Listen Live at 7PM PST/10PM ET On RadioJavan Click Here Download the MP3: (High Quality) That’s right, Iranian women are not alone, and men who gossip outnumber their female counterparts 2 to 1, says a recent study on gossip. Girls, don’t get excited yet, this study didn’t sample Iranian girls[…]
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I Don’t Have a PC Problem
Tune in tonight @ 7PM PST on www.radiojavan.com/listen (Podcast should be available by Friday) Download the MP3: (High Quality) This week’s Iranican Live program is all about the PC-ness. Should you really censor yourself so you don’t offend people? Or is there something more, a greater good, to this? So I[…]
Doodoo doo doo doo K-von!! & somehow Islamophobia too
Download the MP3: (High Quality) Kevan Moezzi, talked about his experiences growing up half-Persian in America and dealing with the Iranian side of his heritage. For me, one of the most interesting aspects of this week’s discussion with K-Von was about the issues relating to his religious background. Describing his family dynamic,[…]
Learning and Attention Spa- SQUIRREL!!
Listen Live at 7PM PST/10PM ET On RadioJavan Click Here (podcast will be available by Friday) Download the MP3: (High Quality) “The addictive nature of web browsing can leave you with an attention span of nine seconds — the same as a goldfish.” ~ BBC News School is back in[…]
Unrequited Love: Wanting what You Can’t Have, Classic
Download the MP3: (High Quality) Download the MP3: (Low Quality) Have you ever had feelings for someone and never told them? Have you ever been in love with someone who didn’t feel the same way about you? Did you hang on to hope and wishful thinking for much too long? If[…]
Meet Dr. Masato Tani: Persian-speaking Japanese Santur Player
Download the MP3: (High Quality) Download the MP3: (Low Quality) We’ve had many discussions on Traditional Persian Music (TPM) with musicians like Hamed Nikpay, Koroush Taghavi, and others as to why this type of music is strange to some of us younger Iranian-Americans living here… This time we brought a different perspective[…]
What brings you peace, aside from laughing at douche-bags? | آرامش
Listen Live at 7PM PST/10PM ET On RadioJavan Click Here (podcast will be available by Friday) Download the MP3: (High Quality) A question for you! What brings you peace? Do you meditate using one of Deepak Chopra books or take long walks while trying to relieve the stress even if[…]
Pick One: Wealth or Knowledge? | علم بهتر است یا ثروت؟
Download the MP3: (High Quality) If you were lucky enough to attend school in Iran; starting around 3rd grade in elementary school, almost every year you would face a dilemma and had to write a piece on “whether education is better or wealth?!” Of course being in school and following[…]
Decision Making: Using your Head vs. Heart
Download the MP3: (High Quality) سعدی: ز عقل اندیشه ها زاید که مردم را بفرسابد گرت آسودگی باید برو عاشق شو ای عاقل Our afternoon-nap-taking-homeboy Saadi says: “The [logical] mind bares thoughts that wares people out. If you want to be at ease, go fall in love [use your heart],[…]
غیرت | Gheyrat: Source of Pride or Shame?
Listen Live at 7PM PST/10PM ET On RadioJavan Click Here Download the MP3: (High Quality) Have you ever tried to explain to your non-eastern friends what Gheyrat is? What do you say? We weren’t able to find a direct translation to it, but what is obvious is that women in[…]