THE BLUNT POST with VIC: Guest, Dr. Irina Ghaplanyan

Host Vic Gerami interviews Dr. Irina Ghaplanyan. Dr. Ghaplanyan is a political scientist, climate negotiator and published author. Dr. Ghaplanyan holds bachelor’s degree from the University of Malta and a Doctorate degree in political science from the University of Cambridge. Dr Ghaplanyan served as Deputy Minister of Environment for the Republic of Armenia between 2018 and 2020. Currently, she acts as a Senior Advisor on Climate Change to the World Bank Group and as International Expert on Climate Change to the FAO, she also teaches at the American University of Armenia. Dr. Ghaplanyan has worked in a number of international organizations and think tanks around the world to include UNDP, Georgetown University, and Eurasia Foundation. In 2015, she was awarded as one of the top social venture entrepreneurs by the Global Good Fund Leadership program in Washington DC. Dr. Ghaplanyan has a number of academic and media publications, among which the most recent is a book titled “Post-Soviet Armenia: The New National Elite and the New National Narrative”. THE BLUNT POST with VIC (TBPV) with host Vic Gerami is a national breaking + headline news program that reaches over 18-million households in Southern California. Vic covers the latest news + current events, offers commentary + analysis, and interviews a member of Congress and other high-profile public figures. The show airs LIVE on Mondays, at 6:00 a.m. (PT) on Independent & Progressive Radio KPFK 90.7 FM and Livestream at KPFK.org. Immediately following the broadcast, it is available at KPFK.org and on iTunes, Stitcher, Tune-In, SoundCloud, and Spotify.