All the animals have gone. There are no birds singing in the trees, no cats playing in the streets. When Vasyl returns home after a failed hunting trip, the family dog is nowhere to be seen. And there’s a strange smell coming from the kitchen. Only one of many nightmares people had to live through because of the Holodomor, the artificial famine in Ukraine.

The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Mattias Jonsson. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.

Holodomor Awareness Committee

https://ukrainegenocide.com/

Holodomor Research and Education Consortium

https://holodomor.ca/

Ukrainian World Congress

https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/