3 comments

1. We had some interesting responses to the show after it aired. Here are some:

   FROM:: Haleh R

   salam
   shoma darid az inke chera ma gharbi hamash khodemoono dorost mikonim sohbat mikonid, avalisho too barnameye khodetoon mitoonid bebinid,in ye radio e iroonie ke hamash dokhtara toosh engelisi harf mizanan!!! inja emrica hast ama ma irani hastim va radio irani hast …in khodesh yani gharb zadegi! lotfan javabesho too radio begin

   thank you

   FROM: Siavash

   Message: 1-on zamani ke kharejihaa nemidonestan tiip zadan yani chi ma iranihaa trip mizadim!

   2-mard haye khareji shone zadan ham balad nistan(ba mohaye messed up mirand office). vali iraniha dost darand mohashon ro gel bezanan va shone konando lebase sheek beposhand…..

   3-iraniha asheghe mode hastan vali kharejiha ziad to nakhesh nistand

   4-iraniha belive darand ke az khareji ha sar tar hastand( cuz we are persianS) for real.

   5-lebas poshidan va tiip zadan rabti be kharab kardane culture nadareh . avaz kardane range mo yek no tanavo hast va baraye khanoma lazeme.

   6-ma be har nationi ehteram mizarim va racist nistim. bazi vaghta be shokhi migim taraf pakiye ya hendiye felan shode. mesle in mimone ke begi mardikeye felan shode ,so we dont realy mean that we dont like their race or color. “Honar nazde iranian ast o bas”

   FROM: Reza R

   Message: Salaam to everyone,

   I believe It has to do with commercialism making money; I believe some of Iranian people who are living abroad are trying very hard to fit in. People here are changing their names and sometime even changing their country of origin to fit in. Changing hair color and wearing contact are nothing compare to the changing name and refusing to mention your national origin.

   FROM: Babak M

   Doroud
   esme man Babak hastesh. man az television khosham nemiad va mamolan ba computeram radio gosh midam.
   man daram barnamatouno gosh midam. man daneshjoo hastam to canada. agha inke melat lenze sabz mizaran ya mohashono blond mikonan ke hichi nist.man inja ba dostam miram club. dostam khodeshouno Italiaei moarefi mikonan. vali man hamisheh khodamo irani moarefi mikonam. vali dalilesh be nazare man in hast ke mardom dar jahan bishtar Racist hastan. va age mikhai ba dokhtaraye mokhtalef bashi ouna khili racist hastan nesbat be iraniha. yani hamountor ke ma irani ha ehsase badi darim nesbat be afghani haye aziz motasefane va to iran khilia fek mikonan khili bimariha az afghanestan miad. canadaei ha ham hamin ehsaso nesbat be ma irania daran va fek mikonan ma hanouz az shotor estefade mikonim. dar sorati ke man ke inja foghe lisans mikhounam tamame ham clasiam az hamoun khavare mianye khodemoun mian va hich canadaei to reshtye man ke mohandesie mechanic hast nist. in 1 eftekhare ke kamtar canadaei in reshteha ro entekhab mikone to canada. man nemikham az khodam tarif konam vali khili irani ha in khoubihaye khodeshouno motasefane nemibinan. va faghat baraye jalbe tavajohe dokhtaraye canadaei mohashono rang mikonan. vali man taraf dare dokhtaraye irani hastam va dost daram doost dokhtaram mohash tireh bashe, cheshmasham tireh bashe eyne khodam pedaram, madaram va tamame aba va ajdadam

2. Haleh Jaan,

   We intentionally plan for some of our co-hosts to speak English and some to speak Farsi. Our target audience are the young generation of Iranian-Americans who are growing up here, and unfortunately many of them are not as strong in Farsi as you are, so to be able to keep them in the discussion we split the language by co-host. We are also hopeful that in the process of listening to both languages simultaneously, some of our listeners will pick up and learn a few new words.

   I understand how the language switching could become annoying to some, but this we have found, through the years that we’ve done our panel talk shows, is the best way to connect to this generation. You and I maybe prefer one language over the other, but we understand and many time speak in a hybrid way.

   Please don’t hesitate to respond, you are a valuable voice and we take every comment and concern seriously, so tell us what you think?

   Thanks for listening and for sharing your thoughts.

3. All the Persians I know have MAJOR issues. The guys hate their ethnic features and try to front on the outside, but its so easy to see how insecure they are. . .they kiss ass to Whites and stab each other in the back, which is very SAD.

   The women are ALWAYS angry at the world, smell like B.O. and very hairy