Interview | Raising Neem-Roonis- An Interview with Shabnam Rezaei
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 Maj 202033min
Interview | Growing Up Neem-Rooni- An Interview with Adib Khorram
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 Maj 202021min
Interview | Raising Neem-Roonis- An Interview with Maz Jobrani
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 Maj 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 Maj 202020min
Interview | Raising Neem-Roonis- An Interview with Arash Karami
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 | Raising Neem-Roonis- An Interview with Naz Deravian
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
Speak Lesson 64 | Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
In this Persian/ Farsi lesson, Leyla and her husband Chris go over different vocabulary associated with the topic of transportation, which we are referring to as 'coming and going'- raft ō āmad. We di...
1 Apr 202015min
Speak Lesson 63 | Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
In this Persian (Farsi) lesson, we go over common vocabulary words for the time and date. This includes the words for the seasons, and the words for the days of the week. The days of the week in Persi...
1 Mars 202012min
