S1, Ep. 10, Part 1: Islamic Oppression – An Iranian Australian's Heartfelt Personal Experience, A Warning To Australia and The Commonwealth

This is what it sounds like when someone who’s lived through it looks you dead in the eye and says: “I’ve seen how fast freedom dies.”

For the first time on the show, I speak live with Janet Shea, an Iranian-Australian storyteller whose words were powerful enough to echo inside Parliament. And what unfolds isn’t a neat conversation.

It’s a collision between the version of reality we want… and the one quietly knocking at the door.

We go deep – fast.

We talk about what happens when “tolerance” becomes a Trojan horse.

How entire nations can flip in 12 months flat.

Why evil doesn’t kick the door in – it waits for you to leave it open.

And what it feels like to carry truth that’s too heavy to ignore… but too dangerous to say out loud.

There’s faith here, too. Raw, unfiltered, wrestled-with faith.

We talk about God.

About evil.

About joy that exists even when everything looks like it’s burning.

And somewhere in the middle of it all…

You’ll feel that tension.

The one that says:

“I can’t unsee this now.”

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Also mentioned in this episode: Reflections of Courage – an award-winning short documentary produced and directed by a woman raised under the oppressive Islam Regime, who now tells the astonishing true story of the only known Jewish family of four to survive the Holocaust together. The only known account of a family going into the concentration camps together and coming out together. Reflections of Courage is already making waves on the film festival circuit, and now it’s raising support to reach cinema screens across Australia. Support it through Documentary Australia and help bring this remarkable story to more people. Find it here: https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/reflections-of-courage/