Episode 1: A Humble Beginning
Welcome to the first episode of the Pedar va Pesar Podcast: Writer and Director, Billy Housh, interviews his father, “Baba” Firooz, about life growing up in Iran before the Islamic Revolution.
Baba talks about life growing up in Yazd, Taft. His father’s tough time being a merchant. His obsession with pomegranates. Moving to Shiraz. Then sacrificing everything to immigrant to Canada before the Revolution.
These interviews were recorded on March 9th and 10th, 2019 as preinterviews for They Call Me Baba (2021).