In just a couple of weeks I cycled all the way from love listening to episode after episode on long, meditative walks with a stroller and hearing Zahedi’s voice in my head at all other times of day to the other side. I managed to get my husband hooked in the process. He continued to listen every day as the episodes came out, whereas when I caught the distinct cadence of Zahedi’s voice coming out of the fuzzy iPhone speaker from the kitchen, I began to feel embarrassed. For me? For Zahedi? For me for once liking him and for Zahedi for being so . . . needy.
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