Baha’i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson – Episode 36: Kamal Sinclair

Hello and welcome to the Baha’i Blogcast with me your host, Rainn Wilson.

In this series of podcasts I interview members of the Baha’i Faith and friends from all over the world about their hearts, and minds, and souls, their spiritual journeys, what they’re interested in, and what makes them tick.

In this episode, I sit down with the multi-talented Kamal Sinclair, a dancer, percussionist, multi-media producer, and currently the Executive Director of ‘Future Architects’. In this conversation we talk about being in ‘Stomp’, new technology and emerging media, the future of work, meeting Ruhiyyih Khanum, how art generates knowledge and the role beauty plays in the world. I hope you find this conversation as riveting as I did!

To find out more about Kamal Sinclair and some of the things we covered in this podcast, check out the following links:

• Learn more about ‘Future Architects’ here: futurearchitects.com.
• Here is Kamal’s body of research relating to equality in emerging media: makinganewreality.org
• Here’s a link to STOMP, of which Kamal was a performer for six years: stomponline.com
• Here’s a Time magazine article about ‘Question Bridge’: The Question Bridge Project: Redefining Black Male Identity
• Here’s the trailer for Question Bridge: Black Males.
• We talk about Virtual Reality and Oculus Rift.
• We talk about the Sundance Institute.
• Here’s a video interview with Kamal: Storytellers of Tomorrow – Sundance Institute New Frontier Lab Programs with Kamal Sinclair
• Here’s a Forbes podcast interview with Kamal: Kamal Sinclair Is Charting New Frontiers In Digital Storytelling
• Here’s a video of a talk by Kamal Sinclair about emerging media: Making A New Reality
• Rainn mentions Oscar DeGruy.
• Kamal talks about her meetings with Ruhiyyeh Khanum and Violette Nakhjavani.
• We talk about the work of Ruha Benjamin, who was also a guest on this podcast: Baha’i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson – Episode 22: Ruha Benjamin
• Kamal talks about the Allied Media Conference.
• Kamal mentions Bobby Aazami: The Six Million Dollar Kid – An Interview with Bobby Aazami
• Kamal shares one of her favourite quotes found in ‘The Seven Valleys’ by Baha’u’llah: “I say ‘Be,’ and it is, and thou shalt say ‘Be,’ and it shall be.”
• Learn more about ‘The Seven Valleys’ here: An Introduction to The Seven Valleys

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Thanks for listening!

-Rainn Wilson

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Naysan Naraqi

Naysan is passionate about using the arts and media to explore the teachings of the Baha’i Faith. Back in 2011, Naysan started up the Baha’i Blog project, channeling his experiences in both media and technology companies to help create a hub for Baha’i-inspired content online.