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NPC Update-1 PodcastAward-Winning Reporter Who Became a Diplomat Chronicles Life in New MemoirNational Press Club member Mahtab Farid was born in Tehran and moved to the United States as a teenager, settling in California. After learning a new language and culture and graduating from college, she became an international journalist and diplomat. In this episode of Update-1, Farid talks with Broadcast Podcast Committee Co-Chair Mike Hempen about her new memoir, "Serving Without A Uniform: Reporting Truth In Defense Of Freedom." She discusses growing up in Iran, the decision to move to the U.S., the obstacles she faced, her years reporting for VOA, serving as a diplomat in Afghanistan and the...
2026-02-0420 min
NPC Update-1 PodcastAward-Winning Reporter Who Became a Diplomat Chronicles Life in New MemoirNational Press Club member Mahtab Farid was born in Tehran and moved to the United States as a teenager, settling in California. After learning a new language and culture and graduating from college, she became an international journalist and diplomat. In this episode of Update-1, Farid talks with Broadcast Podcast Committee Co-Chair Mike Hempen about her new memoir, "Serving Without A Uniform: Reporting Truth In Defense Of Freedom." She discusses growing up in Iran, the decision to move to the U.S., the obstacles she faced, her years reporting for VOA, serving as a diplomat in Afghanistan and the...
2026-02-0420 min
The Middle Ground MicShe Served America Without a Uniform | Truth, Iran, Journalism & Freedom | Mahtab FaridSend us a textFreedom doesn’t disappear overnight — it erodes quietly through fear, censorship, and silence. In this episode of The Middle Ground Mic, journalist and U.S. diplomat Mahtab Farid shares how she grew up under Iran’s revolution and chose to serve America without ever wearing a uniform.Born in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, Mahtab Farid experienced censorship and repression firsthand. Those early experiences shaped her understanding of truth, freedom, and the responsibility that comes with liberty.After becoming a U.S. citizen...
2026-01-221h 23The Middle Ground MicShe Served America Without a Uniform | Truth, Iran, Journalism & Freedom | Mahtab FaridSend us a textFreedom doesn’t disappear overnight — it erodes quietly through fear, censorship, and silence. In this episode of The Middle Ground Mic, journalist and U.S. diplomat Mahtab Farid shares how she grew up under Iran’s revolution and chose to serve America without ever wearing a uniform.Born in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, Mahtab Farid experienced censorship and repression firsthand. Those early experiences shaped her understanding of truth, freedom, and the responsibility that comes with liberty.After becoming a U.S. citizen...
2026-01-221h 23
World Ablaze with George FontesMahtab Farid - Iran Uprising, Middle East Relations, and Serving Without A UniformAward winning Journalist, Mahtab Farid offers her insight into the Iran Uprising, the future of Iran, U.S. Middle Eastern Policy, and her time serving without a uniform in Afghanistan.https://servingwithoutauniform.com/Support our Sponsors!!!Click Here For Discounts!!!Web: https://www.worldablazepodcast.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fontesablaze/featuredX: https://x.com/fontesablazeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fontesablaze/Substack: https://substack.com/@fontesablaze Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
2026-01-171h 10
The Patriot Party: We put Truth, the Constitution and America First.America First, Iran, and the Cost of Truth — Mahtab Farid on Journalism, War, & Serving | Matt Ep 74In this episode of the Patriot Party Podcast, host Matt Davis sits down with Mahtab Farid, an award-winning international journalist, U.S. diplomat, and Iran expert who has reported from war zones and served on the front lines of public diplomacy.Born in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and raised amid war and censorship, Mahtab brings a rare perspective on tyranny, freedom, and what America First truly means through the eyes of a grateful American citizen.The conversation covers: • The reality of growing up under authoritarian rule...
2026-01-1048 min
Freedom Watch UpdateFreedom Watch Update - Dec 1This edition features a stories on how International Security Assistance Forces have one less Haqqani Leader to worry about in Khost Province, Afghanistan and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan are working hard to fight the information war. Air Force Staff Sgt. James Zannetti takes us to Parwan Province where they're teaching young Afghan Journalists to be first with the truth. Sound bites include Ms. Mahtab Farid, U.S. Department of State Public Diplomacy Officer, Regional Command East, Combined Joint Task Force 101, Hometown: Washington, D.C. and Army Master Sgt. David Gillespie, Regional Command East Regional Communications Center, Information Operations Non Commissioned...
2023-04-2102 min