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In this episode, we sit down with Anahit and Gohar, creators of Akanjogh: Armenia's first podcast about feminism. The name of their program plays on the Armenian words for "earring" and "take heed," and the goal of this program is to grab a new Armenian audience of podcast listeners by the ear and draw their attention to enduring importance of feminist thought in the context of Armenia's new post-Revolution politics. In our conversation, we talk about the joys and challenges of pioneering a nascent podcast culture in Armenia, as well as some of the issues that Akanjogh tackles in each of its episodes. We also discuss how feminist consciousness fits into the broader political transformation that is currently underway in Armenia and the role that podcasts may play in teaching the Armenian diaspora about the perspectives of the new generation that has grown up in the independent Republic of Armenia.