#20 – “THE STOLEN BIRTHDAY GIFT CREDIT”

Jian realizes that a fabulous birthday gift he thanked Kyan for is not actually from her…

(July/2022)

#19 – “Persians at Niagara!”

Shaya takes his first trip to a famous tourist destination and triggers Jian and Kyan’s Persian kid memories…

 (Sep/2021)

#18 –“Caspian Caviar”

Jian and the team are astounded to learn that Kyan has a personal caviar valet.

Episode.156 (Nov/2021)

#17 – “Mostafa and the Camels”

Acclaimed filmmaker and visual artist Mostafa Heravi recalls the time he attempted to travel to China by camel…

Episode.85 (Feb/2021)

#16 – “The Original Wonder Women!“

The team finds out the original Amazon fighters were Persian women…

Episode.76 (Jan/2021)

#15 – “The Dog of Water”

Jian and Kyan are confounded by the Persian word for “beaver”…

Episode.146 (Sep/2021)

#14 – “The Daaf and the Paaf”

The team grapples with the Persian expressions for “hot” girl and guy…

Episode.127 (Jul/2021)

#13 – “Disappointing the Persian Mom”

Jian’s on-air admission to eating KFC leads to a run-in with his dear mother…

Episode.70 (Dec/2020)

#12 – “The Feta Failure”

Jian frets that his beloved “paneer-e Tabriz” has been tainted…

Episode.67 (Dec/2020)

#11 – “The Short Cut”

Jian wonders why people are surprised that he’s kinda tall…

Episode.116 (July/2021)

#10 – “My Shit Vaccine”…

Jian grapples with his low-status vaccine decision…

Episode.111 (May/2021)

#9 – “Look out for the Persian Cat Army!”

The Roqe Team grapples with Kyan’s history lesson about ancient Persians using cats to defeat the Egyptians…

Episode.121 (June/2021)

#9 – “Look out for the Persian Cat Army!”

Jian is surprised to learn the Persian names of important religious icons…

Episode.119 (June/2021)

#7 – “I got Pfizer! Which one you got?”…

Jian gets vaccinated only to find out his dose has no status with Persians…

Episode.111 (May/2021)

#6 – The “Goolakh” at the Gym…

Jian worries about Covid and a mammoth neighbour in the midst of a workout…

Episode.49 (Oct/2020)

#5 – “Mojtaba and the Garage”

Jian takes his car for a fix only to learn he needs to speak Persian… in Ontario.

Episode.109 (May/2021)

#4 – Charshanbe Soori and the “War Zone”

Jian is surprised when Shaya describes a holiday as a jolly occasion when bombs get thrown…

Episode.94 (March/2021)

#3 – The Puzzle of Persian Pizza

Jian is confounded by the fact that Iranians put ketchup on pizza…

Episode.60 (Nov/2020)

#2 – Shaya and the Disappearing Loobia Polo…

Jian wonders what happened to the container of loobia polo that was delivered to the office…

Episode.58 (Nov/2020)

#1 – “Oogie and the Rasoo“

Jian recounts the story of his French Bulldog’s fateful meeting with a skunk in the lane.

Episode.47 (Sept/2020)

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