Russian war crimes: how can they be explained? | Ep. 172
How can we explain Russian war crimes? Do they derive from a specific cult of violence present in Russian history? Why is the value of life so low in Russian politics and society? Hosts: Volodymyr Yer...
27 Dec 202242min
Russia shells Kherson on Christmas - Weekly, 18-24 Dec, 2022 | Ep. 171
Russia shelled the center of Kherson on Dec 24th, on Chrismas eve, killing at least 10 and wounding over 50 people. Putin and Lukashenka are preparing a new attempt to attack Kyiv. Zelensky visited th...
24 Dec 202241min
Drahomanov: a key Ukrainian political thinker | Discovering the Ukrainian culture # 4
Ukrainian social and political life is profoundly decentralized. It is based upon the idea of the hromada, an autonomous grassroots community, able to defend itself when it is facing aggression. This ...
21 Dec 202236min
Malevych: a symbol of the Ukrainian avant-garde art | Discovering Ukrainian culture # 3
Kazymyr Malevych was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His Black Square and other paintings revolutionized the avant garde art of the early 20th century. He was born in Kyiv to ...
20 Dec 202231min
36 hours without electricity, water, connection, and heating - what does it look like? | Ep. 168
What does it look like to spend 36 hours without electricity, water, mobile connection, and heating? We, along with so many other Ukrainians, are experiencing longer electricity cuts because of Russia...
19 Dec 202240min
Ukraine in wartime - Volodymyr Yermolenko with the International School for Philosophy | Ep. 167
What can philosophy and literature contribute during wartime? How do we shape our relationship with the past? How do we assess our identities? Moreover, how do we deal with reality? In the podcast of ...
18 Dec 202239min
Lesya Ukrainka: perhaps the greatest Ukrainian writer in history | Discovering Ukrainian culture # 2
A feminist, environmentalist, and one of the greatest dramatists in European literature, Lesya Ukrainka’s works are now getting new attention from Ukraine and beyond. Her texts are not widely translat...
13 Dec 202237min
Why is Russia so hostile to the “West”? An attempt at a cultural history. - Ep. 165
Russian hostile propaganda against the “West” and the democratic world has been getting ever more insane over the past years. But the “anti-Western” topics in Russian propaganda have deep cultural roo...
12 Dec 202238min
