Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Moj Mahdara on the Iranian Diaspora Collective
This interview with Moj is the first I've done for the Growing Up Irooni series since the death of Mahsa Amini on September 16th. So much has changed since then for Iran and especially for the Iranian...
25 Jan 202354min
Interview | Growing Up Irooni- the Real Tara Joon
The Real Tara joon is a social media content creator, which is not our general interviewee target. But, she has amassed a massive following on Tiktok, with almost 1 million followers, and even though ...
24 Aug 202251min
Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Bahador Alast on Viral YouTube Success and Interconnectedness of Languages
Bahador Alast is a mohandes, or engineer, by day, but he has over 278 thousand subscribers on Youtube following a niche that he’s been able to fulfill and thrive in so well- comparing languages to one...
17 Aug 202243min
Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Arian Moayed on the true purpose of art, and Good Thoughts, Good Words, and Good Deeds
I’m so excited to share with you all my conversation with Emmy award nominated actor Arian Moayed- he really needs no introduction, but you probably have seen him as Stewy on Succession, Kian on love ...
20 Juli 202238min
Interview | Growing Up Irooni - Back Home Beer on rediscovering the tradition of Iranian beer
I’m so excited about sharing today’s interview with Zahra Tabatabai, the woman behind the Persian inspired beer brand Back Home Beer. You might have seen her instagram or Twitter profile by now- she b...
13 Juli 202230min
Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Big Love Fierce Juju on openly discussing uncomfortable topics as an OBGYN
Dr. Shieva Ghofrany is an OBGYN better known as Big Love Fierce Juju on instagram, where she posts daily videos about topics like pregnancy, female hormones, stds, really all that good stuff that does...
8 Juni 202238min
Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Payam Banifaz and his journey to not becoming a lawyer
If you've been anywhere near Instagram in the last couple years, you will have come across Payam (also known as Peter) Banifaz's amazing videos depicting growing up in an Iranian American household wi...
1 Juni 202237min
Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Melody Moezzi on The Rumi Prescription
Melody Moezzi is most recently author of the book The Rumi Prescription, in which she talks about how the poetry of Rumi became a lifeline for her, helping her to gain wisdom and insight in the face o...
25 Maj 202249min
