Iranican

June2011

Gender Roles: What is (wo)manhood?

Updated: Download the MP3: (High Quality) Everyday, we are bombarded with different images that illustrate gender inequality- whether it is through popular TV shows like, Sex and the City, or sports coverage, which rarely focus as much on women’s sports.  Why has society established these specific gender roles for each of[…]

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Racist Iranians II

Download the MP3: (High Quality) As a continuation of last week’s show, in part II, Iman, Nasim and two guests will be discussing the roots of racism among Iranians.  Through laughter and jokes, our co-hosts bring up issues that many face as a result of their cultural backgrounds.  Though racism is no[…]

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Racist Iranians

BBC Persian conducted a poll recently to get people’s opinion about a case of an Iranian girl marrying an Afghan man. A significant portion of the responses were…eye opening! It seems based on some of the comments that Iranians can actually redefine racism! Download the MP3: (High Quality)   Are Iranian[…]

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Friends with Benefits II

For the first time, we are publishing a podcast on our off week to follow up the discussion that happened on our blog after our initial show here, recorded June 6th, 2011. Thank you for the 30+ comments. Download the MP3: (High Quality) Last week, we discovered that people engage in[…]

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Friends with Benefits

Featuring licensed marriage and family therapist to explore whether you really can “benefit” more from your friendships! Download the MP3: (High Quality) The idea that being friends with benefits could evolve into something wonderful and romantic was first portrayed with Monica and Chandler.  They started out as best friends, hanging out[…]

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