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Growing Up Irani interview,

where we talk about the challenges and joys of growing up with an Iranian background in the diaspora.

Today I'm interviewing Kavehoda, a physician, musician, and podcast host in San Francisco.

His expertise is in gastroenterology, hepatology, and according to him, making fun of medical grifters.

He co-host the humor-adjacent medical podcast, The House of Pod,

which is how I first learned of him. Along with his co-host Lizzie, he explores topics related

to medicine, which as we touch on in the interview is really a microcosm for society at

large. Medicine is something that affects us all in one way or another, and we've especially

seen how important the medical field is during the pandemic now.

So I've really been enjoying listening to his podcast,

learning more about a field I don't have any personal connections to,

and I also got to ask him the important question of how to influence your children

to become medical doctors, which is very important

in Iranian society.

So without further ado, here's my growing up irini interview with Kawehoda.

Okay, so Kawehoda, thank you so much for talking with me today.

Oh my goodness.

I'm so happy to be here.

Thank you for having me.

Yeah, we've been trying to set up this interview for a long time.

I've been following you for a while on Twitter, but finally here we are.

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