{"podcast":{"title":"Professor P with Dr.Peykar","slug":"professor-p-with-dr-peykar-6735085","podcast_index_feed_id":6735085,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/professorppodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.parsapeykar.com/professorppodcast","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16591242/IMG_4216_hnf5su.jpg","author":"Parsa Peykar","episode_count":127,"summary":"Dr.Parsa Peykar, a psychologist, university professor and author, shares through the episodes lessons on leadership, influence and service. Each episode is like a ”mini-research” which answers the ”Research question” related to the topic and will be divided into three parts: 1-A book review/ Art analysis. 2- A podcast with an influential person. 3- University student’s feedback on the topic. One theme is common among all episodes: All the guests suggest at least one act of kindness for listeners to do. 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