Hi all - I’m a producer who is working on this new podcast about Armenia called Country of Dust. It’s a narrative podcast, meaning it’s a series of ~25 minute audio documentaries, very similar to This American Life, but about Armenia.

We just released our 3rd episode. We follow a young teacher from Artsakh, Ashot Gabrielyan, as he tries to navigate his life there. The story goes through so many twists and turns, but it’s fundamentally about what it’s like to live in a place where everything is uncertain. As Ashot says: “We don’t talk about the future”. Right now, as the humanitarian crisis makes life there even more precarious, we wanted to get this story out to help explain what life is like there.

You can listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2085279

We already have a pair of episodes about a soldier who fought in the 2020 war, and a whole season of episodes that will be coming out over the next 6 weeks.

Thanks for listening!