Yara Elmjouie's guest appearances

Yara Elmjouie

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation

Ethnically Ambiguous

talk iran

Speaking Tongues

Eli Lake

Armin Navabi

Trita Parsi

Borzou Daragahi

Naz Deravian

Hooman Majd

Narges Bajoghli

Anousheh Ansari

Lior Sternfeld

Barbara Slavin

Ervand Abrahamian

Amir Afkhami

Afshon Ostovar

Anna Eskamani

Bahman Kalbasi

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Hello Language Lovers! Thank you for joining me for this episode of Speaking Tongues- the podcast in conversation with multilinguals.This week’s episode we are talking with Yara Elmjouie who is a James Beard award winning, Emmy nominated journalist for AJ Plus about his language of Persian.  I’ve been a fan of Yara’s work for a long time and I’m thrilled to have had a chance to talk with him about Persian language and Iranian and Iranian-American culture and heritage. In this episode, we talk about some of his favorite things about Persian language, including direct object identifiers and its similarity to other languages he’s familiar with. We talk about growing up between the US and Iran, navigating the cultural differences between the two places. Yara talks to us about exploring rural parts of Iran with his dad and encountering first hand how language varies around the country. He also tells us about his path to becoming a journalist and being intentional about reconnecting to his Persian heritage.  Big thank you to Yara for this conversation and for sharing your language, culture and your work with all of us. If you enjoy this episode of Speaking Tongues, don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review the Speaking Tongues Podcast on Apple Podcasts and like and subscribe on YouTube so that other language lovers like ourselves can find the show! If you’ve been a long time listener of the show or a recent listener, you can now pledge ongoing support for the show on Buy Me a Coffee dot com or on Patreon dot com. Special shout out to Speaking Tongues’ recent supporters and Patrons Heidi L., Linnea H. , Pat N. and Yari A. For just $5 per month, you will have access to excerpts of this conversation that did not make it to the full published episode.  And as you know, I wrote a book! My food ‘zine of international language and cuisine, Taste Buds Vol 1. is available now for purchase! Check social media for the sneak peek inside of the book and make sure you purchase for yourself and your friends! Links to all platforms are below!   To Find Yara: IG: @yelmjouie Eat This with Yara: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZd3QRtSy5LNyVe7FQmxlxzYOihiv8N7R  Speaking Tongues Podcast: Follow on IG: @speakingtonguespod Follow on Twitter: @stpodcasthost Like our Facebook Page: @speakingtonguespod Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFOPq3j7wGteY-PjcZaMxg Did you enjoy this episode? Support Speaking Tongues on Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speakingtongues Pledge on-going monthly support. Join my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/speakingtonguespodcast Buy my book here    ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speaking-tongues/message

Hello Language Lovers! Thank you for joining me for this episode of Speaking Tongues- the podcast in conversation with multilinguals.This week’s episode we are talking with Yara Elmjouie who is a James Beard award winning, Emmy nominated journalist for AJ Plus about his language of Persian.  I’ve been a fan of Yara’s work for a long time and I’m thrilled to have had a chance to talk with him about Persian language and Iranian and Iranian-American culture and heritage. In this episode, we talk about some of his favorite things about Persian language, including direct object identifiers and its similarity to other languages he’s familiar with. We talk about growing up between the US and Iran, navigating the cultural differences between the two places. Yara talks to us about exploring rural parts of Iran with his dad and encountering first hand how language varies around the country. He also tells us about his path to becoming a journalist and being intentional about reconnecting to his Persian heritage.  Big thank you to Yara for this conversation and for sharing your language, culture and your work with all of us. If you enjoy this episode of Speaking Tongues, don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review the Speaking Tongues Podcast on Apple Podcasts and like and subscribe on YouTube so that other language lovers like ourselves can find the show! If you’ve been a long time listener of the show or a recent listener, you can now pledge ongoing support for the show on Buy Me a Coffee dot com or on Patreon dot com. Special shout out to Speaking Tongues’ recent supporters and Patrons Heidi L., Linnea H. , Pat N. and Yari A. For just $5 per month, you will have access to excerpts of this conversation that did not make it to the full published episode.  And as you know, I wrote a book! My food ‘zine of international language and cuisine, Taste Buds Vol 1. is available now for purchase! Check social media for the sneak peek inside of the book and make sure you purchase for yourself and your friends! Links to all platforms are below! To Find Yara: IG: @yelmjouie Eat This with Yara: <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZd3QRtSy5LNyVe7FQmxlxzYOihiv8N7R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZd3QRtSy5LNyVe7FQmxlxzYOihiv8N7R</a> Speaking Tongues Podcast: Follow on IG: @speakingtonguespod Follow on Twitter: @stpodcasthost Like our Facebook Page: @speakingtonguespod Subscribe on YouTube:<a href=" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFOPq3j7wGteY-PjcZaMxg" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFOPq3j7wGteY-PjcZaMxg</a> Did you enjoy this episode? Support Speaking Tongues on Buy me a Coffee:<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speakingtongues" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speakingtongues</a> Pledge on-going monthly support. Join my Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/speakingtonguespodcast" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/speakingtonguespodcast</a> Buy my book <a href="https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/elle-charisse/taste-buds-vol-1/paperback/product-wn2n46.html?page=1&amp;pageSize=4" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speaking-tongues/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speaking-tongues/message</a>

131. Speaking Persian with Yara Elmjouie

In this episode, I speak with Yara Elmjouie, an Iranian-American video producer and presenter at AJ+. He and I talk about his time in Iran as a freelance journalist, his background and how he became a video producer, the video making process, Iranian politics and the sanctions, the Iranian-American identity and whether to identify as Persian or Iranian and many other topics.

In this episode, I speak with Yara Elmjouie, an Iranian-American video producer and presenter at AJ+. He and I talk about his time in Iran as a freelance journalist, his background and how he became a video producer, the video making process, Iranian politics and the sanctions, the Iranian-American identity and whether to identify as Persian or Iranian and many other topics.

A Conversation with Yara Elmjouie