Roqe - Ep #64 - Javad Mashreghi, Nima Kiann

Feature interviews with Dr. Javad Mashreghi, President of the Canadian Mathematical Society, and Nima Kiann, Director and Choreographer of the Iranian National Ballet Company. Javad joins Jian from Quebec to discuss his journey from Tehran to the top of the math world, the artistry of mathematics in his eyes, and the differences he sees between Western students and those from Iran. Nima joins the show from Stockholm and recounts his journey as a young artist leaving post-revolutionary Iran, establishing a notable ballet career in Europe, and his ongoing mission to rebuild an Iranian ballet legacy, albeit from exile. Plus Mona from Melbourne teaches the team a Persian idiom, and everyone discusses chess.