Persian Girl Podcast
by Persian Girl Podcast
Sharing voices from the diaspora and beyond. Originally founded in 2019 by Millie Efraim and Natalie Sanandaji with the intention to create a space for Mizrahi stories to come to life, the podcast has expanded to interviews with psychologists, historians, actors, spiritual workers, and creatives from all over the world.
Copyright: © 2024 Persian Girl Podcast
Episodes
What are you doing here?
1h 22m · PublishedMillie's brother Adlee, professional gossip and aspirational vh1 commentator, returns on the podcast. They slander Bill and Melinda Gates and give a Persian take on their divorce. Later Adlee and PGP ponder what is contemporary Persian-ness; how each Persian family establishes their own set of laws of what Honor means to them and spill some tea. They dive deep into the meaning of the bizarre question that is often posed to them at parties: "what are you doing here?" and what's behind the behavior of a woman whose idea of being a woman is a male-directed performance, and furthermore the developmental years of women/how their relationship with their mother and the amount of women they were surrounded by affected their identity.
Support the showWhat are you doing here?
1h 22m · PublishedMillie's brother Adlee, professional gossip and aspirational vh1 commentator, returns on the podcast. They slander Bill and Melinda Gates and give a Persian take on their divorce. Later Adlee and PGP ponder what is contemporary Persian-ness; how each Persian family establishes their own set of laws of what Honor means to them and spill some tea. They dive deep into the meaning of the bizarre question that is often posed to them at parties: "what are you doing here?" and what's behind the behavior of a woman whose idea of being a woman is a male-directed performance, and furthermore the developmental years of women/how their relationship with their mother and the amount of women they were surrounded by affected their identity.
Support the showNa rumi-ye rum, na zangi-ye zang
52m · PublishedNa rumi-ye rum, na zangi-ye zang which literally translates to "neither a Roman of Byzantium nor a Black person of the Subsaharan region", means to say that some things cannot be black or white. In this episode, Millie and Natalie discuss the struggles specific to the dual identity of being Persian and Jewish, diving deeper into the nuances of Sephardic Jewry, the stress of living for your ancestors and being the descendants of persecuted people, pressure to marry within your own religion for the sake of keeping your culture/ "people" alive, and not feeling 100% understood by secular Iranians nor Ashkenazy Jews.
Intro music: Dokhtar Ahvazi - Sandy
Na rumi-ye rum, na zangi-ye zang
52m · PublishedNa rumi-ye rum, na zangi-ye zang which literally translates to "neither a Roman of Byzantium nor a Black person of the Subsaharan region", means to say that some things cannot be black or white. In this episode, Millie and Natalie discuss the struggles specific to the dual identity of being Persian and Jewish, diving deeper into the nuances of Sephardic Jewry, the stress of living for your ancestors and being the descendants of persecuted people, pressure to marry within your own religion for the sake of keeping your culture/ "people" alive, and not feeling 100% understood by secular Iranians nor Ashkenazy Jews.
Intro music: Dokhtar Ahvazi - Sandy
The "Chos"en Ones
49m · PublishedPGP hosts discuss behavior and etiquette at Persian weddings, Millie is reinvigorated by recent traumatic interactions with mega doodool tallahs, upper class Persians who define their worth based on how many lavish parties they go to, Persian men who use having a white girlfriend to flex on Persian girls, snobby Persians who think doing drugs makes them in any way bohemian, and other tea is spilled.
In this episode PGP features Lavashak (dried fruit candy) from their Lavashak.com monthly subscription box, which can be found on their website or instagram @lavashaklovers!
Intro song: Salam - Sogand
The "Chos"en Ones
49m · PublishedPGP hosts discuss behavior and etiquette at Persian weddings, Millie is reinvigorated by recent traumatic interactions with mega doodool tallahs, upper class Persians who define their worth based on how many lavish parties they go to, Persian men who use having a white girlfriend to flex on Persian girls, snobby Persians who think doing drugs makes them in any way bohemian, and other tea is spilled.
In this episode PGP features Lavashak (dried fruit candy) from their Lavashak.com monthly subscription box, which can be found on their website or instagram @lavashaklovers!
Intro song: Salam - Sogand
Interview with Mandana Salehi of Zibahub
1h 4m · PublishedPGP interviews Mandana Salehi, founder of Zibahub, an inclusive beauty services app. They discuss how she got started with her company, beauty standards and how they're changing, how she met her husband and the response she got from the Persian community for marrying a Black man, dealing with being ostracized by your family for marrying outside your culture, and more.
To get the app go to https://www.zibahub.com/
Intro song: Hasoodi by Kamran & Hooman
Interview with Mandana Salehi of Zibahub
1h 4m · PublishedPGP interviews Mandana Salehi, founder of Zibahub, an inclusive beauty services app. They discuss how she got started with her company, beauty standards and how they're changing, how she met her husband and the response she got from the Persian community for marrying a Black man, dealing with being ostracized by your family for marrying outside your culture, and more.
To get the app go to https://www.zibahub.com/
Intro song: Hasoodi by Kamran & Hooman
Dr. Sherry Talks pt. 1
1h 23m · PublishedIn this episode Dr Sherry Rostami comes on the podcast to share her life story: how her father making decisions for her changed the track of her life and how she's still picking up the pieces. We also discuss "ahberoo" (reputation/honor), what it was like being the daughter of a famous actor, being forced into marriage for the sake of ahberoo, raising your children in a certain way for the sake of ahberoo, how she's making a difference in raising her children, and her tips for creating a backup plan if your marriage doesn't work out.
Find more articles on Sherry's blog here:
http://drsherrytalks.com
Email or direct message PGP any questions you may have for the next episode with Sherry!
Intro song is the score from the film Ehsase Dagh (1971) starring Sherry's father, Iraj Rostami and Googoosh.
Dr. Sherry Talks pt. 1
1h 23m · PublishedIn this episode Dr Sherry Rostami comes on the podcast to share her life story: how her father making decisions for her changed the track of her life and how she's still picking up the pieces. We also discuss "ahberoo" (reputation/honor), what it was like being the daughter of a famous actor, being forced into marriage for the sake of ahberoo, raising your children in a certain way for the sake of ahberoo, how she's making a difference in raising her children, and her tips for creating a backup plan if your marriage doesn't work out.
Find more articles on Sherry's blog here:
http://drsherrytalks.com
Email or direct message PGP any questions you may have for the next episode with Sherry!
Intro song is the score from the film Ehsase Dagh (1971) starring Sherry's father, Iraj Rostami and Googoosh.
Persian Girl Podcast has 184 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 186:08:20. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 22nd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 31st, 2024 07:40.