Roqe Ep#266 - Joshua Kyan Aalampour, Shirin Amani Azari, Academic Suppression, Roundup

A big and diverse episode of Roqe including a feature interview with young Chinese-Iranian-American piano virtuoso, composer, and internet star, Joshua Kyan Aalampour. Joshua joins Jian from New York to tell his story of teaching himself to play piano and performing at the Lincoln Centre before turning 20 years-old. Also, award winning Iranian-Swedish psychologist and author Shirin Amani Azari returns to Roqe to discuss her new book entitled “Once Upon a Time in Uppsala” about growing up as an Iranian immigrant girl in Sweden. And, Dr. Nima Taefeshokhr joins Jian from Ottawa to discuss his latest scientific report on academic suppression in Iran during the latest revolution. Plus, Pegah, Roham and Jian convene for the Roqe Roundup to address the surprising news of South Korea releasing funds to Iran, viral images of Iranian model Mahlagha Jaberi and her choice of clothing at Cannes, the controversial video of a powerlifting championship involving Ukraine and Iran, and the name of a pianist who is famous to Iranians but unknown to Jian.