Vancouver, Canada | September 18–20, 2026
Zameen Art House | VIVA Alliance
Persian podcasts have become one of the most alive, most honest corners of the Persian-speaking world — a place where storytelling, curiosity and community meet. After the success of the first International Persian Podcast Festival in 2025, the festival returns to Vancouver for a second edition.
Over three days, September 18 to 20, 2026, four of the most distinctive voices in Persian podcasting come together for live shows, a panel conversation, screenings, and a gathering of podcasters and the people who listen to them. Two of the programs take place at Zameen Art House on Granville Island, and two at VIVA Alliance on Railway Street.
This year’s festival brings together four podcasters whose work has shaped how Persian speakers listen — across technology, science, the outdoors, and everyday life.
Darwag Kids & Gazzette
Radio Joloun
Radio Jadi
Zharfa
Four programs over three days. Tickets for the two Zameen Art House shows are $20 each.
Friday, September 18 · 7:00 – 9:00 PM
VIVA Alliance
401-353 Railway St., Vancouver, BC
Creating a Lasting Podcast — a conversation with all four podcasters about experience, storytelling, audience and staying power. Other podcasters are invited to introduce themselves, videos from across the community are screened, the “100 Persian Podcasts” book is presented, and the evening closes with a Q&A and a get-together of podcasters and fans.
Presented at VIVA Alliance
Saturday, September 19 · 1:00 – 2:30 PM
Zameen Art House
1515 Anderson St., Granville Island, Vancouver
The Human Trace — with Alireza Payandeh. A live telling of the marks people leave behind, from Earth and space to history and music.
Saturday, September 19 · 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Zameen Art House
1515 Anderson St., Granville Island, Vancouver
Do computers still obey us? — with Jadi Mirmirani. Technology, autonomy, algorithms, and the shifting balance of control between people and the machines they built.
Sunday, September 20
VIVA Alliance
401-353 Railway St., Vancouver, BC
Stories and experiences from hiking and the outdoors. Kimia Khosravi tells the story of a group climb in Glacier National Park and how hiking in British Columbia differs from Iran, joined by expert guests on choosing a destination, meeting wildlife on the trail, and the skills and gear this terrain actually asks for.
Presented at VIVA Alliance
1515 Anderson St.
Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
Saturday, September 19 — Zharfa and Radio Jadi live podcasts
401-353 Railway St.
Vancouver, BC
Friday, September 18 and Sunday, September 20 — panel and Radio Joloun
The first International Persian Podcast Festival was held in Vancouver and Toronto in September 2025.