Best Jian Ghomeshi Podcasts (2024)

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Roqe Ep. 324 - Ali Azimi, Roundup: "All Eyes on Iran"? 1:17:30

2h ago1:17:30

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A new episode of Roqe featuring an in-depth and intimate interview with returning guest, Ali Azimi, a leading light in Persian alternative music, who joins Jian, this time in the Roqe studio. Jian and Ali discuss and preview his forthcoming album “Madineye Fazelab,” his personal life and journey, and more - including a special in-studio acoustic pe…

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Roqe Ep. 323 - Special Edition: Will the Death of Raisi Change Anything? 1:21:17

1h ago1:21:17

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A special edition of Roqe with a roundtable focused on the implications of the the deaths of IR President Raisi, Foreign Minister Abdollahian and others. Jian is joined by Kayhan-London Managing Editor, Nazenin Ansari in London, UK, Policy Director for the National Union for Democracy in Iran, Cameron Khansarinia, in Washington DC, YouTuber and reg…

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Roqe Ep. 322.5 - Roqe Live 2! (Part 2) - Soley, Babak Amini, Najmeh Tansaz, Soheyl Bastami, Roundup 51:33

1d ago51:33

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Part two of the latest live Roqe show recorded in front of a sold-out audience at Theatre Aurora in Aurora, Ontario, Canada on May 7th, 2024, featuring the presentation of the inaugural Roqe Media Icon award. Jian is joined by Najmeh Tansaz & her daughter Janan (better known as the new Roqe special correspondent) to discuss everything from boxing, …

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Roqe Ep.322 - Roqe Live 2! (Part 1) - Dr. Kay, Saba Zameni, Babak Amini, Bahador Alast, Kyan Nademi 57:46

4h ago57:46

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Part One of the latest live Roqe show recorded in front of a sold-out audience at Theatre Aurora in Aurora, Ontario, Canada on May 7th, 2024. Jian kicks off the show with an updated version of his “Vay Vay” song, and then is joined by Bahador Alast and Kyan Nademi for a Roundtable, a breathtaking performance from Saba Zameni accompanied by virtuoso…

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Roqe Ep. 321 - Nooshafarin, Roundup 1:46:40

3d ago1:46:40

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A new edition of Roqe featuring renowned and beloved Iranian singer and actress. Nooshafarin. Nooshafarin joins Jian in the Roqe Studio for her ever English interview - a comprehensive, revealing and animated conversation about her work, her passion, her sense of identity and her story of resilience from being a teenage star in Pahlavi era Iran, to…

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Roqe Ep. 320 - Wellness-based Medicine - Dr. Afrouz Demeri, Dr. Siamak Shirazi + Why Toomaj Matters 2:44:10

25d ago2:44:10

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A new edition of Roqe, this time with a focus on wellness-based and preventative medicine - including feature interviews with dynamic practitioners, Dr. Afrouz Demeri in California and Dr. Siamak Shirazi in the Roqe Studio. Plus Jian kicks off the show with a rousing audio essay aimed at Western media, declaring “the Islamic Republic is not the sam…

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Roqe Ep. 319 - Kamyar, Siamak Mehr, Roundup 2:26:50

1M ago2:26:50

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A new edition of Roqe including feature interviews with two highly talented musicians live in the Roqe Studio. First the popular Iranian-French hitmaker, singer, writer and instrumentalist, Kamyar joins Jian to discuss his latest tour, a personal awakening and the loss of Faramarz Aslani. Then British-Iranian guitarist and singer, Siamak Mehr is li…

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Roqe Ep. 318 - The Psychology of Revolution - Dr. Fathali M. Moghaddam, Roundup 1:18:32

29d ago1:18:32

1:18:32

A new edition of Roqe with popular Iranian-British thinker, author and award-winning psychologist, Dr. Fathali Moghaddam, joining Jian for a feature hour to discuss his latest book entitled “The Psychology of Revolution” and to dissect why revolutions don’t always lead to better results and what does and doesn’t change with revolution, seen through…

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Roqe Ep.317- Kambiz Hosseini, Ayda Rastgoo, Roundup 1:56:10

1M ago1:56:10

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A jam-packed new edition featuring two returning favourites - this time in the Roqe Studio. Talented broadcaster, actor, writer and political satirist, Kambiz Hosseini, joins Jian as he prepares for the launch of his new nightly program on Iran International TV. And budding Iranian-German star singer, songwriter, pianist and Voice Persia finalist, …

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Roqe Ep.316 - Shahbal Shapareh - Black Cats, Roundup 1:59:20

2M ago1:59:20

1:59:20

A special new edition of Roqe featuring a living legend who was who has left an indelible mark on the Persian pop music scene. Shahbal Shabpareh joins Jian live in the Roqe Studio for his first ever feature-length English interview - a comprehensive, revealing and, at times, emotional conversation - to discuss his work over the course of the last s…

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Roqe Ep.315.5 - Remembering Faramarz Aslani - Yasmine Pahlavi 33:38

2M ago33:38

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A special bonus edition of Roqe (Ep.315.5), remembering the legendary Iranian-American singer-songwriter Faramarz Aslani. Jian is joined for an intimate and emotional interview by attorney and human rights activist, Crown Princess Yasmine Pahlavi, who, along with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, has been a very close and dear friend of Faramarz Aslani an…

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Roqe Ep.315 - Rest in Peace, Legend - Remembering Faramarz Aslani 1:14:08

2M ago1:14:08

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A special edition of Roqe: Rest in Peace Legend - Remembering Faramarz Aslani. As the first blossoms of Spring unfurl, and less than 24 hours after the news of the passing of an icon, Jian delivers a heartfelt tribute essay to the late Faramarz Aslani as a trailblazer who set a new bar for Iranian popular music. Plus, singer-songwriter and producer…

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Roqe Ep. 314 - Sara Naeini, Roundup 1:37:49

3M ago1:37:49

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A new edition of Roqe featuring popular Iranian-American singer Sara Naeini. Sara joins Jian from LA for her first ever long-form interview in English, discussing everything from her formative years in Iran - where she could not legally release recordings as a solo female artist - to the development of her remarkable voice, to becoming a role model…

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Roqe Ep.313 - Hamid Rahmanian, Mobina Nouri 2:14:21

2M ago2:14:21

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A big new edition of Roqe packed full of dynamic conversations in two feature interviews with two prominent Iranian-American multimedia artists. First, Hamid Rahmanian joins Jian in the Roqe Studio for an enthralling (and fun) discussion about making art, Iranian history, claiming identity and his latest Persian Book of Kings (Shahnameh) inspired ‘…

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Roqe Ep.312 - Are People Inside Iran More Fashionable? - Nima Behnoud (NIMANY), Roundup 1:29:44

3M ago1:29:44

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A new special edition of Roqe focusing on the question “Are Iranians INSIDE Iran more fashionable than those in the diaspora?” Acclaimed New York-based Iranian-American designer and fashion visionary Nima Behnoud (NIMANY) joins Jian in the Roqe Studio to discuss why he believes the answer is yes, that despite living in a more repressed society - or…

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Neither Wolf Nor Underdog: Ch. 5 of Life at the End of Us Vs. Them 1:12:54

3M ago1:12:54

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Some would question the wisdom, or the right, of someone like me--White, Mennonite, Christian--writing about the historic practices of torture among Indigenous cultures on Turtle Island. Hopefully, the work I have been doing on this podcast and in my book so far has helped me pull enough of the log out of my own eye that I can at least look at the …

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Roqe Ep. 311 - Are Instagram Filters a Good Thing? - Kusha Alagband, Shirin Nasseri + Roundup 1:12:37

3M ago1:12:37

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The great Instagram filter debate! A new special edition of Roqe focusing on the negatives and positives of social media filters.It’s no secret that we increasingly live in a world where we are necessarily skeptical about the authenticity of images that we consume. But today we ask…are Instagram filters (and social media picture filters in general)…

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Roqe Ep.310 - Roundtable: How important is the Persian Language to our identity? + Navan 2:15:57

3M ago2:15:57

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A new edition of Roqe including a feature interview with rising Iranian-Canadian singer-songwriter Navan, in the Roqe Studio, discussing his new album, “Mesle Ghabl” that comes out next week. But first, a very special Roundtable addressing the question: How important is the Persian language to defining Persian identity? Jian is joined by three dist…

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Roqe Ep. 309.5 - Live at Theatre Aurora! PART TWO - Babak Amini, Mazyar Fallahi, Banafsheh Taherian 42:04

3M ago42:04

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Part Two of the “Roqe Live!” Special recorded at Theatre Aurora, Feb 7th, 2024. Jian is joined by Babak Amini for an interview and performance with his band, and voice actor and podcaster Banafsheh Taherian performs a moment from her one-woman show, From Lust to Loyalty. Plus Babak does a special surprise performance with popular Persian singer, Ma…

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Roqe Ep.309 - Live at Theatre Aurora! PART ONE - “Vay Vay” song, Shiva Negar, Mazyar Fallahi, & more 1:15:22

4M ago1:15:22

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Part One of the “Roqe Live!” Special recorded at Theatre Aurora, Feb 7th, 2024. Jian is joined on stage by Iranian-Canadian actress and model, Shiva Negar, and popular Persian singer and musician, Mazyar Fallahi - who improvises a new song on the spot. Plus the Roqe Roundup team of Pegah and Reza discuss the changing face of Canada and a porn star …

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Roqe Ep. 308 - An Ode to Manoto + Dana Nehdaran, Roundtable with Pegah & Nikahang Kowsar 1:24:47

3M ago1:24:47

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A new edition of Roqe beginning with an essay tribute to Manoto TV by Jian after the closing of the Persian language network this week. Also, a feature interview with the dynamic visual artist, Dana Nehdaran joining from New York. Dana discusses his life journey, from loving painting as a kid in Isfahan to becoming a beloved visual artist in the US…

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Roqe Ep. 307 - Navid Rezvani, Roundtable 1:27:26

4M ago1:27:26

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A new edition of Roqe including a feature interview with Iranian-Norwegian dancer, choreographer and “Persia’s Got Talent” winner, Navid Rezvani. Navid joins Jian from Oslo to discuss his bold perspective on the current state of Iran, his defiance of Iranian dance laws, and his inspiring life journey. Plus Jian opens the show with an audio essay en…

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Roqe Ep.306 - The Legacy of Habib - Mohamad Mohebian, Roundup 1:56:58

4M ago1:56:58

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A new edition of Roqe focusing on the legacy of the great Iranian songwriter, musician, singer and recording star, Habib. Jian is joined by the late musical icon’s son, Mohamad Mohebian, for a feature hour, to discuss the remarkable talents, famous songs, difficult story…and, in the end, tragic life of Habib - told for the first time in a comprehen…

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Sex Fiends: Jian Ghomeshi, My Rooster and Me--Ch 4 of Life at the End of Us Versus Them 1:20:30

4M ago1:20:30

1:20:30

A golden-voiced radio host falls from glory. A rooster crows and struts and demands rough sex. A husband catches some reflections of himself.By Marcus Peter Rempel & Alana Levandoski

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Roqe Ep. 305 - Pouya Hashemi, Neema Nazeri - "Roqe Live" Announcement! 2:05:30

5M ago2:05:30

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A new edition of Roqe featuring interviews with two creative Iranians who have each become viral online sensations for their entertaining videos. First up, Iranian-American content creator and entrepreneur Pouya Hashemi joins Jian from California, to discuss how he went from a successful business developer to a popular funny video presence on insta…

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Roqe Ep. 304 - Arash Sobhani, Roundtable: What have we learned for 2024? 1:31:36

4M ago1:31:36

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A new episode of Roqe including a feature interview with musician and producer, Arash Sobhani of the group Kiosk, in the Roqe Studio, discussing his band’s brand new album that is reflection on the uprising in Iran over the last couple of years and what he sees as the disintegration of unity and the movement. Plus Jian starts the show with words ab…

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WHY PINK FLOYD - Ep. 4 (remastered, 2023) 1:22:29

5M ago1:22:29

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Part Four of a 4-part Roqe Original Series exploring the deep and surprising connection between Iranians and the legendary British rock band, Pink Floyd. This episode is entitled, “Storytelling, Classics and Conclusions” and features Loga Ramin Torkian (Los Angeles), Anoush Saboktakin (New York), Sanaz Sotoudeh (Dubai), and Arash Mitooie (Tehran).…

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WHY PINK FLOYD - Ep 3 (remastered, 2023) 1:30:48

4M ago1:30:48

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Part Three of a 4-part Roqe Original Series exploring the deep and surprising connection between Iranians and the legendary British rock band, Pink Floyd. This episode is entitled, “Drugs, Access and Melancholy” and features Arash Sobhani (Stockholm), Siamak Shirazi (Portland), Maral Mohammadi (London), and Ehsan Sadigh (Toronto).…

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WHY PINK FLOYD - Ep. 2 (remastered, 2023) 1:32:29

4M ago1:32:29

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Part Two of a 4-part Roqe Original Series exploring the deep and surprising connection between Iranians and the legendary British rock band, Pink Floyd. This episode is entitled, “Sonics, Class, and Connection” and features Reza Moghaddas (Toronto), Amir Bahari (Tehran), and Sepp Osley (London).By Roqe Global Media

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WHY PINK FLOYD - Ep. 1 (remastered, 2023) 1:30:56

5M ago1:30:56

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Part One of a 4-part Roqe Original Series exploring the deep and surprising connection between Iranians and the legendary British rock band, Pink Floyd. This episode is entitled, “Fandom and Context” and features Ali Azimi (London), Dara Daraee (Tehran), Ramin Sadighi (Tehran) and Roya Arab (London).…

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Roqe Ep. 303 - Schubert Avakian 1:07:06

5M ago1:07:06

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A special new edition of Roqe focused on a feature-length interview with Iranian-born Armenian-American musician, producer and music arranger, Schubert Avakian. Schubert joins Jian from Los Angeles for a career-interview discussing his youth in Iran, his discovery at a Vigen gig in Germany as a teenager, and his evolution into one of the most sough…

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Spare the Rod and Take the Child: Ch. 3 of Life at the End of Us vs. Them 1:36:27

5M ago1:36:27

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A horse-and-buggy Mennonite community has all of its children apprehended by agents of the state because of the use of corporal punishment in the community. What does this story expose about how we think about the legitimate use of force in our modern world? Girard and Illich offer some insight on the odd role of the Gospel in reshaping everything …

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Roqe Ep. 302 - Roundtable: Are Boycotts of Iranian Cinema Valid?, Jahangir Kosari 1:50:42

5M ago1:50:42

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A new episode of Roqe focused on one of the Iran’s greatest cultural exports in recent decades: Cinema. The Roundtable convenes to discuss the recent movement to have state-sponsored or IRI endorsed films boycotted or omitted from prominent Western film festivals. Jian is joined by Pegah, Raha, and longtime TV producer and screenwriter Mostafa Aziz…

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Roqe Ep. 301 - Roundtable: Is Iranian Islamophobia (Sometimes) Justified?, Mehrangiz Kar 2:14:05

5M ago2:14:05

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A new episode of Roqe featuring an animated Roundtable discussion about Iranians and sentiments towards Islam based on the regime in Iran. Jian is joined in the Roqe Studio by Pegah, Raha and Bahador, to tackle the heated question: “Is Iranian Islamophobia (sometimes) justified?” Plus a feature interview with Iranian icon of law and history, Mehran…

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Ave Maria/Sophia/Gaia: Katherine Bubel and Michelle Berry Lane on Illich and the Sacred Feminine 1:41:02

5M ago1:41:02

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For our fourth and final conversation, around and beyond the legacy of Ivan Illich, we hear reflections and discussion from Katherine Bubel and Michelle Berry Lane before moving into an extended open discussion. Katherine discusses Illich's mythopoetics of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Pandora, the latter a patriarchally diminished version of the Ear…

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Roqe Ep. 300 - Kaveh Madani, Roundtable: Executions Met With Silence, Who to Believe in Media 1:41:33

5M ago1:41:33

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A new episode (#300!) of Roqe featuring acclaimed environmentalist, academic and Director of the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Kaveh Madani, in the Roqe Studio as a major Climate Conference kicks off in Dubai. Kaveh joins Jian for a wide-ranging and eye-opening discussion both about the intensity of the environmental cr…

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Roqe Ep. 299 - Should We Fear AI? - Kooshiar Azimian 1:20:02

6M ago1:20:02

1:20:02

A new episode focused on the debate around artificial intelligence featuring Iranian-American tech entrepreneur and social media star, Kooshiar Azimian, on the question, “Should We Fear AI?” Kooshiar joins Jian from San Francisco to discuss all the implications of this adaptive technology, including whether it is the most exciting new development f…

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”One No, Many Yeses” Sam Ewell & Dougald Hine in Illich Conversation #3 1:31:19

6M ago1:31:19

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Gustavo Esteva coined the slogan "One No, Many Yeses" to communicate the way Illich's sense of "the vernacular" offers many small and winding exits off of the one big road of industrial "progress" that tries to gather up the whole globe into one great machine, one overriding system. In this conversation, Dougald Hine, Sam Ewell and friends colour i…

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Roqe Ep. 298 - Roundtable: Suspending Khamenei on X, Toomaj Released, Iranians and Insta Filters 1:16:02

6M ago1:16:02

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A new edition of the Roqe Roundtable with Pegah and Raha joining Jian in the Roqe Studio, and journalist Nikahang Kowsar joining from Washington DC. Topics for this week include: (1) Whether Ayatollah Khamenei should be suspended from X (formerly Twitter); (2) The release of Toomaj Salehi and what it says about the state of the uprising in Iran; (3…

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Roqe Ep. 297 - MP Golriz Ghahraman, Sina Bathaie 2:02:58

6M ago2:02:58

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A new edition of Roqe featuring interviews with human rights lawyer and New Zealand MP Golriz Ghahraman joining Jian from Wellington, and Iranian-Canadian multi-instrumentalist and recording artist, Sina Bathaie, performing in the Roqe Studio. Golriz, the first-ever refugee to be elected to parliament in New Zealand, discusses growing up in Iran, h…

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Roqe Ep. 296 - Roundtable: End of "Chaharshanbe Suri"?, Iranians in Protester Crossfire, Manoto Memo 1:10:21

6M ago1:10:21

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A new edition of the Monday Roundtable with Pegah and Raha joining Jian in the Roqe Studio to weigh in on: (1) a new outrageous edict by Iran’s Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution to rename celebratory Persian days such as Yalda and Chaharshanbe Suri; (2) the latest way the IR has found to impose gender segregation in schools; (3) a look at …

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Roqe Ep. 295 - Tea: An Iranian Obsession - Behzad Bolour, Roundup 1:52:22

7M ago1:52:22

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A new special episode of Roqe (295!) focusing on all things tea-related and the Iranian obsession with the aromatic hot beverage. Jian is joined by popular Persian broadcaster, producer, and self-proclaimed “tea master” Behzad Bolour for an entertaining feature 90 mins about the history, politics, economics, particularities and cultural rituals of …

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Roqe Ep. 294 - Roundtable: The Politics of Tea & Ghormeh Sabzi, Islamism Goes West, Narges on Strike 1:05:52

6M ago1:05:52

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A new edition of the Monday Roundtable with Pegah and Raha joining Jian in the Roqe Studio to weigh in on the unwritten rules involved in the Iranian obsession with tea, the complexities of Iranian reactions to the growth and demonstrations of Islamists in the West, the latest on a new hunger strike by Narges Mohammadi in prison in Iran, and Jian’s…

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Walking the Razor’s Edge: Illich Conversation #2 with David Cayley and Sam Ewell 1:29:52

6M ago1:29:52

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Christian mission has gotten a bad name in our time, for good reason. Illich talked about the razor's edge walked by the missionary, between violating the world into which one has been sent (he used the word raping, actually) and betraying one's spiritual inheritance. Some have read Illich as anti-mission. In this conversation, both David Cayley an…

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Roqe Ep. 293 - A World on Fire - Hadi Ghaemi, Roundup: New Beatles Song, Xmas-too-early 1:25:20

7M ago1:25:20

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A new episode of Roqe (293!) featuring an in-depth conversation with Iranian-American human rights expert and Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, Hadi Ghaemi, who joins Jian from New York to discuss the current state of the IR, the regression or lack of progression in the uprising of the last year, and the most recent crackdo…

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Roqe Ep 292.5 - BONUS PODCAST - Roundup: Iranians & Chandler, RIP Armita, Abdollahian on CNN (Again) 1:01:35

6M ago1:01:35

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A bonus edition of Roqe featuring the Monday Roundup with Jian joined by Pegah and Raha in the Roqe Studio. The trio discuss Halloween (with varying levels of enthusiasm), the fascinating passion for “Friends” and the late Mathew Perry amongst Iranians, the sad death and funeral of Armita Geravand in Tehran, and the appearance of Iranian Foreign Mi…

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Pregnant with an Evil - Chapter 2 of Marcus’ Audiobook 44:50

6M ago44:50

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Welcome to chapter 2 of Life at the End of Us Versus Them. This is where I give an introduction to the thought of Ivan Illich's sense of the way Christianity was perverted when it sought to impose the Gospel of Christ through state power and institutional administration. I could think of no clearer case example than the Indian Residential Schools p…

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Roqe Ep. 292 - We Need to Deprogram Hate - Sonita Alizadeh, Roundup, Remembering Lily Afshar 2:00:26

7M ago2:00:26

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A brand new edition of Roqe that kicks off with Jian’s opening audio essay entitled, We Need to Deprogram Hate, that is a lament for the current state of the world and how we have become prisoners of the algorithms in our social media feeds. Also on this episode, a feature interview with Afghan rapper and activist, Sonita Alizadeh, live in the Roqe…

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Roqe Ep.291 - More Polarized Than Ever? - Milan Kordestani, Chicken Farmers, Roundup 1:59:32

7M ago1:59:32

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Our latest episode of Roqe (#291!) poses the question: Is the world more polarized than it has ever been? 💥 In the backdrop of a divided planet dealing with war, atrocities and cleavages that are amped up by online disputes, echo chambers and social media toxicity, Jian is joined by Iranian-American entrepreneur and author, Milan Kordestani, to dis…

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Four Illich Conversations, Part 1: Cayley & Hine 1:23:55

7M ago1:23:55

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Two Illichian thinkers dialogue on the legacy of Illich, in the light of our present times and predicaments. This is the first of four fortnightly conversations. David Cayley: friend and associate of Illich and the author of Ivan Illich, An Intellectual Journey. Dougald Hine: co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project, A School Called Home and the aut…

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