The Great American Weekend

Catch our last "Farewell" episode with a special guest, instructor at AUA, retired US State Department and world traveler, Tom Hayes. It was a great experience for our team. Thanks to all our listeners, guests, callers, the US Embassy in Yerevan and the new friends we met thanks to our show. We will miss you.

Pur cool episode with cool and talented people: Leelitte and A. Chilla. 🎤🎧🎼 Great American Weekend in Yerevan with George Washington, Steve Jobs, Larry Tesler, Master Steve and Inna MK 😉

When we talk about love and Valentine's we sure do need music. Our guest: singer and song writer Eva Voskanyan was singing about snow, and it snowed that night. Mirracles happen when you do it with love.

A must-watch and listen episode about Gertrude Stine, Oscars, Nina Simone and more. Master Steve's Slang and Idioms segment, Inna's quotes and of course the Calendar of Events on The Great American Weekend.

American movies, American Food, American musicians, American Drinks, American quotes and so on 🙂 Catch our mash-up episode "Top 10 of Everything" on Radio Van.

Catch our fun and educative episode about alien abductions with a special guest: actor, writer and illusionist and just a really cool guy, David Chandler.

"Chocolate milk comes from brown cows" true or false? Find out from our "Higher Educaton" episode with Agricultural Economics Phd candidate at Colorado State University, Armen Kazarian.

It's the most wonderful time of the year with Great American Weekend on Radio Van. "Christmas and New Year" episode with our positive and sunny guest, Country Director of Peace Corps Armenia, Sonny Luu. Happy holidays to all!

This was our episode about Emily Dickinson, Bill of Rights and Human Rights. Catch some poetry, quizes, news and quotes with Inna MK and Master Steve on The Great American Weekend, Radio Van.

Walt Disney, Frank Sinatra and Winter at Great American Weekend on Radio Van. Catch our warm and frosty episode full of quizes, idioms, quotes and childhood memories.

"Relax, smile and be kind", says Bruce Matzkin to humanity at our studio. Catch our fun and educational episode on Mark Twain with musicians of "Dead Walking" band -Vocalist Bruce Matzkin and guitarist David Selimyan.

Catch our "Thanksgiving & Black Friday" episode with our special guest, Vahagn Dilbandyan from America.

Check out our "Fall and Aviation" episode, learn useful terms and phrases, be aware of upcoming events and of course see what our guest, Armenian-American Peter Barsamian has to tell about living in America.

Hear what Ezra Pound, Walt Whitman, Hemingway, Cummings, Mark Twain and many more have to say at GAW "Literacy and Books" episode on Radio Van with Master Steve and Inna MK.

Check out our spooky episode with some Polish accent. Halloween, slang, quotes, calendar of events and much more with a special guest Adam Ambrozy at "The Great American Weekend".

Check out our "Food and Hospitality" GAW episode, learn new phrases and words, upcoming cultural events, news and much more. "Fresh, clean and honest service is the key", says our guest Arpine Zurfluh, Chef and Co-Founder of Los Pueblos Mexican Restaurant.

Check out the Great American Weekend episode on "Family Traditions" with Inna MK & Rena De. What means ''to get hitched"? What it's like to have American in-laws? Who is Master Steve's wife? All this and much more in this video with our special guest, Mistress Anna Hovhannisyan Donatelle.

Check out our episode on Columbus Day. Find out who Leif Erikson, Walter Benjamin and Indigenous people are. Learn new words and phrases from Master Steve, make notes while we share the calendar of evnets for the upcoming week, participate in our quiz on air with Inna MK and much more.

Catch our episode on "World Teachers Day" with a special guest: FLEX program alumna, Founder and CEO of MAROG Creative Agency, Magda Markosyan: "Be open to knowledge, find and follow your path".

Catch our 'patriotic' and creative episode with our extraordinary guest, super-talented Grammy winning musician, singer and song-writer, Arto Tunçboyaciyan! See him table drumming, creating a song right on the spot, talking about life and much more.

Welcome back to The Great American Weekend on Radio Van with Inna MK, Hazva QT and Master Steve ! Calendar of events, news, quests, slang, Armenian Radio jokes and harvest season in our studio.

Catch the last "Great American Weekend" episode of this season! Summer, ice cream, quizz, calendar of events and tips how to fight boredom. Will be back in September.

Catch our 'spacy' episode with our guest "From the stars", American-based singer, song-writer, Sam Babayan!Explore the #space with #TheGAW hosted by Inna MK & MasterSteve on Radio Van.

"Come to Armenia", says Yerevan based artist Baron Scancelli at "The Great American Weekend".Catch our #Anonymity episode to hear Scancelli's story and listen to him talk about New York, his art and many other things.

Catch our episode #22, all about music and living away from home. We had two guests: John Hodian from The Naghash Ensemble and Hannah Szymanski from Boston.

Catch our 4th Of July Episode with a special guest - U.S. Embassy Political Officer, Somer Bessire-Briers. Hear her talk about Independence Day celebration traditions in the US, upcoming concert at Cascade and much more. #practiceEnglish #LearnMore with Great American Weekend on Radio Van hosted by: Inna MK, Hazva QT & Master Steve.

Check our "Safety" episode: useful advice, jokes, news, calendar of events and language practice with Great American Weekend hosts: Inna MK, Master Steve and Hazva QT.

Catch our fatherhood episode. Our guest is Raffi Kassarjian and his two great children, Haig and Sati. Rafii is Advisor to the CEO of Monitis and Chairman of the Board of Repat Armenia Foundation, and holds Board positions at Impact Hub Yerevan and EVN Report.

Catch our Summer And Global Warming theme. Our guest was beautiful and talented singer from the UK, Katya D'Janoeff. American Weekend radio van hosted by: Inna MK, #HazvaQT and #MasterSteve

Catch our June 1st, Fest Food Festival & International Childrens Day episode, where Kids Take Over GAW 😉 Our first guest is Jirair Avanian, owner of Dolmama and the Flying Ostrich by Dolmama and one of the organizers of the Fest Food and Eclectica Music fest in Dilijan this month. Also watch Katya and Gayane Hovnanian Aleksanyan, Daniella and Emmy Donatelle hosting the show and interviewing Inna MK, Master Steve and Hazva QT.

Catch our Art and Experience episode. This time we had 2 guests: #1: Writer, curator and art critic, who was named one of ten most influential women in contemporary art of Armenia - Ella Kanegarian.#2:Traveler, travel blogger, author, pod-caster and documentary producer, Ric Gazarian, who has been to 137 countries and wants to see them all. Hosted by: Inna MK, HazvaQT & MasterSteve.

Enjoy our special issue of Great American Weekend show hosted by Inna MK, HazvaQT & MasterSteve. It's all about #Jazz ! Our special guest is Dave Geodakian with his sextet! David Melkonyan - Alto and Soprano SaxophonesDaniel Melkonyan - Trumpet and FlugelhornAreg Ordyan - GuitarArman Asatryan - PianoDavid Geodakyan - Acoustic Bass Arman Mnatsakanyan - Drums.

Catch our #GAW Mother's Day Episode. Our guest was inspiring Woman Entrepreneur, beautiful Mother - Nina Hovnanian.

Two guests one show! Catch our Healthy episode with fitness coach, Daniel Jacknouz and Olympic gymnast and Physician Assistant Houry Gebeshian.

The Great American theme of this week was Globalization. We had the pleasure to host Elina Markaryan, the Public Affairs and Communication Director at Coca-Cola Hellenic Armenia. Join every Saturday with Inna MK, Hazva QT & Master Steve.

This episode of Great American Weekend was about triumph before death, traditions of Easter both Armenian and American, all spiced up with humour and positivity conducted by Inna MK, Hazva QT & Master Steve.

Watch the recording of Great American Weekend episode on "Health and Diet" with Inna Mk, Hazva QT & Master Steve. Our virtual guest was Dr. Tro who complimented our episode on health awareness. Do not miss his useful advice exclusively for our show on Radio Van.

Catch the video with some virtual booze on our "Beer Day and Prohibition" episode with brew-master, Neil Playfoot hosted by Inna MK & Master Steve.

Check out our episode on "Roots and Ancestors" with an exclusive interview of American Armenian artist, Minas Halajian. #Great #American #Weekend on #Radio #Van FM 103.1 with Inna MK, Master Steve and HazvaQT.

Check out The Great American Weekend "Immigration and Assimilation" episode with Master Steve and Inna MK. Our guest was Sonya Armaghanyan. She won the 2018 Swiss Humanitarian Award from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation for her dissertation entitled “Theatre as Psycho-social Approach in Humanitarian Settings.” If you wonder what that means: listen and learn.

The focus of this episode was on the Beatniks, an American cultural and literary movement from the 1950s, its key personalities like novelist and poet, Jack Kerouac, American poet, philosopher and writer, Allen Ginsberg and others. Watch Inna MK, HazvaQT & Master Steve reading poems, sharing news & doing #haikus_Blues on air.

#TheGAW team congratulates all women with "International Women's Day"! In this episode we share information on "Women’s History Month", feminism, women's rights and much more. This time our guest is Charlotte Poulain - operations Director at ONEArmenia. The Great American Weekend hosted by Inna MK, HazvaQT & MasterSteve.

The Great American Weekend welcomes spring with the sounds of Armen Shaverdian's guitar and singing. Learn more about Equanox, Barekendan and much more with Inna MK, Hazva QT and Master Steve on Radio Van.

Catch the third episode of the Great American Weekend about Freedom and Black History Month. Music, news, poems on air with Inna MK, Hazva QT and Master Steve. Also find out what our guest - writer and traveler, Raffi Ouzounian thinks about being free.

Inna MK, Hazva QT and Master Steve are ready to welcome you to #TheGreatAmericanWeekend second episode. This time LOVE is our theme, and we also have an "unusual" interview with a special guest: Andre Simonian, the lead singer of The Beautified Project. If you missed this one, make sure you catch it now to hear the Radio Van premiere of Andre's song "MIssing Part". Catch some local and US news, learn more about St. Valentine's and St. Sargis, find out who Bell Hooks is, learn new words and phrases, get the list of upcoming events and just find out what it is to love when you are an American living in Armenia or an Armenian who used to live in America.. Uh, just listen.

The "Great American Weekend" show launched on Saturday with an exciting debut for Inna MK, Master Steve and Hazva QT. For all of you, who missed us on Saturday, check out the video, where these guys discuss: what makes things “great”, current events in Armenia and the US, like State of the Union, Super Bowl and crocodile eggs import to Armenia, as well as comedic observations and an American English lesson. Do you want to know what "preaching to the choir" means? Check out the first episode.

TheGreatAmericanWeekend ! An all-new live English language show on Radio Van. Join Inna MK, Hazva QT and Master Steve as they take you on a two-hour trip to America that is informative and even educational. American news, culture, humor and language, all with an Armenian accent. It is like visiting America