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Pouya

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
270 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

This American Life
886: Blackout

For example, the salads or the appetizers like chicken and so on, because it might not be economically viable for people to buy them right now.

This American Life
886: Blackout

I took away the salads for a month.

This American Life
886: Blackout

I'm bringing them back at the end of the week.

This American Life
886: Blackout

But our beef bacon pizza is among the best sellers.

This American Life
886: Blackout

After eating a very sad excuse for breakfast, I fed my cats, which I had adopted after the events of January, due to my friend's recommendation to have like a companion in those times.

This American Life
886: Blackout

Very interesting creatures cats are.

This American Life
886: Blackout

I dressed up and called for a, you could say, an Iranian version of an Uber to the hospital.

This American Life
886: Blackout

I went downstairs and looking at the car, it was barely functioning and being held together.

This American Life
886: Blackout

And the driver had a very, say, stereotypical type of beard.

This American Life
886: Blackout

And my suspicions were confirmed when I sat in the car and saw two stickers of Soleimani and Khamenei on the dashboard of his car.

This American Life
886: Blackout

Not exactly the two faces I want to see that early in the day, but, you know.

This American Life
886: Blackout

So he drove me to the hospital and saw a white lab coat in my bag and asked if I was a doctor.

This American Life
886: Blackout

And then he said, may God give you strength, doctor.

This American Life
886: Blackout

Of course, had the situation been a lot different, him or at least the men of his type would have beaten me to death.

This American Life
886: Blackout

But, you know, I thanked him properly still.

This American Life
886: Blackout

I'm not saying anyone who believes in the regime would kill you in the streets for protesting them, but it could be an unignited dynamite.

This American Life
886: Blackout

So I reached the hospital and it was a fairly nice shift.

This American Life
886: Blackout

Not a lot of critical patients, fortunately.

This American Life
886: Blackout

So I could spend some time in the pavilion watching my new favorite show, The Walking Dead.