🇦🇲#WeekinReview for Mar 1, 2026 with Hrant Mikaelian/@hrant_m
- Iran War
- Effect on Armenia
- Remembering Sumgait Pogroms
w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#IranWar #EpicFury #Sumgait1988 #IranIsraelConflict #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh #Iran #DonaldTrump
▶️ youtu.be/TA-sYfuQYgk
Groong Week in Review - February 22, 2026
Topics:
- Iran War Fears
- June Parliamentary Elections
- Attacks on the Armenian Church
Guest: Dziunik Aghajanian
Episode 519 | Recorded: February 25, 2026
SHOW NOTES: podcasts.groong.org/519
VIDEO: youtu.be/1FFkLOeY2lI
Groong Deep History - February 24, 2026
Topics:
- Vardanank Wars and The Battle of Avarayr
- Armenian Sources, Yeghishe and Parpetsi
- Politics, Christianity, Nakharar Power Dynamics
Guest: Zaroui Pogossian
Episode 518 | Recorded: February 22, 2026
youtu.be/1-o4Gv1v4vw
Conversations on Groong - Feb 15, 2026
Topics:
- Vance visit
- Tsitsernakaberd tweet
- TRIPP corridor stake and sovereignty risks
- Nuclear SMR deal
- Firebird AI
- Drones, church silence, Baku charter and prisoners
youtu.be/4FEVG-lJVkE
Episode 517 | Recorded: February 13, 2026
🇦🇲#WeekinReview for Feb 8, 2026 with Dr. Philippe Raffi Kalfayan
* A European View of America
* JD Vance in Armenia
* Pashinyan vs. The Armenian Church
* Europe and Armenia
w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh #Iran #DonaldTrump #TRIPP
▶️ youtu.be/nzyLDoPOREY
🇦🇲 Rules-based order? What Rules-based order?
“Donroe Doctrine”, tariffs, #Iran, #Armenia angle and coercion in a world that's no longer unipolar
James W Carden and Pietro Shakarian unpack #Davos realism, the “Board of Peace”
w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
▶️ youtu.be/xMJbLDXADGU
Conversations on Groong - February 5, 2026
Topics:
- Defining the “Canceling Russia”
- Containment shifts to coercive transformation
- Russian Orthodox Church as battleground
- Kremlin “towers” and civilizational logic
Guest: Andrei Tsygankov
Episode 514 | Recorded: February 4, 2026
Conversations on Groong - February 4, 2026
Topics:
- CSI Visits Jailed Cleric
- IRF Summit
- PACE MP Speaks Up
Guest: Joel Veldkamp
Episode 513 | Recorded: February 3, 2026
youtu.be/gi1yk302jts
#ArmenianChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ClergyArrests #IRFSummit2026
Conversations on Groong - Jan 31, 2026
Topics:
- Foreign intelligence service
- FIS report, strategic gaps
- Azerbaijan risk and deterrence
- Hybrid threats and elections
- TRIPP, AI, and data risks
Guest: David Davidian
Episode 511 | Recorded: Jan 28, 2026
youtu.be/dMX6GW54Eek
🇦🇲#WeekinReview for Jan 25, 2026 with #ArthurKhachatryan
* Memorial Day vs. Army Day
* JD Vance to #Armenia and #Azerbaijan
* Armenian Church Developments
* Strong Armenia - New Political Party
w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh #Iran
▶️ youtu.be/czqx5UCdFA0
🇦🇲 What does it mean to document Armenian memory across borders, and then revisit it as time changes everything? #BedrosAfeyan talks with Photojournalist #ErhanArik about:
- Horovel
- Ojakh
- Gayan
- plus his new film Our Seeds (Tohum)
▶️ youtu.be/cPmkCC40nTU
#TheCriticalCorner #TCC #ArmenianGenocide
Groong Week in Review - January 18, 2026
Topics:
- Syria, Kurds, Turkish advance
- Iran unrest, war postponed
- TRIPP and sovereignty dispute
- 2026 elections, foreign influence
Guest: Sergei Melkonian
Episode 508 | Recorded: January 19, 2026
VIDEO: youtu.be/LDI5e7Tcu8k
Conversations on Groong - January 17, 2026
Topics:
- Return of Four Hostages
- Pashinyan vs. Church
- TRIPP
- Armenia Parliamentary Election
Guest: Anna Grigoryan
Episode 507 | Recorded: January 16, 2026
VIDEO: youtu.be/b-qrlL7z6UY
Iran, Russia, and the Geopolitics of Post-Soviet Eurasia - w/ #PietroShakarian
- Unrest in Iran
- Russia-Iran Partnership
- Solovyov’s Statements
- Trump’s “TRIPP Wire” in Caucasus
- Release of Armenian hostages
Hosts: @qubriq.bsky.social & @hovikyerevan.bsky.social
youtu.be/BWhpfH1ruv4
🇦🇲#WeekinReview for Jan 11, 2026 w/#ArthurMartirosyan
* Ukraine war cost to Russia
* Iran unrest and war risk
* Baku pogroms
* Russia-Armenia tensions
* Pashinyan’s clash with the Armenian Church
w/ @HovikYerevan & @qubriq
#Armenia #Artsakh #Iran #Ukraine #Russia #Azerbaijan
▶️ youtu.be/0Nb4Qrp87IU
Conversations on Groong - January 13, 2026
Topics:
- The Legal Architecture
- Engineering Parallel, Schismatic Structures
- Criminal Law as Leverage
- Bern in Action and Reaction
- The Deeper Stakes: National Identity
Guest: Kevork Hagopjian
Episode 504 | Recorded: January 12, 2026
Conversations on Groong - Jan 11, 2026
Topics:
- Pashinyan Attacks: Geopolitics or Vendetta?
- Renegade Bishops: Demands and Narratives
- Stolen Church Property
- From Christmas to Easter
Guest: Fr. Serop Azarian
Episode 503 | Recorded: January 9, 2026
youtu.be/HUETbXqRncw
Conversations on Groong - January 9, 2026
Topics:
- Venezuela
- Ukraine War
- Russia-Iran Relations
- TRIPP and Russian-Armenian Relations
Guest: Fyodor Lukyanov
Hosts:
- Hovik Manucharyan
- Asbed Bedrossian
Episode 502 | Recorded: January 8, 2026
VIDEO: youtu.be/d1XxQHSZUEE
Groong Week in Review - January 4, 2026
Topics:
- Developments in Venezuela
- Attacks on Armenian Church Continue
- New MPG Poll Results
- Armenian Economy in 2025 (Jan-Oct)
Guest: Hrant Mikaelian
Episode 501 | Recorded: January 6, 2026
🇦🇲 From Groong’s “Critical Corner”, #BedrosAfeyan talks with filmmaker #DianaMkrtchyan
* Origins of *Ojakh: On the Other Side of Silence* in #ErhanArik’s photographic work
* Filming final testimonies of Armenian Genocide survivors
* Erasure from official promotion in #Armenia
▶️ youtu.be/5aH-gAwqGb0
Groong Week in Review - December 21, 2025
Topics:
- Ukraine War and EU Rift
- Siege on Etchmiadzin and the Church
- Peace Dividend or Political Theater
- TRIPP and Competing Power Claims
Guest: Dziunik Aghajanian
Episode 498 | Recorded: December 23, 2025
youtu.be/Ui21tqO_d2U
Spotlight on Silence - December 18, 2025
Topics:
- Criminalization of Speech and Dissent in Armenia
- Legal Pressure on Lawyers, Journalists, and Clergy
- Selective Justice and Coordinated Propaganda
- Article 236 and the Policing of Protest
Episode 497
VIDEO: youtu.be/-aRS_GqoCjE
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
VIDEO: youtu.be/OsK5d5wR0M8
Conversations on Groong - December 14, 2025
Topics:
- Venezuela’s oil and US pressure
- Trump, oil prices, and OPEC+
- Middle East fallout from cheap oil
- Ukraine war and Iran conflict stakes
Guest: Harry Istepanian
Episode 495 | Recorded: December 11, 2025
youtu.be/g0bH2EFA3GU
🇦🇲#WeekinReview for Dec 7, 2025 with @Benyamin_Poghos
* 1988 Earthquake Remembered
* Pashinyan’s War on the #Armenian Church
* EU-#Armenia Relations
* #NagornoKarabakh Negotiation Documents
* ARAR Foundation Poll
w/ @HovikYerevan & @qubriq
#Artsakh
▶️ youtu.be/hPXwAJrYcdQ
🇦🇲#WeekinReview for Nov 30, 2025 w/#ArthurKhachikyan
* OSCE MG Dissolved
* Libaridian on accepting defeat
* New #Armenian Constitution by 3/26
* Church Crisis
* Border Commish
* Notes from Jacob Pursley
youtu.be/Ex53tGTgkIg
w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#NagornoKarabakh #Artsakh
Conversations on Groong - December 1, 2025
Topics:
- US and Venezuela
- Potential for New War on Iran
- Is Azerbaijan a “Middle Power”?
- Europe’s Confused Geopolitical Identity
- Armenia’s Confused Geopolitics
Guest: Eldar Mamedov
VIDEO: youtu.be/SjcJMIis7sg
Conversations on Groong - November 30, 2025
Topics:
- Venezuela
- Ukraine War
- Gaza
- TRIPP in Armenia
Guest: Matthew Hoh
Episode 491 | Recorded: November 29, 2025
youtu.be/ZZ_n9Mwum30
#Venezuela #AmericaFirst #USForeignPolicy #TRIPP #UkraineWar
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 Yerevan
Guest: Joel Veldkamp
youtu.be/BGnt2feIXMs?...
#ArmenianChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ClergyArrests
Conversations on Groong - November 26, 2025
Topics:
- Azerbaijan’s war crimes and impunity
- Sham trials of Artsakh leaders
- Silence of the OSCE and the West
- Armenia’s growing political repression
- Attacks on the Armenian Church
youtu.be/uwn6cFzDpAo
