Interview | Tehran von Ghasri on Growing Up Neem-Rooni
Tehran Von Ghasri is a half African American, half Iranian comedian who reads and speaks Farsi fluently. Originally, I wanted to interview Tehran to ask him about being raised in a half Iranian family...
17 Jun 202056min
Speak Lesson 66 | Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
In this lesson, Leyla and her husband Chris go over how to talk about emotions in the Persian language. This lesson is part of the vocabulary sprint series, so they go over several vocabulary words ar...
1 Jun 202017min
Interview | Shabnam Rezaei on Raising Neem-Roonis
This Raising Neem-Roonis interview features Shabnam Rezaei, cofounder of Big Bad Boo, an animation studio featuring cartoons with multicultural themes and diverse languages. Shabnam is the mother of t...
27 Mai 202033min
Interview | Adib Khorram on Growing Up Neem-Rooni
In this conversation with Adib Khorram, young adult fiction writer, we get to hear about the experiences of growing up as a neem-Rooni. Adib was raised in Kansas City, Missouri by an Iranian father an...
19 Mai 202021min
Interview | Maz Jobrani on Raising Neem-Roonis
In this Raising Neem-Roonis interview, we talk to the most well known Iranian-American comedian, Maz Jobrani. Maz is the father of two half Iranian, half Indian children, ages 9 and 11. He gives advic...
5 Mai 202022min
Speak Lesson 65 | Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
In this vocabulary sprint lesson, Leyla and her husband Chris go over Persian/ Farsi vocabulary associated with food. Food is an important topic of conversation in Persian culture, as Iranians have a ...
1 Mai 202020min
Interview | Arash Karami on Raising Neem-Roonis
In this second Raising Neem-Roonis interview, we talk to Arash Karami, contributor to Al-Monitor and commentator on Iranian politics. We talk about the challenges of passing on the Persian language an...
28 Apr 202024min
Interview | Naz Deravian on Raising Neem-Roonis
Raising Neem-Roonis is our podcast series about the joys and challenges of raising half Iranian children, specifically when it comes to passing along language and culture. Our first interview the seri...
7 Apr 202032min
