Ba Vojdaan با وجدان

Ba Vojdaan با وجدان

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Ba Vojdaan با وجدان episodes

  • What Would This World Be Without All Those Characters?

    Imagine Batman without the Joker, or the Penguin, or any of the other villains in the comics and movies.

     

    Or Superman without Lex Luthor, or those three individuals with equal powers to Superman but who broke bad in their spirit and wished harm and destruction upon Planet Earth?

     

    How utterly boring would that be?

     

    It was the villains that made those shows and comics watchable/readable. A villain who did an awful thing made Batman himself if I recall correctly.

     

    We revile the villains, the misfits, the outsiders. It gives us a sense of security in our bubble of righteousness.

     

    "Maybe I've got issues, but at least I'm not him..."

     

    "What a mess she is..."

     

    And so on and so forth.

     

    But can you imagine life without them?

     

    Superman and Lois Lane just flying around looking gaw-gaw at each other? I'll give that a hard pass.

     

    How about a movie with Batman giving a David Attenborough style tour of Gotham City? I'm laughing at the thought of it.

     

    Our society has lost its character in many ways, because being a character has become taboo.

     

    The 1970's was a generation of misfits, and I dare say this world was better for it. Contrast that with the totalitarian sameness of a communist society, and you would probably be quick to take the flaws of a misfit society. We certainly would.

     

    That generation had character, because people were allowed to be characters.

     

    Things that people routinely lose their livelihoods over, have their reputations ruined here in 2021 was part of life not that long ago. Someone had an unsavory opinion on something? You just accepted it, lived with it, and maybe even learned something from a differing point of view, albeit with language you'd just as soon not hear.

     

    It used to be part of life. These days? Not so much.

     

    Humanity with all its flaws and errors, dare I say it, helped form people's character.


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    23 min
  • James Recounts His Experience Identifying and Seeking Discharge From the Army as a Conscientious Objector
    The idea of conscientiously objecting to the idea of war has been around for as long as wars have existed - which is to say for all of recorded history, and undoubtedly prior to that too.
    The United States has had more than its fair share of conscientious objectors. While it's thankfully not as big an issue in the last 50 years or so with an all-volunteer military, there are in fact members of the military today who seek to be discharged because they realize their personal beliefs are incompatible with their commitment to the military.
    James found himself in that exact predicament about 5 years into his stint in the Army where he was employed as a musician. This is circa 2014-15. Although in a non-combat role, the very participation in - not to mention garnering public support for - an activity he deeply objected to led him to seek discharge as a conscientious objector.
    In this episode of Ba Vojdaan, Sana asks James questions about:
    What defines a conscientious objector
    What life was like identifying as a CO while still on active duty
    How the process ended up playing out
    And more
    It's kind of a heavy topic, guaranteed to invoke an emotional response whether positive or negative. So fair warning before you press play ;)
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    48 min
  • What "Ba Vojdaan" Really Means, James' Embarrassing Mistake With Sana's Mom, Redone Circumcisions and Much More!

    In this fact-free, fun-filled episode, James and Sana explain "Ba Vojdaan", the new name of the podcast, an embarrassing and hilarious gaffe James made with Sana's mother, a prank we played on James' mom and just a little bit more!


    Enjoy the show!

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    26 min
  • Fake Love, Arranged Marriages, James and Sana's First Phone Call and Much More!
    What comes first, the chicken or the egg?What comes first, love or marriage?Sana and James discuss love, marriages - both arranged and "free-will" and the drawbacks to both - and much more.Bottom line: Love isn't an emotion; it's an action. It is experienced when we put in the work to make it happen. Like making your husband eggs for breakfast, but we digress.Lust is often mistaken for love, and many a marriage has been founded on that shaky ground, with no real outcome than its demise - especially in this culture of hyper-individualism and where the sacred institutions of society have more or less abdicated its authority in such affairs to the state.James and Sana also recount their very first phone call together in March 2019.Enjoy!If you enjoy these podcasts that James and Sana produce, perhaps you'll consider supporting us financially.As you may have heard, we are in the process of obtaining a visa for Sana to reside in the United States. And boy it aint cheap. If you'd like to help us out with covering the attorney's fees, filing fees, copying fees (it cost nearly $200 just to make copies of all the materials in our application), and many more things, we'd be tremendously grateful.If you choose not to, that's okay too. We love making these podcasts as it has grown us closer together as a couple, and we're glad other people are able to share in our exploits as we grow our new family!Click here to send your contribution

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    41 min
  • James and Sana Back In Your Earballs

    It's been awhile since Sana and I made a podcast. It turns out we sort of missed it, and wanted to record a quick update for y'all who apparently tune in.

    I was pleasantly surprised to see well over 150 downloads for some of our episodes, so it looks like there's something of a demand for what we say. And for good reason. I cling to every word that Sana says, which is why I married her!

    So enjoy this short little chat, and we promise there will be more to come in the future!

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    14 min

About Ba Vojdaan با وجدان

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با وجدان (transliterated to Ba Vojdaan) is a Persian word which translates to English as "Conscientious".