Learn Persian with Chayan Conversation, special interview.

Salam Shoggerdon Aziz, and thank you for listening to this very special episode of

Learn Persian with Chaiang Conversation. As you know, we generally publish Persian lessons,

but this time we have a very special treat, a special interview with me and

Fatid Chaffinuti.

If you've been listening to Trying Conversation, you'll be very familiar with Fatid's

music.

He composed our theme music, which you hear the beginning and end of each episode.

In addition, I'm very lucky to be able to call Fatid a friend.

We both attended the University of Texas together here in

Austin and have kept in touch throughout the years. He's become a very well-known and successful

musician with several years of composing and performing under his belt. This interview was actually

recorded two years ago when Fahide was about to publish his new album Cold Front. He put a bit of pause to publishing that album,

and you might find some insight into why in this interview.

And finally, in late 2016,

he published the album along with some amazing new tracks

and entitled It Into the Night.

So we'll have a song from this album at the end of the interview,

so stay tuned for that.

But first, here's my full interview with Fatty Shepany.

So one thing I always tell people when they ask me about the importance of learning a language

is that it's the key to any culture. And to truly understand the people, you need to understand

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