Learn Persian with Chaiangation podcast, where we interview prominent

members of the Iranian diaspora and ask them about their relationship to the Iranian culture

and Persian language.

I'm your host, Leila Shams, and I'm so excited to share with you today my interview with

the one and only Shali Zomoradi.

You must already be familiar with Shali.

She's one of the more well-known and incredibly prolific members of the diaspora.

Her day job is as a news anchor of

Fox 5, San Diego Morning News, where she's been waking up San Diego for more than a decade now.

Her journalism career spans over two decades at this point, including a two-year stint in Texas

where I live. But over the years, she's also been

heavily involved in the greater Iranian community, through her show Berizobh Paz, through the many

lives she does on her Instagram page, interviewing other Iranians, or giving glimpses into

her embrace of Iranian traditions in her own home, through her Iranian guer breaks on her morning news

show, and so, so much more. I had a lot of questions to ask Shali, after having watched her

developed into such a force in the past few years, and especially over the last year. So let's get

into it. My interview with Shali Zomorodi, enjoy. So Shali Zomoridi, thank you so much for talking

with me today. Of course. It's such a pleasure to be here. Yeah, you're such an icon in our

community and I've really enjoyed watching all the work you've been doing the past few years and I'm

in awe of how much work you've been doing,

which I'll ask you about.

But I'm going to assume most people are familiar with you and your work listening to us and your story.

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