Episode 25 - Iranian Women & Gender in the Iran-Iraq War; with Mateo Farzaneh

In this episode of The Fly-Bottle podcast, our host Ata Heshmati chats with Mateo (Mohammad) Farzaneh, historian and professor at Northeastern Illinois University, and the author of Iranian Women & Gender in the Iran-Iraq War, published in 2021 by Syracuse University Press. Read more

Episode 24 - Language and its computational models; with Afra Alishahi

In this episode of The Fly-Bottle Podcast, we had a conversation with Afra Alishahi. We discussed computational models of natural language and their challenges, rule-governed structure and meaning in language, and more. Read more

Episode 23 - Morality in the Fabric of Society: A Scientific and Philosophical Perspective; with Anita Keshmirian

In this episode of the Fly-Bottle podcast, Soroush Marouzi talks with Anita Keshmirian about her research on social psychology and ethics. Anita explains how one’s social life shapes one’s ethical judgments and decisions. Read more

Episode 22 - On Love; with Arash Naraghi

In this episode of The Fly-Bottle Podcast, we talked with Arash Naraghi on Love. In this discussion, we explored topics such as love in Iranian culture, the virtue of love in modern ethics, healthy and unhealthy love, and more. Read more

Episode 21 - Translating the Book: The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity, and Improve Wellbeing; with Mazdak Daneshvar

In this episode of The Fly Bottle Podcast, Yeganeh Khazaei speaks with Mazdak Daneshvar, a physician, medical anthropologist, and researcher in the field of social history at Leiden University, Netherlands. Read more

قسمت ۲۰ - اخلاق مراقبت در برابر خودشیفتگی اجتماعی

خودشیفتگی معمولاً در سطح روان فردی شناسایی شده‌است. درواقع در خودشیفتگی ما با یک ایگو روبه‌رو هستیم که در ساحت فردی بیش از اندازه متورم است. به‌گونه‌ای که هر آنچه که در جهان خارج از این ایگوست، فاقد ارزش و ازبین‌رفتنی‌ قلمداد می‌شود. ادامه مطلب

قسمت ۱۹: گورستان به مثابه‌ی آرشیو مُردگان، یا درباره‌ی گورستان‌ها در مقام فضاهای خاطره و فراموشی

گورستان، مردگان را آرشیو می‌کند. هر گورستان یک آرشیو شهری است. آرشیو اما فقط برای ثبت‌کردن، محفوظ‌داشتن و به‌یادآوردن نیست، برای پنهان‌ساختن، نامرئی‌‌کردن و به‌فراموشی‌سپردن هم هست. ادامه مطلب

قسمت ۱۸: نابرابری با ما چه می‌کند؟

تقریبا از میانه دهه ۱۹۷۰ میلادی ما شاهد بازگشت نابرابری های اقتصادی حداقل در کشورهای پیشرفته هستیم. روندی که امروزه با نام گرایش نئولیبرالیستی در سرمایه داری نوین خوانده شده و با خصوصی سازی، تجاری سازی، واگذاری، برون سپاری، مقررات زدایی از بازار کار و سرمایه و کالایی سازی جنبه های از بدن و زندگی روزمره باز شناخته می شود. ادامه مطلب

Episode 17 - The Short-term Society; with Homayoun Katouzian 

In this episode of The Fly Bottle podcast, Zahra Pezhkian talks with Homayoun Katouzian, a faculty member of the Oriental Studies Department at the University of Oxford, about his theory of short-term society. Read more

Episode 16 - The conundrum of women’s participation in Iran’s job market; with Safoura Moeeni

In this episode of The Fly-Bottle podcast, Alireza Mahmoudi talks to Safoura Moeeni about her paper “The Effects of Labor Market Opportunities on Education: The Case of a Female Hiring Ceiling in Iran,” co-authored with Atsuko Tanaka.   Read more...

Episode 15 - Mehdy Sedaghat Payam: Experimental literature and digital literature

In this episode of The Fly-Bottle podcast, Amirali Shams talks to Mehdy Sedaghat Payam. He started his education in English literature in Iran and received his Master's from the University of Tehran.  Read more

Episode 14 - Mohsen Javdani: Ideological Bias in Economic Perspectives

In this episode of The Fly Battle podcast, Alireza Mahmoudi talks with Professor Mohsen Javdani about his paper “Who said or what said? Estimating ideological bias in views among economists. Read more

Episode 13 - Amir Khadem: Trauma Narration

In this episode of The Fly-Bottle podcast, Amirali Shams talks to Amir Khadem about his journey beginning from his academic education back in Iran and after migrating to Canada where he started his PhD in the University of Alberta in the department of comparative literature  Read more

Episode 12 - Sahar Heidari Fard: Strategic Injustice

In this episode of The Fly-Bottle podcast, Soroush Marouzi talks to Sahar Heidari Fard about strategic injustice and how complexity theory can give us an explanation of how certain types of racial and gender inequality persist despite everyone knowing the immorality of the situation.  Read more

Episode 11 - Saeed Malek Sadati: Electoral Institutions and Common Pool Problem in Iran

In this episode of The Fly-Bottle podcast, Alireza Mahmoudi talks with Saeed Malek-Sadati, assistant professor of economics at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. In this conversation, after introducing the guest and reviewing Saeed's academic background, they discuss and define common or shared resources. Read more

Episode 10 - Mazdak Daneshvar: State, Market, and Healthcare System: An Anthropological Perspective

In this episode of The Fly-Bottle podcast, Yeganeh Khazaei talks with Mazdak Daneshvar. They discuss the history of the state and.. Read more

Episode 9 - Sina Badiei: Normative Economics and its foes: from Marx to Freedman 

In this episode of The Fly-Bottle podcast, Soroush Marouzi talks to Sina Badiei, assistant professor and research associate of the Walras-Pareto Center at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Read more

Episode 8 - Alireza Taheri: Lacanian Topology Against Narcissism

In this talk, Alireza Taheri will provide an introduction to Lacanian topology and its implications for philosophy and psychoanalysis. Read more

Episode 7 - Asef Bayat: Revolutions of the 21st Century And the Arab Spring

This Episode will examine the Arab revolutions of the 2010s and their shortcomings in achieving democratic reforms at the state level. Read more

Episode 6: Mathematical Explanations and Mathematical Truth

Soroush Marouzi chats with Atoosa Kasirzadeh about the roles of mathematics in empirical sciences. Read more

Episode 5: Immortals of Tehran

Amirali Shams talks with Alireza Araghi about his journey to become a writer and the challenges he faced along the way. Read more

Episode 4: Physical Theories and the World

Soroush Marouzi chats with Shahin Kaveh about what a physical theory consists of and how it relates to the world. Read more

Episode 3: The Genesis of Rights in Iran

Amirali Shams chats with Behzad Zerehdaran about the Concept of Rights in the Qajar Era in Iran. Read more

Episode 2: Simplicity

Ata Heshmati chats with Mahdi Sadrforati about the idea of simplicity in the history of science based on a novel study of medieval astronomy. Read more

Episode 1: Breaking the spell of certitude

In the first episode of the fly-bottle podcast, Elham Beygi chats with Fateme Ejaredar about the Modern Religious Schools in post-revolutionary Iran.  Read more