Filthy Armenian Adventures
FILTHY ARMENIAN ADVENTURES is a travel agency for the soul that takes you all over the map of our cultural apocalypse and deep into its most forbidden and forgotten territories, where the Santa Ana Winds are always blowing and all guests are dared to abandon their masks... Subscribe to the show on Patreon get 2x the adventures, including the most intimate and scandalous ones, plus 10+ monthly Smoke Break mini-eps on topics of the day, and priority to live events. Created and hosted by Alec Mouhibian. Society & Culture arrow_drop_down Add optional categories Note: Apple Podcasts only recognizes the first category and subcategory. Podcast logo * (jpg or png) newimage.jpg arrow_drop_down Select image Apple Podcasts Requirement: Artwork must be a minimum size of 1400 x 1400 pixels and a maximum size of 3000 x 3000 pixels, in JPEG or PNG format. Highly recommended: Include a show title, brand, or source name as part of your podcast artwork. More Options keyboard_arrow_down Update Options Podbean.com Copyright © Podbean.com 2024. All Rights Reserved.
Episodes
4 days ago
88. How does it feel?
4 days ago
4 days ago
Notes on a miracle.
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Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Smoke Break: Charismala / RFK / J.D. Vance / Arnold's Disgrace
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Election Day is upon us, so here is a sampler of political Smoke Break mini-eps from the last few months about some key characters on that stage. If you want to be several steps ahead of the zeitgeist, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian for access to these brief, intimate voice letters, as well as twice as many feature-length adventures available only to the enlightened patrons of this show.
Thank you for listening, and God Bless America
Monday Oct 21, 2024
87. Hillbilly Elegy w/ Cara Cunningham
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Appalachian icon Cara Cunningham ("Leave Britney Alone") returns to analyze the story of J.D. Vance, the crises of the land he comes from, the powers and limits of the Mamaw State, and the choice America faces this November.
For the full 2 hour episode, subscribe to the show at patreon.com/filthyarmenian. You'll get access to twice as many adventures (including Cara's first appearance, in FAA 70) plus regular smoke break mini-eps on topics of the day.
Reviewed in this ep: Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance + the 2016 film adaptation directed by Ron Howard and starring Glenn Close
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Monday Oct 14, 2024
86. Lunch at Philippe's w/ Jared Klickstein
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
After a reunion tour of Skid Row, Jared and I dip into the place that invented the French Dip Sandwich -- but how? -- to break bread and reflect on the politics of addiction, free will, and determinism. Location: Philippe's The Original
Jared Klickstein is the author of Crooked Smile: What it Took to Escape a Decade of Homelessness, Addiction, and Crime
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Thursday Oct 03, 2024
85. Escaping Skid Row w/ Jared Klickstein
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
A walking tour of America's most notorious rock bottom junkie town with a man who lived there, almost died there, and miraculously escaped...but how?
Jared Klickstein is the author of Crooked Smile: What it Took to Escape a Decade of Homelessness, Addiction, and Crime
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Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
84. Nighthawks 2: Something Was Off w/ Drew Bratcher
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
An editor dies, but a painting comes to life, as I ask the most faithful man I met in Washington how he came to know God at such a young age.
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Drew Bratcher is the author of Bub: Essays from Just North of Nashville Follow him on insta @drewbratcher_writer
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Thank you for listening
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
83. Nighthawks w/ Drew Bratcher
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
In the presence of America's most beguiling depiction of loneliness, I reunite with the one faithful man who helped me survive the horrors of Washington D.C. -- fourteen years after we last met.
Drew Bratcher is the author of Bub: Essays from Just North of Nashville
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
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Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
82. True Detective: Ten Years Later
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
My opening monologue to a magical evening in Austin, Texas honoring Nic Pizzolatto and True Detective on its decade anniversary. For the full video conversation and Q&A with Nic, Jack Mason, and the ladies of Temple of Friendship, and a performance by Nic's wife Suzanne Santo, visit Temple of Friendship's patreon. The live event occurred on June 29.
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Saturday Aug 24, 2024
81. The Speechwriter w/ Ken Khachigian
Saturday Aug 24, 2024
Saturday Aug 24, 2024
Ronald Reagan's chief speechwriter and the one advisor who counseled Nixon NOT to resign joins me for a conversation on the secret connection between the two men, the nature of political messaging, The Swamp, and the history-making scenes and secrets revealed in his new memoir Behind Closed Doors: In the Room with Nixon and Reagan.
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Friday Aug 09, 2024
80. The Hollywood Bowl (feat. Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson)
Friday Aug 09, 2024
Friday Aug 09, 2024
A concert adventure with Bob and Willie under the concentric arches of the historic amphitheater "where summer is forever."
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