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. SUPPORT: #UkrainianS...
Jun 28, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 16
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 ...
Jun 23, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 15
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. SUPPORT: #UkrainianSpaces ...
Jun 21, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 14
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 . SU...
Jun 16, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 13
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 K ate Tsurkan , a journalist and honorary Ukrainian, to decolonize foreign myths about Ukrainian literature and give you a crash-course to it. SUPPORT: #UkrainianSpaces is 100% independent, volunteer and listener-supported initiative. If you like...
Jun 08, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 12
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 e...
Jun 02, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 11
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 em...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 10
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? S tas Olenchenko and M arichka 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 po...
May 23, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 9
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 Ukrain...
Apr 18, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 7
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 . SUPPORT: #UkrainianSpaces is 100% independent, volunteer and listener-supported initiative. If you like us, please become our Patreon sponsor and help us to am...
Apr 14, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 6
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. SUPPORT: #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 GET FEATURED: you can also send us a voicemail GET CONNECTED: find #UkrainianSpaces on ukrainianspaces.com _ twitter _ insta _ follow Val and Maksy...
Apr 12, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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 SUPPORT: #...
Apr 10, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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 ...
Apr 06, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 3
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 ...
Apr 04, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 2
