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Armenian Enough

Dec 26, 2019

Armenian wine making dates back 4000 years BC, so it's safe to say that our people have a long history of experimenting with intoxicating beverages and flavors. Influenced by his family's tradition of brandy making, Melkon (along with his wife) reinterprets flavor profiles of traditional spirits using the environment as...


Dec 12, 2019

One of the greatest gifts we can bestow on our culture is to make our historical past relevant by merging it with the present day. Composer John Hodian guides us through his process of rediscovering Armenian music, infusing it with world music influences, and welding that combination to ancient lyrics, resulting in a...


Nov 28, 2019

Universally, Armenia is recognized as a Christian nation, but what were we before then? Armenian history goes back thousands of years. What did our ancestors believe in? To whom did they pray? Are any of the pagan traditions still practiced today? Historian Vazgen Barsegian takes us back in time to discover a rich...


Nov 14, 2019

In America and across the globe today, people have been experiencing an intense sense of polarization. It's happening on social media, TV news, and in our very living rooms. The gulf between us and them feels at its widest. It is increasingly difficult for us to find meaningful common ground with those we view as being...


Oct 31, 2019

In Part 2 of our episode on racism in the Armenian community, Sonia and Brandon speak frankly about the challenges they face as a mixed family and the importance of representation for their children. They illustrate how being biracial can be an enhancement of culture rather than a dilution of it. At its core, it is...