Our first guest is Dr. Kaveh Hoda of The House of Pod! Persian Tarof culture; a new supreme leader in Iran; the US can't decide on its war messaging; a disagreement over favorite Persian foods.

• Iran episode on The House of Pod
• Israeli oil strikes in Tehran
• All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
• Iranian women's soccer players labeled traitors
• Churchill’s Hiccup/ Winston's Sneeze
• Samin Nosrat’s top 10 Persian recipes

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Credits

• Production by Arghavan Salles & Alyssa Burgart
• Editing by Alyssa Burgart
• Music by Joseph Uphoff
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