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KALW Culture

KALW Culture

  • This week on BAY MADE: we are sharing episodes of Altered States, a podcast exploring what science can tell us about psychedelics—and what psychedelics can tell us about ourselves. It’s produced by the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics and PRX.
  • Mahsa Vahdat
    Mahsa Vahdat
    Mahsa Vahdat decided to sing, despite the Iranian government’s ban on solo female performance. Then she had to make a choice: obedience or exile.
  • Mahsa Vahdat with Ara Dinkjian performing Woven Verses at The Freight.
    Courtesy of Diaspora Arts Connection
    Today, an Iranian singer and composer chooses between obedience or exile. And, a poem about dancing with modern Persian identity.
  • Justin Ebrahemi
    Photo by Harrison McArtor
    Justin Ebrahemi is KALW’s Communication Manager… and he’s also a poet! Here he shares a piece about dancing with modern Persian identity called "Brief Islands."