Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation26 Tammi 2021

Interview | Growing Up Irooni- John Ghazvinian on America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present

John Ghazvinian joins us to talk about his new book, America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present, a comprehensive new survey of the bilateral relationship, based on years of archival research in both Iran and the United States, which he has been working on since 2008. For the past many decades, the relationship between the United States and Iran has been very hostile and toxic, defined by coups, hostage crises, inflammatory slogans, devastating sanctions. But it hasn’t always been this way, and the two countries actually had quite a lot of mutual admiration in the past. The book chronicles that, all the way back to 1720. Iran is often on the front page of the news in the US these days, but you will probably be surprised to find out that it was often on the front page of the US news in the 18th century as well!John was born in Iran but moved to London at the age of 1 and to Los Angeles in high school- I wanted to talk to him about his relationship to Iran and the language growing up, and what led him to write the book, much of which relied on primary source material in the Persian language located in Iran.

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Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Part 4

In this discussion on Hafez's barafshān, we go over the fifth and sixth line of the poem.

21 Loka 202411min

Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Part 3

In this discussion on Hafez's barafshān, we go over the third and fourth line of the poem.

14 Loka 202411min

Interview | Growing Up Neem-Rooni - Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr! On Martyr, Trauma, and Collateral Damage

Kaveh Akbar is the Iranian-American author of the critically acclaimed and heavily lauded novel Martyr! In our long-awaited conversation we dive deep into the themes of his powerful book, Martyr, whic...

9 Loka 20241h 24min

Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Part 2

In this second part of the discussion for Hafez's barafshān, we go over the first two lines of the poem in detail.

7 Loka 202418min

Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Introduction with Fared Shafinury

In this introductory lesson on Hafez's poem barafshān, we're joined by musician Fared Shafinury to go over the overall meaning of the poem. You can hear Fared's version of this poem in this track from...

30 Syys 202440min

Speak Lesson 76 | A Separation, Part 5

In this lesson, we watch a clip of a heated conversation between Nader and Simin, the title characters of the movie. This is a fast paced conversation, and gives us a glimpse at a type of conversation...

11 Syys 202436min

Poetry | Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam, Part 2

In this follow up episode about Khayyam's poem rendee deedam, we go over the poem word by word, line by line, to understand each part individually. We'll also learn how to use the particular words and...

9 Syys 202414min

Speak Lesson 75 | A Separation, Part 4

In this lesson about clips from the movie A Separation by Asghar Farahadi, we watch a conversation between Nader and Hojjat, Razieh's husband, about potential work Hojjat will be doing for Nader. We'r...

5 Syys 202430min