First up, be greeted by Cat Bradfield, WLRN’s World News Coordinator who announces a music show project she is heading to count down the top 100 songs chosen by WLRN listeners just in time to celebrate ten years of WLRN’s stellar podcast hitting the Femisphere.

Next, hear Cat deliver the world news with stories from the USA, Iran, Uganda, Australia and France.

After the world news, enjoy an excerpt of the song Gole goldune man by Simin Ghanem, an Iranian artist. The song means “You are my flower who has gone” and was chosen by our guest this month, Fariba Amini.

Next, stay tuned for an interview Lola did with Fariba, an Iranian-American journalist and freelance writer who discusses the strides and setbacks of the women of Iran and what American women can do to support them.

Finally, hear commentary from Lola about the nuanced nature of women’s progress in Iran and her anti-war stance. Thanks for tuning in to WLRN, feminist-powered community radio since 2016!

Below, find Margaret’s cover image and artist’s statement for this month’s edition.

I used a photograph of some artists from Iran, a collective of women called DENA. I created silhouettes of the women, with an assortment of colors. Blended with the silhouettes, I added an image of an ancient carving of a lotus flower – said to represent the Goddess Anahita – from Persepolis, on one side, and a more contemporary mandala mosaic on the other side. The artists are posed in front of an exhibit of their paintings put together by the Sharjah Art Foundation. The texture on the top and bottom was created with a mirror mosaic screened over a map of Iran.

The overall effect suggests that art and culture – ancient and modern – connects us.