No one asked him to do it.  But for the past three decades a cameraman has set up his tripod at Ukrainian events- most of them in Edmonton.  He records.  Then leaves.  Now as the cameraman ages, he wonders.  Will anyone value what he has so diligently collected.  Or will it be relegated to a dumpster.

 The Corona virus has shuttered entertainment venues everywhere.  Nasha Kasha checks in with seven performers from around North America, creating, self-assessing and practicing while they are waiting. 

Marco Levytsky graduated in East European politics, then in Journalism.  He would go on to grow his own newspaper into the largest Ukrainian paid subscription base in all of Canada.  This week Nasha Kasha travels his pathway.

This week Nasha Kasha presents voices from the front lines.  Nurses, paramedics, firefighters and police, who are working in the midst of our COVID 19 pandemic response.

Rod Stewart's mega hit Maggie May closes with one. Ricky Skaggs expertly picks and strums it throughout his song Mandolin Rain. R.E.M features one in the song Losing My Religion. Today, Nasha Kasha salutes the mandolin. 

 This week we update an Acadian Ukrainian love story from the Maritimes.  Sarah and Tony, like the rest of us are living life in a time of pandemic threat.  Here's their story in song and words.

It's the 200th edition of Nasha Kasha. There's great music to be sure. But this party is dedicated to the community stations that host this coast-to-coast Ukrainian radio show.

This week Nasha Kasha is on a journey with parents experiencing profound loss.  We search for light.  The story comes at a time when we all feel more vulnerable than we did yesterday.  To this and all arising questions, there is an answer.  Together.

John Paskevich has been short-listed for a Kobzar Award.  His book and his life's work has benn centred in North Winnipeg.  Here's a reprise of a story I did with him in 2018.

 Lingering concerns about corruption and a war on it's eastern flank find Ukraine between a rock and a hard place.  All of this as it seeks investors in its mining and oil and gas sectors.  Its plan to extract itself is explored in this week's edition of Nasha Kasha