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#UkrainianSpaces

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amplifying ukrainian voices and decolonizing ukraine conversations. we see millions of ukrainians with perfect english sharing their stories across all social media platforms. yet, the conversations about ukraine are still dominated by foreign, mostly white, and mostly male folks. not only it continuously robs ukrainians of their agency, but it also perpetuates outdated, misleading, and false narratives about ukraine and ukrainians. we want to foster a relaxed, safe, and chill space for ukrainian voices to express themselves without needing to fit into foreign boxes
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honest talk about ukrainian nationalism

#UkrainianSpacesMay 30, 2023

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honest talk about ukrainian nationalism

honest talk about ukrainian nationalism

DISCLAIMER. This is a public version of the podcast. Our ⁠Patreon family⁠ gets the episodes much earlier, packaged with lots of bonus and backstage content. 

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

SUPPORT: #UkrainianSpaces is a 100% independent, volunteer, and listener-supported initiative. We exist thanks to donations: please ⁠⁠become our Patreon sponsor and help us to amplify more Ukrainian voices.⁠⁠ GET FEATURED: ⁠⁠send us a voicemail⁠⁠ GET CONNECTED: ⁠⁠ukrainianspaces.com⁠⁠ _ ⁠⁠twitter⁠⁠ _⁠⁠insta⁠⁠_. Val’s ⁠⁠twitter⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Insta⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠tiktoks⁠⁠. Maksym’s ⁠⁠twitter⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠insta⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠tiktoks⁠⁠
May 30, 202352:50
let's talk about russian-speaking ukrainians

let's talk about russian-speaking ukrainians

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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.


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May 08, 202344:23
sakartvelo, we see you

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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Apr 25, 202343:41
the ukrainianness of being jewish

the ukrainianness of being jewish

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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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Apr 09, 202348:18
S3 premiere: big decolonization energy. part two

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 Ukraine

Our 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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Mar 27, 202325:13
S3 premiere: big decolonization energy

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 Ukraine

Enjoy 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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Mar 13, 202342:38
S2 finale: 9 ways Ukraine will inspire you
Feb 18, 202354:25
here's why anti-ukraine disinfo gets traction in the west

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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Feb 09, 202350:57
things you keep getting wrong about ukraine
Feb 04, 202352:47
how to talk to ukrainians without colonial tropes

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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Jan 30, 202347:11
ukrainian music as resistance. zbaraski edition
Jan 20, 202349:30
anti-colonial storytellers unite. volya hub edition

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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Jan 15, 202358:26
a message from ukraine frontline

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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Jan 09, 202347:20
everything passes but ukraine

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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Jan 03, 202349:29
russia stole ukrainian culture
Dec 23, 202248:52
unbreakable ukrainian creativity
Dec 18, 202251:47
ukrainian endurance, explained
Dec 10, 202245:49
holy ukrainian resistance
Dec 05, 202247:30
middle east, we see you.
Nov 27, 202255:59
south sudan, we see you

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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Nov 16, 202259:50
japan, we see you

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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Nov 05, 202255:32
ukraine is diverse af

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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Oct 30, 202254:50
kazakhstan, we see you
Oct 22, 202256:45
kyrgyzstan, we see you
Oct 15, 202254:13
ukrainian frontline pride

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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Oct 08, 202254:18
big witch energy

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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Oct 02, 202253:40
don’t you dare to look away.

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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Sep 25, 202249:17
crimea is ukraine
Sep 14, 202255:38
UkrainianSpaces Season 2 Premiere: taiwan, we see you
Sep 07, 202257:28
UkrainianSpaces S1 finale: 8 reasons to be hopeful about Ukraine
Aug 23, 202201:05:31
UkrainianSpaces #33: our pet superpower
Aug 20, 202256:33
UkrainianSpaces #32: that far-right question
Aug 17, 202201:07:46
UkrainianSpaces #31: defiance of romani ukrainians

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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Aug 15, 202256:07
UkrainianSpaces #30: generation freedom
Aug 10, 202255:36
UkrainianSpaces #29: pride in diversity
Aug 06, 202251:19
UkrainianSpaces #28: how foreign leftists failed us

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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Aug 03, 202201:00:54
UkrainianSpaces #27: decolonizing donbas
Aug 01, 202201:02:30
UkrainianSpaces #26: making truth louder
Jul 28, 202201:00:41
UkrainianSpaces #25: decolonizing our literature
Jul 26, 202201:01:30
UkrainianSpaces #24: reconnecting with our roots
Jul 23, 202201:00:03
the queerness of being a ukrainian
Jul 20, 202253:11
why ukrainian cuisine tastes so fantastic? feat. olia hercules
Jul 18, 202243:15
meet ukraine's new resistance generation
Jul 14, 202234:52
white-on-white colonialism
Jul 12, 202239:33
ukrainian burnout and how you can help
Jul 09, 202250:43
how russians made ukrainians hate themselves
Jul 05, 202248:22
russian language in ukraine, explained
Jun 30, 202254:58
why the obsession with 'good Russians' is problematic af
Jun 28, 202255:32
uncomfortable truths about ukraine
Jun 23, 202253:46
dealing with trauma

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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Jun 21, 202256:45
a crash course on making ukraine trend
Jun 16, 202254:03
a crash course to ukrainian literature

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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Jun 08, 202254:31
herstory of ukraine
Jun 02, 202253:28
uncomfortable truth about ukraine reforms
May 25, 202201:04:56
how and why most foreign media got ukraine wrong?

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.

If you love this episode and fell in love with the mission of Marichka and Stas, then check the ways and options of how you can support Ukraine Explainers.

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May 23, 202245:60
queer ukrainian pride
May 12, 202246:52
russian colonialism in ukraine, explained

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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Apr 18, 202254:34
decolonizing our culture and identity
Apr 14, 202252:28
decolonizing stupid things you say about ukraine

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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Apr 12, 202251:27
how to cover ukraine without embarrassing yourself
Apr 10, 202249:26
how to do solidarity with ukraine right
Apr 06, 202249:43
big female energy of ukraine
Apr 04, 202247:39
our ukrainian identity, explained
Mar 31, 202254:16