Welcome to Cloud9, a new podcast series from BahaiTeachings.org! We feature interviews with artists from around the globe to learn about what inspires, uplifts and motivates them to make a positive contribution to the world.

Cloud9

BahaiTeachings.org’s new arts editor Shadi Toloui-Wallace talks with artist, philosopher, and social justice advocate Leili Towfigh about beauty, ceramics and her Baha’i-inspired vision of a world where racial unity conquers hatred.

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Leili Towfigh’s Striking Artistic Vision for Race Unity

Entrepreneur and film producer Steve Sarowitz talks to BahaiTeachings.org about his fascination   with The Bab, the forerunner and herald of Baha'u’llah, and why he was moved to produce the upcoming ABC documentary about the Bab’s remarkable life. 

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Shadi Toloui-Wallace

Film Producer, Steve Sarowitz and the Making of The Gate

This week, we interview Tongan visual artist, musician and dancer, Ruha Fifita about the indigenous art form of Ngatu; the influence of family and culture in her work; and how the arts impact community development. 

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Ruha Fifita and the Unifying Tongan Art Form called Ngatu

BahaiTeachings.org’s arts editor Shadi Toloui-Wallace interviews musician, composer and educator Mtali Shaka Banda about race, religion, identity, his coming of age story, and his latest album Rights of Passage.

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How Jazz Promotes Oneness: An Interview with Mtali Shaka Banda

BahaiTeachings.org’s arts editor Shadi Toloui-Wallace interviews Celine Chhuon, a French photographer based in Paris, about capturing beauty in diversity, unity, authenticity, and love in her timeless photographs.

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How a Fearful Car Wreck Made Celine Chhuon Turn to Photography

This special one-hour episode of Cloud9 features a reciprocal interview with Cloud9 host Shadi Toloui-Wallace and Baha’i Blogcast host Rainn Wilson. They interview each other about their respective podcasts, creative ambitions, lives and service.

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Emmy-Winning Rainn Wilson, Tackles Life’s Big Questions

This week on Cloud9, Shadi interviews Jamey Heath, American musician and producer, about his childhood on the road with Seals & Crofts, and living a life of service to humanity through music. 

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Striving to Serve Through Music, a Conversation with Jamey Heath

BahaiTeachings.org’s arts editor Shadi Toloui-Wallace interviews San Diego-based conceptual artist Shirin Towfiq about empowering communities through socially-engaged art and creative problem solving.

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Community Building with Socially-Engaged Art

In this episode, Cloud9 interviews Canadian producer, composer, and musical director Jack Lenz. Born in a small Saskatchewan town, Jack first learned about the Baha’i Faith while attending university, through his fine art professor and renowned artist Otto Don Rogers. Soon after, he found himself on the road with other young Baha’is writing music and performing for Jalal, a band formed to share the teachings of Baha’u’llah through music across Canada. This landed him a gig touring with the 70’s musical duo Seals & Crofts, and found him sharing the same teachings to even larger crowds around the world.

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Unity, Beauty & Service: Jack Lenz’ 3 Themes for Every Artist

In the episode of Cloud9, BahaiTeachings.org interviews Barbara Talley, an American Baha’i and poet, writer and speaker, who uses her rhyming style to tell stories that heal, educate, and create a historical narrative of the age in which we live.

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Barbara Talley’s Poetic Approach to Racial Unity

In this episode of Cloud9 we interview writer, director and producer Mary Darling about motherhood, Baha'i identity and how she’s bringing the Baha'i teachings to television.

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Mary Darling: Changing The World One TV Show at a Time

BahaiTeachings.org interviews Lakota hoop dancer, flute player and storyteller Kevin Locke about life on the Standing Rock Reservation, and how he utilizes his spiritual and traditional beliefs as tools in his creative practice.

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First to Arise: Kevin Locke’s Spiritual Quest to the Baha’i Faith

BahaiTeachings.org interviews architects Henry Lape and Saeed Granfar about their experience in designing and constructing the first National Baha’i House of Worship of Papua New Guinea.

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Building Papua New Guinea's First Bahai House Of Worship

Cloud9 interviews multidisciplinary artist and activist Masud Olufani about how the narrative of racism guides his creative pursuits. We also learn about his new podcast series, America’s Most Challenging Issue, hosted by BahaiTeachings.org.

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Masud Olufani: An Artist Rooted in Justice and Unity

Cloud9 interviews Parissa Tosif, co-founder of electronic music sensation Vallis Alps, about the group’s rapid rise to popularity and how their spiritually creative approach incorporates the Baha’i teachings.

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The Rise of Vallis Alps as Told by Parissa Tosif

Cloud9 interviews Raha Poostchi, the artist and producer behind Bass Adjustment, to learn about why he’s motivated to promote unity in diversity through his captivating melodies and powerful lyrics.

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How Bass Adjustment Enshrines Unity in Electronic Music

BahaiTeachings.org interviews traditional storyteller, poet and multidisciplinary artist Louise Profeit-LeBlanc about identity, preservation, and her prayers for reconciliation.

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Louise Profeit-LaBlanc: Stories of Our First Peoples

BahaiTeachings.org interviews Nashville-based portrait artist Juliet Crossley about how race, motherhood, faith and a profound sense of justice inspire her art.

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Juliet Crossley: Portraying Black Nobility

BahaiTeachings.org interviews Chicago based photographer Nancy Wong about finding her voice in a competitive industry, and how her faith informs and motivates her creative projects and passion for social justice.

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Nancy Wong: Capturing the Soul on Camera

BahaiTeachings.org commemorates the upcoming Bicentenary of the Bab, and reflects on the impact of his writings and teachings, with Florida-based artist, writer, lecturer and curator Michael Solomon.

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Michael Solomon: Modern Art Inspired by the Dawn of the Baha’i Faith

Welcome to Cloud9 by BahaiTeachings.org! We feature interviews with artists from around the globe to learn about what inspires, uplifts and motivates them to make a positive contribution to the world.