The deep roots of Russia's genocidal war | Ep. 180
Can we call the current conflict a genocidal war? Why is Russia willing to eliminate Ukraine and Ukrainian identity? Why does it consider Ukraine an “artificial nation?” What are the deeper roots of R...
30 Jan 202353min
Oleksandra Matviychuk on Nobel Prize and tribunal for Putin | Thinking in Dark Times # 7
Oleksandra Matviychuk is a Ukrainian human rights defender, and the head of the Centre for Civil Liberties, a Ukrainian NGO which was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Volodymyr Yermolenko, the chie...
27 Jan 202347min
Local apocalypse in Eastern Ukraine | Ep. 178
Local apocalypse in Eastern Ukraine. We went there again, and this is what we can tell you. In some villages, every single house has been destroyed, without exception, and some tiny towns have been pr...
25 Jan 202351min
Anne Applebaum on Ukrainian resistance and Russian totalitarianism | Thinking in Dark Times # 6
Anne Applebaum is an American journalist and historian, Pulitzer Prize winner (2004), author of numerous books about Eastern Europe and global politics, and Washington Post columnist. Volodymyr Yermol...
23 Jan 202349min
Ukraine in 2022: war, resistance, suffering, courage | Ep. 176
In this episode, we’re giving an overview of Ukraine in 2022: suffering and heroism of the full-scale war; Russian war crimes and genocidal violence; and the strength and resistance of Ukrainian socie...
31 Dec 202231min
Kherson, a city under constant Russian shelling. A dispatch from our trip here | Ep. 175
Kherson, a regional capital in Southern Ukraine, was liberated from Russian occupation in November. Since then, Russians have been trying to make life in the city unbearable. They shell it with artil...
30 Dec 202238min
Mykolaiv, a southern fortress. A podcast from our trip | Ep. 174
The city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine has been under constant Russian bombardment for 9 months. The city has lived without water and electricity for a long time. The situation improved after Ukrain...
29 Dec 202232min
Women in Ukrainian culture: a brief introduction | Ep. 173
Why do women play such an important role in Ukrainian culture? How is Ukrainian feminist emancipation connected with national emancipation? Who are the Ukrainian female authors you need to know about?...
28 Dec 202239min
