Episode 63: Why There Won't Be Elections, But What If There Were?
Some outside pressure is asking why Ukraine won't be having wartime elections. We start by going over why that would be impossible, then dig deeper into Ukrainian electoral politics and would would co...
4 Nov 20231h 21min
Episode 62: Assault on the Fortress-City of Avdiivka
In this episode... 00:42 - Anthony recounts a reporting trip to Kharkiv and back to the former Kakhovka Reservoir 07:42 - Russia launches a massive assault on Avdiivka, and takes massive casualties in...
25 Okt 202347min
Episode 61: Gaza War - Understanding An Unfolding Tragedy With Joey Ayoub
We are joined by Joey Ayoub, PhD, host of The Fire These Times, about the recent massacre by Hamas in southern Israel and Israel's subsequent retaliation against Gaza's civilian population. The feroci...
18 Okt 20231h 43min
Episode 60: Ukraine Breaks the Black Sea Blockade
In this episode... 00:49 - Russia hits a grocery store and cafe holding a wake for a deceased community member in a village in Kharkiv region, killing over 50 people. 03:15 - Ukraine advances beyond ...
5 Okt 202354min
Episode 59: Azerbaijan invades Nagorno-Karabakh
In this episode... 00:01:20 - Visiting a Hungarian-speaking town in the Zakarpattia region 00:18:40 - The anniversary of the assassination of Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze in 2000, and how th...
22 Sep 20231h 17min
Episode 58: The Defense Ministry Gets a New - Crimean - Boss
In this episode... 00:01:21 - Ukrainian forces begin to pierce Russia's second line of defense in the south, and retake positions near Donetsk city. 00:08:35 - Russia caught by the Cuban authorities i...
11 Sep 20231h 8min
Episode 57: The Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin
In this episode... 00:01:16 - Despite naysaying in the Western press, the Southern offensive makes a major breakthrough by taking Robotyne and pushing forward. 00:25:32 - How Ukraine, the country that...
31 Aug 20231h 38min
Episode 56: Looking Over an Empty Reservoir - A Trip to the South
Anthony has returned from a reporting trip to the south of Ukraine and relays what he saw on the ground. 00:02:10 - Odesa's Transfiguration Cathedral was badly damaged by the recent Russia strike on t...
19 Aug 20231h 16min
