Kourosh Mohebian: Comedy, Censorship and Cyrus the Great in Iran

I sat down with my hilarious friend and stand-up comedian, Kourosh Mohebian, to talk about his life and the experience of growing up in Iran. We started with a surprising dive into the history of his namesake, Cyrus the Great, and the context of his upbringing, where he had to pretend to be religious outside his home. Kourosh shared some wild stories about getting access to entertainment through swapping obscene CDs and watching German cartoons , the weird realities of dating (including car-based flirting) , and the intense challenges of immigrating to Germany for his PhD. It was an incredibly funny and insightful look into life behind the scenes in a restricted society.