Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: Download the MP3: (32k Quality) This conflict will always exist, it’s more apparent in eastern cultures who have immigrated to the US, but the more conservative Americans deal with this all the time. There are varying dynamics between the subject and their parents,[…]
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Platonic Friendship or Attraction in Denial?
Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: Download the MP3: (32k Quality) Referring to a relationship between two heterosexual people of different sexes, we first try to find out exactly what relationships constitute a platonic friendship and secondly whether or not it’s even possible to have one with the opposite sex. To clarify, accepting a[…]
NYE’s Eve with the Creator of Rostam’s Comic Book
Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: Download the MP3: (32k Quality) On this New year’s eve’s eve, we are joined with B-cubed, the creator of Rostam, an English comic book of tales from the Shahnameh. As we quickly approach a new decade, our hearts go out to our young[…]
LDR: Love from Afar
Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: Download the MP3: (32k Quality) Iranian Americans are of the most likely candidates for LDRs, Long Distance Relationships. From School & Military Service Issues to the scarcity of finding other Iranians to match up with, there are more than enough reasons to make[…]
Thanksgiving: Iranian-style, and Mehmoonis
Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: Download the MP3: (32k Quality) It’s almost Thanksgiving, and there are always some who are new to this holiday, whether it is because they have just landed on KLM, or one way or another have never been exposed to a real American Thanksgiving dinner![…]
Intercultural Relationships: Happiness or Hassle
Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: Download the MP3: (32k Quality) Travel and migration have become significantly more common in the past century. As Comedian Russel Peters puts it, sooner or later everyone’s going to be ‘humped’ and will have a blend of Chinese and Indian in them. Until[…]
To Go or Not to Go
Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: Download the MP3: (32k Quality) (Originally Posted on May 6th) For the past 8 years, whenever I’ve talked about returning to Iran in front of my parents, the whole room goes silent, and all its occupants save me become totally sullen. “Keyvan, midooni[…]
Census 2010: What can 15 letters do for you?
Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: Download the MP3: (32k Quality) Iranian American people and organizations are coming together to “trick” the Census 2010 to count themselves hopefully higher than the 338,000 back in 2000. Although there is no such thing as an “Iranian American” Race, those are the[…]
Iran & Islam: History and Influences for Better or Worse?
Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: Download the MP3: (32k Quality) Inspired by the last show and the overwhelming responses to our blog, Dr. Behrooz joins us to discuss the influence of Islam on Iran. Was the religion of Islam forced on Iranians or generally accepted by the populous?[…]
University Life Experience: Good, Bad, & Ugly, but Mostly Good
Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: Download the MP3: (32k Quality) It has become such an important part of the college experience that we now have a mainstream TV series around it. Greek life, is one of the first out-of-class experiences which almost everyone is aware of, many participate[…]