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A Baha’i Perspective 03.06.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:08:17 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Dr. William Diehl, the former director of the Louhelen Baha’i School in Davison, Michigan. He is now the executive director of a 501(c)(3) organization called Diploma Plus.

A Baha’i Perspective 02.27.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:58:19 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Hans Peterson, a Baha’i currently residing in Budapest who directed the film Mocha Frapuchino and has started a Baha’i audio books project. You can see the trailer for Mocha Frapuchino at www.mochafrapuchino.com, and you can see his audio book project at www.voicesdivine.com.

A Baha’i Perspective 02.20.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:14:08 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Amy Smith, a young woman who grew up in Honduras. soon to graduate and pursue a life of service. When Amy was 16, a tragic event confirmed her faith.

A Baha’i Perspective 02.13.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:22:04 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Steve Ader. Steve grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. His parents were singers active in the Lutheran Church, so music was a very important part of Steve’s growing up. He was actually going to study to become a concert pianist but was discouraged. Steve tells his very interesting story on how he ran into the Baha’i Faith.

A Baha’i Perspective 01.23.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:24:14 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Mehr Mansuri. Mehr grew up in Iran, England and the US. She left Iran to go to boarding school in England just before the Islamic Revolution. She came to the US after high school to go to university. After university she developed a thriving acting career. She also uses her voice over talents for audio books, one of which is Saffron Kitchen, where she provides about eight characters. She recently helped in the film “Precious” casting the children and directing the children. She is the co-founder of the non-profit organization Children’s Theatre Company.

A Baha’i Perspective 01.16.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:27:23 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Adrienne Carter, a mental health counselor who has worked with Doctors without Borders in Kosovo, Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Malaysia, Russia, South Africa, and, Myanmar.

A Baha’i Perspective 01.09.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:11:51 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Jane Jensen. Warren’s interview with Jane is a sequel to his interview with Paul Jensen. Jane’s sister became a Baha’i first. At first Jane gave no thought to her sister’s belief, even as she passed and ignored the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, IL just about every day. Once her sister got married, her brother-in-law gave her a book called “Thief In The Night”. It was that book that got her to consider the Baha’i Faith more seriously. Her life totally took a different turn after becoming a Baha’i.

A Baha’i Perspective 01.02.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:21:07 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Paul Jensen. Paul grew up in Denmark during WWII. He had a very adventurous spirit that took him first to Canada, then to the US, and then after becoming a Baha’i to the Bahamas and Panama.

A Baha’i Perspective 12.26.09

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:18:43 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Jack McCants, who was an ordained Methodist minister when he ran into the Baha’i Faith.

A Baha’i Perspective 12.12.2009

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:24:10 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Robert Sapiro. Robert loved both sports and acting, but acting became his predominant interest growing up. Then the last few years in high school he also discovered his enjoyment in painting. Robert went to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston studying painting. During his last year there, he became very interested in poetry. After college, he discovered the inner-comedian inside him. Robert describes how it was the Bahá’í art of consultation that attracted him to the Bahá’í Faith

A Baha’i Perspective 11.28.2009

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:28:57 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Tahereh Daliri-Sherafat. Tahereh is of Persian heritage. She was born in Brazil and grew up there. Tahereh tells a very interesting story about, as a teenager, narrowly escaping a life-long affliction. After graduating from university, Tahereh went to Tanzania to work for a non-governmental organization or NGO. The NGO is called Chipua and it works with children who are expelled from school because they fail their entrance exams.

A Baha’i Perspective 11.21.2009

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:30:56 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Raymond Greer. Raymond grew up in the Watts area of LA. He was in the movie business in the early 70’s first as an actor and then as a casting director. The last movie he was in was the Nutty Professor I with Eddy Murphy. After his acting career Raymond got involved with street youth counseling.

A Baha’i Perspective 11.14.2009

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:34:41 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Scott Tyler. Scott is a Native American who grew up on the Makah Indian reservation in Washington state. His mother became a Baha’i when Scott was very young, so Scott grew up as a Baha’i. Scott went to college and got his degree in museology. He helped establish a museum at the Makah reservation. After finishing the project, he realized he wanted to be a doctor, so he went back to school and got his medical degree. He is now a family practice physician.

A Baha’i Perspective 11.07.2009

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:05:24 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Ruth Forman. Ruth is a published poet whose works include "We Are The Young Magicians" (which was the result of her winning the prestigious Barnard New Women Poets Prize), "Renaissance", "Young Cornrows Callin’ Out The Moon", and "Prayers Like Shoes". You can also find her work on the Dawnbreaker Collective Anthology "Arise". Ruth was interviewed on NPR where she had the opportunity to read her work "Cornrows Callin’ Out The Moon". I play the interview later in the program.

A Baha’i Perspective 10.24.2009

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:48:36 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Luke Slott. Luke Slott is a musician from Dublin, who has just released his first CD “Don’t Go Back To Sleep“. He is now in the US working on a second CD project with the producer Kelly Snook. Before playing the interview, I play a clip from CSpan on the subject of the US Congress House Resolution 1008 that condemns the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran. The first speaker is Democratic representative Mark Burman of California. He is the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. The second speaker is Republican representative Steve Chabut of Ohio. The resolution was passed in the House of Representatives in August 2008.

A Baha’i Perspective 10.17.2009

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:57:08 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Barbara West. Barbara West is 91 years old and lives in California. Barbara’s mother, Ramona Allen Brown (1889-1975), became a Baha’i when Barbara was an infant, by going to teas hosted by Helen Goodall and her daughter Ella Goodall Cooper. The tea group was called the peaches and Barbara was referred to as the baby peach. Ramona Brown authored the book about her experiences with ‘Abdu’l-Baha when he was in the country in 1912 called Memories of ‘Abdu’l-Baha. After Barbara’s children were grown up, she traveled with Tony Lee’s Tours which arranged travel tours to Baha’i holy sites around the world.

A Baha’i Perspective 10.10.2009

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:10:45 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Tom Price. Tom grew up in southern California. Tom’s initial life goal was to become a lawyer, but circumstances prevented him from pursuing that career. Instead he found himself in Australia, where he studied music and became quite successful as a music producer there. Tom moved back to the US in the late 80’s. His CDs include Songs of the Ancient Beauty. For a selection of other CDs Tom has produced you can go to the website Baha’i Distribution Service.

A Baha’i Perspective 10.3.2009

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:04:28 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Marry-Anne Graham. At a very early age, Mary-Anne was drawn to the church community even though her parents were not. In high school she became a Southern Baptist. She ran into the Baha’i Faith in her 20’s. She tells the story of how she was able to transcend her fundamentalist Christian beliefs to become a Baha’i. She is currently completing her B.S. in Elementary Education; lived in China for over a year and taught English at two universities; she is on the Board of Directors of MicroSteps, a non-profit that provides educational opportunities to under-served populations; and she is on the Board of the Sino-Judaic Institute, a non-denominational, non-political and non-profit organization which was founded in 1985 by a group of international scholars and lay persons for the purpose of promoting understanding between Chinese and Jewish peoples and to encourage and develop their cooperation in matters of mutual historic and cultural interest.

A Baha’i Perspective 09.26.2009

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:49:22 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Mahnaz Javid. Mahnaz came to the US from Iran as an exchange high school student. After the Islamic revolution in Iran, Mahnaz ended up staying in the US. She is a co-founder of the educational service organization called the Mona Foundation, named after a Baha’i high school student by the name of Mona Mahmudnizhad, who was executed in Iran for her beliefs.

A Baha’i Perspective 09.19.2009

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:12:03 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Elden Kelly. Elden is an accomplished musician who graduated from the New England Conservatory. He produced a CD called 1000 Doors which are original musical compositions using the Baha’i writings. You can find his CD on his website EldenKelly.com.

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