Armenian News Network/Groong, an Armenian podcast providing objective coverage on Armenia, Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and the Armenian diaspora. Find us and follow us everywhere on social media. Here are our links: linktr.ee/groong.

Asbed Bedrossian

Asbed Bedrossian

Hovik Manucharyan

Hovik Manucharyan

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Hovik & Asbed - Karekin II & Ilia II Funeral, Iran War, Armenia Elections | Ep 527, Mar 22, 2026 [EP527]

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 24, 2026 | Category: Iran, Armenia, Politics | Series: cog, video

Topics:

  • Georgian Patriarch Ilia II passes away
  • Karekin II travel banned from funeral
  • Iran war update
  • June election in Armenia

Episode 527 | Recorded: March 23, 2026

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National Security | General Staff | Armed Forces | Defense Budget | Syunik (Ep #55) - Mar 28, 2021 [EP55]

Posted on Monday, Mar 29, 2021 | Series: WIR

ANN/Groong Week in Review - March 28, 2021

Topics:

  • Whatโ€™s Going on with the Armed Forces?
    • Turkey: Enemy No More?
    • What Just Happened in the General Staff?
    • Morale and Readiness of the Armed Forces
    • The Defense Budget
  • Report from Syunik

Guests

  • George Tabakian
  • Karen Vrtanesyan

Hosts

  • Hovik Manucharyan
  • Asbed Bedrossian

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210328.html Episode 55 | Recorded: March 28, 2021

Early Elections on June 20th | Gas through Azerbaijan | Military Exercises | (Ep #54) - 03/21/2021 [EP54]

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 23, 2021 | Series: WIR

ANN/Groong Week in Review - March 21, 2021

Topics:

  • Snap On - June 20th!
  • Gas Through Azerbaijan
  • Military Exercises by Armenia and Azerbaijan

Guests

  • David Davidian
  • Emil Sanamyan

Hosts

  • Hovik Manucharyan
  • Asbed Bedrossian

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210321.html Episode 54 | Recorded: March 21, 2021

Latest IRI Poll Results | Armen Grigoryan Interview | Snap On, Snap Off (Ep #53) - 03/14/2021 [EP53]

Posted on Monday, Mar 15, 2021 | Category: Armenia, Politics, Poll | Series: WIR

๐€๐๐/๐†๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ - ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Topics:

  • Newly Released IRI Poll Results
  • Armen Grigoryanโ€™s Interview
  • Snap On, Snap Off!

Guests

  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐Š๐จ๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ค๐ข๐š๐ง
  • ๐„๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐š๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ง

Hosts

  • ๐‡๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ค ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210314.html Episode 53 | Recorded on March 14, 2021

Iskander & Relations with Russia | Attempted Coup? | Opposition | Boeing 737 Hijacked? (Ep #52) [EP52]

Posted on Sunday, Feb 28, 2021 | Series: WIR

๐€๐๐ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ - ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ - ๐…๐ž๐› ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Topics Covered:

  • Wait, Did Armenia Use the Iskander to Blow Up its Relations With Russia?
  • Wait, Was There a Coup?
  • The Opposition Picks up Steam
  • Wait, was The 737 Hijacked?

Guests:

  • ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐š๐ง
  • ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐“๐š๐›๐š๐ค๐ข๐š๐ง

Your Hosts:

  • ๐‡๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ค ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210228.html Episode 52 | Recorded: February 28, 2021

Sargsyan Interview | Criminalizing Defamation | Martial Law? | Protests 2/20/21 | Govsagan (Ep #51) [EP51]

Posted on Wednesday, Feb 24, 2021 | Series: WIR

๐€๐๐ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ - ๐…๐ž๐› ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Topics Covered:

  • President Sargsyanโ€™s Interview
  • Legislation to Criminalize Defamation of Government Officials
  • Appointment of Acting Governors and Mayors during Martial Law
  • Opposition Protests on Feb 20
  • Govsagan, in the end

Guests

  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐Š๐จ๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ค๐ข๐š๐ง @asbedk
  • ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ๐š๐ง @armoland
  • @๐„๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ_๐’๐š๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ฒ๐š๐ง

Your Hosts:

  • ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ง @alenzam99
  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง @Qubriq

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210221.html Episode 51 | Recorded: February 21, 2021

Armenia's Earthquake Preparedness with Dr. Armen Der Kiureghian - (Ep #50) - 02/21/2021 [EP50]

Posted on Sunday, Feb 21, 2021 | Series: COG

๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐š’๐ฌ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ - ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Topics:

  • Was it an Earthquake?
  • Have Construction Codes Improved since 1988?
  • Do Contractors Comply with Regulations?
  • Is Armenia Ready for The Big One?
  • Is there Earthquake Preparedness in Armenia?
  • What Conversations are not Happening?

Guest:

  • ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐ข๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ข๐š๐ง is a structural and civil engineering professor at UC Berkeley with research focus on earthquake engineering. He is a co-founder and was president of the American University of Armenia from 2014 until 2019.

Host:

  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/CoG-20210221.html Episode 50 | Recorded: February 19, 2021

Syunik Confidential | Developments in Artsakh | Snap elections flip flop (Ep #49) [EP49]

Posted on Wednesday, Feb 17, 2021 | Series: WIR

๐€๐๐/๐†๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ— - ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Topics Covered:

  • Syunik Confidential
  • Developments in Artsakh
  • Snap elections flip flop

Guests:

  • ๐„๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐š๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ง

Your Hosts:

  • ๐‡๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ค ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210214.html Episode 49 | Recorded: February 14, 2021

Lost in Artsakh | Law on Mass Media | Political Scene in Yerevan | Economic Outlook (Ep #48) [EP48]

Posted on Tuesday, Feb 9, 2021 | Series: WIR

๐€๐๐/๐†๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ– - ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Topics Covered:

  • Lost in Artsakh, Thirsty in Syunik
  • Amending the Law on Mass Media
  • Update on the Political Scene in Yerevan
  • Rising National Debt, Inflation and Interest Rates

Guests

  • ๐‡๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง
  • ๐„๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐š๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ฒ๐š๐ง

Your Hosts:

  • ๐‡๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ค ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210207.html Recorded: February 7, 2021

Constitutional Amendment | Opp Rising | Zarif Tour | Virus Update | Armenia Fund & the Dram (Ep #47) [EP47]

Posted on Tuesday, Feb 2, 2021 | Series: WIR

๐€๐๐/๐†๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ - ๐‰๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Topics Covered:

  • Another Constitutional Amendment?
  • Opposition Rising: New Bottle, Old Wine?
  • Iranโ€™s FM Zarif on a Tour de Six
  • State of the Virus in Armenia
  • Armenia Fund Used to Shore up the Dram?

Guests

  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐Š๐จ๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ค๐ข๐š๐ง
  • ๐‡๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง

Your Hosts:

  • ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210131.html Episode 47 | Recorded on January 31, 2021