Sarviiinak Podcast

Welcome to the 9th episode of Sarviiinak Podcast: Feeling Empathetic with Anahita. Anahita is an Iranian genderqueer artist (actor, writer, dancer, creator, mental health advocate, consent activist). They've also published 2 poetry collection which you can find one of them on amazon. Sarvin and Ana talk about unapologetically being Iranian artists, slam poetries celebrating differences, ways to express ourselves (let you thoughts live out of your head), making storytelling compatible with the audiences souls, Film & TV representation, redefining the word trend, mental health, cancel culture, and more. " If we want a real change, we need to stop being obsessed with punishments" "Nobody is toxic 24 hours. Symptoms of mental health is not toxicity." "Beauty of I don't know is that there are some people out there who know."

Welcome to the 8th episode of Sarviiinak Podcast: Feeling Innovative with Hannah Hannah is a theatre artist, creator and puppeteer who fosters in new female work. Sarvin and Hannah chat about their work on One of a Kind as performers and co-creators, working for theatre for young audiences, Hannah's new way of storytelling in theatre/film platform, inspiration behind building Clio (An awesome clitoris puppet),history behind clitoris and why we should celebrate it, how to manipulate a puppet, Hannah's incredible sound effects, co-counselling, and white allies support group. Check out Hannah's puppet Clio: https://puppetsnotpatriarchy.wixsite.com/website "How can we disagree in a fun way?" Hannah Clio's instagram: @puppetsnotpatriarchy

Welcome to the 7th episode of Sarviiinak Podcast: Feeling Dreamy with Tanaz Tanaz Roudgar is an actor, screenwriter, storyteller and poet. In this episode, Sarvin and Tanaz chat about how they met each other in the virtual world, what it means to be an "Iranian Womxn", how to represent ourselves in theatre/film school, how our body and voice change in Farsi vs. English, difference in swearing in Farsi & English, how can we live in the unknown, inspiration behind our upcoming storytelling workshop “Empowered Womxn of Iran”,how do we live our stories instead of teaching and over-explaining our stories to the West,How can we make ESL(ESL drama) programs in school more inclusive, fun, and ensemble based, why are we using the term FOB (fresh off the boat) in high Schools in Canada, our internal racism as teenagers, how to embrace our past. "It's not about the answers, but the questions!" -Tanaz