Genocide Recognition

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Guest(s):

• Sergey Markedonov

Topics:

• Ukraine’s war of attrition
• Russia’s strategic bandwidth problem
• TRIPP and Iran’s red lines
• Israel’s Armenian Genocide move
• Armenia’s Western pivot after elections

Episode 565 | Recorded: July 8, 2026

#ArmenianNews #SouthCaucasus #UkraineWar #Russia #Armenia #EAEU #TRIPP #Geopolitics

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Guest(s):

• Sergey Markedonov

Topics:

• Ukraine’s war of attrition
• Russia’s strategic bandwidth problem
• TRIPP and Iran’s red lines
• Israel’s Armenian Genocide move
• Armenia’s Western pivot after elections

Episode 565 | Recorded: July 8, 2026

#ArmenianNews #SouthCaucasus #UkraineWar #Russia #Armenia #EAEU #TRIPP #Geopolitics

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Guest:

• Edgar Elbakyan

Topics:

• Armenia’s existential election
• Polling under fear
• Divergent polling results
• Church and state conflict
• Post-election street pressure

Episode 549 | Recorded: May 22, 2026

#Armenia #ArmenianPolitics #EdgarElbakyan #StrongArmenia #ArmeniaAlliance #ArmeniaElections

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Guest:

• Edgar Elbakyan

Topics:

• Armenia’s existential election
• Polling under fear
• Divergent polling results
• Church and state conflict
• Post-election street pressure

Episode 549 | Recorded: May 22, 2026

#Armenia #ArmenianPolitics #EdgarElbakyan #StrongArmenia #ArmeniaAlliance #ArmeniaElections

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Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Sep. 19: Day of Artsakh’s Ethnic Cleansing
• Civil Contract’s 7th Congress
• Opposition (In)Action
• Electric Network of Armenia

Episode 474 | Recorded: September 22, 2025

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Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Sep. 19: Day of Artsakh’s Ethnic Cleansing
• Civil Contract’s 7th Congress
• Opposition (In)Action
• Electric Network of Armenia

Episode 474 | Recorded: September 22, 2025

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Guest:

• Lenna Hovanessian

Topics:

• Reflections on August 8 White House Meeting
• Tensions in Diaspora-Armenia Relations
• Azerbaijani Lobbying, Caviar Diplomacy, and the Cuellar Bribery Case

Episode 470 | Recorded: September 5, 2025

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Guest:

• Lenna Hovanessian

Topics:

• Reflections on August 8 White House Meeting
• Tensions in Diaspora-Armenia Relations
• Azerbaijani Lobbying, Caviar Diplomacy, and the Cuellar Bribery Case

Episode 470 | Recorded: September 5, 2025

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Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Genocide Recognition and State Silence
• Iran-Azerbaijan Talks & Geopolitical Shifts
• Bandar Abbas: Explosion, or Warning?

Episode 432 | Recorded: April 29, 2025

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Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Genocide Recognition and State Silence
• Iran-Azerbaijan Talks & Geopolitical Shifts
• Bandar Abbas: Explosion, or Warning?

Episode 432 | Recorded: April 29, 2025

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Guest:

• Alberto M. Fernandez

Topics:

• Vatican’s alliance with Azerbaijan
• Whitewashing of Artsakh’s ethnic cleansing
• Global silence on Armenian Genocide
• U.S. policy under Trump and risks to Armenia

Episode 431 | Recorded: April 29, 2025

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Guest:

• Alberto M. Fernandez

Topics:

• Vatican’s alliance with Azerbaijan
• Whitewashing of Artsakh’s ethnic cleansing
• Global silence on Armenian Genocide
• U.S. policy under Trump and risks to Armenia

Episode 431 | Recorded: April 29, 2025

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• US-Iran Talks & Israeli Threats
• Trump Administration Support for Azerbaijan
• Iran-Azerbaijan Relations & Corridor Demands
• Vatican Controversy & Global Anti-Armenian Propaganda
• Local Elections in Gyumri and Parakar
• Government-Fueled Hate Against Artsakh Refugees

Episode 429 | Recorded: April 22, 2025

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• US-Iran Talks & Israeli Threats
• Trump Administration Support for Azerbaijan
• Iran-Azerbaijan Relations & Corridor Demands
• Vatican Controversy & Global Anti-Armenian Propaganda
• Local Elections in Gyumri and Parakar
• Government-Fueled Hate Against Artsakh Refugees

Episode 429 | Recorded: April 22, 2025

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Guest:

• Anna Karapetyan Director of the Insight Analytical Center for Applied Policy and Research.

Topics:

• Iran-Armenia Military Exercises
• Armenian Villages Terrorized by Azerbaijan
• Mirzoyan in Antalya
• Armenia’s Genocide Denial

Episode 428 | Recorded: April 14, 2025

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Guest:

• Anna Karapetyan Director of the Insight Analytical Center for Applied Policy and Research.

Topics:

• Iran-Armenia Military Exercises
• Armenian Villages Terrorized by Azerbaijan
• Mirzoyan in Antalya
• Armenia’s Genocide Denial

Episode 428 | Recorded: April 14, 2025

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Guest:

• Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Identity and Integration in the South Caucasus
• On the Nature and Thinking of the Armenian Constitution
• Relations with Russia Through Time
• The Geopolitics Around the South Caucasus

Episode 372 | Recorded: October 2, 2024

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Guest:

• Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Identity and Integration in the South Caucasus
• On the Nature and Thinking of the Armenian Constitution
• Relations with Russia Through Time
• The Geopolitics Around the South Caucasus

Episode 372 | Recorded: October 2, 2024

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Artsakh Surrenders, Armenia Watches
• What “Peace Treaty” in Granada?
• Arrested Artsakh Leaders Held Hostage

Episode 281 | Recorded: October 1, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Artsakh Surrenders, Armenia Watches
• What “Peace Treaty” in Granada?
• Arrested Artsakh Leaders Held Hostage

Episode 281 | Recorded: October 1, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Genocide: 108 Anniversary
• Azerbaijan Strangles Artsakh
  • Artsakh Strangled
  • International Community
  • Pashinyan’s Parliament Speech
  • Madrid Principles
  • Aliyev Continues Threats, Ultimatum to Artsakh Armenians
  • What Can Diaspora Do?
• Israel - Azerbaijan cooperation against Iran?
• Rants

Episode 249 | Recorded: April 25, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Genocide: 108 Anniversary
• Azerbaijan Strangles Artsakh
  • Artsakh Strangled
  • International Community
  • Pashinyan’s Parliament Speech
  • Madrid Principles
  • Aliyev Continues Threats, Ultimatum to Artsakh Armenians
  • What Can Diaspora Do?
• Israel - Azerbaijan cooperation against Iran?
• Rants

Episode 249 | Recorded: April 25, 2023

Guests:

• Aram Orbelyan , international law specialist, who is an attorney and managing partner at Concern Dialog law firm, and PhD in Public international law. Mr. Orbelyan lectures at the Academy of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia, and lectured public international law at French University of Armenia. Mr. Orbelyan was Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia between 2011 and 2014.

“The Armenian government, under its legislation, is obliged to protect the independence of Artsakh” - Aram Orbelyan

Topic:

As of earlier this week, Artsakh has introduced coupons to ration food. Other

Guests:

• Aram Orbelyan , international law specialist, who is an attorney and managing partner at Concern Dialog law firm, and PhD in Public international law. Mr. Orbelyan lectures at the Academy of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia, and lectured public international law at French University of Armenia. Mr. Orbelyan was Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia between 2011 and 2014.

“The Armenian government, under its legislation, is obliged to protect the independence of Artsakh” - Aram Orbelyan

Topic:

As of earlier this week, Artsakh has introduced coupons to ration food. Other

Guest:

• Hovhannes Ishkhanyan , writer, documentary filmmaker, publicist, co-founder of Eye for an Eye (Akn Und Akan), a community of documentarians. Hovhannes has a Master’s in journalism from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.

Using art to prevent catastrophes instead of reacting to them

Ishkhanyan’s documentary “Sleep art”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzqzPpVsK-g

Topic:

More than 120,000 people remain trapped in the Republic of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh) due to Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin (Berdzor) corridor, as this crisis enters its 25th

Guest:

• Hovhannes Ishkhanyan , writer, documentary filmmaker, publicist, co-founder of Eye for an Eye (Akn Und Akan), a community of documentarians. Hovhannes has a Master’s in journalism from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.

Using art to prevent catastrophes instead of reacting to them

Ishkhanyan’s documentary “Sleep art”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzqzPpVsK-g

Topic:

More than 120,000 people remain trapped in the Republic of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh) due to Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin (Berdzor) corridor, as this crisis enters its 25th

Guest:

• Aram Suren Hamparian
• Rouben Galichian
• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• US-Armenia Relations
• Azerbaijan’s Maps and Claims
• Azerbaijan Continues to Occupy Armenia
• Internal Politics in Armenia

Episode 166 | Recorded: October 1 & 3, 2022

Guest:

• Aram Suren Hamparian
• Rouben Galichian
• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• US-Armenia Relations
• Azerbaijan’s Maps and Claims
• Azerbaijan Continues to Occupy Armenia
• Internal Politics in Armenia

Episode 166 | Recorded: October 1 & 3, 2022

Talking with Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte | Ep 153 - August 11, 2022

• Growing up Armenian in Azerbaijan
• Experiencing Armenia as an Armenian from Azerbaijan
• Advocating for Armenian Families and Children
• Thoughts on the condition of Artsakh, and Armenia
• The projects in progress at Astvatsaturian.org, Anna’s 501c3 charity organization.

Guest:

• Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte is an Armenian-American author, city counselor, human rights advocate, and also a refugee from her original city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, which her family fled, as violence mounted against Armenians.

Talking with Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte | Ep 153 - August 11, 2022

• Growing up Armenian in Azerbaijan
• Experiencing Armenia as an Armenian from Azerbaijan
• Advocating for Armenian Families and Children
• Thoughts on the condition of Artsakh, and Armenia
• The projects in progress at Astvatsaturian.org, Anna’s 501c3 charity organization.

Guest:

• Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte is an Armenian-American author, city counselor, human rights advocate, and also a refugee from her original city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, which her family fled, as violence mounted against Armenians.

Guest(s):

• Tevan Poghosyan

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - May 1, 2022

Topics:

• “Peace Agenda” in Motion
• It’s not the Crime, It’s the Cover Up
• Opposition Initiates Civil Disobedience
• What a Nice PM Armenia Has! 🤥

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan TW/@TevanPoghosyan

Host:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 134 | Recorded: Monday, May 2, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220501.html

Guest(s):

• Tevan Poghosyan

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - May 1, 2022

Topics:

• “Peace Agenda” in Motion
• It’s not the Crime, It’s the Cover Up
• Opposition Initiates Civil Disobedience
• What a Nice PM Armenia Has! 🤥

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan TW/@TevanPoghosyan

Host:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 134 | Recorded: Monday, May 2, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220501.html

Guest(s):

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - April 24, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00:00 Intro
• 00:00:53 April 24, Never Forget!
• 00:15:54 Aliyev and Pashinyan in Brussels
• 00:41:01 Pashinyan in Moscow
• 01:01:36 Rants

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan TW/@Benyamin_Poghos

Host:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 133 | Recorded: Monday, April 25, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220424.html

Guest(s):

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - April 24, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00:00 Intro
• 00:00:53 April 24, Never Forget!
• 00:15:54 Aliyev and Pashinyan in Brussels
• 00:41:01 Pashinyan in Moscow
• 01:01:36 Rants

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan TW/@Benyamin_Poghos

Host:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 133 | Recorded: Monday, April 25, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220424.html

Guest(s):

• Benyamin Poghosyan

ANN/Groong Week in Review - March 6, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:15 Ukraine War and Effects on Armenia
• 19:04 Armenia Shuffles Generals
• 25:15 Second Normalization Meeting
• 33:06 Armenian Parliament Elects New President

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan TW/@Benyamin_Poghos

Host:

• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 126 | Recorded: Sunday, March 6, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220306.html

Guest(s):

• Benyamin Poghosyan

ANN/Groong Week in Review - March 6, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:15 Ukraine War and Effects on Armenia
• 19:04 Armenia Shuffles Generals
• 25:15 Second Normalization Meeting
• 33:06 Armenian Parliament Elects New President

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan TW/@Benyamin_Poghos

Host:

• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 126 | Recorded: Sunday, March 6, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220306.html

Political Topics with Edmon Marukyan - February 18, 2022

Topics:

• Constitutional Change Commission
• Artsakh Law on Occupied Territories
• State of Bright Armenia Party
• Turkish-Armenian Normalization

Guest:

• Edmon Marukyan, who is a lawyer by profession and the leader of the Bright Armenia party (Լուսավոր Հայաստան). He was a member of the fifth, sixth and seventh convocations of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from 2012 till 2021. He’s also a member of the newly formed commission to amend the constitution.

Guest(s):

• Edmon Marukyan

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan

Political Topics with Edmon Marukyan - February 18, 2022

Topics:

• Constitutional Change Commission
• Artsakh Law on Occupied Territories
• State of Bright Armenia Party
• Turkish-Armenian Normalization

Guest:

• Edmon Marukyan, who is a lawyer by profession and the leader of the Bright Armenia party (Լուսավոր Հայաստան). He was a member of the fifth, sixth and seventh convocations of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from 2012 till 2021. He’s also a member of the newly formed commission to amend the constitution.

Guest(s):

• Edmon Marukyan

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan

ANN/Groong Week in Review - January 30, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:43 Game of Chicken over Ukraine
• 08:17 Antalya Diplomatic Forum
• 22:54 Army Day in Armenia
• 27:54 Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 31:11 Rants/Announcements

Guests:

• Suren Sargsyan https://twitter.com/s_a_sargsyan

Guest(s):

• Suren Sargsyan

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan https://twitter.com/HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian https://twitter.com/qubriq

Episode 116 | Recorded: Sunday, January 30, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220130.html

ANN/Groong Week in Review - January 30, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:43 Game of Chicken over Ukraine
• 08:17 Antalya Diplomatic Forum
• 22:54 Army Day in Armenia
• 27:54 Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 31:11 Rants/Announcements

Guests:

• Suren Sargsyan https://twitter.com/s_a_sargsyan

Guest(s):

• Suren Sargsyan

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan https://twitter.com/HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian https://twitter.com/qubriq

Episode 116 | Recorded: Sunday, January 30, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220130.html

Turkish-Armenian Normalization Negotiations A Conversation with Harut Sassounian

• Harut Sassounian has been the publisher of The California Courier newspaper since 1983. He is also the President of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization which has delivered to Armenia and Artsakh $947 million of humanitarian assistance since 1989. He is currently engaged in forming the Diaspora Armenian Parliament through local elections.

Topics:

• History of Turkish-Armenian Attempts at Negotiations
• Who are The Players?
• Why Now? What’s on the Agenda?
• What are the Pitfalls and Opportunities?

Turkish-Armenian Normalization Negotiations A Conversation with Harut Sassounian

• Harut Sassounian has been the publisher of The California Courier newspaper since 1983. He is also the President of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization which has delivered to Armenia and Artsakh $947 million of humanitarian assistance since 1989. He is currently engaged in forming the Diaspora Armenian Parliament through local elections.

Topics:

• History of Turkish-Armenian Attempts at Negotiations
• Who are The Players?
• Why Now? What’s on the Agenda?
• What are the Pitfalls and Opportunities?

ANN/Groong Week in Review - December 19, 2021

Topics:

• Turkish-Armenian normalization
• Brussels Sprouts
• Armen Grigoryan in Washington DC
• The Armenian Project - US Tour
• Analyst Rants

Guest:

• Varuzhan Geghamyan

Episode 108 | Recorded: December 20, 2021

ANN/Groong Week in Review - December 19, 2021

Topics:

• Turkish-Armenian normalization
• Brussels Sprouts
• Armen Grigoryan in Washington DC
• The Armenian Project - US Tour
• Analyst Rants

Guest:

• Varuzhan Geghamyan

Episode 108 | Recorded: December 20, 2021

ANN/Groong Week in Review - September 5, 2021

Topics:

• Pashinyan & Co. Shun Artsakh Independence
• Turkey-Armenia Reconciliation Reconstituted?
• Afghanistan: Taliban 2.0?
• State of World Affairs
• State of Political Analysis

Guests:

• Asbed Kotchikian TW/@AsbedK

Guest(s):

• Asbed Kotchikian

Hosts:

• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode #88 | Recorded: September 3, 2021 https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210905.html

ANN/Groong Week in Review - September 5, 2021

Topics:

• Pashinyan & Co. Shun Artsakh Independence
• Turkey-Armenia Reconciliation Reconstituted?
• Afghanistan: Taliban 2.0?
• State of World Affairs
• State of Political Analysis

Guests:

• Asbed Kotchikian TW/@AsbedK

Guest(s):

• Asbed Kotchikian

Hosts:

• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode #88 | Recorded: September 3, 2021 https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210905.html

Guest(s):

• Narek Margaryan

A Conversation with Narek Margaryan - 05/25/2021

Guest:

Narek Margaryan is an Armenian comedian, screenwriter and TV host. Along with his co-host Sergey Sargsyan, Narek stars in ArmComedy, a satiric news show series broadcast on Armenian television and on Youtube.

Hosts

Hovik Manucharyan Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 63 | Recorded: April 25, 2021

Guest(s):

• Narek Margaryan

A Conversation with Narek Margaryan - 05/25/2021

Guest:

Narek Margaryan is an Armenian comedian, screenwriter and TV host. Along with his co-host Sergey Sargsyan, Narek stars in ArmComedy, a satiric news show series broadcast on Armenian television and on Youtube.

Hosts

Hovik Manucharyan Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 63 | Recorded: April 25, 2021

Guest(s):

• Aram Suren Hamparian
• Asbed Kotchikian
• Emil Sanamyan

ANN/Groong Week in Review - Jan 24, 2021

Topics Covered:

• Supreme Judicial Council Appointments
• Turkish-Azerbaijan Military Exercises in Kars Region
• Incoming US Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Armenia

Guests

• Aram Hamparian
• Asbed Kotchikian
• Emil Sanamyan

Your Hosts:

• Asbed Bedrossian
• Hovik Manucharyan

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210124.html Episode 45 | Recorded on January 24, 2021

Guest(s):

• Aram Suren Hamparian
• Asbed Kotchikian
• Emil Sanamyan

ANN/Groong Week in Review - Jan 24, 2021

Topics Covered:

• Supreme Judicial Council Appointments
• Turkish-Azerbaijan Military Exercises in Kars Region
• Incoming US Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Armenia

Guests

• Aram Hamparian
• Asbed Kotchikian
• Emil Sanamyan

Your Hosts:

• Asbed Bedrossian
• Hovik Manucharyan

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210124.html Episode 45 | Recorded on January 24, 2021

ANN/Groong Week in Review - 07/12/2020

Topics:

• The Constitutional Court Standoff Continues in Limbo
• Polls, and what you should know about them
• The Armenian Government’s response to COVID-19
• The State of Armenian Media: Media Freedoms During Covid

Guests:

• Asbed Kotchikian
• Emil Sanamyan
• Alen Zamanyan

Episode 1 | Recorded on July 12, 2020

ANN/Groong Week in Review - 07/12/2020

Topics:

• The Constitutional Court Standoff Continues in Limbo
• Polls, and what you should know about them
• The Armenian Government’s response to COVID-19
• The State of Armenian Media: Media Freedoms During Covid

Guests:

• Asbed Kotchikian
• Emil Sanamyan
• Alen Zamanyan

Episode 1 | Recorded on July 12, 2020