Armenian News Network - Groong: Week In Review Podcast

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

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 492 | Recorded: November 29, 2025

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/SjcJMIis7sg

SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/492

#IranCrisis #AzerbaijanPolitics #EuropeanGeopolitics #ArmeniaSecurity #SouthCaucasus #GlobalPowerPolitics

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Conversations on Groong - November 30, 2025

Topics:

•  Venezuela
•  Ukraine War
•  Gaza
•  TRIPP in Armenia

Guest: Matthew Hoh

Hosts: 

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 491 | Recorded: November 29, 2025

Show Notes: https://podcasts.groong.org/491

Video: https://youtu.be/ZZ_n9Mwum30

#Venezuela #AmericaFirst #USForeignPolicy #TRIPP #UkraineWar

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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

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 490 | Recorded: November 25, 2025

SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/490

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/BGnt2feIXMs

#ArmenianChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ClergyArrests #ChristianSolidarityInternational #HumanRightsInArmenia

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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

Guest: Garen Jinbachian

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 489 | Recorded: November 23, 2025

SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/489

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/uwn6cFzDpAo

#ArtsakhJustice #HumanRights #OSCE #Armenia #Azerbaijan #PoliticalPrisoners

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Groong Week in Review - November 23, 2025

Topics:

• High-Stakes Ukraine Talks
• Armenia’s Growing Political Detentions
• Pashinyan Honored In Kazakhstan
• Rising Pressure On The Church
• Impeachment vs. Elections
• Pashinyan Seizes Power Grid

Guest: Hrant Mikaelian

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 488 | Recorded: November 24, 2025

SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/488

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/YA7EDq_Ve3I

#ArmeniaPolitics #SouthCaucasus #HumanRights #FreeSpeech #RussiaUkraine #GroongPodcast

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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 Armenia
• Vagharshapat Municipal Outcomes
• Republican Party Election Strategy
• Stand in Support of Independent Media and Journalism in Armenia

Guest

• Hayk Mamijanyan

Hosts

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 487 | Recorded: November 18, 2025

SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/487

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Groong Week in Review - November 16, 2025

Topics:

• Ukraine and Iran-Israel Conflicts
• C5+1 in Washington DC
• Vagharshapat/Etchmiadzin Municipal

Guest: Sergei Melkonian

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 486 | Recorded: November 17, 2025

SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/486

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/53k2AVy6gAA

#ArmeniaPolitics #SouthCaucasus #UkraineWar #IranIsrael

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Imnemnimi Podcasters Arrested:Freedom of Expression at Risk in Armenia

Conversations on Groong

Topics

• Arrest of Imnemnimi Podcasters
• What are the Government’s Real Intentions?
• Silence of the West
• Call to All Media: Cover Aggressions Against Freedom of Expression in Armenia!

Guest

• Arthur Khachikyan

Hosts

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 485 | Recorded: November 14, 2025

SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/485

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Groong Week in Review - November 9, 2025

Topics

• Nov 9: 44-Day War 5 years Hence
• Ukraine and Iran-Israel Conflicts
• Pres. Serge Sargsyan’s Interview
• Pres. Robert Kocharyan’s Interview
• Narek Karapetyan on Tucker Carlson

Guest

• Arthur G Martirosyan

Hosts

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 484 | Recorded: November 10, 2025

https://podcasts.groong.org/484

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Groong Week in Review - November 2, 2025

Topics:

• Ukraine war status and U.S.–Russia dynamics
• Church–state tensions and religious prosecutions
• Opposition arrests, trials, and civil liberties
• Border demarcation, enclaves

Guest

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Hosts

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 483 | Recorded: November 3, 2025

SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/483

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/KqMS6eji7sc

#UkraineWar #ArmeniaPolitics #ChurchPersecution #OppositionCrackdown

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