The Samovar Network

Host of The Gender Knot podcast and BBC Journalist Nastaran Tavakoli-Far joins The Samovar Network to discuss #MeToo, Male "feminists", and why she doesn't think women should be too helpful to men right now. How do you apologize? What is men's role in the #MeToo era? Tune in to hear our discussion on all these topics and more. *The Gender Knot was named one of Time Magazines '50 Best Podcasts to Listen to Right Now'. We hope you enjoy this interview and if you do, share with a friend, and review us

In this interview we chat with Murtaza Aliyar aka Afghanima aka Mookz aka Mookie aka some other interesting names. We talk about cultural stigma regarding addiction, family members’ reactions, and how he continues to help community members with their own struggles. On the way, we learn a little more about tattoos, poop-brown suits, and helicopter dancing. And of course we ask about the shared Afghan experience of returning clothes.

In this interview we talk to Madinah Wardak, the woman behind Burqas & Beer, and one of our newest TSN members. We try to find out, is online Madinah the real Madinah? She talks about her conflicted feelings towards the blog name, the negative and positive reactions to it, and what it’s like to be an outspoken Afghan woman on social media. Most importantly, we hear about the shared traumatic experience amongst many Afghan children: returning clothes with your mom.Special guest appearance:

Madinah and Omar sat down with journalist Ali Latifi to discuss the Afghan parliamentary elections, the killing of one of the most prominent commanders in the country, and the 7th anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan. We learned how voting is an act of heroism and resistance, and gained insight into what’s happening in the country from someone directly on the ground in Kabul.*Facebook Live audio

Melees, Melas, Matches, and Mantu. It’s all part of the Afghan-American soccer fabric. In this episode, Nura & Omar interview Kamran Faizi of the Afghan Football Support Organization (AFSO). He was one of the founding members of the Afghan Soccer League in 1995 and an instrumental figure to the growth of Afghan-American soccer since the 1980s. Kamran jaan gives us his take on women’s soccer, the recent fight at a soccer tournament in VA, the World Cup, and what makes Afghan soccer unique.

This episode is the audio from an online panel of our most recent Women of TSN (WTSN) discussion on Performing Womanhood. In this conversationthe panelists talk about Wedding Season. Engagements. Handling Ramadan Politics. And...new to the series, sharing who their women crushes are. You also get to listen to them handle some dude trolling online as the conversation is happening live.

In this episode recorded after Nowroz, Nura shares her experience speaking at the Afghan-American Conference about wearing hijab in the Afghan community. Then we discuss our most recent TSN panel - The Black Card about Afghan-Americans and their connection to Black culture. And of course, we end wit

In the first episode of our TSN Podcast, Nura and Omar talk about why we decided to add a podcast format, review 2017, discuss Omar's search of bae, and Black Panther among other things. Let us know what you think!