Episode Description
This week, Nora and Marcus sit down with Iranian American democracy advocate Nilu Jenks for a deeply personal conversation about war, diaspora grief, authoritarianism, and the deadly lie of "liberation" through violence. Drawing from her family's lived experience in Iran and her work for more representative democracy here in the U.S., Jenks brings clarity, grief, and fierce moral vision to a moment shaped by propaganda, profound uncertainty, and the human cost of minority rule. It's a moving, unflinching conversation about pain, memory, resistance, and what solidarity, accountability, and freedom demand, both abroad and at home.
Mentioned in the episode:
Nilu Jenks | Ten steps towards fascism | Rumi | Kat Abughazeleh | Autumn Durald Arkapaw | Michael B Jordan @ In N Out | Misty Copeland | Sexual Abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez
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