EP 135: We are (all) Ukrainians
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While a tragedy continues to unfold in Ukraine, it remains...abstract ...for many of us. Something terrible happening in a faraway place to a faraway people. We see photos and videos online - a horror is happening to a people we do not know over there, and sadly, we find ourselves going back to our busy lives over here.
Ukraine is a sovereign nation of 44 MILLION, with a rich, beautiful culture and people. There's more than another 10 Million folks of Ukrainian heritage living outside of the country, among one of the world's largest diaspora populations.
We can’t solve the Ukrainian crisis with our podcast. But what we can do is create more empathy and understanding. So we sat down with some Ukie friends - old and new - to learn about their Ukrainian heritage, their personal stories, and their very real feelings in this moment. Olesya Govorun was born in Kyiv, and lives in NY, and a longtime friend of Raman’s. Adrianna Melnyk is a 3rd generation Ukrainian American, a non-profit professional active in the Ukrainian American community. Both are daughters, mothers, wives, and all around amazing people living through a unthinkable moment for them, and especially their countrymen. Hear their stories, because whether we know it or not, we are ALL Ukrainians.
HOW TO HELP:
Support Ukraine Now: supportukrainenow.org
MENTIONS:
Zelenskyy Speech to EU Parliment: youtu.be/hVvkdwksxMw
PERSON: Volodymyr Zelenskyy: wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
BOOK: The Gates of Europe: goodreads.com/book/show/25255053-the-gates-of-europe
PERSON: Timothy Snyder - timothysnyder.org
FILM: Klondike (2022) - imdb.com/title/tt16315948
FILM: Winter on Fire (2015)- imdb.com/title/tt4908644
UKIE FOOD (NYC): secretnyc.co/ukrainian-businesses-nyc