Ukrainian Roots Podcast / Подкаст «Українське коріння»
Episodes
Episode Nine: A Voice from Kyiv
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margo Gontar is many things: a journalist, artist, musician, co-founder of StopFake.org, and in 2017, Kyiv Post named her one of Ukraine’s Top 30 Un...
Episode Eight: Listen to the Children
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The plight of Ukrainian children is the subject of Children in the Fire, a soul-stirring documentary feature from the celebrated filmmaker behind the ...
February 24 Screening + Candlelight Vigil: An Evening to Remember
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Documentary screening and candlelight vigil marks four years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Episode Seven: Ukrainians of Colour
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It might surprise some listeners to know that Ukraine has a significant Afro-Ukrainian population. Many of them are descendants of the African student...
Episode Six: Mental Health Under Attack
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CONTENT WARNING: This episode deals with mental health and mental illness. For mental health resources, visit the episode footnotes on the Ukrainian R...
Episode Five: Am I Ukrainian?
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As long as there have been Ukrainians, there have been forces – russian, Muscovite – who have sought to erase us: through famine, forced assimilat...
Episode Four: Why We Laugh
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ukrainians love to laugh. We laugh when we’re grieving, when there’s danger, in the darkness, and in the face of war. Ukrainian humour is self-dep...
Episode Three: Words and Warfare
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Words – and language in general – are at once a tool in this war, a front in this war, and a barometer for how the war is going. Language can sway...
Episode Two: Language Matters
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We might be biased, but we stand firm in the belief that Ukrainian is the most beautiful, lyrical, clever, and nuanced language on Planet Earth. Unfor...
Episode One: A Displacement Story
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Putin’s war in Ukraine has wreaked havoc on all aspects of life for Ukrainians, including the very notion of home. Since February 2022, an estimated...
Coming soon: Ukrainian Roots Podcast
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New podcast drops September 2025.