A Baha'i Perspective (2024)

17/07/2023

Just published my interview with Navid Lancaster, musician, music producer and the owner of LANCAST Ltd (https://lancastltd.com/), an independent company that creates music for film, animation, video games and mobile applications. https://youtu.be/0SbmdkJsMOs

Navíd is a musician, music producer and the owner of LANCAST Ltd (https://lancastltd.com/), an independent company that creates music for film, animation, vi...

14/06/2023

Just posted my interview with Masud Olufani, artist, writer, actor from the Atlanta area.

Masud is an artist, writer, and an actor. He talks about his spiritual journey and his work in the interview. You can find his work at https://www.masud-ol...

11/03/2023

Just posted my interview with Llewellyn Drong, who tells the story of his wonderful spiritual journey.

Llewellyn was raised in the Disciples of Christ church, its origins coming out of the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century in the US when protest...

29/10/2022

I just posted my interview with Andrew Sperandeo. A phenomenal guitarist, singer, and composer of songs.

Andy is an experienced and well-versed musician in many disciplines of music including guitar, singing, composing, arranging, teaching, and music producing, ...

11/09/2022

Just published my interview with Olya Roohizadegan, who, with 10 other women, were imprisoned for their religious convictions. Her 10 companions were eventually hanged but she was released and she escaped Iran to tell their story.

Olya grew up in Iran under the severe persecution of the Iranian Islamic regime after the 1979 Revolution. She along with 10 other women were arrested soon ...

28/08/2022

Just published my interview with Winonna Merritt, self-taught agriculturalist and devotee to racial unity and justice. https://youtu.be/zMqaIVgXV-0

Winnie grew up as a poor northern girl who married into a well-to-do Southern family and started raising a family in the early 1960's. Before becoming a Bah...

07/08/2022

Just published my interview with Nadema Agard, Native American Artist and founder of Red Earth Studio Consulting / Productions. https://youtu.be/zqFniGwcPFk

Nadema is a Native American artist with her on business called Red Earth Studio Consulting / Productions. Before creating her own consulting and curating bu...

18/07/2022

Just published my interview with June Manning Thomas. She was one of the first black teenagers to break the segregated white high school in her home town starting in the 10th grade. She describes how difficult and traumatic that experience was for her and how the Baha'i Faith was such a balm to her soul afterwards.
https://youtu.be/jarPL_JpILs

June is the Centennial Professor Emerita of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, w...

06/07/2022

Just published my interview with John Clark, versatile horn player and phenomenal music composer. Sit back and listen to some phenomenal jazz music! https://youtu.be/wZnop8V4p80

John is a jazz horn player and composer. He invented his unique horn with the same range as the french horn, called the hornette. He's released 7 albums. ...

19/06/2022

Just posted my interview with Lisa Haese Smith, musical composer, performer, teacher, and film scorer. We play music that influenced her musical career as well as pieces she composed. All beautiful music! https://youtu.be/xbDSP9pVW8Q

Lisa is musical composer, performer, teacher, and film scorer. In 2001 she put together her earliest piano compositions and has since produced 4 other CDs. ...

12/06/2022

Just published my interview with Ben Guterson, author of middle grade novels. I was so impressed, I sent one to my granddaughter!
https://youtu.be/0Svz21-mbtE

Ben is an author of middle-grade novels, and had recently published his fourth book, The Einsteins of Vista Point. His previous work is the Winterhouse tril...

05/06/2022

Just published my interview with Vivian Bartlett who writes a memoir on his experience with a transformative youth program in 1999. https://youtu.be/-viDvcgwTK8

The tragic death of Vivian's brother when he was a teenager was the impetuous to Vivian and his mother searching for a spiritual reason for this traumatic lo...

29/05/2022

I just published my interview with Carolyn Sparey-Fox, professional musician, painter/illustrator, playwright and author. https://youtu.be/O8KT4a4cTKE

Carolyn is a professional musician, published author, and painter. She was principal viola with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, based in Edinburgh and a mem...

22/05/2022

Just posted my interview with KC Porter, record producer, singer-songwriter, arranger and composer. Sit back and listen to some phenomenal music! https://youtu.be/2EWmDE8TEZs

KC is an American record producer, singer-songwriter, arranger and composer. He was nominated for more than six Grammy Awards and winner of 1, and winner of...

09/05/2022

I just published my interview with Dorothy Marcic, professor at Columbia University, author and playwright. We discuss her books, musicals, and podcast in the interview. https://youtu.be/nfqipsa193I

Dorothy is a professor at Columbia University, author and playwright, who was a former professor at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Managemen...

01/05/2022

I just published my interview with Mary Perkins...author, poet, and storyteller. Her goal has been to write books, in simple English, about the Baha'i Faith. She also has a book of poetry called Turning Toward Home. Her friend, Cindy, reads a couple of her poems near the end of the interview. https://youtu.be/HA4-SS9JGRs

Mary is an author, poet and storyteller. She has focused on books, in simple English, on the history and teachings of the Bahá'í Faith.Her first title, The B...

17/04/2022

I just published my interview with Shameem, an Australian singer songwriter with a touch of R&B and Jazz in her songs. Sit back and enjoy the music! https://youtu.be/bVXg_69J62U

Shameem is an Australian singer-songwriter, whose diversity in heritage (her father is Chinese-Malaysian and her mother is Iranian) influences her eclectic a...

10/04/2022

I just published my interview with Gary Fleming, cultural anthropologist who has been involved in development projects around the world and is now practicing law for those seeking federal assistance. https://youtu.be/HyDDLCamGNQ

Gary holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Cultural Anthropology as well as a degree in Law. He has been involved in international development projects in...

03/04/2022

I just posted my interview with Zarrin Caldwell, journalist and producer of The Soul Salon podcast and website. https://youtu.be/zXuZe64d2WY

Zarrin is a journalist and one who as worked in international affairs, As part of her attraction to the world’s wisdom and spiritual traditions, she create...

27/03/2022

Just posted my interview with Colby Jeffers, Hip Hop artist who has created 5 albums and podcast producer. We feature songs from his latest album, Created Noble, throughout the interview. https://youtu.be/bBrWPRHK3dY

Colby is a musical artist from the Phoenix area, who has been making Baha'i-inspired hip hop since around 2012. He has produced five albums and his most rec...

27/02/2022

Just posted my interview with Bruce Koerber, economist and creator of the Divine Economy Model. https://youtu.be/TGQHhO1vTbA

Bruce was a student of Austrian economics at Auburn University shortly after the Ludwig von Mises Institute (https://mises.org/) was established. In 2004 he ...

21/02/2022

Just posted my interview with Tara Jabbari, media consultant/podcaster. https://youtu.be/bi3-BqPmcp8

For over 10 years Tara has worked in all aspects of digital media, from videos, social media to podcasting. Working as a podcast producer, she has connected...

13/02/2022

Just posted my interview with Robert Weinberg, broadcast journalist and radio/podcast producer for both the BBC and independent radio in the United Kingdom. https://youtu.be/kAkUOaddwqY

Rob has worked as a broadcast journalist and produced radio programs for both the BBC and independent radio in the United Kingdom. He is also the author of ...

13/02/2022

Just posted my interview with Wolfgang Klebel, former Catholic priest, now psychologist and author of the book The Human Heart: One and Undivided. https://youtu.be/dXjkeqO3C-Y

Wolfgang was born in Vienna, Austria shortly before World War II. He became a Catholic priest, studying at the best Catholic universities in Rome and Austri...

16/01/2022

I just published my interview with Taraz Nosrat, creator of the album The Divine Spark. Sit back, close your eyes, and let the devotional music fill your soul. https://youtu.be/2g2CMpv7Z0s

Taraz is a recent graduate of Texas A&M University, where he studied biomedical engineering. However his first passion was always music. During a year off un...

02/01/2022

Just posted my interview with Felipe Duhart, guitarist, composer and musical producer from Santiago, Chile. Sit back and enjoy the music! https://youtu.be/fG_-W7WLte4

Felipe (http://www.felipeduhart.com/) is a guitarist, composer and musical producer living in Santiago, Chile. Primarily an improvisational musician, his sty...

26/12/2021

Just published my interview w/ Fereshteh Bethel, PhD in psychology. She presents her insights on the gun culture here in the US. https://youtu.be/P4FMWYI4URw

I had interviewed Fereshteh before on this program and we reconnected. She proposed that we talk about the gun culture here in the US. We had been planning...

19/12/2021

I just published my interview with Hooshmand Badee, Economist focused on Distributed Justice. https://youtu.be/Q1GNEgOJU0g

Hooshmand has lived amongst both the poorest nations and the wealthiest nations of the world for more than four decades, where he witnessed inequality in sta...

12/12/2021

I just published my interview with Rebecca Johnston-Garvin, singer-songwriter who has produced five musical CDs. https://youtu.be/rUa08Hbh2iE

Rebecca is a singer-songwriter who has produced five musical CDs and an audiobook. We play selections from her CDs Alientame, Conscious Peace, Befriend Me, ...

05/12/2021

I just published my interview with Shangó Dely, music producer and percussionist. Sit back and listen to the music and rhythms of South America and the Caribbean. https://youtu.be/uKfdBwjWbT4

Shangó is a music producer and performer (playing drums, singing, and playing different kinds of flutes and other instruments). He produced and recorded an ...

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