Pars Event Media
Online television and podcasts on culture and travel. Everything is free and everything carries a transcript.
Online television
Documentary and video programming, with Persian subtitles.
This episode is machine-narrated, not a recorded host.TravelThe Silk Road
A travel documentary from Shiraz to Neyshabur, stopping in every town that had a caravanserai. One city per episode.
Produced by: The Pars Event documentary unit26 minWith transcript
This episode is machine-narrated, not a recorded host.CraftThe Master's Hand
Craft workshops, without commentary. Just hands and the sound of the work: tilework, khatam, kilim, turquoise inlay.
Produced by: No narrator18 minWith transcript
Radio podcasts
To listen to, with the full text of every episode.
- Poetry
Shiraz Nights
One ghazal a week with a Hafez scholar, in forty minutes. Why this line is read this way and not another.
Produced by: Maryam Rezaei42 minWith transcript
42:00This episode is machine-narrated, not a recorded host.
- Culture
The Calendar
Twenty minutes at the start of each month on what is coming up, and why this month matters in the Iranian cultural year.
Produced by: The Pars Event desk21 minWith transcript
21:00This episode is machine-narrated, not a recorded host.
- Travel
Passage
Short pieces from the old lanes of Shiraz, Yazd and Isfahan — recorded in the lanes themselves.
Produced by: Sina Mousavi14 minWith transcript
14:00This episode is machine-narrated, not a recorded host.
This programme is in production. It will play here when it is released.