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FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller

Saad Mohseni: Media, Free Press, and the Future of Afghanistan

FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller

FranklinCovey

Business, Management

4.9851 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Saad Mohseni, media entrepreneur and author of Radio Free Afghanistan: A 20-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice in Kabul, shares his firsthand account of building a free and independent press in Afghanistan amid war, political upheaval, and Taliban rule. He reflects on the role of media in shaping democracy, the challenges of running a news organization under extreme conditions, and what the future holds for Afghanistan’s people and press. With deep insights into leadership, resilience, and the power of information, this conversation sheds light on the struggle for truth, accountability, and freedom of expression.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Franklin Covey's Twice Weekly podcast on leadership with Scott Miller.

0:18.0

Gosh, coming up onto our seventh year with over 500 episodes taped, where

0:23.9

every Tuesday and Friday, I have the enormous privilege to sit in this studio with our

0:28.3

amazing production team and interview, converse with some of our generation's most remarkable

0:34.2

people. Sometimes they come in the form of Pulitzer Prize winning authors or

0:38.3

billionaire entrepreneurs. Often they are founders, visionary CEOs of remarkable companies, both public and

0:45.8

private. Sometimes they are educators, academics, researchers, scientists. Occasionally it's a political

0:53.0

appointee or a former ambassador or governor or even in some cases a presidential candidate here in the U.S.

0:59.1

Franklin Covey, of course, is known as the world's most trusted leadership firm, although based here in Salt Lake City, Utah in the states.

1:06.5

Of course, our footprint is global, founded in part by Dr. Stephen R. Covey, the iconic leadership expert

1:13.0

and author of the world-renowned bestselling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

1:18.8

This podcast is designed to invest in you as a leader to help you pursue your own great

1:24.7

missions and perhaps make you even more effective.

1:28.2

We love to interview people from all walks of life and all backgrounds, and today we're here to

1:32.7

highlight Sadmossini. He is the chairman and CEO of the Moby Group and the author of the

1:39.7

recent release, Radio Free Afghanistan, a 20-year odyssey for an independent voice in Kabul.

1:50.4

Sad, welcome to On Leadership.

1:53.2

Thank you, Scott.

1:54.7

It's great to have you here. I was telling you off air, I read a lot of books, right?

1:59.3

Both because I am a literary agent and author myself.

2:03.1

This podcast has been going on for, gosh, almost seven years, and most, not all, most of our guests

2:08.5

have a book. And so I told you off air, it's a good sign when you opened the book, when I opened

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