Jonathan Littell on Ukraine, war crimes, fascism, and Russia | Thinking in Dark Times # 4
Jonathan Littell is a Franco-American writer and journalist. He is the author of the bestselling novel The Kindly Ones, a story of a Nazi SS officer on the Eastern front during World War II. Littell h...
9 Nov 202242min
Russia's grain blackmail failed. - Weekly, 30 Oct - 6 Nov | Ep. 155
Russia's grain blackmail has failed, as Moscow showed it was incapable of blocking Ukrainian food exports. The next big battle will be over Kherson, with the Russians preparing to defend the occupied ...
7 Nov 202238min
Philippe Sands on international law, and its future | Thinking in Dark Times # 3
Philippe Sands is a British and French writer and lawyer. He is a Professor of Law and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London. He also wrote the best...
31 Okt 202235min
Blackouts in Ukraine after Russia targets energy infrastructure. - Weekly, Oct 23-30 | Ep. 153
4-8 hours of blackouts per day: Ukrainians are facing rolling electricity outages after Russian missiles have hit civilian infrastructure in the previous weeks. Russia's warships are damaged in Sevast...
30 Okt 202241min
Luke Harding on Ukraine, Russia, and war atrocities | Thinking in Dark Times # 2
Luke Harding is The Guardian’s correspondent on Ukraine, Russia, and Eastern Europe. He is the author of books "Mafia State", "Collusion", "A Very Expensive Poison", and "The Snowden Files" - books ab...
25 Okt 202255min
Looming environmental disaster in Ukraine's south. - Weekly digest, 16-23 Oct | Ep. 151
Russian troops are preparing for street fighting in Kherson, as they cannot hold back the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the South. There is a risk that they will blow up the dam at the Nova Kakhovka h...
24 Okt 202238min
Dostoevsky, crime, justice, and Russia’s war in Ukraine, with Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast | Ep. 150
This episode of the Explaining Ukraine podcast is made in partnership with Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast. With this podcast’s hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell we discuss the Russian invasio...
23 Okt 202247min
Sorrows and joys of the war zone in Eastern Ukraine | Ep. 149
We went to Kharkiv region again, to learn more about the life of Ukrainians near the frontline and in liberated villages and towns. In this episode of the Explaining Ukraine podcast, we tell you the s...
19 Okt 202244min
