10 Years Free: A Chat w/ Jason Rezaian | Into the Universe

In this episode, Carmella Boykin sits down with Jason Rezaian to mark the 10th anniversary of his release after spending 544 days unjustly imprisoned in Iran. Rezaian is the Director of Press Freedom Initiatives at The Washington Post and served as the Post's correspondent in Tehran from 2012 to 2016. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro (aka Jason and Carmella getting the giggles out) 0:43 - Interview begins 1:08 - Who is Jason Rezaian? 2:00 - On ten years of #JasonIsFree 2:20 - On Press Freedom 3:11 - On being taken hostage 4:15 - On Iran 5:01 - Press Freedom progress 7:42 - Why the Press Freedom Desk was started 8:07 - Would you go back to Iran? 9:26 - Life in Iran 10:24 - What keeps you optimistic? 11:50 - Outro banter Press Freedom Desk: https://www.washingtonpost.com/freedomdesk/ Newsletter: https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/press-freedom-desk/ More from Jason: https://www.instagram.com/rezaian/ https://www.youtube.com/@JRezaian https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jason-rezaian/ More from Carmella: https://www.instagram.com/carmellaboykin/ https://www.youtube.com/@carmella-boykin https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/carmella-boykin/ Washington Post Universe: https://www.tiktok.com/@washingtonpost https://www.instagram.com/washingtonpostuniverse/ We are a newspaper.