International Culture Technology No Ahmad and Mehdi http://haftegi.7rooz.com A podcast in Persian co-hosted by Ahmad and Mehdi from Northern California. Ahmad covers topics on internet and technology. Mehdi covers cultural and political issues in the US with enough background given for Iranians not living in the US. fa Belongs to Ahmad, Mehdi and Ali Fri, 4 Mar 2005 07:26:48 GMT tdscripts.com Podcast Generator haftegi_radio@yahoo.com Persian, Farsi, Iran, California, Silicon Valley Radio Haftegi (The first Persian podcast) A Persian Podcast from California Ahmad and Mehdi haftegi_radio@yahoo.com no 1 Length of program: 50 minutes 1) Youtube and emergence of LonelyGirl15 2) Internet company acquisitions and trends in the industry 3) Human Compuation Thu, 9 November 2006 22:55:19 PST Length of program: 19 minutes 1) Gallup poll on Iran: Gallup polls Americans on how US must deal with Iranian nuclear issue 2) Axis of Evil Comedy Show: Axis of Evil Comedy Show 3) sports week 51: sports week 51 Thu, 16 February 2006 22:55:19 PST Length of program: 49 minutes 1) Announcement: Announcement 2) Craigslist Ads Lawsuit: Craigslist Ads Lawsuit 3) Google User Study: Google User Study 4) High-tech Jobs in the US: High-tech Jobs in the US 5) Grammy Award: 48th Grammy Award, Winners and Nominees. 6) Superbowl Recap: Superbowl Recap and other games 7) Sports reports Week 50: Sports reports Week 50 8) Ending: Ending Thu, 9 February 2006 23:39:40 PST Length of program: 46 minutes 1) Announcement: Announcement 2) Op-Eds in the US: Discussing the different type of opinions that appear in the newspapers. 3) Gadgets for Cars: New cars come with many extra advanced electronic gadgets. 4) Entertainment News: Academy Award nominees, news of ABC anchor getting injured and superball related news. 5) Bye Music: HASH(0x9cc9150) Thu, 2 February 2006 23:11:37 PST Length of program: 47 minutes 1) How to learn about different countriesُ: How you can use wikipedia or CIA fact book as a source of information about different countries. You can also read travelers' online diaries to learn more. 2) AOL gets $5m from the spammer: AOL gets $5m from the spammer 3) Disney buys Pixar for $7 Billion: Disney buys Pixar for $7 Billion 4) Sports Week 48: Sports Week 48 Fri, 27 January 2006 0:12:24 PST Length of program: 61 minutes 1) Introduction: HASH(0x94a720c) 2) Almarashi's Talk: A Talk by AlMarashi whose report was used to justify the war against Iraq by US and British government without his consent 3) Apple Computers with Intel Processor: Apple introduced new computers using Intel processors. 4) US DoJ Request from Google and other Search Engines: US government has asked google and other major search engines to provide all the searched terms during an specific week 5) "MAD" magazine: Introducing "MAD" magazine, the famous comic magazine 6) Sports Report week 47: Sports Report week 47 7) Ending: HASH(0x94a6994) Thu, 19 January 2006 22:50:39 PST Length of program: 60 minutes. 1. Dr. Edalat's Speech 2. Exclusive report from the CES Show in Las Vegas 3. Covering Comics III 4. Sports Report by Dr. AliZ Friday, 13 January 2006 08:00:00 GMT Thu, 30 December 2005 23:03:56 PST Thu, 22 December 2005 23:03:56 PST Thu, 15 December 2005 23:03:56 PST Thu, 8 December 2005 23:03:56 PST Thu, 1 December 2005 20:46:45 PST Thu, 25 November 2005 23:26:23 PST Length of program: xx minutes. 1- Is there a connection between the religiousity of nations and their social health? 2- Juan Cole, a man with one weblog but enourmous influence. 3- "Base" : a new service from Google. 4- "Alibaba" : a successful Chinese online business. 5- Receiving Google maps on cellphones. 6- Sport News by Dr. AliZ. Fri, 18 November 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: xx minutes. 1- Community Supported Agriculture: receiving your vegtables through subscription. 1- Microsoft launches new database software 3- Microsoft's new web service "live" 4- The last week's terrorist attack in Jordan killed the daughter of the director of the movie "The Message". 5- Sports News by Dr. AliZ Fri, 11 November 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 52 minutes. * RFID Technology * Sports Report by Dr. AliZ * Introducing Pendar Podcast * Shahnameh Ferdowsi Fri, 27 October 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 52 minutes. 1- The international organization of Red Cross replaced the Iranian symbol of "lion and sun" by a cyrstal. 2- Yahoo and Google market share 3- CEO of PeopleSoft company is going to build a big pallace 4- The Web 2 Conference 5- Sports Report by Dr. AliZ. 6- An audio segment from one our listeners. Fri, 6 October 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 54 minutes. 1-Two points about negotiation: the good cop and the bad cop technique; not revealing your redlines. How Iranian negotiators ignored these points in their negotiations with IAEA. 2- Candid camera shows: Punk'd and Hi-Jinks. Introducing Nick@nite channel. 3- Sniffing keyboard clicks from their sound. 4- Application of PDA in medicine. 5- 100$ laptop for kids. 6- Sport report by AliZ. Fri, 30 September 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 69 minutes. 1. Bloggers asking to be exepmted from campaign limits 2. A brief history of NBC and "Tonight Show" 3. The effect of hurricane Katrina on gas price 4. "My Super Sweet Sixteen" (Show's web page) 5. Sports Report by Dr. AliZ Fri, 23 September 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 68 minutes. 1. Email Etiquette 2. Technology news: Ebay-Skype desl, iPod Nano, Identity Theft 3. TV Report: Comedians and celebrities fundraisers 4. Sports Report by Dr. AliZ Fri, 16 September 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 78 minutes. 1. How a minority can overrule the majority? example: scientists vs the majority of people who don't believe in the theory of natural evolution. 2. Hurricane Catrina and the media reaction to it. 3. Talking about the legacy of the chief justice, Rehnquist. 4. Media Report: Comedy about nothing; Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen Degeneres. 5. Technology Review: playing chess by artificial intelegence. 6. Sports Report by Dr. AliZ Fri, 8 September 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 45 minutes. 1. Introducing the movie, "Grizzly Man", directed by Werner Herzog. 2. Where does the technology going? 3. Discussion about the talk by Kamran Elahian, a successful Iranian entrepreneur and venture capitalist.4. Sports Report by Dr. AliZ. Fri, 1 September 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 55 minutes. 1. Introducing the movie, Divine Intervention, directed by Ilya Suleiman. 2. Isn't talking about Aruba story enough? 3. Pat Robertson's comment and the reactions to it. 4. Learning more about standup comedy and political satire 5. Sports Report by Dr. AliZ Fri, 26 August 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 50 minutes. 1. Why it is important to follow Persian writing styles by webloggers. This will ease Persian text analysis and would allow creation of tools such as Google News in Persian. 2. Technology Report: WiMax Technology 3. Online schools 4. Deep web search engines 5. Media Report: G4TechTV and C-Span 6. "Room Raiders" TV program 7. The story of Cindy Sheehan 8. Sports Report by Dr. AliZ Fri, 19 August 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 84 minutes. 1. US News (Senators) 2. New mouse from Apple Inc. 3. LinuxWorld 2005 and Google/Microsoft Competition 4. Most viewed TV programs and cost of a TV commercial. 5. Some US TV channels 6. Introducing "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" 7. Sports Report by Dr. AliZ Fri, 12 August 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 84 minutes. 1. Toyota increases its hybrid car production 2. Adidas buys Reebok 3. New York body search regulations 4. US TV channels and an introduction to "The Apprentice" program. 5. Tech. News: Google is hiring a chef. Yahoo!'s new services. 6. Sports Report by Dr. AliZ 7. Economic report by Maziyar from Canada Fri, 05 August 2005 08:00:00 GMT Length of program: 84 minutes. 1. An interview with Hazhir on US-Iran relationship 2. "Digital Homes" and two technology news headlines 3. Times magazines editor-in-chief's talk at Stanford 4. Popular US TV Channels and Reality TV programs 5. Sports Report by Dr. AliZ on Iranian Soccer Players in Europe 6. We want to add another section and need your help! Fri, 28 July 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- Changes in the Supreme Court 2- " War of the Worlds" and its historical radio show by Orson Welles 3- TV in the US: Most popular channels, MTV's Pimp My Ride show 4- Sports Report by Dr. AliZ 5- Introducing Radio College Park Length of program: 52minutes. Fri, 21 July 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- Interview with Ahmad and Ali about what they have seen in Iran in their trip. 2- AliF on the type of TV channels available in the US. 3- Sport report by Dr. AliZ 4- Economic report by Maziar Length of program: 45minutes. Fri, 15 July 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- Interview with Ali Faghfuri on TV programs in US such as the hit show "American Idol". 2- Discussion on the judge s order for sending Judith Miller, the New York Times reporter, to jail for refusing to reveal her sources. 3- Sport report by Dr. AliZ. Length of program: 45minutes. Fri, 8 July 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- I watched the movie "closer" by Mike Nicholas (the guy who made the graduate). 2- Talking about the supreme court rulling on the displays of the ten commandments. 3- Is obesity determined by genetics?(another article in PDF format) 4- Sport news by Dr. AliZ Fri, 31 June 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- An observation about the political discussions in Persian blogs. 2- Technology news: different types of internet connections, Ebay's outlook. 3- Sport news by Dr. AliZ. 4- Business news by Maziar. Fri, 24 June 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- Introducing the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith 2- Iranian Presidential Elections 3- Interview with Arian 4- Technology news: Yahoo! innovations, Parking Meters, Weblogs and Jobs 5- Sport Report: By Dr. AliZ. Fri, 17 June 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- The interview with Mitra Fathollahpour, a Reuters fellow in digital vision program. 2- Chatting about the Aubrey de Grey's talk about fighting human aging. 3- Technology report on annotating google maps: Housing Maps, Florida Sex Predators 4- Iran Tracker website was released last week. 5- Sport Report: Iran makes it to Soccer World Cup Fri, 10 June 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- The grouping within supporters of Democratic party: Liberals, Conservative democrates, and disadvantaged. (based on the Pew Research Center statistics.) 2- Technology report: different GPS systems for cars and their software. 3- Sport report by Dr. AliZ. 4- Our podcast was featured in Stanford Daily. Fri, 3 June 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- A summary of the pew research center's study of American political landscape. Part 1: groupings within the Republicans. 2- Reza Sadr introduces and recites a poem by Hadi Khorsandi, a contemporary Iranian satirist and poet. 3- Technology Report: Social Networks and their emergence on Internet. 4- Sport Report by Dr. AliZ 5- Introducing a new Persian podcast: Language News Podcast Fri, 27 May 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1-Interview with Dr. Kaveh who recently moved to the US 2-New law allows the sale wine to other states 3-San Francisco Bay to Breakers: the oldest consecutively run footrace in the world. 4-Technology News: Bill Gates on Information - Games on mobile phones 5-Sport report by AliZ from California Fri, 20 May 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- Interview with Dr. Elham Kashefi from University of Waterlo about her current work and her previous work at Science and Art Foundation 2- Discussing Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis' talk organized by Sharif Alumni Association. Dr. Khoshnevis is an Iranian-American inventor who has invented house-building robots. 3- Technology News: Bill Gates on ipods, Self-replicating robots. 4- Sport report by AliZ from California. 5- Introducing a new Iranian podcast: Avahye Sineh Chak. Fri, 13 May 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- Discussion on Iranian fashion. Our program needs a fashion reporter. Intrducing Cathy Horyn's multimedia program in NYTimes. 2- Interview with Safa, owner of the weblog Safa in Los Angeles. 3- Damasanj Website, which was created by Ahmad, is the equivalent of Blogdex for Persian blogs. 4- Technology news: A new patent by google for ranking news based their sources. 5- Sport report by Dr. AliZ. 6- Introducing a new podcast in Persian: Radio Lavasun. Fri, 5 May 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1. A brief mention of a trip to Joshua Tree National Park 2. Interview with Mr. Rafsanjani on his candidacy for presidential election in Iran :) 3. A radio made of podcasts from San Francisco: KYOURADIO 4. Technology news: soundless speakers! 5. Sport news by Dr. AliZ: Soccer and Taekwondo 6. Introducing a new Persian podcast: Radio Zabte Sout 7. Mention of our program at BBC Persian by Hossein Derakhshan 8. Economic news by Maziar: Business of Search Engines focusing on Yahoo and Google Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- Stats on Radios in US. How college radios work 2- LAN Party 3- AliZ's report on Iranian teams in Asian leagues 4- Maziyar's report on Search Engines 5- Introducing a Persian podcast Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT 1- An interview with Karine Guevorkian about the life of Armenians in Iran after 400 years of presence in Iran. 2- Short discussion on paying taxes. 3- Technology: LEDs are going to replace light bulbs. 4- Sport report: AliZ talks about the presense of Iranian soccer players in European teams and their raise and fall. 5- Economic report: Maziar Y. from Canada talks about Fortune 500 companies. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT Discussion about the movie "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill". Interview with Reza Sadr from Boston on a 1945 poem by Afrashteh. The poem is about the preoccupation of Iranians with Hitler bomb while they were gripped with misery and addiction themselves and had more important things to talk about. Technology news: new Google map, A9 yellow pages, Google answering questions (what is the capital of Iran?). Sport report by AliZ (Soccer World Cup report). Introducing new podcasts in Persian. Fri, 8 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT Introducing the movie: a day without a Mexican. An interview with Dori Davari, a yound entrepreneur from Iran. Technology report: cellphones. An interview with Amir Hossein about cellphones. A report by AliZ on world cup qualification games. Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT Report from Charshanbeh Souri celebration, Report on the robot from Iran, News of the friday prayer led by a woman in New York, Terry Schiavo case and meddling by Senate, Sattelite radio, the release of new playstation, release of our podcast guide. Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT Interview with Jahanshah Javid (iranian.com), Apple vs Bloggers, Internet Scams, Iran News: OPEC conference, US-Iran relation Fri, 18 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT Bankruptcy Regularions, Stanford Persian Party Report, Cell Phones for Kids, World's Fastest Computer, 3d Monitors Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT US Supreme Court, Voice over IP, Internet news Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas, TiVo, Internet news Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT