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- Interview | Growing Up Neem-Rooni – Yassamin Ansari, Congresswoman from Arizona, on Politics, Protest, and Persian Identity
(Thu, Apr 17, 2025)
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- Interview | Babak Tafreshi on the Magic of the Night Sky
(Wed, Mar 19, 2025)
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- Interview | Naz Deravian on how she became the sabzé lady
(Wed, Mar 05, 2025)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Anna Eskamani and Doing The Good Work in the Face of Hostilities
(Wed, Feb 19, 2025)
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- Interview | Growing Up Neem-Rooni - Jasmin Mozaffari, Director of Motherland, on Identity in a Problematic Time
(Tue, Dec 31, 2024)
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- Poetry | Ibn Yamin's ān kas ké bedānad va bedānad ké bedānad, Introduction with Alan Eyre
(Mon, Dec 23, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Part 5
(Mon, Oct 28, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Part 4
(Mon, Oct 21, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Part 3
(Mon, Oct 14, 2024)
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- Interview | Growing Up Neem-Rooni - Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr! On Martyr, Trauma, and Collateral Damage
(Wed, Oct 09, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Part 2
(Mon, Oct 07, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Introduction with Fared Shafinury
(Mon, Sep 30, 2024)
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- Speak Lesson 76 | A Separation, Part 5
(Wed, Sep 11, 2024)
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- Poetry | Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam, Part 2
(Mon, Sep 09, 2024)
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- Speak Lesson 75 | A Separation, Part 4
(Thu, Sep 05, 2024)
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- Poetry | Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam, Introduction with Alan Eyre
(Mon, Aug 26, 2024)
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- Speak Lesson 74 | A Separation, Part 3
(Wed, Aug 21, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 6
(Mon, Jul 29, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 5
(Mon, Jul 22, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 4
(Mon, Jul 15, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 3
(Mon, Jul 08, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 2
(Mon, Jul 01, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Introduction with Persian Poetics
(Mon, Jun 24, 2024)
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- Poetry | Baba tāher's khoshā emshō, Part 2
(Mon, Jun 10, 2024)
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- Poetry | Baba Taher's khoshā emshō, Introduction with Yara Elmjouie
(Mon, May 27, 2024)
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- Speak Lesson 73 | A Separation, Part 2
(Mon, May 20, 2024)
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- Speak Lesson 72 | A Separation, Part 1
(Mon, May 13, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's payāmé naseem, Part 6
(Mon, Apr 29, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's payāmé naseem, Part 5
(Mon, Apr 22, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's payāmé naseem, Part 4
(Mon, Apr 15, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's payāmé naseem, Part 3
(Mon, Apr 08, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's payāmé naseem, Part 2
(Mon, Apr 01, 2024)
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- Poetry | Hafez's payāmé naseem, Introduction with Fared Shafinury
(Mon, Mar 25, 2024)
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- Poetry | Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
(Mon, Mar 11, 2024)
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- Poetry | Rudaki's shād zee Intro
(Wed, Feb 28, 2024)
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- Shally Zomorodi, on Embracing Joy and Acceptance as a Form of Resistance
(Wed, Feb 21, 2024)
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- Hollay Ghadery, on the perils of being half Iranian and her memoir, Fuse
(Wed, Feb 07, 2024)
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- Noam Schuster-Eliassi, Israeli comedian and activist, on the current state of affairs in Israel, and her Iranian-Israeli identity
(Thu, Jan 25, 2024)
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- Farnoosh Torabi, on Living in a Healthy State of Panic
(Wed, Oct 04, 2023)
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- Interview | Arya Shahi, author of An Impossible Thing to Say
(Wed, Sep 27, 2023)
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- Interview | Navied Mahdavian, author of This Country, Searching for Home in (Very) Rural American
(Wed, Sep 13, 2023)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni: Samira Mohyeddin on Navigating Culture, Identity, and the Reverberations of Politics
(Mon, Sep 11, 2023)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni: Gisue Hariri on Nurtured Imaginations and Building Bridges in a Male-Dominated World
(Thu, Aug 31, 2023)
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- Poetry | Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
(Sun, Jul 16, 2023)
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- Poetry | Rumi's deevané shō Part 4
(Sun, Jul 09, 2023)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni: Sierra Urich
(Wed, Jul 05, 2023)
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- Poetry | Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
(Mon, Jul 03, 2023)
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- Poetry | Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
(Mon, Jun 26, 2023)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni: Marjan Kamali
(Thu, Jun 22, 2023)
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- Poetry | Rumi's deevané shō Intro
(Mon, Jun 19, 2023)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni: Kayvon Zand on inclusivity in the zan zendegee azadee era
(Wed, May 24, 2023)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Ari Rastegar and the business of being Iranian
(Tue, May 09, 2023)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Nixta Taqueria's Sara Mardanbigi Makes Contact with the Motherland
(Mon, Apr 24, 2023)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Funny in Farsi 20 years later, with Firoozeh Dumas
(Tue, Apr 11, 2023)
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- Poetry | Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
(Tue, Mar 07, 2023)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Moj Mahdara on the Iranian Diaspora Collective
(Tue, Jan 24, 2023)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- the Real Tara Joon
(Tue, Aug 23, 2022)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Bahador Alast on Viral YouTube Success and Interconnectedness of Languages
(Tue, Aug 16, 2022)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Arian Moayed on the true purpose of art, and Good Thoughts, Good Words, and Good Deeds
(Tue, Jul 19, 2022)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni - Back Home Beer on rediscovering the tradition of Iranian beer
(Tue, Jul 12, 2022)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Big Love Fierce Juju on openly discussing uncomfortable topics as an OBGYN
(Tue, Jun 07, 2022)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Payam Banifaz and his journey to not becoming a lawyer
(Tue, May 31, 2022)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Melody Moezzi on The Rumi Prescription
(Tue, May 24, 2022)
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- Interview | Raising Neem-Roonis- An Interview with Reza Aslan
(Tue, May 17, 2022)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Caspian Chef discusses returning to his Iranian roots after decades of assimilation
(Tue, May 10, 2022)
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- Poetry | Saadi's bani ādam Part 3
(Sun, Jan 30, 2022)
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- Poetry | Saadi's bani ādam Part 2
(Sat, Jan 22, 2022)
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- Poetry | Saadi's bani ādam Intro
(Wed, Dec 08, 2021)
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- Poetry | Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
(Sun, Jul 04, 2021)
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- Poetry | Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
(Sun, Jun 27, 2021)
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- Poetry | Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
(Sun, Jun 20, 2021)
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- Poetry | Rumi's beshnō een nay Intro
(Tue, Jun 08, 2021)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- House of Pod's Kaveh Hoda on being Iranian-American in Medicine
(Tue, Apr 06, 2021)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Persian Poetics, Growing Up in Detroit and Discovering the Love of Persian Poetry
(Tue, Mar 23, 2021)
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- Speak Lesson 71 | Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
(Sat, Mar 13, 2021)
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- Poetry | Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
(Sun, Mar 07, 2021)
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- Poetry | Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
(Tue, Feb 23, 2021)
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- Poetry | Ahmad Shamlou's raz Intro
(Tue, Feb 09, 2021)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- John Ghazvinian on America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present
(Mon, Jan 25, 2021)
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- Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Yara Elmjouie
(Mon, Dec 07, 2020)
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- Interview | Raising Neem-Roonis Interview with Azadeh Shams
(Tue, Oct 20, 2020)
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- Speak Lesson 70 | Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
(Wed, Sep 30, 2020)
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- Speak Lesson 69 | Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
(Fri, Jun 26, 2020)
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- Speak Lesson 68 | Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
(Thu, Jun 25, 2020)
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- Speak Lesson 67 | House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
(Wed, Jun 24, 2020)
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- Interview | Growing Up Neem-Rooni- An Interview with Tehran von Ghasri
(Tue, Jun 16, 2020)
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- Speak Lesson 66 | Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
(Sun, May 31, 2020)
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- Interview | Raising Neem-Roonis- An Interview with Shabnam Rezaei
(Tue, May 26, 2020)
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- Interview | Growing Up Neem-Rooni- An Interview with Adib Khorram
(Mon, May 18, 2020)
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- Interview | Raising Neem-Roonis- An Interview with Maz Jobrani
(Mon, May 04, 2020)
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- Speak Lesson 65 | Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
(Thu, Apr 30, 2020)
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- Interview | Raising Neem-Roonis- An Interview with Arash Karami
(Mon, Apr 27, 2020)
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- Interview | Raising Neem-Roonis- An Interview with Naz Deravian
(Mon, Apr 06, 2020)
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- Speak Lesson 64 | Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
(Tue, Mar 31, 2020)
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- Speak Lesson 63 | Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
(Sat, Feb 29, 2020)
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- Poetry | Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
(Sun, Feb 10, 2019)
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- Poetry | Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
(Sun, Feb 03, 2019)
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- Speak Lesson 62 | Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
(Thu, Jan 31, 2019)
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- Speak Lesson 61 | Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
(Mon, Dec 31, 2018)
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- Poetry | Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Intro
(Sun, Dec 09, 2018)
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- Poetry | Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
(Mon, Nov 05, 2018)
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- Poetry | Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
(Thu, Oct 25, 2018)
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- Poetry | Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
(Mon, Oct 08, 2018)
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- Poetry | Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
(Wed, Sep 19, 2018)
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- Poetry | Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
(Sat, Aug 25, 2018)
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- Poetry | Rumi's rooz o shab Part 4
(Mon, Jul 09, 2018)
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- Poetry | Rumi's rooz o shab Part 3
(Tue, Jun 26, 2018)
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- Poetry | Rumi's rooz o shab Part 2
(Tue, Jun 12, 2018)
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- Poetry | Rumi's rooz o shab Intro
(Wed, May 30, 2018)
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- Poetry | Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
(Mon, May 14, 2018)
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- Poetry | Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
(Tue, Apr 24, 2018)
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- Poetry | Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
(Wed, Apr 11, 2018)
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- Poetry | Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
(Wed, Mar 28, 2018)
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- Speak Lesson 60 | Transition to Persian Poetry
(Mon, Jul 24, 2017)
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- Speak Lesson 59 | Persian Food
(Wed, Jun 07, 2017)
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- Speak Lesson 58 | Babies
(Tue, May 09, 2017)
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- Speak Lesson 57 | Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
(Sun, Apr 23, 2017)
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- Speak Lesson 56 | The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
(Sun, Apr 09, 2017)
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- Interview | Interview with Fared Shafinury
(Tue, Jan 17, 2017)
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- Speak Lesson 55 | The Etiquette of Being Hosted
(Mon, May 02, 2016)
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- Speak Lesson 54 | Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
(Tue, Apr 19, 2016)
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- Speak Lesson 53 | Respect in the Persian Culture
(Tue, Mar 22, 2016)
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- Speak Lesson 52 | Navigating 'Tā'arof' in Different Social Situations
(Tue, Mar 08, 2016)
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- Speak Lesson 51 | Introducing 'Ta'arof'
(Tue, Feb 23, 2016)
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- Speak Lesson 50 | More about Daily Routines
(Tue, Aug 26, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 49 | How to Talk About Daily Routines
(Wed, Jun 25, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 48 | How To Discuss Travel
(Wed, May 28, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 47 | How to Discuss Breakfast
(Sun, May 11, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 46 | More About Pain and Illness
(Wed, Apr 23, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 45 | How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
(Tue, Apr 08, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 44 | Subjunctive To Have and To Be
(Wed, Mar 26, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 43 | Talking about Wants and Possibilities
(Mon, Mar 10, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 42 | The Simple Subjunctive
(Wed, Feb 12, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 41 | Telephoning and Other Structured Infinitives
(Wed, Jan 29, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 40 | A Review Dialogue with Leyla, Matt and Ladan
(Sun, Jan 05, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 39 | A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
(Sat, Jan 04, 2014)
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- Speak Lesson 38 | Dialogue in a Store While Buying Jewelry
(Thu, Dec 26, 2013)
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- Speak Lesson 37 | A Dialogue in a Restaurant
(Mon, Dec 16, 2013)
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- Speak Lesson 36 | A Dialogue between Leyla and Her Aunt Farnoosh
(Sun, Nov 24, 2013)
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- Speak Lesson 35 | A Dialogue between Leyla and Her Uncle Ahmad
(Mon, Oct 21, 2013)
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- Speak Lesson 34 | A Dialogue between Leyla and Her Dear Grandmother
(Tue, Oct 08, 2013)
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- Speak Lesson 33 | A Dialogue between Leyla and Her Mother
(Tue, May 07, 2013)
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- Speak Lesson 32 | A Dialogue between Leyla and Aunt Farnaz
(Sun, Mar 03, 2013)
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- Speak Lesson 31 | A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla
(Mon, Feb 11, 2013)
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- Speak Lesson 30 | Review of Unit 3
(Fri, Nov 16, 2012)
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- Speak Lesson 29 | More Present Continuous and Imperatives (!)
(Sun, Sep 30, 2012)
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- Speak Lesson 28 | Habitual Actions
(Sun, Sep 09, 2012)
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- Speak Lesson 27 | Present Continuous Tense
(Tue, Aug 21, 2012)
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- Speak Lesson 26 | Prepositions
(Sun, Jul 22, 2012)
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- Speak Lesson 25 | Compound Verbs
(Fri, Jun 15, 2012)
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- Speak Lesson 24 | The Concept of ‘Ezafé’
(Thu, May 31, 2012)
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- Speak Lesson 23 | The Simple Past Tense
(Mon, Apr 02, 2012)
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- Speak Lesson 22 | The verb ‘To Have’
(Sun, Feb 05, 2012)
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- Speak Lesson 21 | The verb ‘To Be’
(Wed, Jan 25, 2012)
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- Speak Lesson 20 | Review of Unit 2
(Thu, Dec 22, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 19 | How to Talk About Love and Friendship
(Wed, Dec 07, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 18 | How to Talk About the Time and Weather
(Fri, Nov 11, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 17 | How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
(Fri, Oct 28, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 16 | How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
(Wed, Oct 12, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 15 | How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
(Wed, Sep 28, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 14 | How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
(Wed, Aug 17, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 13 | How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
(Wed, Aug 03, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 12 | More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
(Thu, Jul 14, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 11 | How to Speak About the Languages You Know
(Wed, Jun 08, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 10 | Review of Unit 1!
(Thu, Jun 02, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 9 | How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
(Thu, May 26, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 8 | How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes
(Sun, May 08, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 7 | How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
(Tue, Apr 26, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 6 | How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
(Thu, Apr 07, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 5 | How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
(Thu, Mar 24, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 4 | How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
(Sun, Feb 06, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 3 | How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
(Thu, Jan 20, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 2 | How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
(Wed, Jan 12, 2011)
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- Speak Lesson 1 | How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
(Mon, Dec 27, 2010)
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