Ukraine 242 Podcast
24/2, February 24th, was the day that Russia began bombing Ukraine at the beginning of its all-out invasion which is now in its eleventh month. Every week Anne Levine interviews someone in Ukraine or from around the world, with a unique perspective on the war. Everyone from a Nobel Peace Prize winner to a military Colonel to an Instagram Influencer turned volunteer for orphaned children is on our show. Interviews conducted by Anne Levine and shows edited by Ursula Ruedenberg.
Episodes
84 episodes
The Conclusion of the Story of Euromaidan Revolution of Dignity
Journalists Alya Shandra and Bohdan Ben describe what happened on the ground during the Euromaidan Revolution of Dignity. Both participated in this historic grassroots peoples rebellion in 2014 that solidified Ukraine's pivot away from Russia t...
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Sarah Ashton Cirillo: One Year Later Part Two
The second part of an interview with Sarah Ashton Cirillo an American journalist who enlisted as a combat medic in the armed forces of Ukraine. She is an American trans woman and the only American female soldier at zero line, the front-most tre...
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One Year Later - Sarah Ashton-Cirillo
One year after an interview with Ukraine 2 4 2, the first of a two-part interview with Sarah Ashton Cirillo an American journalist who enlisted as a combat medic in the armed forces of Ukraine. She is an American trans woman. During the 2022 Ru...
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Mark J. Lindquist Optimism and Humanitarian Aid Two Years In
Mark Lindquist is a United States Air Force and Afghan war veteran. Since March of 2022, Mark has lived in Ukraine, which he calls his second home. He is on a self-directed humanitarian mission to voluntarily deliver non-lethal aid directly to ...
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Poems to the invasion of Ukraine
Poetry by: Marianna KiyanovskaKaren KhielNancy EatonVidmaRead by Kate Wallace RogersMusic:Anthem by Leonard CohenEditing by Michael Hill-LevineEditing by Ursula Rudenberg
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UKRAINE 2 4 2 :DR. TARAS KUZIO RUSSIFYING UKRAINE Part II
Ukrainian/ English political scientist Dr. Taras Kuzio discusses ways that Russia is seeking to destroy Ukrainian national identity and replace it with militarization and glorification of the Soviet ethos.He discusses new textbooks bein...
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GLOBAL POWER SHIFTS AND ALLIANCES NORTH KOREA - DR. TARAS KUZIO
Ukrainian political scientist Dr. Taras Kuzio discusses the global ramifications of Russias President Putins meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un in far Eastern Russia, early in September. He describes the coalition that is solidifyin...
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AMBASSADOR DANIEL FRIED - CORRUPTION - DEMOCRACY - THUGGERY
At the beginning of September, Ukrainian Defense Minister was removed in response to allegations of corruption. Former American Ambassador Daniel Fried discusses this removal along with other internal leadership shake-ups, including the death o...
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Athletes are collateral damage - Dr. Taylor McKee - Brock University Canada - Sports, Olympics and more.
Athletes are collateral damage in Russia's war with Ukraine, according to Taylor McKee, a researcher committed to analyzing the socio-cultural intersections of sport and society. He discusses how, since 2014, the story of the Russian invasion p...
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URBAN WARFARE: War in Ukraine's streets - F-16s - Tactical Nukes - How will it end Major John Spencer
This Week on Ukraine 2 4 2: Urban Warfare and other Battle Knowledge – US Major John SpencerTRT: 29 minutesUS Major John Spencer is considered the world's leading expert on urban warfare. In February 2022, he wrote The Mini...
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Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online - SUCHO - Ekaterina Malygina
Historian Ekaterina Malygina describes SUCHO - Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online " an international initiative by more than 1,500 volunteer historians, archivists, librarians, and humanities researchers whose mission is to provide digit...
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Two Million Displaced Children: Common Man for Ukraine Helps Out
Susan Mathison tells the story of herself and her three friends in Plymouth, New Hampshire who were aghast at the invasion of Ukraine. Feeling called to do something, they used their collective experience and resources as humanitarians, activis...
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SAVING UKRAINIAN ART - LIANA BLICHARSKA - TERRITORY OF TERROR
The Museum Territory of Terror in Lviv Ukraine was built on the site of a former Jewish Ghetto under the Nazis and a former Soviet prison. While its original mission was to document tragic pages of the 20th century, the museum has changed its f...
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OLEKSANDER MUSIIENKO - NGO Center for military and legal studies
This Week on Ukraine 2 4 2: Realities of War: Ukraine Cntr for military & legal Studies Now available in Audioport.org under WEEKLY PROGRAMSTRT: 29 minutesProduced by Anne Levine, WOMR, Provincetown MA
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The Story of Two Diasporas - Yulia Tymoshenko and Konstantin Samoiyov
Two stories of encounters between Ukrainians and Russians in the Diaspora. In Abu Dhabi Ukrainians and Russians encounter each other, leading to tensions. In Uzbekistan, refugees who are both Russian and Ukrainian, find each other for solace an...
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BRITTA ELLWANGER OF FORPEACE.US Grassroots Aid
Britta Ellwanger volunteers for the non-profit organization For Peace and discusses her work currently in Ukraine. She describes how For Peace provides humanitarian aid to civilians and soldiers through local connections and organizing. She has...
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VICTORIA AMELINA: IN MEMORIAM
37-year-old Victoria Amelina, one of Ukraine's best-known young writers, died from injuries from a Russian missile strike in the city of Kramatorsk on June 27. In memoriam we rebroadcast her Ukraine 2 4 2 interview with Anne Levine from last Ma...
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Jonathan Fink of Silicon Curtain on The Wagner Group and Russia in Crisis
"There was great optimism about Russia in the 90s as it emerged from decades of authoritarian control. This has gone into reverse since 2014, and its messy geopolitical divorce from the Western world is accelerating."As a teenager, Jona...
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Yulia Tymoshenko - Amnesty International - Ukrainians in Abu Dhabi - Saint Javelin
Reporter, communications expert, and marketing executive Julia Tymoshenko speaks about issues Ukraine has with analytical fieldwork by Amnesty International on the Ukraine crisis. She says their position creates harmful consequences for her cou...
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UKRAINE 2 4 2 :SARAH ASHTON CIRILLO: AMERCIAN TRANSGENDER WOMAN ON THE FRONT IN DONBAS
Sarah Ashton Cirillo, American transgender journalist, has been fighting as a combat medic on the Ukrainian front in the Donbas. In the midst of war conditions, she finds respect and acceptance she lacks in the USA, as a transgender woman, judg...
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UPDATES FROM THE FRONT LINE KITCHEN AND NAFO: RICHARD WOODRUFF
The war in Ukraine has brought many foreigners and Ukrainians together to do extraordinary things: a conversation with Richard Woodruff, the 30-year-old leader of Frontline Kitchen in Lviv, Ukraine.Originally from a London suburb, Woodr...
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Victoria Amelina: Writers and War Crimes
A conversation with Renowned Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina who has stopped writing novels. She says,“in 2022, it became impossible to write fiction (because) reality is so much more intense; it is impossible to invent stories anymore....
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LGBTQ Rights in Ukraine - Belarussian Queer Feminist Activist TONY LASHDEN
Movement talk with a feminist queer activist and journalist from Belarus, discussing LGBTQ rights in Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, and solidarity across the ocean between Eastern European and American activists.Current developments and the ...
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