Episodes
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Group chat: Bad narratives and dangerous proposals for Trump and Biden on Iran
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Jamal, Ryan and Sina discuss The New Yorker piece "Twilight of the Revolution" and a proposal from the rightwing organization JINSA urging Trump to officially pursue "regime collapse" in Iran. Then they look at Sina's recent series in Responsible Statecraft on dangerous proposals from the Democratic side for Iran and how a Biden administration actually should approach the region.
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Book Talk: Darius Atefat-Peckham
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Tuesday May 26, 2020
For the second part in our series of conversations with the authors featured in "My Shadow Is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora," Assal sat down with Darius Atefar-Peckham, an up and coming poet whose contribution to the anthology, "Learning Farsi," is a reflection on his mother's passing when he was just 3 and the Iranian identity she handed down to him.
"My Shadow is My Skin" is available at your local bookstore or here: https://www.amazon.com/My-Shadow-Skin-Iranian-Diaspora-ebook/dp/B0813R56KR
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Group chat: Two Years of Maximum Pressure
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
On the two-year anniversary of the Trump administration's decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal in favor of "maximum pressure" sanctions -- and coinciding with the president's veto of anti-war legislation -- Mana, Ryan, Assal and Jamal reflect on how we got here and where things may be headed.
Friday May 08, 2020
Book Talk: "My Shadow Is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora"
Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
Saturday May 02, 2020
Episode 3: Pompeo wants back in the Iran deal...sort of
Saturday May 02, 2020
Saturday May 02, 2020
Mana, Assal and Jamal discuss the Trump administration's new campaign to kill the Iran deal at the UN by claiming the US. is still a participant in the agreement. Then they talk through a troubling update on Sirous Asgari, the Iranian scientist unjustly detained by ICE, who has now contracted coronavirus (16:40).