Today's episode explores history, memory, and propaganda through the lens of the media.
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Dr. Marta Dyczok, a historian, political scientist, media scholar, and professor at the University of Western Ontario in Canada with a PhD from Oxford University, is the special guest on this episode.
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Read Marta's book Ukraine not 'the' Ukraine here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/ukraine-not-the-ukraine/1A0CC1D8913162C5A65763614CCC39E1
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Find Marta here: https://x.com/mdyczok
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Sponsored by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress.
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Today's episode is about Nestor Makhno — a Ukrainian revolutionary leader and anarchist active during the Ukrainian War of Independence of 1917-1921.
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"[A] will to freedom and independence, which only in the width and depth of the Ukrainian soul could so quickly and strongly manifest itself." - Nestor Makhno
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The music at the end of today's episode is "Любо, братці, любо" ("l'ubo, bratsi, l'ubo") sung by Taras Zhytynskyy. It is a Ukrainian folk song that emerged during the Ukrainian War of Independence of 1917-1921. It was frequently sung in Ukrainian by the army of Nestor Makhno. Some say that Makhno himself liked to sing it too. The music in the episode's background is "Melody" by Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky.
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Today's episode is about Ukrainian cuisine, its history, and its importance in culture.
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Yevhen Klopotenko, renowned Ukrainian chef and restaurateur, credited with getting the culture of Ukrainian Borshch cooking to be listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, is the special guest on the episode.
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Try Ukrainian cuisine with Yevhen's recipes: https://klopotenko.com/en/
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Twitter: https://x.com/klopotenko_chef?lang=en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klopotenko/?hl=en
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Today's episode is about Lesya Ukrainka. A feminist and political activist, she is one of Ukraine's most famous and beloved writers to this day. Lesay was a leading figure in the modernist movement and the development of Ukrainian literature.
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"No! I am alive, I will live forever. I have that in my heart, which does not die..." - Lesya Ukrainka, The Forest Song
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Full version of Lesya Ukrainka's "The Forest Song" in English: https://tarnawsky.artsci.utoronto.ca/elul/English/Ukrainka/Ukrainka-ForestSong.pdf
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The music in the background and at the very end of the episode is "Farewell. Waltz in C Minor, Op. 39, No. 1" by the phenomenal composer Mykola Lysenko. The song at the end of the episode is "Як дитиною, бувало" ("As a child, I sometimes") by Mike Udlis, with the lyrics being Lesya Ukrainka's poem of the same name.
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Today's episode is about the weapons and strategy used by the Cossacks in battles and wars. In particular, Hetman Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachnyy and how he saved Europe in the War of Khotyn.
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Image of troops in the War of Khotyn: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Battle_of_Khotyn_1673.PNG
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The music at the end of today's episode is "Їхав Козак За Дунай" ("The Cossack Rode Beyond the Danube") by Semen Klymovsky - Ukrainian philosopher, poet and Cossack. The background music throughout the episode is "Kyiv" by Oskar Schuster.
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Fun Fact: The song "The Cossack Rode Beyond the Danube" by Semen Klmovsky was made into a song in German and arranged for piano by Ludwig van Beethoven and Christoph August Tielde. Beethoven's version is known as "Schöne Minka, ich muß scheiden."
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Today's episode is about the night of Ivana Kupala - a celebration and holiday in Ukraine that stems from pagan rites and beliefs. Jumping over bonfires, honoring the pagan god of the sun, and singing enchantments are all part of the 3000-year-old holiday.
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The background music in today's episode is "Hutsul Triptych: Hutsuls'ky tryptykh (Hutsul Triptych): I. Dytynstvo (Childhood)" by Myroslav Skoryk, and the music at the end of the episode is "Oy na Ivana ta y na Kupala" by Pisni Dzherela.
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Today's episode is about the emergence of Kyiv - the capital of Ukraine - and its story from its prehistoric beginnings until becoming the birthplace of the Kyivan Rus'.
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The background music in today's episode is "Kyiv Valse" by Pol Solonar, and the music at the end of the episode is "Київ" by Євген Філатов ("Kyiv" by Yevhen Filatov).
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Today's episode is about the beliefs, traditions, and Ukrainianness that all play their part in Ukrainian Easter.
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A painting of a traditional Ukrainian Easter "Easter Matins" by a Ukrainian artist Mykola Pymonenko: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paska_(bread)#/media/File:PimonenkoNK_PashalZautrRYB.jpg
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The music in today's episode is "Prayer for Ukraine" by Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
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The Revolution of Dignity, also known as the Euromaidan, was a series of violent and peaceful protests throughout Ukraine, with the center in Kyiv, in the winter of 2013-2014. The Revolution led to the overthrow of the government, as well as Ukraine taking a definite stance on its pro-freedom, pro-European and pro-Ukrainian values. It was a major turning point in Ukraine's history.
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The video of Ukraine's revolution in Independence Square from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhwtsjFbQK4
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Documentary about the Revolution of Dignity "Winter on Fire": https://youtu.be/yzNxLzFfR5w?si=R8FgZztHLjfMXDnf
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The music at the end of the episode is "Hey, plyve kacha" by Pikkardiyska Tertsiya - a Ukrainian folk song, that became the anthem of the Revolution. The music throughout the episode is "We Will Never Be Brothers" - with lyrics by Ukrainian Anastasiia Dmytruk and music by Lithuanian Virgis Pupšys.
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Today's episode is about the Orange Revolution. It started in November 2004 as a result of mass falsifications of the Ukrainian Presidential elections. It was a revolution that fought for free and fair elections and democracy as a whole.
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The music in this episode is "Symphony #2" by Mykhailo Verbytskyi (a Ukrainian composer).
Today's episode is about serfdom in Ukraine throughout history. Peasants and serfs are often the unheard part of history, yet serfdom - a type of unpaid forced labour left a significant mark on Ukraine, as well as most of Europe.
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To read the collection stories by Ukrainian author Marko Vovchok (in English) you can visit the link below. The stories I referenced and quoted from today were "Horpyna," "The Kozak Girl," and "Odarka".
https://diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/21918/file.pdf
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The music in today's episode is "Melody" by Myroslav Skoryk (a Ukrainian composer).
Today's episode is about Ivan Mazepa - one of Ukraine's most famous hetmans - a genius diplomat and a patron of Kyiv's architecture.
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The music at the end of the episode is "Transcendental Etudes, S. 139: No. 4, Mazeppa" by Franz Liszt, which is a symphonic poem about Mazepa. The background music in the episode is "Elegy in Memory of Shevchenko" by the wonderful Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko and "Suite in D Minor, HWV 447: Allemande" by George Frideric Handel.
Today's episode is about New Year celebrations and traditions in Ukraine. New Year's Eve in Ukraine is called the Eve of Generosity, and the traditions on this day are a mix of Christian, Pagan, and simply Ukrainian traditions. Have a mystical, musical, and fun Ukrainian New Year's Eve.
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The music in today's episode are various Ukrainian shchedrivky performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine as part of the "Christmas Symphonies" project. The shchedrivky sung at the end are "Oh, is there or is there not?" (a folk song) and "Shchedryk" by Mykola Leontovych (sung by Viter Ukrainian Folk Choir).
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З Новим Роком! Happy New Year!
Today's episode is about Christmas in Ukraine. It is its very own unique celebration that combines traditions from Christian and pagan celebrations dating back all the way to the Kyivan Rus'. Welcome to the mystical, musical and exciting Ukrainian Christmas.
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The music in todays episode are various Ukrainian kolyadky performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine as part of the "Christmas Symphonies" project. The kolyadka sung at the end is "A New Joy Had Arisen" performed by the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus.
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З Різдвом Христовим! Merry Christmas!
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Correction: Ukrainians celebrate St. Nicholas Day in early December - not January. :)
Today's episode is about Hryhorii Skovoroda who was the first Ukrainian philosopher and who was part of the Ukrainian Baroque thinkers and writers.
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"The world was catching me but didn't capture me." - Hryhorii Skovoroda
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The music in today's episode is composed and written by Hryhorii Skovoroda. The song is called "Oh you, yellow bird" ("Ой ти, птичко жолтобоко").
Today's episode is about the Magdeburg law that came to Ukraine during the Middle Ages and brought democracy and self-government to most Ukrainian cities and towns. * The music in the episode is "Suite in D Minor, HWV 447: Allemande" by George Frideric Handel
