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110 audio episodes — conversations, Reflex, Friction, Political Systems and earlier narrated series. Choose an episode to listen here. Audio is in Persian.
Farhad Zehi Bakhsh | Menopause and Women’s Sexual Lives
Veria Amiri | Did God Create Humans, or Did Humans Create God?
Reflex 22 | Why Do You Defend Someone Who Does Not Even Know You?
Authoritarianism: A Powerful Engine with Broken Brakes
Mehdi Shajari | I Only Live Once
Artificial Intelligence: Will You Still Be Needed in Five Years?
Khashayar Hajipour | Being Seen Is Not Enough
Reflex 20 | Trading or Gambling? Behind the Dream of Dollar Income
Amirreza Poursaifi | Democracy Is Not Always a Good Thing
Reflex 19 | What Happened to Men?
Abortion: Bodily Autonomy or Legalized Killing?
Milad Baran | I Refused to Bow, So I Did Not Perform
Reza Aziz-Mohammadi | Behind the Laughter Online
Capital Punishment: Justice or State-sanctioned Killing?
Aidin Ghaffari | I Swim Against the Current
The Ideological One-party State: Butcher of Freedom
Khashayar Hajipour | The Way to Reach Your Goal? Persistence
Theocracy: When Power Wears the Clothes of God
Pegah Madani | The Guilt of Being Alive After January
Reflex 18 | A Critique of the Opposition
Direct Democracy: Do People Really Know What They Want?
Reflex 17 | Tiered Internet: The Death of What Remains of the Open Internet
Reflex 16 | Let's Build a Dictator
Reflex 15 | No One Here Accepts Defeat
Reflex 14 | Who Is the Traitor: Us or You?
Parliamentary Republic: Barrier to Dictatorship or Factory of Falling Governments?
Reflex 13 | Ali Khamenei: 37 Years of Power, Bloodshed and Denial
Semi-presidential Republic: Intelligent Balance or Creeping Dictatorship?
Reflex 12 | Brainwashing: How Is a Repressor Made?
Presidential Republic: Fast and Stable—but Dangerous?
Absolute Monarchy: Stability Today, Crisis Tomorrow
Reflex 11 | The Machinery of Hard Repression: Blood for Survival
Constitutional Monarchy: Benefits, Costs and Historical Reality
Examining Political Systems: An Introduction
Ali Shahi | When Obedience Is Easier Than Thinking
Reflex 10 | The Machinery of Soft Repression
Sadaf Sadeghi | From Matcha to Labubu: Buy It or Fall Behind
Mohsen Borhani | Execution as a Cure-all
Sami | Trends Fade, but Your Photos Remain
Reflex 9 | What Is Rape, and Who Is a Rapist?
Amir Gilanpour | Schooling as We Know It Has No Future
Reflex 8 | Why Are We Afraid to Tell the Truth?
Ahoura Niazi | I Will Not Work with Domestic Phone Manufacturers
Sahar Tashakorinia | An Iranian Woman in Management at Amazon
Babak Mafi | Behind Iran's Music Producer Mafia
Reflex 7 | Conspiracy Theories: From a Flat Earth to Microchips in Vaccines
Sajjad Ganjzadeh | From a Local Club in Eslamshahr to Olympic Gold in Tokyo
Ali Hosseinpour | Mohsen Chavoshi Cares Deeply About Lyrics
Mahrokh Ghamari | I Planned to End My Life Several Times
Reflex 6 | Zeinab Mousavi, the Shahnameh and Selective Free Speech
Arash Lotfi | I Joke About My Situation Even at the Worst of Times
Soroush Salavatian | I Want Many People to Miss Me After I Die
Khashayar Sepehri | With These Restrictions, I Would Rather Be a Film Critic
Mehdi Ahmadi | Free Media Fights for Dialogue
Kambiz Akhbari | What Is It Like to Live Out of a Suitcase?
Reflex 5 | Confirmation Bias: Why You Always Think You Are Right
Reflex 4 | What Price Did You Put on Uranium for Us?
Reflex 3 | Iran Paid the Price for Your Delusions of Power
Reflex 2 | Pop Psychology: The Booming Market for Illusions
Farzad Fakhrizadeh | I Criticize People's Work, Not the People
Reflex 1 | Eternal Love Should Have Started Sooner
Siavash Sufinejad | The New Generation Blooms in Barren Soil
Hadi Samadi | Not Every Exchange of Words Is a Conversation
Golrokh Davaran | Suicidal Thoughts Can Affect Anyone: Give Help, Seek Help
Milad Nouri | If They Could, They Would Block Everything with One Button
Amirizad | Hosting YouTube and Twitch Awards Built My Credibility
Soheil Alavi | All I Think About Is Building
King Raam | I Wanted to Record Ten Episodes, Tell Everything and End My Life
Moez Eskouei | Those Running the Country Are Contractors for Destruction
Ali Shahi | How Not to Be Foolish
Shervin Vakili | Justice Means the Right Person in the Right Place
Mohammad Jorjandi | I Cannot Stand By and Watch People Get Scammed
Dr. Hamidreza Taghipour | After 9,000 Heart Surgeries, Losing a Patient Still Hurts
Arian Akbari | Erfan-e Halgheh: Deception or Truth?
Pasha Majlesi | I Do Not Want to Be Known as a Clickbait YouTuber
Arian Akbari | Traditional and Islamic Medicine Are Equally Nonsensical
Milad Eslamizad | It Is Not My Job to Solve Every Problem I See
Reza Pasbanpoo | Promoting Science Has More Impact Than Criticizing Superstition
Ashkan Ayazi | Who We Sleep with Is Entirely Personal
Nima Mohseni | Larger Bodies Are Back in Advertising
Khashayar Siahpour | A Tattoo Artist's Journey from Iran to Canada
Reza Niknam | Quality and Censorship: From Tensions with the Seminary Onward
Hamidreza Mirzadeh | We Notice a Crisis Only When It Is Right in Front of Us
Hamed Tavakoli | Smartwatches versus Classic Watches: Innovation or Tradition?
Ahmad Khosravi | Flat-earthers Will Not Listen to Reason
Dr. Hesam Nozari | No One Is Born a Tyrant or a Sage
Amirabbas Abdolali | From Web Design to YouTube
Kambiz Akhbari | Nothing Threatens Humanity More Than Humanity Itself
Peyman Basiri | We Architects Became Pens for Hire
Farshid Fathi | Five Years in Prison for Changing Faith: Resistance and Hope
Marjan Rigi | A Successful Woman in a Male-dominated Industry
Shahrouz Sheidaei | The Psychological and Social Effects of Cosmetic Surgery
Maryam Ghadiri | The Challenges Women Face in Leadership and Management
Mitra Shahsavand | I Want to Keep Building Brands in Iran for as Long as I Live
Ali Shahi | What Is Superstition, and How Is It Produced?
Mehrdad Karimi | Dogs Stay with Us to the Very End
Azad Andalibi | How Does Censorship Restrict Writers in Iran?
Ali Shahi | Do You Still Treat Women This Way?
Javad Mokhbery | From Selling Ice Cream to Helping NASA Build the Curiosity Rover
Sapiens — Part 8
Sapiens — Part 7
Sapiens — Part 6
Sapiens — Part 5
Sapiens — Part 4
Sapiens — Part 3
Sapiens — Part 2
Sapiens — Part 1
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat — Part 3
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat — Part 2
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat — Part 1