Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation
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Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation

by Chai & Conversation

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation teaches you conversational Persian in a fun and casual manner in weekly lessons of about 15-20 minutes each. Check out our website chaiandconversation.com for more information.

100 episodes
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1
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, The Story of Zahhak, Part 1
28:37 Mar 4, 2026
2
Poetry | Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté, Part 6
20:20 Feb 9, 2026
3
Poetry | Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté, Part 5
22:19 Feb 1, 2026
4
Poetry | Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté, Part 4
18:05 Jan 26, 2026
5
Poetry | Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté, Part 3
16:10 Jan 18, 2026
6
Poetry | Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté, Part 2
19:08 Jan 12, 2026
7
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 6
22:29 Jan 5, 2026
8
Poetry | Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté, Introduction with Sahba Shayani
53:54 Jan 4, 2026
9
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 5
21:19 Dec 15, 2025
10
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
18:12 Dec 8, 2025
11
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 3
19:15 Dec 1, 2025
12
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
20:39 Nov 24, 2025
13
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 1
35:48 Nov 17, 2025
14
Speak Lesson 70 | Thanking a Shopowner
13:48 Oct 27, 2025
15
Interview | Growing Up Irooni - Nilo Tabrizy on the Cost of Telling Iran’s Story
1:06:24 Oct 22, 2025
16
Speak Lesson 69 | Giving Thanks
17:57 Oct 20, 2025
17
Speak Lesson 68 | Talking with a Neighbor
17:08 Oct 13, 2025
18
Speak Lesson 67 | How to Talk About School
17:46 Oct 6, 2025
19
Speak Lesson 66 | Tārof When Welcoming Guests
29:22 Sep 29, 2025
20
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 5
23:29 Sep 15, 2025
21
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 4
19:01 Sep 8, 2025
22
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 3
14:25 Sep 1, 2025
23
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 2
15:28 Aug 25, 2025
24
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 1
27:24 Aug 18, 2025
25
Interview | From Oklahoma to Shahnameh: Daniel Nayeri, Author of Everything Sad is Untrue on Memory, Myth and Belonging
1:28:15 Aug 6, 2025
26
Poetry | Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh, Part 6
15:48 Jul 28, 2025
27
Poetry | Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh, Part 5
10:29 Jul 21, 2025
28
Speak Lesson 65 | Tārof at a Gallery
11:37 Jul 21, 2025
29
Interview | Growing Up Irooni – Tara Grammy, An Iranian Take on Identity, Comedy, and Being All Up in Your Business
58:13 Jul 16, 2025
30
Poetry | Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh, Part 4
13:17 Jul 14, 2025
31
Speak Lesson 64 | Meeting New People
26:02 Jul 14, 2025
32
Poetry | Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh, Part 3
12:51 Jul 7, 2025
33
Speak Lesson 63 | Meeting Up with Friends
31:46 Jul 7, 2025
34
Poetry | Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh, Part 2
18:23 Jun 30, 2025
35
Speak Lesson 62 | Getting Attention
14:53 Jun 30, 2025
36
Poetry | Nizami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh, Introduction with Dr. Sahba Shayani
54:00 Jun 23, 2025
37
Speak Lesson 61 | Meeting on the Street
25:09 Jun 23, 2025
38
Culture | Attar's Parable of the Moths, Part 4
34:26 Jun 9, 2025
39
Culture | Attar's Parable of the Moths, Part 3
24:14 Jun 2, 2025
40
Interview | Growing Up Irooni – Yassamin Ansari, Congresswoman from Arizona, on Politics, Protest, and Persian Identity
26:10 Jun 1, 2025
41
Interview | Money, Iranian-American Identity, and Romance: Chelsea Fagan on Building a Business and Writing a Political Love Story
45:49 May 28, 2025
42
Culture | Attar's Parable of the Moths, Part 2
32:13 May 26, 2025
43
Culture | Attar's Parable of the Moths, Part 1
41:49 May 19, 2025
44
Interview | Comedian Neema Naz on Iranian Parents, Comedic Hustle, and Finding His Voice
36:58 May 14, 2025
45
Interview | Gissou Nia, Human Rights Lawyer, on Justice, Diaspora Identity, and the Power of Speaking Up
1:14:54 Apr 30, 2025
46
Interview | Babak Tafreshi on the Magic of the Night Sky
53:02 Mar 20, 2025
47
Interview | Naz Deravian on how she became the sabzé lady
25:08 Mar 5, 2025
48
Interview | Growing Up Irooni- Anna Eskamani and Doing The Good Work in the Face of Hostilities
27:07 Feb 20, 2025
49
Interview | Growing Up Neem-Rooni - Jasmin Mozaffari, Director of Motherland, on Identity in a Problematic Time
28:09 Dec 31, 2024
50
Poetry | Ibn Yamin's ān kas ké bedānad va bedānad ké bedānad, Introduction with Alan Eyre
41:33 Dec 23, 2024
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