been to over 30+ WordCamps globally I want us to get right into Shayda's story and learn about her passion for marketing and also how she restarts her life through CBD.  Things you will learn in this episode: [00:01 - 06:55] Opening Segment Connect with me over a 15 minute Zoom call. Use this link if you're interested https://calendly.com/karlsona32 (https://calendly.com/karlsona32) I introduce Shayda to the show Marketing expert and genius Shayda talks a bit about herself First-generation American Iranian Austin born and raise  Family support CBD brand [06:56 - 22:49] You become the expert once you decide that you are Shayda talks about her Passion for Marketing Graduated from college and majoring in Marketing Inspired by her hobby in creating content Shayda talks about her experience in her first job for 6 years https://theshaydatorabi.com/ (theshaydatorabi.com/) I weigh in with my own experience  Shayda talks about her food blog journey and experience  Shayda shares her experience speaking for WordPress and building her personal brand with various topics  The transition from withshayda.com to theshaydatorabi.com Shayda shares the story and tips for talking on stage based on her experiences Ripped the bandaid off Talk about the thing that you are comfortable with Being really bold in the present moment Think about the benefits that will come The action of moving through the uncomfortable zone  [22:50 - 34:07] Restart and Lean into your truth Shayda talks about her first encounter with cannabis  Concerts and cannabis  The accident she got 5 years ago, Her healing journey and dealing with the chronic pain How her mother introduced her to CBD Shayda talks about how she launched her brand 3 years after her accident as a side job Threw a website with her sister Being laid off from the agency she used to work for She talks about her family support Education first CBD wellness brand  Create a safe space for people to ask question and get educated  Helps the community understand better Started in Austin and have been growing nationally  Shayda talks about RESTART CBD https://restartcbd.com/ (https://restartcbd.com/) She shares some tips on creating a new brand [34:08- 38:51] Closing Segment - The Free Time Five Favorite CBD product Islip Journey or the Destination? The journey Pre-speech routine? Always go to the bathroom before, drink some water, do some touch and pray  Empowering Quote? “You're stronger than you say you are. There is no limitation but the things that we placed in front of ourselves.” Where will you be in the next 6-9 months? Hitting 5000 downloads on her podcast Interviewing the CMO of Leafly Final words Tweetable Quotes:  “I think the more truth that you can exist in, the happier you'll be and the most fulfill you will be.” - Shayda Torabi “You become an expert once you decide that you are.” - Shayda Torabi “You're stronger than you say you are, and there is no limitation but the things that we placed in front of ourselves. ” - Shayda Torabi “You don't need to spend a lot of money to create a really good brand, but you just need to be really thoughtful, and think through all of the different touchpoints.” - Shayda Torabi Resources mentioned in the episode: https://theshaydatorabi.com/ (theshaydatorabi.com/) https://restartcbd.com/ (https://restartcbd.com/)

This week, as part of a series of special programmes, we look to the future of cinema and TV. One of the biggest changes to our cultural landscape has been the transformation in the way so many of us watch films. Cinemas around the world have been off limits and streaming services have never been popular. Production is being drastically reimagined to include social distancing and coronavirus prevention measures. Plus in the light of the resurgent Black Lives Matter movement calls to make the global film industry truly diverse and inclusive are growing ever louder. We ask what's next for film. How can cinema and the film industry be reinvented in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic? Tina is joined by award winning American-Iranian writer director Maryam Keshavarz, Nigerian activist and documentarian Pamela Adie, Swiss choreographer and virtual reality pioneer Gilles Jobin and in London the British director Francis Annan and film critic Rhianna Dhillon. Presented by Tina Daheley (Photo: Moviegoers begin to attend reopened cinemas. Credit: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Tensions between the United States and Iran have heightened concerns about the potential of an all-out war, but how did we get here and why have things gotten so heated, so quickly?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Relations between Iran and the United States go back more than a century to the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 when Iranians demanded democracy and looked to the United States for support.Political friction between Iran and the United States have continued ever since, as both countries have vied for influence in the Middle East. Many Americans and Iranians hope that the Nuclear Deal, signed in 2015, would have led to a new chapter in United States-Iranian relations based in goodwill and cooperation.What's next for the U.S. and Iran? The world holds its breath.***CONTACT US:Twitter Website***STREAM US:Google PlaySpotifyStitcheriHeartRadio***SUPPORT US:PayPalMarkus and Drew can improve bringing you more of this kind of electrifying information with better equipment, software, etc. If you liked what you heard and can afford to help us grow, please throw a couple bucks our way ...and if your budget is too tight but you still want to help please Like, Share and/or leave us a good review. Thank you! Support the show (https://paypal.me/phase2phase?locale.x=en_US)

In this episode, I will be speaking with Mohammad Fahim who is a well known, online English teacher living in Kermanshah, Iran. After watching Mohammad's videos on Instagram, I was shocked to find out that he has never left his country. What is fascinating is that Mohammad does not have an accent and I actually thought he was American/Iranian due to the way he enunciates words. Check out Mohammad's Instagram page to see his insightful videos on how to learn English:Mohammad Fahim Instagram PageWould you like English lessons with Mohammed? Check out his business page:Fahim EnglishIf you want to find out more about Kimberley, head to www.kimslawofenglish.comTranscripts will be available to download soon. Watch this space.

We reach season 1's finale with this special episode. They say the people around you have a big impact in shaping who you become; I agree, so I try to be selective with who I surround myself with. Today's guest is the person I've spent the most time with since September 6th, 2018. She has helped show me the importance of being vocal and more importantly empowering others to ensure they're being heard. She's brave, she's bold and today she explains to us what having a shared identity from two antagonistic countries feels like. Maesoumeh is American-Iranian, born in Tehran but bred in New Jersey. In this episode we discuss identity, what it feels like to be the odd one out, and how being an immigrant shapes your values as a person. Zebralingo.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is suffering from several overlapping crises, which brought public approval of Tehran authorities to a new low. While Iran faces one of the most severe consequences of the corona pandemic, its Revolutionary Guards Corps defied international scrutiny by conducting a successful launch of a military satellite, an obvious signal of missile capabilities – all the while ignoring American warnings to stop harassing the U.S. Navy in the Persian Gulf and Straits of Hormuz. What are the reasons for the regime’s behavior and is an American-Iranian clash inevitable? Panel: - Jonathan Hessen, host. - Amir Oren, analyst. -Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser – Project Director on Middle East Developments, Jerusalem Center for Public. -Dr. Eran Lerman vice president of the Jerusalem Institute of Strategy and Security and a lecturer at Shalem College. Articles on the topic: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/us-vows-to-maintain-arms-embargo-on-iran/ https://www.tv7israelnews.com/trump-threatens-to-shoot-iranian-ships-out-of-the-water/ https://www.tv7israelnews.com/irgc-claims-first-successful-military-satellite-launch/

In November 1979, Iranian students seized the American embassy in Tehran after Washington agreed to allow the deposed Shah into the US for medical treatment. It would be more than a year before the US embassy hostages were released and the crisis irreparably damaged American-Iranian relations. Louise Hidalgo has been talking to diplomat Henry Precht, head of the Iran desk at the US state department during those tumultuous months who argued against letting the exiled Shah enter America.Picture: protestors in New York demonstrate against the admission of the Shah of Iran into a New York hospital (Credit: Michael Norcia/Sygma/Getty Images)

After the United States imposed arguably the ‘toughest ever’ sanctions on Iran, American-Iranian football coach Katayoun Khosrowyar says the US and Iran’s increasingly unstable relationship could harm the future of women’s football in the country. Katayoun describes the two as having a ‘love-hate relationship’, and admits it’s painful to see two countries so close to her heart in conflict. We hear from the 23-year-old Australian who is completing the Four Deserts Grand Slam. The series consists of the Sahara, the Gobi March, the Atacama Crossing and the Last Desert in Antarctica. Each desert race is 250 kilometres long and has to be completed within seven days. Jacqui Bell is three quarters of the way through and reveals how she’s been pushing herself to the limit. England footballer Molly Bartrip describes how a voice inside her head took control of her life and ‘played her like a puppet’ during her battle with anorexia as a teenager. Molly tells Katie Falkingham how she overcame the illness and reveals that being recalled to the England squad after her recovery was the ‘best feeling in the world.’ South Africa cricketer Laura Wolvaardt has a very important, career-defining choice to make. The 19-year-old, who is the youngest South African to score a century in one-day internationals and the youngest woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs, has deferred her place to study medicine at university so she can continue playing cricket, but that year is coming to an end. As the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 gets underway, Laura tells Sportshour she’s hoping to defer for another year and carry on breaking records for the Proteas. The first ever Running World Cup begins next week and absolutely anyone from any country from around the world can get involved, regardless of ability level. From professional athletes, to keen amateur runners or even complete beginners, every one that runs will make a big contribution towards their country’s final position on the leaderboard. You can even compete in your own back garden! It's all measured using a special mobile running app and even eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt is taking part as Jamaica captain. Nick Beresford is the CEO of the event sponsor and explains what this unique phenomenon is all about. (Photo: Katayoun Khosrowyar. Credit: Getty Images)

The history of U.S.-Iranian relations is dominated by the 1979 Iranian revolution and the ensuing hostage crisis at the America embassy in Tehran. However, there is more to the relationship than a single flash-point. In his new book, Losing Hearts and Minds: American-Iranian Relations and International Education during the Cold War, Dr. Matthew Shannon tells the story of thousands of Iranian students sent to study at American universities during the Cold War and how, in a twist of irony, a program designed to bolster the Shah’s government and its relationship with the United States provided a space for youthful dissidents to organize against the Pahlavi regime. Join us as we welcome Dr. Shannon to discuss his book, the students who presaged the Iranian revolution, and what they can teach us about U.S.-Iranian relations in the Cold War and beyond. This event was made possible by generous support for the Project on Military and Diplomatic History.

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan discuss the recent news about the Kurds being driven from the Syrian city of Afrin by Turkish backed forces. How will the United States react to this event, and are there more similar conflicts expected in the region?Scheduled Guests: (Show 7-10 AM ET)Medea Benjamin | Topic: New Book on Iran, Divest From War Machine campaignDarlene Brown - DivineEmpowerment.org | Topic: Monday Motivation [In Studio]Yerevan Saeed - Research Associate at the Middle East Research Institute [In-Stuido] | Topic: Turkish forces drive #Kurds from #Afrin w/ @YerevanSaeedRobert Brakey and Chris Sautter [in studio]Michael Goodwin - NY Post Columnist | Topic: #McCabe Fired; Will Anyone Prosecute #DeepState Crimes? w/ @mgoodwin_nypostDarlene Brown has been a regular guest on Fault Lines and always brings inspirational words to the show. Today, she joins Garland and Lee for the first time in-studio to talk about the work she does and how we all can lead more positive and productive lives. American foreign policy towards Iran has been a hot topic for years and the rhetoric has not cooled down during the Trump Presidency. Medea Benjamin of Code Pink joins the show to give her thoughts on American-Iranian relations and if there is hope for a lessening of tensions in the near future.For the final segment of the show, Garland and Lee are joined by NY Post columnist Michael Goodwin for his thoughts on the firing of Andy McCabe, the former Deputy Director of the FBI. Was McCabe's firing justified, and is anyone truly investigating the misconduct committed by individuals at the FBI and Department of Justice?

Maz Jobrani is an American Iranian comedian born in Tehran, Iran. Jobrani can currently be seen starring in the CBS sitcom superior donuts, opposite Jermaine Fowler, David Koechner, Katey Sagal and Judd Hirsch.Maz’s first original Netflix standup special “Immigrant” was filmed at the Kennedy center and is currently available for streaming. He has also put out 3 other solo specials on Showtime including: “Brown and Friendly”, “I Come in Peace”, and “I’m Not a Terrorist, but I’ve Played One on TV”.Maz starred as the title character in the award-winning Indie comedy, Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero, a film which he co-wrote and co-produced and is now available on all major outlets online.He has co-starred in many films including Disney’s, The Descendants, Sydney Pollack’s The Interpreter and Ice Cube’s Friday After Next.

Hal Shurtleff, host of Camp Constitution Radio, interviews Anni Cyrus. Anni Cyrus is an American Iranian human rights activists, focusing on suffering of women and children under Islam. As a former child bride she has first hand experience of what's it like to live under Sharia. Her web site is http://liveuptofreedom.com/

Our latest Iran Chat is with Dr. David Collier, author of the new book, Democracy and the Nature of American Influence in Iran: 1941-1979.  Dr. Collier is also a research consultant in Washington DC and teaches democracy and democratization in Boston University's Washington DC program. The first half of our conversation focuses on Dr. Collier's usage of linkage and leverage to analyze and better understand the history of the period; the second half addresses how his analysis of the history applies to current issues in US-Iran relations and US foreign policy more generally.  Dr. Collier's book is being published this month; you can purchase a copy on Amazon or Syracuse University Press.   Some excerpts from our conversation are below:   Using Linkage and Leverage to Understand American Influence in Iran "Linkage and leverage [first introduced in a book by Levitsky and Way] have often been used to try to understand external pressure in the processes of democratization... I think it's an interesting model to try to examine how the US can influence other countries in an effective way."  "Linkage looks more at the soft power aspect of how the US can influence other countries based on linkages to the administration or a society in general.  These links can include economic links, social links, political links – the whole spectrum of relationships between one country and another.   Leverage looks more at the hard power aspect of what the US can do in a more active way to promote change in a different country. For example, whether it can offer rewards (e.g., acceptance into international organizations) or punishment (e.g., sanctions, international condemnation) for the behavior of an administration." Whether Increased US Linkage or Leverage Could Have Prevented the Revolution "I think the beginning of the decline of US leverage in Iran, which began after the enactment of the Shah's White Revolution [and which accelerated under Nixon]... I think if the US had maintained its position that without political reform the Shah would eventually succumb to eventual revolution - and if they had been able to work to push the Shah towards political reform rather than economic and social reform (which was the Shah's focus) - that could have led to a more peaceful evolution of the Iranian system.  Maybe it would look more like the British system today where you have a monarch that reins but doesn’t rule.  If the US had been able to apply constant pressure in the 60’s and 70’s, something like that could have occurred.“ US Foreign Policy's Focus on Short-Term Goals "I think the nature of the American political system is that it gives itself to short term thinking and not much to self reflection.  Administrations in the US are always working towards the next election; are always focused on the short term, "what can we do in the next 4 or 8 years," and there isn’t much of an ability to create a long term plan to look at things in more of a historical perspective.  So you do get lots of repetition.   If you wanted to change the system you would have to maybe think about term limits for presidents allowing them to focus on longer terms or [install an advisory body] with a view to history and the goal of focusing the minds of the administration to not repeating the mistakes of the past." "America First": Is it More Honest Foreign Policy? "I think it is.  One of the main problems that faced American-Iranian relations was the lack of interest in the Iranian society in general, the Iranian opposition, and what the Iranian people wanted. So it wouldn’t be helpful to go back to a situation where the US was able to control Iran. I think it would be better if the US had less of a proactive role in trying to control states and did focus more on America first and gave more respect to countries to develop independently.  The current regime in Iran uses American intervention as a reason for their continued presence... they always argue about being wary of American intervention. Maybe if the US withdrew a bit from certain policy areas that could allow Iran in particular to have more of an internal debate over its future rather than always focusing on threats from the external environment.  I think that could be beneficial in a certain way.  I think going back in time to an overly controlling American foreign policy is not the way to go forward."   To support this and other AIC programming, please make a tax-deductible contribution at http://www.us-iran.org/support.

Hudson Institute and the Rabin Chair Forum of George Washington University hosted a lunchtime discussion questions surrounding the U.S.-Iranian "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" (JCPOA) with Senior Fellow Lee Smith and Efraim Inbar, director of Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.

Hudson Institute and the Rabin Chair Forum of George Washington University hosted a lunchtime discussion questions surrounding the U.S.-Iranian "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" (JCPOA) with Senior Fellow Lee Smith and Efraim Inbar, director of Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.

Ostrolenk speaks with Constitutional Scholar Bruce Fein to discuss his views on American-Iranian relations in the context of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech before Congress. Fein argues that the PM's assertions are an exaggeration of both Iran's intent and capabilities. Furthermore, Fein provides historical evidence as to why it is likely nuclear deterrence will work on Iran. To learn more about Bruce and his work, check out his website at: www.brucefeinlaw.com, and his books: American Empire Before the Fall; Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, or follow him on Twitter: @BruceFeinEsq