Groong Week in Review - January 4, 2026 Topics: Developments in VenezuelaAttacks on Armenian Church ContinueNew MPG Poll ResultsArmenian Economy in 2025 (Jan-Oct)Guest: Hrant Mikaelian Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 501 | Recorded: January 6, 2026 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/501 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ACfF9ryiswE Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Groong Week in Review - Dec 28, 2025 In this milestone 500th episode of *Groong Week in Review*, we assess how major external crises are shaping Armenia’s strategic environment in 2025, examine the stalled Armenia–Azerbaijan process, analyze Russia’s posture around TRIPP, and discuss the implications of a change in the U.S. ambassador. The episode concludes with an extended year-end review, where each participant evaluates their 2025 predictions from a year ago (in Episode 403), and presents ...

The Critical Corner - Recorded on: December 27, 2025 In this episode, guest host Bedros Afeyan speaks with documentary filmmaker Diana Mkrtchyan about her feature documentary *Ojakh: On the Other Side of Silence*. The conversation traces the film’s nine-year development, its origins in Turkish photographer Erhan Arik’s *Horovel* project, and the urgent effort to document the last living Armenian Genocide survivors in border villages. The discussion also addresses artistic responsibility, dign...

Groong Week in Review - December 21, 2025 Topics: Ukraine War and EU RiftSiege on Etchmiadzin and the ChurchPeace Dividend or Political TheaterTRIPP and Competing Power ClaimsGuest: Dziunik Aghajanian Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 498 | Recorded: December 23, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/498 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Ui21tqO_d2U #ArmenianChurch #Etchmiadzin #TRIPP #ArmeniaPolitics #Groong Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Spotlight on Silence - December 18, 2025 This episode examines a growing pattern of political pressure in Armenia, where journalists, lawyers, activists, and clergy are targeted through criminal prosecutions, selective justice, and coordinated propaganda. Drawing on recent cases and legal analysis, the discussion focuses on how laws such as Article 236 are used to constrain speech, protest, and independent institutions. Topics: Criminalization of Speech and Dissent in ArmeniaLegal Pressure on...

Groong Week in Review - December 14, 2025 Topics: - Armenia between EU and Russia - Church–state confrontation in Armenia - Artsakh concessions and return debate - Economy, debt, and governance - NSS raids Artsakh offices Guest: Arthur Khachatryan, MP Hosts: - Hovik Manucharyan - Asbed Bedrossian Episode 496 | Recorded: December 15, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/496 #ArmeniaPolitics #EUvsRussia #ArmenianChurch #Artsakh #Geo...

Conversations on Groong - December 14, 2025 In this episode of Conversations on Groong, we examine how Venezuela’s vast oil reserves have become entangled in global conflict. The discussion links US pressure on Caracas to efforts to drive down oil prices, weaken Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, and limit Iran’s regional power amid rising fears of a wider war. We also explore how a revived Venezuelan oil sector could disrupt OPEC+, reshape Middle East politics, and alter the balance of power ac...

Groong Week in Review - December 7, 2025 Topics 1988 Earthquake RememberedPashinyan’s War on the Armenian ChurchEU-Armenia RelationsNagorno-Karabakh Negotiation DocumentsARAR Foundation Poll Guest Benyamin PoghosyanHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 494 | Recorded: December 8, 2025 https://podcasts.groong.org/494 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Groong Week in Review - November 30, 2025 Topics OSCE MG DissolvedLibaridian on Submitting to Turkey and AzerbaijanNew Constitution to be Drafted by March 2026Archbishops, Letters, Attacks on the ChurchBorder Commissions Meet in BakuComments from Jacob Pursley Guest Arthur Khachikyan Hosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 493 | Recorded: December 2, 2025 https://podcasts.groong.org/493 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Conversations on Groong - December 1, 2025 Topics: US and VenezuelaPotential for New War on IranIs Azerbaijan a “Middle Power”?Europe’s Confused Geopolitical IdentityArmenia’s Confused GeopoliticsGuest: Eldar Mamedov Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 492 | Recorded: November 29, 2025 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/SjcJMIis7sg SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/492 #IranCrisis #AzerbaijanPolitics #EuropeanGeopolitics #ArmeniaSecurity #SouthCaucasus #GlobalPowerPolitics Subscribe a...

Conversations on Groong - November 30, 2025 Topics: Venezuela Ukraine War Gaza TRIPP in ArmeniaGuest: Matthew Hoh Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 491 | Recorded: November 29, 2025 Show Notes: https://podcasts.groong.org/491 Video: https://youtu.be/ZZ_n9Mwum30 #Venezuela #AmericaFirst #USForeignPolicy #TRIPP #UkraineWar Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Conversations on Groong - November 27, 2025 Topics: Clergy Arrests in Armenia Church Under Pressure Prayer Breakfast Controversy Western Silence on Repression CSI’s Findings in YerevanGuest: Joel Veldkamp Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 490 | Recorded: November 25, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/490 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/BGnt2feIXMs #ArmenianChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ClergyArrests #ChristianSolidarityInternational #HumanRightsInArm...

Conversations on Groong - November 26, 2025 Topics: Azerbaijan’s war crimes and impunitySham trials of Artsakh leadersSilence of the OSCE and the WestArmenia’s growing political repressionAttacks on the Armenian ChurchGuest: Garen Jinbachian Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 489 | Recorded: November 23, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/489 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/uwn6cFzDpAo #ArtsakhJustice #HumanRights #OSCE #Armenia #Azerbaijan #PoliticalPrisoners Subscribe and...

Groong Week in Review - November 23, 2025 Topics: High-Stakes Ukraine TalksArmenia’s Growing Political DetentionsPashinyan Honored In KazakhstanRising Pressure On The ChurchImpeachment vs. ElectionsPashinyan Seizes Power GridGuest: Hrant Mikaelian Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 488 | Recorded: November 24, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/488 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/YA7EDq_Ve3I #ArmeniaPolitics #SouthCaucasus #HumanRights #FreeSpeech #RussiaUkraine #GroongPodcast ...

Freedom of Speech at Risk in Armenia, Vagharshapat, RPA Strategy | Ep 487, Nov 19, 2025 Conversations on Groong - Recorded on: November 18, 2025 Topics Freedom of Expression at Risk in ArmeniaVagharshapat Municipal OutcomesRepublican Party Election StrategyStand in Support of Independent Media and Journalism in Armenia Guest Hayk MamijanyanHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 487 | Recorded: November 18, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/487 Subscribe and follow...

Groong Week in Review - November 16, 2025 Topics: Ukraine and Iran-Israel ConflictsC5+1 in Washington DCVagharshapat/Etchmiadzin MunicipalGuest: Sergei Melkonian Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 486 | Recorded: November 17, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/486 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/53k2AVy6gAA #ArmeniaPolitics #SouthCaucasus #UkraineWar #IranIsrael Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Imnemnimi Podcasters Arrested:Freedom of Expression at Risk in Armenia Conversations on Groong Topics Arrest of Imnemnimi PodcastersWhat are the Government’s Real Intentions?Silence of the WestCall to All Media: Cover Aggressions Against Freedom of Expression in Armenia! Guest Arthur KhachikyanHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 485 | Recorded: November 14, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/485 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Groong Week in Review - November 9, 2025 Topics Nov 9: 44-Day War 5 years HenceUkraine and Iran-Israel ConflictsPres. Serge Sargsyan’s InterviewPres. Robert Kocharyan’s InterviewNarek Karapetyan on Tucker Carlson Guest Arthur G MartirosyanHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 484 | Recorded: November 10, 2025 https://podcasts.groong.org/484 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Groong Week in Review - November 2, 2025 Topics: Ukraine war status and U.S.–Russia dynamicsChurch–state tensions and religious prosecutionsOpposition arrests, trials, and civil libertiesBorder demarcation, enclaves Guest Benyamin PoghosyanHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 483 | Recorded: November 3, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/483 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/KqMS6eji7sc #UkraineWar #ArmeniaPolitics #ChurchPersecution #OppositionCrackdown Subscribe and follow u...

Conversations on Groong - November 1, 2025 Topics: Timing and intent for an Israel and Iran clash Unfinished business from the June war US role, limited support or full entry Iran’s escalation ladder and Caucasus spillover scenariosGuest: Trita Parsi Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 482 | Recorded: October 30, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/482 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/hn0UM3BPYOc #TritaParsi #IsraelIran #MiddleEast #USForeignPolicy #Ira...