Podcasts by talk iran
This is an independent, non-partisan podcast for discussing Iran-related topics, hosted by Saman Askari, an Iranian-American professional from the San Francisco Bay Area.
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A Conversation with Naz Deravian from 2019-11-23T10:00
In this episode, I speak with Naz Deravian, a cookbook author and Persian food expert. Naz and I discuss her background, her transition into the culinary world, the magic of tahdig and Iranian r...
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A Coversation with Amir Afkhami from 2019-08-18T15:00
In this episode, I speak with Amir Akhami, a psychiatrist and a historian of medicine, about the history of cholera in Iran. We talk about his multi-disciplinary career and how his various areas...
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A Conversation with Narges Bajoghli from 2019-07-04T13:00
In this episode, I speak with Narges Bajoghli, an award-winning anthropologist, filmmaker, writer and an Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced...
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A Conversation with Reza Zia-Ebrahimi from 2019-04-20T19:00
In this episode, I speak with Reza Zia-Ebrahimi, a historian and a Senior Lecturer at King's College London. We talk about what he calls 'dislocative nationalism', a sort of Irani...
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End of Season 1 Update from 2019-03-09T00:00
I'm ending Season 1 of talk iran with this short update episode. Stay tuned for Season 2 starting in April!
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A Conversation with Lior Sternfeld from 2019-01-06T16:00
In this episode, I speak with Lior Sternfeld, a social historian of the modern Middle East with a particular interest in the histories of the Jewish populations of the region. Lior and I talk ab...
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A Conversation with Bahman Kalbasi from 2018-12-06T18:00
In this episode, I speak with Bahman Kalbasi, the New York and United Nations Correspondent for BBC Persian. He and I talk about the recent US sanctions against Iran and the reports of related s...
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A Conversation with Anna Eskamani from 2018-11-26T20:00
In this episode, I speak with Florida State Representative Anna V. Eskamani, the first ever Iranian-American to be elected to the Florida legislature and one of only a handful of Iranian-America...
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A Conversation with Yara Elmjouie from 2018-11-24T15:00
In this episode, I speak with Yara Elmjouie, an Iranian-American video producer and presenter at AJ+. He and I talk about his time in Iran as a freelance journalist, his background and how he be...
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A Conversation with Armin Navabi from 2018-11-13T12:00
In this episode, I speak with Armin Navabi, an Iranian-Canadian ex-Muslim atheist, secular activist, author and podcaster. Armin and I talk about his experience as a child growing up in Iran and...
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A Conversation with Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi from 2018-10-28T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Eskandar Sadeghi, a political and intellectual historian of modern Iran and the Middle East. My conversation with him mostly revolves around Iran’s post-revolut...
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A Conversation with Maral Karimi from 2018-10-19T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Maral Karimi, the author of the book 'The Iranian Green Movement of 2009' and a PhD student at the University of Toronto. Besides the green movement and t...
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A Conversation with Neda Maghbouleh from 2018-10-04T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Neda Maghbouleh, the author of the 2017 book 'The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race' and an Assistant Professor of ...
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A Conversation with Ervand Abrahamian from 2018-09-26T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Ervand Abrahamian, a world-renowned author and historian of Iran. We start our conversation talking about the reasons for the success of the clerical establishment ...
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A Conversation with Trita Parsi from 2018-09-12T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Trita Parsi, an award-winning author and the founder and former president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). Trita and I talk about the founding of NI...
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A Conversation with Anousheh Ansari from 2018-09-05T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Anousheh Ansari, the first ever person of Iranian descent to travel to space and the first female self-funded space traveler of any nationality. Anousheh and I talk...
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A Conversation with Hooman Majd from 2018-08-29T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Hooman Majd, an Iranian-American journalist and author. Hooman and I talk about the current level of support the Islamic Republic has inside Iran, the Iranian revol...
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A Conversation with Vahid Yücesoy from 2018-08-23T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Vahid Yücesoy, a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Montreal. Vahid and I talk about his background, how he became disillusioned with the Irani...
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A Conversation with Eli Lake from 2018-08-12T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Eli Lake, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. Eli and I talk about the recent US sanctions on Iran, the general role of the...
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A Conversation with Holly Dagres from 2018-08-04T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Holly Dagres, an Iranian-American Middle East analyst. Holly and I talk about her background, her time in Cairo, the recent protests in Iran, Reza Pahlavi and other...
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A Conversation with D. Parvaz from 2018-08-01T00:00
In this episode, I speak with D. Parvaz, an Iranian-American journalist, who was wrongly imprisoned in Syria and Iran in 2011. We talk about her imprisonment, the potential of hardliners gaining...
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A Conversation with Barbara Slavin from 2018-07-31T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Barbara Slavin, a journalist and foreign policy expert who focuses on Iran. We talk about how she became interested in Iran, the Trump administration’s approach to ...
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A Conversation with Borzou Daragahi from 2018-07-30T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Borzou Daragahi, an award-winning journalist covering the Middle East and North Africa. We talk about the Trump administration and its recent war of words with Iran...
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A Conversation with Borzou Daragahi from 2018-07-30T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Borzou Daragahi, an award-winning journalist covering the Middle East and North Africa. We talk about the Trump administration and its recent war of words with Iran...
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A Conversation with Borzou Daragahi from 2018-07-30T00:00
In this episode, I speak with Borzou Daragahi, an award-winning journalist covering the Middle East and North Africa. We talk about the Trump administration and its recent war of words with Iran...
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