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Kitchen Radio Trailer

March 15, 2023

Premiering in April, the Kitchen Radio podcast brings listeners to the table of communities from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia for intergenerational stories of community life and ritual practices from guests who are part of a rising renaissance of creative food projects of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Listen to the trailer here.

Premiering in April, the Kitchen Radio podcast brings listeners to the table of communities from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia for intergenerational stories of community life and ritual practices from guests who are part of a rising renaissance of creative food projects exploring the oft-overlooked Jewish history and heritage of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Hosted by Regine Basha (Founder of Tuning Baghdad) and Nathalie Basha (The Travel Muse) and featuring guests: Tannaz Sassooni, Sephardic Spice Girls, Rafram Chaddad, Claudia Roden.

Catch the trailer now and subscribe to the Reboot Presents podcast channel on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts, Goodpods or wherever you get your podcasts to get the first episode next month!

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Regine Basha

Independent curator, writer and producer

Regine Basha is an independent curator, writer and producer whose work often focuses on issues around diaspora and placed-based story-telling. Her curatorial projects over 20 years can be found on bashaprojects.com.  Basha’s digital archive about Iraq’s Jewish musicians and the parties she grew up around, Tuning Baghdad, has been the generator of short films, writing, radio programs, live concerts and dinner /story-telling events in cities such as Dubai, London, Berlin, Fez and Los Angeles. She is currently based in Madrid but can often be found in her former home, New York, and is currently researching the food history of Mizrahi and Sephardic Jews.

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Nathalie Basha

Award-winning broadcast journalist and producer

Nathalie Basha is an award-winning broadcast journalist and producer, and is the co-creator, host, and co-executive producer of the streaming show #TRAVEL on Roku. Nathalie has produced and reported stories from around the world, including a women’s prison in Colombia and a sacred Māori tattoo ceremony in New Zealand. She’s uncovered the abuses of elephant tourism in Southeast Asia, trekked to an isolated mountain town on the Georgia-Russia border to report on local life, and visited Pablo Escobar’s mansion-turned-theme park in Colombia. 

 

Nathalie is currently a multimedia journalist with Spectrum Networks in Los Angeles, with a beat in food and food politics. She shoots, writes, and edits her own work.

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