EXCLUSIVE: Afghan Star is a music talent format that ran for 15 seasons in Afghanistan and shephered in a cultural revolution in the country.
Launched four years after the fall of the Taliban, the series searched for talented singers before it was canceled when the Taliban regained power and banned music.
The story of the show and the revolution that it ushered in is now the subject of a new podcast documentary series hosted by John Legend.
Legend has teamed with iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope, the company behind The Last Soviet podcast, on Afghan Star, which will premiere on May 15.
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