How to rediscover Ukraine: the story of Ukraïner - with Julia Tymoshenko
In this episode, we will talk about “Ukraïner”: a great initiative that has done a great deal to help rediscover Ukraine — both from within and from abroad. “Ukraïner” launched expeditions to villag...
28 Loka 202550min
Ukrainian children, kidnapped and reprogrammed by Russia - with Kateryna Rashevska
In this episode, we discuss how Russia destroys Ukrainian families, kidnaps Ukrainian children — including those who have parents — and reprograms them, changing their identity, their way of thinking,...
27 Loka 202544min
Where Ukrainians get their news in war - with Kostiantyn Kvurt
Where do Ukrainians get their news? What are the key trends in Ukraine’s media sector during the war? Do citizens trust information coming from the government? And why is Ukrainian society so dependen...
23 Loka 202546min
Timothy Snyder on why history matters — and how we get it wrong
In September 2025, in Kyiv, a prominent American historian Timothy Snyder received the Vasyl Stus Prize — a Ukrainian award honoring the name of Vasyl Stus, one of Ukraine’s greatest poets and disside...
21 Loka 20251h 32min
A Brief History (and Present) of Ukrainian Theatre — with Mayhill Fowler
What do we know about theatre — the most ephemeral of the arts — in Ukraine? What role did Ukrainian theatre play in Soviet times? How is the heritage of the Executed Renaissance generation still aliv...
17 Loka 202545min
How Poetry Shaped the Ukrainian Nation — with Rory Finnin
Why is Taras Shevchenko not only the founding father of Ukrainian poetry but also of Ukrainian identity? What aspects of his legacy remain alive today? And how does poetry shape a nation? *** Host: T...
15 Loka 202540min
Niall Ferguson on Empires, Networks, and Ukraine
Are all empires equally bad? If some were better than others, what criteria can we use to make such judgments? Why must we study networks, not only hierarchies, to understand our past, present, and fu...
13 Loka 202532min
How Ukraine fights Russian drones - with Taras Tymochko
Let’s take a deeper look into drone warfare and the long-term changes it is bringing to the battlefield. How is Ukraine countering Russian drone attacks? How is it developing systems of drone intercep...
10 Loka 202547min
