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65FUSE 65
Menopause Is Not the End of Women's Sex Lives
With Farhad Zehi Bakhsh (Ferhat Uysal) · Obstetrician and gynaecologist in Istanbul
64FUSE 64
Did God Create Humans, or Did Humans Create God?
With Veria Amiri · Philosophy researcher and teacher, theoretical physics graduate, tar and setar musician
63FUSE 63
I Only Live Once
With Mehdi Shajari · Founder of MoboNews and technology content creator
62FUSE 62
In the Attention Economy, Being Seen Is Not Enough
With Khashayar Hajipour · Essayist and host of KhashayarTalks
61FUSE 61
People Deserve Respect. Their Beliefs Don't.
With Amirreza Poursaifi · Comedian and critical-content creator
60FUSE 60
Shadmehr Aghili Broke Down in Front of Me
With Milad Baran · Singer, songwriter and composer
59FUSE 59
Behind the Laughter Online
With Reza Aziz-Mohammadi · Comedian and content creator
58FUSE 58
I Disagree
With Aidin Ghaffari · Cultural analyst and content creator
57FUSE 57
The Way to Reach a Goal? Consistency.
With Khashayar Hajipour · Essayist and host of KhashayarTalks
56FUSE 56
The Guilt of Being Alive After January
With Pegah Madani · Analytical psychotherapist
55FUSE 55
When Obedience Is Easier Than Thinking
With Ali Shahi · Writer, translator and philosophy researcher
54FUSE 54
From Matcha to Labubu: If You Don't Buy, You're Behind
With Sadaf Sadeghi · Marketing and content strategist
53FUSE 53
We Treat Society with Executions
With Mohsen Borhani · Law professor and attorney
52FUSE 52
What Beauty Trends Are Doing to Your Face
With Sami · Makeup artist
51FUSE 51
From Gilan to Silicon Valley with Artificial Intelligence
With Amir Gilanpour · Entrepreneur and AI researcher
50FUSE 50
How Many Followers? How Much Credibility?
With Ahoora Niazi · Technology analyst and content creator
49FUSE 49
An Iranian Woman Leading and Building at Amazon
With Sahar Tashakorinia · Senior product manager at Amazon
48FUSE 48
Inside the Power Networks of Iran’s Music Producers
With Babak Mafi · Singer, songwriter and arranger
47FUSE 47
From a Local Club in Eslamshahr to Olympic Gold in Tokyo
With Sajjad Ganjzadeh · World and Olympic karate champion
46FUSE 46
Mohsen Chavoshi Is Exacting About Lyrics
With Ali Hosseinpour · Lyricist and pop-music critic
45FUSE 45
I Had Planned to Throw Myself off Mount Damavand
With Mahrokh Ghamari · Athlete and storyteller
44FUSE 44
I Joke About My Circumstances Even at Their Worst
With Arash Lotfi · Comedian and content creator
43FUSE 43
Without a Footprint, It Is as Though You Have No Feet
With Soroush Salavatian · Social activist and local entrepreneur
42FUSE 42
With These Restrictions on Cinema, I’d Rather Be a Critic Than a Filmmaker
With Khashayar Sepehri · Filmmaker and film critic
41FUSE 41
Does Independent Media Fight for Dialogue?
With Mahdi Ahmadi · Journalist and independent-media founder
40FUSE 40
What Does It Feel Like to Live out of a Suitcase?
With Kambiz Akhbari · Travel filmmaker and digital creator
39FUSE 39
I Do Not Criticise People; I Criticise Their Work
With Farzad Fakhrizadeh · Journalist and Iranian-history researcher
38FUSE 38
The New Generation Can Bloom Even in Barren Ground
With Siavash Soufinezhad · Architect and product designer
37FUSE 37
Not Every Exchange of Words Is a Conversation
With Hadi Samadi · Researcher in philosophy of science and ethics
36FUSE 36
Work with People Who Are Psychologically Healthy
With Golrokh Davaran · Physician and healthcare entrepreneur
35FUSE 35
If They Could, They Would Filter Everything with One Button
With Milad Nouri · Programmer and technology analyst
34FUSE 34
If I Held the Best-of Awards Again, I Would Still Host Them Myself
With Amir EyZed · Streamer, YouTuber, podcaster and event organiser
33FUSE 33
I Think Only About Building
With Soheil Alavi · Entrepreneur and host of Tabaghe 16
32FUSE 32
I Still Do Not Know What Happened to My Father in Prison
With King Raam · Singer, songwriter and podcaster
31FUSE 31
Drug Cartels Hire Rappers
With Moer Oskouei · Rapper, songwriter and music producer
30FUSE 30
A Fool Repeats, but a Villain Acts
With Ali Shahi · Writer, translator and philosophy researcher
29FUSE 29
How Could Artificial Intelligence Transform the Iranian Self?
With Sherwin Vakili · Sociologist, author and mythology researcher
28FUSE 28
How Do Fake-Degree, Trading and Illegal-Gambling Networks Operate?
With Mohammad Jorjandi · Cybercrime expert and Webamooz founder
27FUSE 27
A Surgeon’s Life Is More Complicated Than You Think
With Hamidreza Taghipour · Cardiovascular surgeon
26FUSE 26
Erfan-e Halgheh: Deception or Truth? Inside a Controversial Movement
With Arian Akbari · Genetics specialist and science communicator
25FUSE 25
Continue on YouTube or Make Films?
With Pasha Majlesi · Filmmaker and video creator
24FUSE 24
Traditional and Islamic Medicine Sell Superstition
With Arian Akbari · Genetics specialist and science communicator
23FUSE 23
My Job Is Not to Solve Every Problem I See
With Milad Eslamizad · Podcaster and AI researcher
22FUSE 22
Promoting Science Has More Impact Than Debunking Superstition
With Reza Pasbanpou · Science communicator and creator of RezaTime
21FUSE 21
From Modelling to Defending a Non-binary Gender Identity
With Achkan Ayazi · Model and gender-identity advocate
20FUSE 20
Larger Bodies Have Returned to Advertising
With Nima Mohseni · Art director, photographer and visual artist
19FUSE 19
A Tattoo Artist’s Professional Journey from Iran to Canada
With Khashayar Siahpour · Tattoo artist
18FUSE 18
From Conflict with the Seminary to Resisting Censorship
With Reza Niknam · Former cleric and media researcher
17FUSE 17
We Notice a Crisis Only When It Is Standing in Front of Us
With Hamidreza Mirzadeh · Environmental journalist
16FUSE 16
Smartwatches versus Classic Watches: Innovation or Authenticity?
With Hamed Tavakoli · Satirist and journalist
15FUSE 15
Humanity Will Use the Atomic Bomb Again
With Ahmad Khosravi · Software engineer and creator of Arantic
14FUSE 14
No One Is Born a Tyrant or a Sage
With Hesam Nozari · Biologist and periodontist
13FUSE 13
The State of Persian-language YouTube
With Amirabbas Abdolali · Programmer and YouTuber
12FUSE 12
Nothing Threatens Humanity More Than Humanity Itself
With Kambiz Akhbari · Travel filmmaker and digital creator
11FUSE 11
We Architects Became Pens for Hire
With Peyman Basiri · Architect and interior designer
10FUSE 10
Five Years in Prison for Changing Faith: A Story of Resistance and Hope
With Farshid Fathi · Former pastor and social activist
9FUSE 9
A Successful Woman in a Male-dominated Industry
With Marjan Rigi · CEO of Stage Wing Advisory
8FUSE 8
The Psychological and Social Effects of Cosmetic Surgery
With Shahrouz Sheidaei · ENT specialist and cosmetic surgeon
7FUSE 7
The Challenges Women Face on the Path to Leadership
With Maryam Ghadiri · Leadership coach and organizational-development consultant
6FUSE 6
Branding Means Creating a Personality
With Mitra Shahsavand · Graphic designer and brand strategist
5FUSE 5
What Is Superstition, and How Is It Produced?
With Ali Shahi · Writer, translator and philosophy researcher
4FUSE 4
Dogs Stay with Us to the Very End
With Mehrdad Karimi · Veterinarian
3FUSE 3
How Does Censorship Restrict Writers in Iran?
With Azad Andalibi · Editor, translator and Barou magazine editor-in-chief
2FUSE 2
Do You Still Treat Women This Way?
With Ali Shahi · Writer, translator and philosophy researcher
1FUSE 1
From Selling Ice Cream to Helping NASA Build the Curiosity Rover
With Javad Mokhbery · Entrepreneur and CEO of FUTEK
Reflex ۲۳
Selling Dreams | The Industry That Profits from Your Aspirations
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۲۲
Why Do You Defend Someone Who Does Not Even Know You?
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۲۱
Artificial Intelligence: Will You Still Be Needed in Five Years?
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۲۰
Trading or Gambling? Behind the Dream of Dollar Income
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۱۹
What Happened to Men?
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۱۸
A Critique of the Regime-change Opposition, without Personal Attacks
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۱۷
Tiered Internet: The Death of What Remains of the Open Internet
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۱۶
Let’s Build a Dictator
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۱۵
Why No One Here Accepts Defeat
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۱۴
Who Is the Traitor: Us or You?
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۱۳
Ali Khamenei: 37 Years of Power, Bloodshed and Denial
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۱۲
Brainwashing: How Is a Repressor Made?
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۱۱
The Machinery of Hard Repression: Blood for Survival
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۱۰
The Machinery of Soft Repression
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۹
What Is Rape, and Who Is a Rapist?
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۸
Why Are We Afraid to Tell the Truth? Cancel Culture
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۷
Conspiracy Theories: From a Flat Earth to Microchips in Vaccines
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۶
Zeinab Mousavi, the Shahnameh and Selective Free Speech
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۵
Confirmation Bias: Why You Always Think You Are Right
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۴
The Nuclear Gamble with Iran’s Future
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۳
Iran Paid the Price for Your Delusions of Power
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۲
Pop Psychology: The Comforting Deception of the 21st Century
Arash Nalchegar
Reflex ۱
Eternal Love or an Eternal Algorithm?
Arash Nalchegar
Fuse Friction
Abortion: Bodily Autonomy or Legalized Killing?
Arash Nalchegar
Fuse Friction
Capital Punishment: Justice or State-sanctioned Killing?
Arash Nalchegar
Political Systems
Authoritarianism: A Powerful Engine with Broken Brakes
Arash Nalchegar
Political Systems
The Ideological One-party State: Butcher of Freedom
Arash Nalchegar
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Theocracy: When Power Wears the Clothes of God
Arash Nalchegar
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Direct Democracy: Do People Really Know What They Want?
Arash Nalchegar
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Parliamentary Republic: Barrier to Dictatorship or Factory of Falling Governments?
Arash Nalchegar
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Semi-presidential Republic: Intelligent Balance or Creeping Dictatorship?
Arash Nalchegar
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Presidential Republic: Fast and Stable—but Dangerous?
Arash Nalchegar
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Absolute Monarchy: Stability Today, Crisis Tomorrow
Arash Nalchegar
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Constitutional Monarchy: Benefits, Costs and Historical Reality
Arash Nalchegar
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Why We Need a Series Examining Political Systems
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