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By Saman Askari

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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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Another Conversation with A...

04.18.2020

In this episode, I speak again with a previous guest, Dr. Amir Afkhami, a health policy expert, historian and trained physician. This episode is all about COVID-19! Early in the episode, we discuss the nature of this coronavirus and how ...

talk iran episodes:

04.18.2020 Another Conversation with Amir Afkhami - COVID-19 Edition In this episode, I speak again with a previous guest, Dr. Amir Afkhami, a health policy expert, historian and trained physician. This episode is all about COVID-19! Early in the episode, we discuss the nature of this coronavirus and how ...
01.26.2020 A Conversation with Afshon Ostovar In this episode, I speak with Afshon Ostovar, a historian, author and a foremost expert on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Afshon and I cover a lot of ground. We start by talking about the historical context around the ...
11.23.2019 A Conversation with Naz Deravian 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 rice, regional varieties and diversity of Iranian ...
08.18.2019 A Coversation with Amir Afkhami 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 of knowledge converge in his work. We ...
07.04.2019 A Conversation with Narges Bajoghli 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 International Studies. We mostly talk about the topics in her upcoming book ...
04.21.2019 A Conversation with Reza Zia-Ebrahimi 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 Iranian nationalism that was deliberately devised and disseminated, starting in the ...
03.09.2019 End of Season 1 Update I'm ending Season 1 of talk iran with this short update episode. Stay tuned for Season 2 starting in April!
01.07.2019 A Conversation with Lior Sternfeld 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 about the 2,700-year history of the ...
12.07.2018 A Conversation with Bahman Kalbasi 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 shortages in food and medicine coming ...
11.27.2018 A Conversation with Anna Eskamani 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-Americans to ever be elected to public office in the ...
11.24.2018 A Conversation with Yara Elmjouie 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 became a video producer, the video ...
11.13.2018 A Conversation with Armin Navabi 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 becoming indoctrinated in the Shia Muslim faith, a ...
10.28.2018 A Conversation with Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi 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-revolutionary reform movement. We further discuss the ascent of Ayatollah Khamenei ...
10.19.2018 A Conversation with Maral Karimi 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 the concepts in her book, Maral and ...
10.04.2018 A Conversation with Neda Maghbouleh 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 Sociology at the University of Toronto. She and I ...
09.26.2018 A Conversation with Ervand Abrahamian 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 in bringing about the Islamic revolution of 1979, and we ...
09.12.2018 A Conversation with Trita Parsi 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 NIAC, his and NIAC’s involvement in the the ...
09.05.2018 A Conversation with Anousheh Ansari 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 about her spaceflight experience, her background and ...
08.29.2018 A Conversation with Hooman Majd 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 revolution and the current struggles of the Iranian people, ...
08.23.2018 A Conversation with Vahid Yücesoy 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 Iranian reform movement, the intentions and the role ...
08.12.2018 A Conversation with Eli Lake 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 US and other external forces in ...
08.04.2018 A Conversation with Holly Dagres 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 alternatives to the Islamic Republic, and of ...
08.01.2018 A Conversation with D. Parvaz 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 more power in Iran, the approval of the release ...
07.31.2018 A Conversation with Barbara Slavin 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 Iran and the Mike Pompeo event, the Iran ...
07.30.2018 A Conversation with Borzou Daragahi 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, Mike Pompeo addressing Iranian-Americans, the role of the ...

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talk iran episodes:

Another Conversation with Amir Afkhami - COVID-19 Edition

A Conversation with Afshon Ostovar

A Conversation with Naz Deravian

A Coversation with Amir Afkhami

A Conversation with Narges Bajoghli

A Conversation with Reza Zia-Ebrahimi

End of Season 1 Update

A Conversation with Lior Sternfeld

A Conversation with Bahman Kalbasi

A Conversation with Anna Eskamani

A Conversation with Yara Elmjouie

A Conversation with Armin Navabi

A Conversation with Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

A Conversation with Maral Karimi

A Conversation with Neda Maghbouleh

A Conversation with Ervand Abrahamian

A Conversation with Trita Parsi

A Conversation with Anousheh Ansari

A Conversation with Hooman Majd

A Conversation with Vahid Yücesoy

A Conversation with Eli Lake

A Conversation with Holly Dagres

A Conversation with D. Parvaz

A Conversation with Barbara Slavin

A Conversation with Borzou Daragahi