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Ukraine Calling

English, War/Conflict, 1 season, 33 episodes, 19 hours, 16 minutes
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A weekly English language roundup of what’s been happening in Ukraine, with a focus on the main story. The transcribers of new episodes (2022): Caitilín O’Hare, Leah Wagner, Elijah Sapa
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Evgeny Afineevsky: «If we forget about the war in Ukraine, we’ll have the end of the world tomorrow»

A world-famous film director, whose accolades include an Academy Award nomination and Emmy nominations for his documentary, «Winter on Fire», Evgeny Afineevsky says he keeps coming to Ukraine because what is happening in this country impacts on the fate of the world.
1/12/202433 minutes, 21 seconds
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Roman Washchuk: «Abnormal normalization of business conditions in Ukraine»

Also, what makes people in Ukraine’s government system super risk-averse; the supposed case of a million-hryvnya fine for a missing letter in a company’s address; why Mr Washchuk thinks that the lowering of the level of support for Ukraine was, in some aspects, inevitable; and who is the world champion in using the word «corruption».
1/10/202432 minutes, 13 seconds
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«The incredible national unity»: Michael Druckman on Ukrainians’ views and moods

Our interviewee today is Michael Druckman the program director for Ukraine of the International Republican Institute. And we will talk about how we Ukrainians changed our views while fighting the Russian onslaught.
12/25/202317 minutes, 55 seconds
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«Mission: to enable people, deprived of their fundamental rights, to help them regain that in long term» — UNHCR in Ukraine

Today we will speak with the UNHCR representative in Ukraine Karolina Lindholm Billing about the 30 years that this organization has been working in our country, but mostly of 2022-23.
12/23/202339 minutes, 48 seconds
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No going out of business for ICMP, in Ukraine or elsewhere

Our today’s interviewee is Ms Kathryne Bomberger is the Director General of the International Commission on Missing Persons. And we’ll be talking about the tasks this commission performs in the world, and is going to do in Ukraine in particular.
12/5/202322 minutes, 57 seconds
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Russian invasion of Ukraine: manifestation of collapse of Soviet Union?

Today’s interlocutor is Dr. Can Kasapoğlu. He’s a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and the director of the research program at the Turkish think tank EDAM Turkey/
11/21/202343 minutes, 22 seconds
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Talking about collaboration we need to focus on the great harm caused, not just the people who were in a vulnerable position — human rights defender Rachel Denber

Rachel Denber, who is a deputy director for Europe and Central Asia at Human Rights Watch, and Julia Gorbunova, who is a senior researcher for Ukraine for Human Rights Watch, tell about the bullet points of their reports in Ukraine.
11/17/202337 minutes, 25 seconds
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«Ukrainians' courage may appear suicidal to foreigners» — Commander Harulf of the Norman Brigade

Today’s interlocutor is Harulf, who is a Canadian, a soldier, and the commander of the Norman Brigade.
11/2/202327 minutes, 45 seconds
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Indictment Against Putin Will Be Amended, Top International Lawyer Says

Today’s interlocutor is Mark Stephen Ellis, an expert in international criminal law, executive director of the International Bar Association.
10/23/202331 minutes, 25 seconds
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«A Country of Missing People»: The Book of Numbers and Fates

Kevin Sullivan, the author of the book «A Country of Missing People» and a member of the International Commission on Missing Persons team in The Hague, speaks about Ukraine and the consequences of war.
10/22/202330 minutes, 48 seconds
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Ukrainian soldier Maksym Sviezhentsev: «You have to accept that you can die, and this acceptance makes you stronger»

Dr. Marta Dyczok is having a conversation with Dr. Maksym Sviezhentsevher. He holds a PhD in History from Western University, which is where she teaches. He tells stories about joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2022, fighting near Bakhmut and even finding time for scholarly work.
9/24/202335 minutes, 22 seconds
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Transitional justice: to help victims and to rebuild society or just to punish murderers? Anna Myriam Roccatello

Our today’s interviewee is Anna Myriam Roccatello, Deputy Executive Director and director of programs of the International Centre for Transitional Justice. And we’ll be talking mostly about transitional justice and Ukraine, or Ukraine and transitional justice.
9/11/202341 minutes, 13 seconds
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U.S.-Ukraine Veterans Bridge: «We’re going to hold the line here for democracy and freedom»

The conversation with three members of the U.S.-Ukraine Veterans Bridge was recorded on the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day 2023. It is an important discussion about the violence of war, veterans issues and transgender people in the army.
9/8/202346 minutes, 2 seconds
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Dr Marta Dyczok: «This horrible war has had one positive side effect»

Today’s interlocutor is Dr. Marta Dyczok. She works at Western University in Ontario, Canada. She is a prolific author and she has several books to her credit.
8/29/202341 minutes, 56 seconds
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Eurointegration, confidence in local government and other surprises of public opinion survey in Ukraine

This is Ukraine Calling and our guest today is Michael Druckman — Director of IRI Ukraine (International Republican Institute).
8/5/202311 minutes, 28 seconds
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We're stronger together: Volunteer Yulia Troyan on psychological connection to the military

The military volunteer and the specialist in technical assistance Yulia Troyan said about Open Media Ukraine, where she works, and about the help of the army.
6/2/202331 minutes, 55 seconds
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«Education, mental health, safety, heritage» — Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi about how UNESCO helps Ukraine

This is Ukraine Calling, the English-language podcast from Hromadske Radio in Kyiv. Andriy Kulykov today`s interviewee is Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi — the Head of UNESCO Desk in Ukraine since October 2022.
5/23/202334 minutes, 7 seconds
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Anastasia Stanko: «My only one decision as a journalist was I should go to the front line»

This is Ukraine Calling, the English-language podcast from Hromadske Radio in Kyiv. And today`s guest is frontline reporter, journalist Anastasia Stanko.
5/13/202330 minutes, 32 seconds
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2022 helped Ukrainians to overcome the inferiority complex — Volodymyr Yermolenko

Volodymyr Yermolenko talked about his book about Ukraine, which is addressed to an international audience, the war, Russian fascism and what a fantastic country we live in.
5/5/202334 minutes, 1 second
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«Everybody in this country and beyond its borders are involved in this war» — Canadian lawyer and soldier in Ukraine's territorial defense Daniel Bilak

Daniel Bilak talked about his service, thoughts on a full-scale Russian invasion, Canada's role in supporting Ukraine and joining NATO.
4/23/202336 minutes, 30 seconds
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«Everything I see now is inspiration» — Melinda Simmons

Dame Melinda Simmons recalls the day Russia started the full scale war against Ukraine, talks on Ukraine refugees in the UK, and explains how Russian nuclear threats are met in Great Britain.
2/4/202317 minutes, 36 seconds
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Mozart, the Art of War

This is Ukraine Calling, the English language podcast by Hromadske Radio in Kyiv, and our today`s guest is Andrew Milburn — the founder of an organization called the Mozart Group
12/17/202239 minutes, 36 seconds
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«We don’t have any way of forcing states to do anything, that is the reality of it» — spokesperson for the ICRC

This is Ukraine Calling and our guest today is Achille Després. We talked with him about the ICRC's work in Ukraine.
12/1/202229 minutes, 21 seconds
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Even during the all-out war, reforms in Ukraine are continuing — Michael Druckman

This is Ukraine Calling and our guest today is Michael Druckman — Director of IRI Ukraine (International Republican Institute),
9/29/202249 minutes, 24 seconds
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Unprecedented Time for Ukraine's Profile in Canada and Globally: Roman Washchuk

Ukraine Calling — September 3, 2022. This is a podcast of Hromadske Radio in Kyiv.
9/3/202248 minutes, 36 seconds
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No «Ukraine fatigue» for Andreas Umland after eight years of war

This is the second issue of the Ukraine Calling relaunched. Our guest today is Andreas Umland — Analyst of the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
8/13/202249 minutes, 14 seconds
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Blue and yellow means resilience. Dora Chomiak on how Razom supports Ukraine

Dora Chomiak uses word "resilience" to characterize Ukraine. She says it is because "resilience" means the ability to bend and not brake to her: "It means the stability to laugh and cry at the same time, to sort of scream and laugh at the same time. To love deeply, and in many, many different ways. So that resilience is that creativity, it’s that innovations, it’s that deeply rooted knowledge of self. And the self is different, and the self is the same. Each person is different, but the sense of here, and that resilience is that word I use a lot when I talk about Ukraine today".
8/7/202251 minutes, 52 seconds
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Ukraine 2019 Rada election. Olga Onuch on results and implications

Ukraine parliamentary elections results are in special issue of Ukraine Calling: Marta Dyczok speaks to British political scientist Prof. Olga Onuch
7/25/201940 minutes, 14 seconds
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Kyiv's diplomacy after the elections: Ukrainians do not want peace at any cost

Ukraine presidential elections explained by Brian Whitmore and Volodymyr Dybovyk
4/19/201941 minutes, 33 seconds
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Ukraine is fascinating because it is a social science laboratory, — Melinda Haring

Bohdan Nahaylo talks to Melinda Haring, editor of Atlantic Council’s Ukraine Alert Blog and Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute in Washington DC, about how Capitol Hill views the Ukrainian presidential elections and Ukraine generally
4/10/201922 minutes, 8 seconds
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Ukrainians don’t like to entrench power, they don’t like five years of the same person, — Brian Bonner

Chief Editor of the Kyiv Post and a long-term Ukraine watcher Brian Bonner analyses chances for Volodymyr Zelensky and Petro Poroshenko to win in the presidential elections
4/6/201930 minutes, 40 seconds
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Bad weather can change everything in Ukraine elections, — Olga Onuch

On Sunday the 31st of March 2019, Ukrainians are going to the polls to elect a new president. 39 candidates are on the ballot, including a man who plays an ordinary person who gets elected president on television, and now he's running for president in real life. Marta Dyczok discusses the campaign with political scientist Professor Olga Onuch
3/29/201938 minutes, 26 seconds
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Ukrainian elections are four times more expensive than in the US, in proportion to GDP, — Taras Shevchenko

Media expert Taras Shevchenko speaks to Marta Dyczok about Media and elections. “You need to have both components. Media and a pretty strong candidate. If the candidate is not interesting then even huge coverage in media will not help”
3/25/201937 minutes, 42 seconds