Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Over 1,000,000 Iranians live in the US, with the largest concentration in Southern California. Amid the crisis in Iran, we went to understand what they’re like. What we found was nothing like we expected. To understand why, come with us to Tehrangeles.

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0:00 Intro
0:45 Iran protest
1:47 Opinion on America & Islam
2:28 Persians vs. Arabs
2:31 The Shah
2:53 Very brief 20th century Iran history
3:30 20-year old immigrant
4:36 Shia Muslim Mosque
5:11 Zoroastrian temple (Iran ancient religion)
6:04 Dr. Jaleh Benshian
7:33 “Death to America”
8:11 What do typical Iranians think of USA?
9:00 Persians relationship with Islam
9:50 Iranians success
10:20 Payam (Persian comedian)
12:20 American imperialism
13:16 Do Iranian-Americans like Trump?
14:27 “We love this country”
14:49 Tehrangeles
16:31 Older Iranian men won’t talk
16:54 The perspective we couldn’t get…
17:21 Outro

Episode 112
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