• Episode 29: On Hope
    Jan 26 2026

    In this episode, Yusuf and Alice talk about hope.

    در این اپیزود یوسف و آلیچه در مورد امید حرف میزنند.

    کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

    امید hope

    نا امید بودن to be hopeless

    تاثیرinfluence

    خودکشی suicide

    گیلاس cherry

    اهمیت importance

    امید واهی a false hope

    پایه base

    حدس زدن to guess

    پیشبینی کردن to plan something for the future, to forecast

    روان spirit, soul

    دوزنما landscape, view

    دشمن enemy

    We're Alice and Yousef, co-founders of Our Farsi, a podcast to learn Farsi through conversations. If you like what we do, you can support us through a number of ways: you can buy us a چای on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠, recommend the podcast to the ones who might be interested in it, subscribe to Our Farsi on YouTube and Spotify, or simply keep listening to the podcast on whatever platform you desire.

    You can also contact us via our email: OurFarsi@proton.me


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    35 mins
  • Update + How you can help the people in Iran
    Jan 16 2026
    9 mins
  • Episode 28: On Reading
    Dec 23 2025

    In this episode, Yusuf and Alice talk about their experience with books and reading.

    در این قسمت، یوسف و آلیچه درباره تجربهشون با کتاب و خواندن صحبت می‌کنند.

    کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

    رمان novel

    جامعه‌شناسی sociology

    علوم سیاسی political science

    مرور review

    فرایند process

    کتاب صوتی audiobook

    هزینه price

    چاپ کردن to print

    آموزنده educational

    خلاصه summary

    توقف کردن to stop,to pause

    We're Alice and Yousef, co-founders of Our Farsi, a podcast to learn Farsi through conversations. If you like what we do, you can support us through a number of ways: you can buy us a چای on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠, recommend the podcast to the ones who might be interested in it, subscribe to Our Farsi on YouTube and Spotify, or simply keep listening to the podcast on whatever platform you desire.

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    31 mins
  • Episode 27: On Vegetarianism
    Dec 11 2025

    In this episode, Yusuf and Alice talk about their experience and opinion about vegetarianism.

    در این قسمت، یوسف و آلیچه درباره تجربه و نظرشان درباره گیاهخواری صحبت می‌کنند.

    کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

    گیاهخواری: vegetarianism

    محصولات لبنی: dairy products

    محصولات گیاهی: products made of vegetables

    خامه: cream

    فواید گیاهخواری: pros of vegetarianism

    الاغ: donkey

    از نظر احساسی: from an emotional point of view

    تقلب کردن: to cheat

    مردم عامه: masses

    گوشت تقلبی: fake meat

    عکس ماهواره‌ای: satellite image

    سوبسید: subsidy

    سلیقه: aesthetic taste

    تغییرات - تغییرها: changes

    سبک زندگی: lifestyle

    به قول آمریکا‌یی‌ها:; as the Americans say

    اعتقاد داشتن به چیزی: to believe in something

    امید داشتن: to have hope (that something IS)

    امیدوار بودن: to wish

    We're Alice and Yousef, co-founders of Our Farsi, a podcast to learn Farsi through conversations. If you like what we do, you can support us through a number of ways: you can buy us a چای on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠, recommend the podcast to the ones who might be interested in it, subscribe to Our Farsi on YouTube and Spotify, or simply keep listening to the podcast on whatever platform you desire.

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    43 mins
  • Episode 26: Is Chess a Sport?!
    Nov 29 2025

    In this episode, Yusuf and Alice talk about sport.

    در این قسمت، یوسف و آلیچه در مورد ورزش حرف میزنند.

    کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

    شنا swimming

    دوچرخه سواری riding a bicycle

    دویدن to run

    باشگاه gym

    استخرswimming pool

    مادی canal

    ظرف شستن to wash the dishes

    پیاده روی کردن to go for a walk

    ضرر disadvantage

    سود advantage

    ابزار equipment

    شطرنج chess

    هویت identity

    طرفدار supporter

    پرطرفدارpopular

    وزرشگاه stadium

    We're Alice and Yousef, co-founders of Our Farsi, a podcast to learn Farsi through conversations. If you like what we do, you can support us through a number of ways: you can buy us a چای on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠, recommend the podcast to the ones who might be interested in it, subscribe to Our Farsi on YouTube and Spotify, or simply keep listening to the podcast on whatever platform you desire.

    You can also contact us via our email: OurFarsi@proton.me


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    34 mins
  • Episode 25: Being a Teacher
    Nov 17 2025

    In this episode, Yusuf and Alice talk about their experience working as a teacher.

    در این قسمت، یوسف و آلیچه درباره تجربه خود به عنوان معلم صحبت می‌کنند.

    کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

    تاثیر influence

    پراکنده scattered

    مهد کودک kindergarten

    پیش‌دبستانی preschool

    همدلی داشتن to have empathy

    شخصیت personality

    صادق honest

    تحقیر کردن to humiliate

    سرزنش کردن to scold

    معلم علوم science teacher

    We're Alice and Yousef, co-founders of Our Farsi, a podcast to learn Farsi through conversations. If you like what we do, you can support us through a number of ways: you can buy us a چای on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠, recommend the podcast to the ones who might be interested in it, subscribe to Our Farsi on YouTube and Spotify, or simply keep listening to the podcast on whatever platform you desire.

    You can also contact us via our email: OurFarsi@proton.me


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    29 mins
  • Episode 24: Are Our Brains Rotting?!
    Oct 31 2025

    In this episode, Yusuf and Alice talk about “brain rot”

    در این قسمت، یوسف و آلیچه در مورد "پوسیدگی ذهن" حرف میزنند.

    کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

    پوسیدگی ذهنی: brain rot

    مصرف کردن: to consume

    سواد: literacy

    متمرکز شدن روی یک چیزی: to become concentrated

    تمرکز کردن روی چیزی: to concentrate on something

    حوصله‌ی بچه‌ها کم شده: kids' patience has reduced

    فضا: space, sphere

    اسکل: freak

    حباب: bubble

    جایگزین کردن: we can't replace reading with anything

    ساختار مشخص: a clear structure

    پراکنده: scattered

    سم: poison, Instagram reels

    یک بعد جهانی: a global dimension

    یونیفرم مقدس: a holy uniform

    لشکر: division in an army

    سپاه پاسداران: IRGC

    We're Alice and Yousef, co-founders of Our Farsi, a podcast to learn Farsi through conversations. If you like what we do, you can support us through a number of ways: you can buy us a چای on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠, recommend the podcast to the ones who might be interested in it, subscribe to Our Farsi on YouTube and Spotify, or simply keep listening to the podcast on whatever platform you desire.

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    40 mins
  • Episode 23: Talking About Pets
    Oct 21 2025


    In this episode, Yusuf and Alice talk about pets.

    در این قسمت، یوسف و آلیچه در مورد حیوانات خانگی حرف میزنند.

    کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

    با توجه به چیزهایی که می‌دونی: according to what you already know

    مبحث بعدی: the next topic

    لجباز: stubborn

    توله سگ: puppy

    واگزار کردن: to give away for free

    اکراه داشتن از چیزی: to hate something

    عدالت: justice

    We're Alice and Yousef, co-founders of Our Farsi, a podcast to learn Farsi through conversations. If you like what we do, you can support us through a number of ways: you can buy us a چای on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠, recommend the podcast to the ones who might be interested in it, subscribe to Our Farsi on YouTube and Spotify, or simply keep listening to the podcast on whatever platform you desire.

    You can also contact us via our email: OurFarsi@proton.me


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    29 mins