30 for 30's "Pink Card" - 4-Part Series (2.25 hrs)
30 for 30's "Pink Card" - 4-Part Series (2.25 hrs)
No two episodes are alike, and that’s a good thing.
Recommendation Type: 4-Part Series
Length: 2 hrs, 15 minutes
Format/Style: Narrative
Release Date: December 2022
Publication: ESPN’s 30 for 30, Shirazad Productions
One of this year’s must-listens. Part narrative, part essay, all cultural and political reflection. Multi-lingual. Sound rich and deeply satisfying. It’s four-parts but you could enjoy it all in one-two sittings/walkings (take ear breaks!) No two episodes are alike, and that’s a good thing.
Shima brings her past experience reporting, producing, and hosting previous series and absolutely SHINES on the mic here. The full series is brought together by a rockstar team of audio journalism’s finest. (Check out those credits posted below! Sizzly! Also, hi Shima’s mom!)
Shima and the team also demonstrate how the reporter’s notebook technique of letting listeners inside their process can serve the narrative and the podcast format, without becoming insufferable. We learn about Shima’s personal journey (and family’s history) alongside the unfolding of the core plot line through Iranian women and their love for soccer. Shima’s positionality as one ‘character’ in the story shows how central her unique voice as reporter, host, and witness for this series really is. Thank you for this.
Shima sent in an exclusive Producer’s Notebook just for paid subscribers. You can check it here:
Listen Link: https://30for30podcasts.com/pinkcard/
Series Link with Transcripts: https://30for30podcasts.com/pinkcard/
Credits (from the transcript of Episode 1)
Creator, Host, and Executive Producer: Shima Oliaee
Editor: Sayre Quevedo
Audio Mixing and Music: Ramtin Arablouei
Production Coordinator: Marisa Bravo
Theme Music: Nesa Azakhizadeh
Series Art: Forouzan Safari
Fact Checking: Diba Motasham
Archival producers: Meghan Coyle and Matt Day.
Executive Producers: Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird
For 30 for 30 Podcasts
Executive Producers: Marsha Cooke and Brian Lockhart
Senior Editorial Producer: Eve Troeh
Line Producer: Cath Sankey
Associate Producer: Gus Navarro
Licensing Support: Jennifer Thorpe
Senior Director of Development: Adam Neuhaus
Fact Checking: Andrew Distler
Production Management: Tom Picard, Maria Delgado and Jennifer Thorpe
Development Team: Adam Neuhaus and Tara Nodolny
Production Team: Marquis Daisy, Gentry Kirby, Diamante McKelvie, Isabella Seman, and Anthony Salas.
Special thanks to Julia Lowrie Henderson and Trevor Gill.
Thank you to Nina Ansary, Maryam Shojaei, Minky Worden, Hadi Gaemi, Ramin Golbang, Moya Dodd, Sarah Shahi, and everyone at the Center for Human Rights in Iran.