#UkrainianSpaces
By #UkrainianSpaces
#UkrainianSpacesMay 30, 2023
honest talk about ukrainian nationalism
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s3e6: Celebrated by some, but used by others as an excuse to deny Ukrainians solidarity or even justify their mass murder. The topic of Ukrainian nationalism is divisive, but above all — deeply confusing and unclear. That's why called for help from the person who made an internationally-celebrated career on being an expert on Ukrainian identity without allowing her own biases to affect the research. Our featured Ukrainian is a scholar and author of 'The Zelensky Effect' Dr. Olga Onuch.
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s3e5: 'My mother tongue tastes like ashes. Things scorched by enemy fire, then soaked with rain, touched with rot, smelling of death. I felt the taste of my mother tongue most acutely while driving through Borodianka, Bucha, and Irpin two months after these Ukrainian towns in the Kyiv region were liberated by the Ukrainian army from the Russians’ “brotherly” embrace. Russian is my mother tongue, and liberation means ripping it out of my throat.'
There's so much talk about russian-speaking Ukrainians abroad. But how often have you heard actual russian-speaking Ukrainians being part of those conversations? It is rhetorical. The language issue is at the epicenter of understanding the Ukrainian decolonization journey. And Ukrainians who are or used to speak Russian as their first language are the most critical voices to explain it. We invite back Ukrainian scholar Sasha Dovzhyk to discuss her sensational essay 'Mother Tongue: The Story of a Ukrainian Language Convert' and share truths about russian-speaking Ukrainians with the rest of the world.
sakartvelo, we see you
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s3e4: During the latest mass pro-democracy protests in Sakartvelo-Georgia, you could see Ukrainian flags and hear 'Slava Ukraïni' everywhere. Why does Ukraine mean so much for Kartvelians-Georgians? This small Eastern European nation doesn't capture as many global headlines as Ukraine. But tightly bonded with Ukraine through centuries of shared history and by a shared colonial abuser, learning about Sakartvelo is crucial for your understanding of why Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine and why the empire will inevitably fall. For another bridge episode, we invited Nodar Rukhadze, a Georgian civil rights activist, journalist, and the founder of the Shame Movement, to educate us about his personal and Sakartvelo's decolonization struggle.
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s3e3: 'There is no future for Ukrainian Jews if they want to go together with the Russian culture,' a Ukrainian Jewish activist Maria Gershova tells us. There's a massive identity evolution that most Ukrainians are going through amid this genocide. But also affects all other overlapping identities that we have. We meet Maria at a crucial period in her life - when she is decolonizing and figuring out what being Ukrainian means when you are also Jewish. Do both clash or contradict each other, considering the complicated and tragic history of the Jewish people in Ukraine? Maria has much to share with the rest of the world and fellow Jewish people globally.
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S3 premiere: big decolonization energy. part two
s3e2: thanks to our generous Patreon family, #UkrainianSpaces is back for season three. We felt big decolonization energy and tried something completely new - a live-audience show. This is part two of our podcast episode recorded in late February in Warsaw during our sold-out event featuring brilliant Ukrainians like:
Mariam Naiem, a prominent Ukrainian artist and researcher working on mainstreaming global understanding of the colonial and racial aspects of Russian culture concerning Ukraine and other peoples colonized by Russia. Alice Zhuravel, a Ukrainian artist and the founder of the Tozhsamist storytelling initiative. Yulia Krivich, a Ukrainian artist behind SDK "Słonecznik", a Ukrainian Solidary Community Center in Warsaw Marichka Buchelnikova and Stas Olenchenko of the Ukraine Explainers storytelling initiative, a leading outlet for educating foreigners about Ukraine in social-media-friendly formats. Julia Tymoshenko, a leading Ukrainian storyteller, and social media influencer educating the world about the Russian invasion of UkraineOur Patreon family has exclusive access to the Q&A session recorded as a bonus podcast episode during this show - available through our Patreon page.
Слава Україні!
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S3 premiere: big decolonization energy
Thanks to our generous Patreon family, #UkrainianSpaces is back for season three. For this one, we feel big decolonization energy and tried something completely new - a live-audience show. Recorded in late February in Warsaw, a sold-out event featured brilliant Ukrainians like:
Mariam Naiem, a prominent Ukrainian artist and researcher working on mainstreaming global understanding of the colonial and racial aspects of Russian culture concerning Ukraine and other peoples colonized by Russia. Alice Zhuravel, a Ukrainian artist and the founder of the Tozhsamist storytelling initiative. Yulia Krivich, a Ukrainian artist behind SDK "Słonecznik", a Ukrainian Solidary Community Center in Warsaw Marichka Buchelnikova and Stas Olenchenko of the Ukraine Explainers storytelling initiative, a leading outlet for educating foreigners about Ukraine in social-media-friendly formats. Julia Tymoshenko, a leading Ukrainian storyteller, and social media influencer educating the world about the Russian invasion of UkraineEnjoy part one. This show reminds the world that:
Ukraine will win Ukraine will rebuild Russian colonialism will end Any forms of colonialism and imperialism will fall Ukraine will stand diverse, and free.Слава Україні!
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S2 finale: 9 ways Ukraine will inspire you
It has been the worst year for every Ukrainian. In a way, it also has been the best one. Those Ukrainians who survived through it are transformed forever. Despite the trauma, pain, and heartbreak, they keep dreaming, creating, and daring. There are millions of Ukrainian stories that can inspire anyone to live in a better world and to be a better person. But for the season two finale, we decided to keep it within the close family and feature 9 Ukrainians and how they withstood the darkest, coldest winter of our lives.
The episode features: Solomiya Petlyak, Mariam Naiem, Stas Olenchenko, Maria Buchelnikova, Romeo Kokriatski, Tetyana Denford (Bisyk) and Alice Zhuravel.
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here's why anti-ukraine disinfo gets traction in the west
Russian-backed conspiracies about Ukraine and Ukrainians might come across as bizarre, entertaining, or even funny. But every piece of anti-Ukrainian propaganda shared abroad, even if accidentally or as a hate share, has a specific price in actual Ukrainian lives. That's why Ukrainians take so seriously the work on the information frontline, and it is universally regarded as important as defending our freedom with actual weapons in the trenches. Mark Kaplan, our featured Ukrainian for this episode, might have a reputation as a funny journalist ridiculing Russian propaganda for a late-night show on Telebachennya Toronto. But he also developed one of the brightest and smartest understandings of how anti-Ukrainian disinformation gets picked up in the West and why it happens.
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things you keep getting wrong about ukraine
This is not the first time russia is trying to eradicate Ukrainians. This is not the first time fascism is trying to wipe an entire nation from the face of the Earth, either. Nevertheless, there has never been so much global unity when it comes to helping Ukrainians like today. But does it mean that we are finally learning our 'never again' lessons? Let's do a quick rundown of things foreigners historically always get wrong about Ukraine and whether they are still mainstream. Our featured Ukrainian is Andrea Chalupa, a prominent Ukrainian-American journalist, author and the person behind an absolute must-see Holodomor movie Mr. Jones.
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how to talk to ukrainians without colonial tropes
When Ukrainians express discomfort by being pushed into a space with a russian person without consent, some foreigners label it 'hatred' or 'russophobia.' When Ukrainians talk about centuries-old pattern of serial abusive behaviour of Russian society towards the neighbours, we are dismissed as 'emotional' and 'hysterical.' Could it be just a lack of empathy or education? Lia Dostlieva, a Ukrainian artist, anthropologist and our featured Ukrainian for this episode, want you all to recognize in this attitude the old Western colonial tradition of marginalizing 'uncomfortable' voices. Together we decided to do a small workshop on how to talk and listen to Ukrainians without falling into colonial tropes.
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ukrainian music as resistance. zbaraski edition
Through centuries of colonial oppression, music remained a secret superpower for Ukrainians to keep their resistance up. The ongoing genocide is no different. Ukrainian music artists have been creating breathtaking art that keeps our spirits up and inspires not to give up. For this one we feature Zbaraski, one of our favourite Ukrainian musicians, to explain deep anti-colonial roots of Ukrainian music and where Ukrainian artists find the inspiration and energy to keep creating in the ultimate act of resistance.
Music featured:
Zbaraski - Всі навколо метушаться Аква Віта - Я жду Zbaraski - Bo ty Zbaraski - Dyvni Dyva Zbaraski - U horakh Jamala - Сину Назарій Яремчук - Посміхнулась ти Zbaraski - Cofein Zbaraski - Bo TogoSUPPORT: #UkrainianSpaces is 100% independent, volunteer and listener-supported initiative. If you like us, please become our Patreon sponsor and help us to amplify more Ukrainian voices
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anti-colonial storytellers unite. volya hub edition
We took the theme of our second season, building bridges with Ukrainian allies worldwide, and thought why not go more ambitious? That's how Volya Hub was founded. A sister Ukrainian Spaces project, it unites journalists, storytellers and scholars across former Russian colonies to expand public awareness about the crimes of Russian colonialism — in languages of the communities that are affected by it. We invited our friends and partners to chat about why we teamed up for Volya Hub and how personal it is for all of us. This episode features prominent Qazaq journalist Vyacheslav Abramov of Vlast, Georgian activist Nodar Rukhadze of Shame Movement and Ukrainian journalist Kateryna Sergatskova of Zaborona.
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a message from ukraine frontline
How does one go from a foreign journalist to a NAFO founding figure to a Ukrainian soldier putting your life on the line for Ukraine daily? For this one, we talk to James (his second name will remain secret due to security concerns) from Spaghetti Kozak Media. We discuss the price of freedom, colonialism, the NAFO phenomena, russian propaganda in the most honest, raw way. Because facing death on the Ukrainian frontline puts all of it in a new, crystal-clear perspective.
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everything passes but ukraine
Despite what russia claims, the roots of Ukrainian identity reach as far back as thousands of years. Despite what russia is trying to do, a new generation of Ukrainian artists resists the cultural erasure and makes ancient Ukrainian culture reborn and reimagined again. For this one, a Ukrainian ethnographic researcher, style icon and the founder of Nadiia, Nadiia Shapoval, explains how centuries of Ukrainian traditions are inspiring a new age of powerful cultural renaissance in wartime Ukraine, why many Ukrainians are on the journey to reclaim their ancient ancestral roots and in what way it makes our resistance to genocide even stronger.
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russia stole ukrainian culture
We talk so much about cultural appropriation by white westerners. But russians have been doing the same thing to Ukrainians - and so many other neighboring cultures - for centuries, presenting stolen cultures as their own. We've had enough. Receipts of colonialism are ready to be shown, anti-colonial tea is ready to be spilled. Our featured Ukrainian is Oleksandra Povoroznyk, a culture critic and just an insanely smart person.
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unbreakable ukrainian creativity
Before russia started mass-slaughtering us, Ukrainians had global traction for exceptional work ethic, 'everything-is-possible' attitude, and breathtaking creativity. Exactly for the same reasons, Ukraine turned into one of the main global hubs for high-end movie and video production in recent years. But what it has to do with our colonial past? Everything. For this one, we feature Kateryna Galytska, an executive producer behind the award-winning production house Radioaktive Film with accolades from Cannes Lions, MTV Music Video Awards, Emmys, and more.
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ukrainian endurance, explained
sport plays such an important identity-shaping role in Ukraine - athletes of different genders, ethnicities, skin colors helped to crystalize our feeling of national pride and what it means to be a Ukrainian in the last three decades since the end of the last Russian occupation. That's why it is no surprise that when another Russian assault started this year, thousands of Ukrainian athletes went to the frontline to defend Ukraine or rally global solidarity across the world — they know very well what's really at stake in this war. For this episode, we feature Vladyslav Heraskevych, a Ukrainian two-time Olympian athlete and the first-ever Ukrainian skeleton racer.
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holy ukrainian resistance
there's so much queerness in being a Ukrainian. there's so much Ukrainianness in being queer. both are making the backbone of the holy Ukrainian resistance. We promise, this all will make perfect sense once you are finished with this powerful, raw, and defiant episode featuring Natalka Gurba, a Ukrainian artist, activist, and storyteller. They recently authored 'Queer Joy. Ukrainian Liberation' zine.
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middle east, we see you.
Back in February, most Ukrainians still had no idea about the harrowing scale of genocide awaiting them in the coming months. But our friends from Syria and other parts of the Middle East reached out instantly with live-saving tips. Before unleashing it onto Ukraine, Russia tested and polished most of its terrorist and war crimes tactics on Syrian civilians — facing zero consequences or meaningful condemnation. But the hope is that crushing Russia in Ukraine will also end Russian terror in Syria. For another bridge episode, we feature Joey Ayoub, a Lebanese writer and host of The Fire These Times Project, and Leila Al-Shami, a Syrian writer and co-author of 'Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War.'
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south sudan, we see you
"Being free people is not cheap. What Ukrainians are going through is very much similar to what many people in Africa went through or are still going through." For another bridge episode of anti-colonial solidarity, we invited a legend of the South Sudanese liberation movement and prominent African thinker Peter Ajak Blair. In a powerful, raw, and moving chat, he explains why the Ukrainian liberation struggle triggers so many personal memories for him and why he believes more African nations should care.
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japan, we see you
when genocide in Ukraine started we were overwhelmed with the outpouring of support and solidarity from Japan. What makes people from, literally, the other side of our planet, to hurt, rally and cheer together with Ukrainians — as if their own lives depend on it? For another bridge episode, we feature Ihor Ihnatiev, an activist from Stand With Ukraine Japan and Asami Terajima, a Kyiv-based journalist with Kyiv Independent. We will also have a very special and moving cameo from one of our Patreon family member, joining live from Japan.
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ukraine is diverse af
this battle is not only about our land. it is about our values, our identity, and our right to proudly manifest who we are. facing genocidal evil that is trying to assimilate us, Ukrainians resist by doubling down on our diversity, creativity, and belief that we can build a better world. for this one, we feature Alice Zhuravel, a proud mixed Ukrainian, a wartime artist making brilliant things at the nexus of tech and media, and the founder of Tozhsamist, a Ukrainian creative collective.
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kazakhstan, we see you
'that's very unfair, that you, Ukrainians, have to pay for all of us to find ourselves, to start valuing ourselves, to start emancipating ourselves.' we entered this bridge episode to find some similarities between Kazakhstan and Ukraine in our shared anti-colonial struggle. we ended up with one of our most powerful and moving episodes to date. our featured Ukrainian ally is Botakoz Kassymbekova, a prominent Kazakh scholar and thinker.
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kyrgyzstan, we see you
Genocide in Ukraine triggers millions across russian neighborhood. It is more than empathy, though. The history of colonial violence, erasure, and assimilation by russia is a shared experience for dozens of nations. For another bridge episode, we foster Ukrainian-Kyrgyz anti-colonial solidarity and feature brilliant Kyrgyz journalist Bektour Iskender.
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ukrainian frontline pride
for this one, we pay tribute to fearless queer ukrainians who defiantly manifest their rainbow colors even as russian bombs keep raining down on them. kharkiv pride went ahead on September 25th, 2022 in the country's second-largest city — despite fighting ongoing just several kilometers away and non-stop russian shelling. how come ukrainian queer awakening has been turbo-charged by russian full-scale invasion? we feature Ruslana Hnatchenko of Kharkiv Pride and Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, the only transgender journalist covering genocide in Ukraine full-time.
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big witch energy
we are back to cast a kickass spell of ukrainian ancient magic against russian colonialism. our featured ukrainian is sensational artist Anka Lavriv
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don’t you dare to look away.
we are back to remind you why ukraine and ukrainian voices must remain at the center of global attention and should not be dismissed or ignored. our featured ukrainian is oksana pokalchuk, a legendary human rights defender
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crimea is ukraine
why ending the war in ukraine it can only be done with the liberation of crimea? why understanding russian settler colonialism in crimea is understanding ukraine? why learning about the resistance of crimean tatars against annihilation is learning about ukraine? why speaking truth about ukraine, no matter how uncomfortable, is paramount? for this one we feature sensational Sevgil Musaieva, an award-winning ukrainian journalist, editor-in-chief of the country's largest independent newsroom Ukrainska Pravda
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UkrainianSpaces Season 2 Premiere: taiwan, we see you
for season two, we are trying something new: building stronger bridges between ukrainians and our allies across the globe. in this one, we connect with kickass anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism fighters in taiwan, where strong solidarity with ukraine keeps making global headlines. why taiwanese feel so passionately about a nation living literally on the side of the planet? our featured ukrainian is a prominent ukrainian activist and digital storyteller, olek shyn. our featured ukrainian ally is a taiwanese freedom fighter and activist, aurora chang.
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UkrainianSpaces S1 finale: 8 reasons to be hopeful about Ukraine
for the season one finale, we keep it in the family and gather our #UkrainianSpaces family members to put messages of ukrainian hope, love, resilience, and defiance into a podcast time capsule. featured ukrainians are: mariam naiem, olek shyn, stas olenchenko, maria buchelnikova, romeo kokriatski, vinok collective, kvitka perehinets, tetyana denford (bisyk).
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UkrainianSpaces #33: our pet superpower
one of the most visceral imagery from the ongoing genocide in ukraine has been ukrainians risking everything to save their pets or animals caught in-between fire. from zoo keepers who keep showing up for work even under russian shelling and rescuers putting their lives on the line to save pets trapped under rubble of russian terrorist attacks, to thousands of volunteers working 24/7 to assist war-affected animals in the most dangerous places across the country. because our pets are another ukrainian superpower. for this one we feature olha chevhaniuk, a kickass ukrainian animal rights activist behind @UAnimalsENG, ukraine's largest animal rescue initiative.
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UkrainianSpaces #32: that far-right question
apparently, eight years of ukrainians having the lowest levels of political representation of far-right forces in europe is not self-evident. so we gather once again to put all the stupid myths about far-rights in ukraine to the ground. our featured ukrainians are ukrainian prominent journalists @NikaMelkozerova and @KSergatskova.
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UkrainianSpaces #31: defiance of romani ukrainians
this #UkrainianSpaces is going to be claimed by romani ukrainians and the stories of their struggle and defiance amid genocide in ukraine. our featured ukrainian is Natali Tomenko, a brilliant romani ukrainian activist behind @ArcaYngo, a movement uniting aroma youth in ukraine.
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UkrainianSpaces #30: generation freedom
this is a tribute to the generation freedom, young ukrainians in their 20s and 30s who are tasked with defending ukraine from russian aggression. identically to folks of their age elsewhere, they love their flat-whites, avocado toasts and oversharing on social media. but they also put their lives on the line and die for democracy, equality, and freedom. for this one, we keep it in the family and invite back mariam naiem, a ukrainian artist, researcher and digital storyteller
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UkrainianSpaces #29: pride in diversity
there are over 60+ million ukrainians globally. we speak different languages, we are of different religions, skin colors, and ethnicities. but for the first time, each and every one of us is working in unison to ensure our homeland stands, our shared values are defended, our diversity is preserved, and our voices are not silenced. to understand ukraine is to learn why diversity is integral to our identity and how it glues us together instead of dividing us. for this one, we feature Rissana Shytu, a proud queer Ukrainian woman of color, an entrepreneur, a migrant, and, as of recently, a volunteer running a refugee center for Ukrainians in Spain.
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UkrainianSpaces #28: how foreign leftists failed us
in this one, we vent about cruel, arrogant and colonial treatment ukrainians get from some foreign leftists. our featured ukrainian is Romeo Kokriatski, a journalist, podcaster, and proud marxist.
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UkrainianSpaces #27: decolonizing donbas
the mythology around donbas forms the ideological foundation of russian genocidal campaign in ukraine. you won't understand kremlin's obsession with eradicating ukrainians without decolonizing your views about eastern ukraine. this episode features Yevhenii Monastyrskyi, a brilliant ukrainian historian from luhansk.
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UkrainianSpaces #26: making truth louder
"every photographer dreams of taking a photo that will stop the war." this is the quote by maks levin, a ukrainian journalist executed by russian terrorists for documenting their war crimes in kyiv suburbs earlier this year. freedom of speech is sacrosanct for ukrainians. that's why fierce and fearless ukrainian journalism became the backbone of the ukrainian democracy. these days thousands of ukrainian journalists keep risking their lives every day to make sure that the truth about this genocide is documented and amplified. despite that dozens of their colleagues are already killed by russian terrorists. despite that over 80% of them lost their income partially or fully. despite that foreign big tech keeps indiscriminately censoring their work and refuses to deplatform lavishly-funded kremlin propaganda. for this tribute to ukrainians who make truth louder we invited andrey boborykin, CEO of ukraine's largest and oldest independent newspaper ukrainska pravda.
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UkrainianSpaces #25: decolonizing our literature
many around the world can namedrop russian writers. few can do the same when it comes to ukrainian literature. even though the ukrainian literary tradition is more than half a millennia older than russian. even though there wouldn't be russian literature without ukraine. even though many names that folks abroad think are russian are in fact ukrainian writers whose work russian colonialism has appropriated. for this one we recruit brilliant ukrainian journalist Bohdana Neborak to help us to decolonize ukrainian literature for the rest of the world.
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UkrainianSpaces #24: reconnecting with our roots
every fourth ukrainian lives not in ukraine. that's between 10 and 15 million of us who identify as ukrainian or have ukrainian ancestry. new genocide in our ancestral land activated ukrainianess in so many from the diaspora. but for the first time in our history, ukrainians abroad and at home are experiencing this awakening in sync. for this episode we feature a ukrainian-british journalist and entrepreneur, joseph stashko.
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the queerness of being a ukrainian
S1E23: pride is something Ukrainians have been punished for, over and over again, for centuries. Pride in being who they are, the language they speak, the values they cherish, and the pride in who they love. In many ways, there's so much queerness in being a Ukrainian. And who are the best people to testify to that than queer Ukrainians? For this one, #UkrainianSpaces co-founder Maksym Eristavi and a prominent Ukrainian digital storyteller, Maria, aka VinokCollective, decolonize everything about Ukrainian pride.
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s1e22: Food is sacral for Ukrainians. Any rituals around growing, cooking, sharing, and eating foods are synonymous with persisting, surviving, thriving, and connecting with fellow Ukrainians — against all odds. That's why one of the nicest things you can do to show appreciation for a Ukrainian is to learn how to cook Ukrainian dishes. This episode is about nurturing all of us back to life — and decolonizing some stuff about Ukrainian cuisine and culture along the way. Our featured Ukrainian is a celebrity chef and storyteller-food-writer Olia Hercules.
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s1e21: From frontlines and volunteering to the global campaign of informing and explaining Ukraine, the Ukrainian resistance to russian fascism is led by brilliant, defiant Ukrainians of a new generation. In this one, we feature a young Ukrainian journalist and rising star of Ukrainian journalism, Anastasiia Lapatina.
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s1e20: one of the biggest misconceptions about colonialism is that it must be exclusive to racial relations or maritime empires. Only white folks can colonize, and only folks of color can be colonized. But the history of Ukraine, most of Eastern Europe, as well as Scotland and Ireland, beg to differ. Our featured Ukrainian Nadia Dobrianska, an Ireland-based Ukrainian journalist, educates us about parallels between the colonial experiences of the Irish and Ukrainians.
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s1e19: We are always unfiltered, raw, and honest, so this episode is about what all Ukrainians are going through, but few admit it: burnout. How it manifests, and how you can help a Ukrainian next to you battle it. The featured Ukrainian is researcher and activist Kvitka Perehinets.
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how russians made ukrainians hate themselves
s1e18: Roses are red, violets are blue. Russian colonialism - we are coming for you. This episode is all about the historic moment of powerful self-decolonization most Ukrainians are going through. Our featured Ukrainian is Sasha Boychenko, a social justice researcher and advocate.
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russian language in ukraine, explained
s1e17: understanding Ukraine is understanding why Ukrainians are bilingual, why and how we choose what language to speak in everyday life, and why so many Ukrainians ended up speaking Russian in the first place. We won't say this issue is simple, but it is possible for a foreigner to grasp. Ukrainian social media influencer and Ukraine explainer Stas Olenchenko helps us out with this topic and shares a powerful family story to illustrate it.
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why the obsession with 'good Russians' is problematic af
s1e16: we need to talk about German obsession with 'good Russians.' Why is it for some easier to see 44 millions of Ukrainians being wiped out than making Moscow upset? Why it is so hard for some in the West to stand up to Russian colonialism? And how Ukrainians, nevertheless, successfully flipping yesterday's skeptics into today's friends? We thought that Nata Druhak, a prominent Ukrainian activist and communications guru living in Berlin is the best person to unpack that.
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uncomfortable truths about ukraine
s1e15: have you noticed how uncomfortable some foreigners get around Ukrainians these days? Especially around those of us who speak out and unapologetically manifest our identities? Perhaps because Ukrainians are calling out the injustice of a genocide happening in the middle of Europe in 2022 and the 'never again' bs. Perhaps because we are pointing to problems with the international order that many would rather ignore. Or, perhaps, because we are arguing on behalf of collective responsibility as a foundation of any healthy democratic society. These would be our first guesses. What are yours? For this one, we invited one of the Ukrainian champions of uncomfortable truths, a volunteer and gameplay designer, Sergey Mohov.
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dealing with trauma
s1e14: watching your people perishing in genocide is another-level trauma. It is exceptionally traumatic if you are witnessing it in person. But it will leave you deeply traumatized if you are witnessing via screens and social media, too. A prominent Ukrainian journalist Jane Lytvynenko joins us to educate all of us about vicarious trauma, how to talk to your Ukrainian friends during the genocide, and clarify if the Ukrainian way of dealing with grief is any different.
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a crash course on making ukraine trend
s1e13: This is the first genocide in human history that is being broadcasted live to the rest of the world 24/7. Tens of millions of Ukrainians are forced to defend their lives. And argue on behalf of their humanity daily online, too. This struggle brought to light a new generation of Ukrainian storytellers who educate the world and decolonize views of Ukraine in a powerful, impactful way. For this one, we feature two of them: Maria aka vinok collective and Tetyana Denford aka tetyana bisyk.
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a crash course to ukrainian literature
s1e12: How many russian writers you know who are actually Ukrainian? Why so few people are familiar with one of the most ancient literature cultures in Europe? If I want to start exploring Ukrainian literature, where do i start? For this one, we invited Kate Tsurkan, a journalist and honorary Ukrainian, to decolonize foreign myths about Ukrainian literature and give you a crash-course to it.
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herstory of ukraine
s1e11: The role of women is so central to the Ukrainian identity that even the word 'Ukraine' is widely associated by Ukrainians with 'a woman.' The country has exceptionally ancient, pioneering, and strong matriarchal traditions that still manifest to this very day. For example, Europe's largest share of women on active military duty or women leading Ukrainian civil society. The strong female vibe of Ukraine has also always made Russian colonial patriarchy lose their goddamned minds. For this episode, we recruit the help of Olena Shevchenko, a prominent queer activist and feminist, and our own Valeriia Voshchevska, stepping in this time as a co-founder of Marsh Zhinok, Ukraine's largest feminist rally, to decolonize the image of Ukrainian women.
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uncomfortable truth about ukraine reforms
s1e10: The russian invasion of Ukraine did not start on February 24th, 2022. First russian tanks rolled over our borders in early 2014. But despite the war and constant annihilation attempts by moscow, in the last eight years, Ukraine turned into Europe's powerhouse of reforms. From radical economic, anti-corruption and energy transformations to human rights equality advances that left behind even some EU states. Few foreign media paid attention to it, but Ukraine was one of the most powerful emerging success stories in Europe. And that was quite likely the reason behind russian mad drive for revenge. In this episode we ask prominent anti-corruption fighter Olena Halushka and energy reformer Alina Sviderska to decolonize foreign myths about 'backward ukraine.'
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how and why most foreign media got ukraine wrong?
s1e9: If only there was a collection of digestible, cool, smart mini-guides to Ukraine that we could all share to educate our foreign friends in foreign languages, right? Stas Olenchenko and Marichka Buchelnikova, the founders of Ukraine Explainers, are on a mission to do exactly that. We asked them how it happened that most foreign media systemically misrepresented Ukraine for decades and ended up covering Ukrainians through Russian colonial lenses. Stas and Marichka also shared the most popular Ukraine topics in need of decolonizing and tips on how to do Ukraine explaining right.
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queer ukrainian pride
s1e8: In this one, we decolonize foreign views of queer Ukraine. Since the first day of the genocide, tens of thousands of queer Ukrainians rushed to the frontline to defend Europe from Russian fascism. Even more, work non-stop supporting the troops and victims of russian terrorism in all ways imaginable. Many do it openly and proudly as queer Ukrainians, without hiding their rainbow colors — their lives in Ukraine might not be ideal, but under russian rule there are going to be no queer lives at all. Our featured Ukrainian is a prominent transgender activist and KyivPride family member Edward Reese.
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russian colonialism in ukraine, explained
s1e7: you won't understand the ongoing genocide in Ukraine if you haven't heard about russian colonialism. we recruit two brilliant Ukrainians to explain it: filmmaker Oleksiy Radynski and researcher/activist Kvitka Perehinets. This episode includes such gems as: the biggest hole in the russian colonialism mythology, how russian colonialism manifests in the everyday lives of Ukrainians, how russian colonialism is inherently fascist, how russian colonialism uses the same copy-paste job in Ukraine for centuries, why russian colonialism won't end with Putin — and more.
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decolonizing our culture and identity
s1e6: 101 on the real roots of Ukrainian culture and identity. Language, ethnicity, race, nationalism, cultural appropriation and colonialism - all the things you wanted to ask about Ukrainian identity but never knew how. Our featured Ukrainians: researcher and artist Mariam Naiem and a prominent YouTuber and movie critic Alina Nikulina.
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decolonizing stupid things you say about ukraine
s1e5: In this one, we decolonize all the stupid things foreigners think or say about Ukraine with the help of Julia Tymoshenko, Ukraine explainer-in-chief on insta.
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how to cover ukraine without embarrassing yourself
s1e4: since the genocide started, Ukraine has been the focus of the most intense foreign news coverage ever. yet, it has also never been so wrong and distorted. seen through the western gaze, Ukraine is often covered and explained without zero Ukrainian voices. and when they are included, they are labeled too emotional or too biased to take seriously. in this one, we decolonize foreign news coverage of Ukraine. our featured Ukrainian is Olga Tokariuk, a prominent Ukrainian journalist
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how to do solidarity with ukraine right
s1e3: Ukraine has seen an unprecedented wave of global solidarity since russians launched the genocide of Ukrainians. hundreds of millions fundraised, billions sent in various types of aid. millions of people around the world volunteer for the cause of Ukraine's freedom. however, in the end, foreign humanitarian aid to the country is a mess. Ukraine receives tons of stuff she doesn't need and next to zero of what she asks. this week we decolonize foreign myths about what solidarity with Ukraine should really look like. our featured Ukrainian is Tymofiy Mylovanov, Ukraine's former economy minister, current adviser to the presidential administration, and president of Kyiv School of Economics
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big female energy of ukraine
s1e2: most are familiar with russian culture. as a culture-colonizer it thrived globally at the expense of colonized voices that were silenced, repressed, and appropriated. that's exactly the reason why centuries of kickass anti-colonial art done by Ukrainians remains mainly unknown to the rest of the world. especially the names of Ukrainian women who have been leading it with powerful messages of equality, freedom, and, oftentimes, queerness — decades before it became mainstream in the rest of Europe. Ukrainian scholar Sasha Dovzhyk is our featured Ukrainian for this one.
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our ukrainian identity, explained
podcast premiere episode: a jewish-ukrainian president and a korean-ukrainian governor emerge as key leaders in the ukrainian liberation war. perfect timing to decolonize your views about what it means to be a ukrainian. spoiler: it has nothing to do with ethnicity, race, or language. our featured ukrainian is oleksandr shyn, a civil society diplomat and activist
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