Bringing Soap Operas to Afghanistan

Part-Time Genius

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Saad Mohseni hadn't seen Afghanistan since he was a kid. But when America swept in to scatter the Taliban in the early 2000s, Mohseni felt a calling to return to rebuild his beloved homeland. This is the story of how Mohseni and his three siblings took a chance launching a radio station-- a Quixotic venture that quickly blossomed into a television empire-- and the ways that he and his family helped beam music, culture and the scaffolding of a fragile democracy into people's homes.

Interview based on Saad's beautiful new memoir Radio Free Afghanistan. Available at bookstores everywhere.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Part-Time Genius, a production of Kaleidoscope and I-Heart Radio.
0:08.0	Hey there, podcast listeners. Welcome to Part-time Genius. It's Mungish, Hatikler here,
0:17.4	your friend Mango. Will is not here today in studio. Instead, I'm doing an interview with my good
0:24.4	pal Saad Mosseini. He's the author of a memoir called Radio Free Afghanistan.
0:30.0	He's the founder of a radio station there called Armand FM and a TV station in Afghanistan called Tolo.
0:38.0	He's been on the Time 100. He has a lengthy, lengthy resume. He is a media savant, someone who's helped bring music and
0:46.6	culture back to Afghanistan in a post-Talaban period after the fall of Afghanistan. And he's someone that I watched tirelessly working the
0:56.4	phones after the fall of Afghanistan making trips to Downing Street and the
1:01.4	White House to help so many people in crisis to get
1:04.8	planes there to secure seats on planes so that his employees and friends and
1:10.7	anyone he knew could get out. He's just a gem of a person and I'm thrilled to have
1:15.4	him on this show. Let's dive in. Oh, yeah. Welcome to Part-time Genius. I'm here with my good pal Sad Mosseini and I'm so excited to introduce him to you.
1:44.8	Saad has a new book out a memoir called Radio Free Afghanistan.
1:48.8	Saad, thank you for joining me here.
1:50.6	Thank you.
1:51.6	Thank you, man, yes. It's good to have friends in high places like yourself.
1:57.0	I don't know about high places.
2:00.0	See your phrases.
2:02.0	So let's talk a little bit about your background because you have your phrases.
2:02.5	So let's talk a little bit about your background because you have this incredible story of growing
2:07.1	up in different countries.
2:08.8	It's obviously comes from a hard place.
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