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Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation

Chai & Conversation

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation teaches you conversational Persian in a fun and casual manner in weekly lessons of about 15-20 minutes each. Check out our website chaiandconversation.com for more information.

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13:48

Speak Lesson 70 | Thanking a Shopowner

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation ·

2025/10/27

In this lesson, we learn some more expressions for expressing thanks, particularly in the context of visiting a jewelry store or other shop and making arrangements in advance.

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66:24

Interview | Growing Up Irooni - Nilo Tabrizy on the...

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2025/10/22

In this episode of Growing Up Irooni, journalist Nilo Tabrizy joins Leyla Shams to talk about her groundbreaking book For the Sun After Long Nights — The Story of Iran’s Women-Led Uprising, recently long-listed for the National Book Award. Nilo reflects on what it means to love a country she can no longer return to, the emotional toll of reporting on Iran from afar, and her friendship and collaboration with Iranian journalist Fatemeh Jamalpour, who reported from inside Iran during the Women

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17:57

Speak Lesson 69 | Giving Thanks

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2025/10/20

In this lesson, we learn some other tārof-related expressions for expressing thanks, especially when talking to people at a party or other social gathering.

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17:08

Speak Lesson 68 | Talking with a Neighbor

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2025/10/13

In this lesson, we learn a few more tārof-related expressions useful when talking with neighbors and also learn some useful phrases about gardening.

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17:46

Speak Lesson 67 | How to Talk About School

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2025/10/06

In this lesson, we learn how to talk a little bit about school.

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29:22

Speak Lesson 66 | Tārof When Welcoming Guests

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2025/09/29

In this lesson, we continue to explore examples of tārof relevant in situations where we have guests at our houses.

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23:29

Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 5

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2025/09/15

In this lesson, we cover the thrilling conclusion to the Story of Zal in the Shahnameh with Leyla and Dr. Sahba Shayani, where Zal returns with Sam to their palace in Zabulistan, where he enjoys a hero's welcome.

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19:01

Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 4

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2025/09/08

In this lesson, we continue our discussion of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh with Dr. Sahba Shayani to the fourth part of the Story of Zal, where Simorgh reunites Zal with his father, Sam.

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14:25

Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 3

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2025/09/01

In this lesson, we continue our discussion of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh with Dr. Sahba Shayani to the third part of the Story of Zal, where Sam begins to have dreams that inspire him to search for the son he had previously abandoned.

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15:28

Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 2

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2025/08/25

In this lesson, we continue our discussion of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh with Dr. Sahba Shayani to the second part of the Story of Zal, where Simorgh spots the abandoned baby.

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27:24

Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 1

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2025/08/18

In this lesson, we begin our discussion of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh with Dr. Sahba Shayani. We specifically begin covering the first part of the Story of Zal in the Shahnameh.

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88:15

Interview | From Oklahoma to Shahnameh: Daniel...

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2025/08/06

In this deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation, Daniel Nayeri, author of the acclaimed autobiographical novel Everything Sad is Untrue, talks about growing up as an Iranian refugee in Oklahoma, the mythic structure of memory, and the stories we inherit—true or not. He reflects on what it means to carry generational trauma, how he began writing the book in a Brooklyn bathroom, and the long journey of learning to tell his family’s story with emotional honesty.We discuss the magic of

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15:48

Poetry | Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh,...

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2025/07/28

In this final part of our discussion of Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh, we cover the remaining lines, explaining how love transcends even existence on Earth and applies to the entire universe.

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10:29

Poetry | Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh,...

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2025/07/21

In this fifth part of the discussion of Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh, we cover the two more lines that describe the life-giving nature of love.

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11:37

Speak Lesson 65 | Tārof at a Gallery

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2025/07/21

In this lesson, we learn some examples of tārof appropriate for talking to older people and see some examples in a conversation at an art gallery.

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58:13

Interview | Growing Up Irooni – Tara Grammy, An...

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2025/07/16

In this laugh-out-loud and deeply personal conversation, Iranian Canadian actor, writer, and creator Tara Grammy joins Leyla to talk about growing up as an Iranian weirdo, navigating diaspora identity, creating her hit comedy series Soosi Lee, and embracing curiosity (aka being fusooli) as a cultural superpower. From getting discovered by Woody Harrelson in a tiny Toronto theatre to producing a DIY Iranian Borat-meets-Cribs series in LA, Tara's story is as inspiring as it is hilarious.She

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13:17

Poetry | Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh,...

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2025/07/14

In this fourth part of the discussion of Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh, we cover the next two lines in detail, regarding the indispensability of love.

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26:02

Speak Lesson 64 | Meeting New People

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2025/07/14

In this lesson, we learn some more expressions we can use when meeting new people and a new expression related to tārof.

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12:51

Poetry | Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh,...

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2025/07/07

In this third part of the discussion of Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh, we cover the next two lines in detail, beginning to contemplate the importance of love to all human beings.

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31:46

Speak Lesson 63 | Meeting Up with Friends

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2025/07/07

In this lesson, we learn some useful expressions for talking with friends or people we know, especially people who we haven't seen in a long time.

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