The Cyrus Copeland Experience - a podcast by The Art of Being Dar
from 2021-02-11T05:13:01
CYRUS COPELAND was an adolescent in Tehran when his father Max was imprisoned and and tried as a CIA spy.
It was the dawn of the Islamic revolution and Iran’s deeply conflicted relationship with America. Unable to find a lawyer to defend her husband, Max’s wife Shahin represented him before the revolutionary tribunals––becoming the first female lawyer in the Islamic republic.
Thirty-five years later, their son Cyrus embarked on a quest to discover if the charges against his father were true. Had he really been an intelligence operative––or a man in the wrong place at the wrong time?
OFF THE RADAR was the result of his quest and it won Copeland the Chautauqua Prize.
Cyrus enjoys traveling extensively, talking about the art of remembrance, and his own experiences and perceptions of Iran.
He has appeared on TV, NPR, Voice of America and has written about his experiences for The New York Times, the Boston Globe, Slate, and the Huffington Post. A commanding speaker with a bi-cultural understanding of the challenges we face, Copeland is known for his ability to draw aside the curtain and talk about the Iran no one knows.
He is currently at work on a religious travel memoir.
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IN THIS EPISODE:
4:39 The most pro American population in the Middle East,
13:12 Cyrus tells his background
29:10 I consider myself a Muslim
34:40 Chautauqua Book Club Award winner
39:11 Was unthinkable...she was going to represent him
44:55 Just to see the bazaar like that in high definition,
48:16 The purity of the Iranian heart - the culture of hospitality... being able to know what it's like to be in Iran.
1:00:03 The magic in discovering YOUR Story.
1:08:27 That boundary…between you and that character has to disappear
1:11:14 It sounds so lovely because it's so lovely...it's beautiful.
1:18:40 Expand your awareness.
1:22:06 Just because of the color of her skin
1:27:44 I love the story that you're telling...just interesting and unique
1:30:55 The Camino
1:36:42 Make room for a little bit of magic
1:38:38 We have more power than we ever want to acknowledge.
1:48:59 If you're perfect, what are you doing here? You're done. Get lost.
1:53:33 The 150th Anniversary of the Niagara Movement
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LINKS MENTIONED:
Off the Radar: A Father's Secret, a Mother's Heroism, and a Son's Quest
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