About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Radio Archive
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Cyrus on: CBC’s Spark and TVO’s Search Engine
Posted on February 1, 2010 | No CommentsI’m a little behind on keeping up with my own work these days. I’ve been busy with getting ready for Germany, a book deadline and some personal issues lately. That said, I’m tearing things up north of the border. I was interviewed by the ever... -
Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (Jan. 21, 2010)
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 1 CommentDear Friends, My piece on Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s speech on Internet freedom is airing today. (Thanks again to Wayan Vota, Clark Boyd, my cousin Nena do Nascimento, Austin Heap and Dan Colascione for making this trip possible!) It will be available on any... -
Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (Jan. 13, 2010)
Posted on January 13, 2010 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on Google’s new policy towards China will be airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC... -
New Year, New Job
Posted on January 4, 2010 | 10 CommentsSo it’s a new year, another birthday, and vacation is sadly over — time to get back to a regular working schedule and real life. But this year is different, given that five months from now, my wife and I will be moving to the... -
December 21: Cyrus on PRI’s The World
Posted on December 21, 2009 | 2 CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the Internet legacy of the late dissident Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Montazeri, will be airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC –... -
November 29: Cyrus on CBC’s Spark
Posted on November 28, 2009 | 1 CommentDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the world’s first custom-designed Islamic search engine, IMHalal.com, is airing this week on CBC’s Spark! It will be available on CBC Radio 1 at the following times: Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. (12:00 NT) Saturdays at 4:00... -
November 20: Cyrus on CBC’s Spark
Posted on November 20, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the recent UCLA conference on the 40th anniversary of the Internet is airing this week on CBC’s Spark! It will be available on CBC Radio 1 at the following times: Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. (12:00 NT)... -
November 13: Cyrus on The California Report
Posted on November 13, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the creation of the world’s longest California roll, is airing today on, appropriately enough, The California Report. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): FRI – San Francisco – 4:30/6:30/11... -
November 3: Cyrus on TVO’s Search Engine
Posted on November 3, 2009 | 1 CommentI had the honor of being interviewed (again!) by Jesse Brown on his TVO show, “Search Engine“, to provide an update on Hossein Derakhshan. As I mentioned yesterday, and as Jesse blogged, we’ve gotten a little more information since we recorded this podcast last week.... -
October 28: Cyrus on PRI’s The World
Posted on October 28, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the one year anniversary of the arrest of Iran’s “blogfather,” Hossein Derakhshan, is airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC –...
