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Episode 508 | Recorded: January 18, 2026
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Guests
Erhan Arik
Erhan Arık was born in Ardahan, Turkey, in 1984. He studied Journalism at Anadolu University in Eskişehir. During this period he became a student of Merter Oral who is a significant figure in the field of social documentary photograph. He started his career as a social documentary photographer. Since 2010, he has worked on photography and video projects focused on the memory of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. His photography and video project, which he shot in the villages at the border between Turkey and Armenia titled “Horovel”, was exhibited in Turkey, Armenia and France. His photography work “Gayan” which he started in 2014, is about the Armenian diaspora of the Middle East (Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine) was exhibited in Turkey and Iran in 2016. His documentary works “Remembering” and “Voice” were shown in IDFA under Doc Next section. In 2021, he founded Horovel Films with Meryem Yavuz to produce documentary films. He participated in IDFA Project Space, Close Up Documentary Program, IDFAcademy and IDFA Forum with his first feature-length documentary project, Our Seeds (wt). Our Seeds (wt) was supported by IDFA Bertha, Sundance Institute, Redford Grant Center and MFG Baden-Württemberg, World Cinema Found.
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Bedros Afeyan
Dr. Bedros Afeyan is a theoretical physicist specializing in plasma physics and laser fusion since 1980. He also paints, sculpts and writes poetry. He is keenly interested in classical music, classical guitar, theater, cinema, and chess. He lives and works in Palo Alto with his wife Mariné. They have been together since the day they met in March, 1998. He is the current editor of The Literary Groong.