In this episode, we talk to Norma Claire Moruzzi about her new book “Tied Up in Tehran: Women, Social Change, and the Politics of Daily Life in Postrevolutionary Iran,” where she uses the prism of everyday life to explore the contradictions of a vibrant post-revolutionary society caught between competing claims of tradition and modernity. The book begins with an anecdote of a real event where she was tied up in a robbery!

This episode, we talk to Amy Malek about her new book “Culture Beyond Country,” where she writes about the cultural strategies of Iranian diaspora communities to create new home and belonging in Sweden, Canada, and the United States.

In our inaugural episode of IranCast, we speak with Alborz Ghandehari, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah, and author of ‘Post/Revolutionary Conditions.’ We discuss his book’s exploration of the Iranian freedom struggle, the intersection of art and activism, feminist and leftist movements, and how historical narratives shape contemporary resistance. We also explore the impact of leftist politics, the role of women in labor movements, and the cultural significance of poets like Ahmad Shamlou and Omar Khayyam.