Ukraine Without Hype

In this episode...

02:29 - The Russian Spring Offensive is showing its new priorities

10:05 - Zelensky goes to Turkey for Russia to put on a production of diplomatic theater

24:16 - Pope Leo XIV showing himself to be a friend of Ukraine

30:06 - US Ambassador to Ukraine resigns in protest over Trump policy

34:03 - Orban government in Hungary grows increasingly hostile as their designs on the Zakarapatia region become public

45:25 - Romanian presidential elections come in with a victory for the pro-Ukraine candidate over the pro-Russia one

54:30 - Eurovision song contest 2025

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In this episode...

02:55 - Getting ready for the Spring offensives

10:00 - A string of devastating Russian missile strikes, especially in Sumy and Kyiv

15:46 - Along with a prisoner exchange, Russia also returns the tortured remains of the Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna

18:51 - Chinese volunteers fighting for Russia, but so was the son of a high-ranking CIA official

28:14 - America, Europe, and Russia present their peace plan proposals

41:23 - We don't need to get so excited every time an American conservative says something nice about Ukraine

56:43 - Remembering the mixed legacy of Pope Francis

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In this episode...

00:03:35 - Combat Update: Ukrainian withdrawal in Kusk, current Russian offensive over

00:14:05 - Weeks-long Russian missile and drone barrage hits close to home

00:21:15 - Every ceasefire talk you have been hearing about has been complete bunk

00:37:58 - Russia plans expulsion of Ukrainians from occupied territory

00:43:07 - Trump ends RFE/RL, we talk about its background and impact

00:56:17 - Trump cancels programs investigating Russian war crimes, including finding kidnapped children

01:04:00 - Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute loses grant to fund translations of Ukrainian literature

01:06:00 - Protests against autocracy and corruption in Serbia, Georgia, Turkey, and Hungary.

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In this episode...

01:10 - The infamous meeting between Zelenskyy, Trump, and Vance

12:37 - Europe forced to set its own path without America

21:54 - Officials try to patch the US-Ukraine relationship, but Trump will not have it

25:25 - The US ends military aid to Ukraine

32:02 - And also intelligence sharing

41:37 - The US is dropping every defense it has against Russia: military, intelligence, and law enforcement

44:43 - Trump deporting Ukrainian refugees

47:20 - Trump planning to replace the Ukrainian government

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Within only a month, the second Trump administration has embarked on an aggressive campaign to remake the shape of both the American political system, and the global one. Both for the worse. This episode is a soft launch of a new project on American news: Radio Free America.

00:02:12 - Ending foreign aid

00:09:43 - Dismantling the federal government

00:38:10 - Turning allies into enemies

00:52:18 - Extorting Ukraine

01:13:08 - The Global Realignment

01:15:26 - What to do now

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In this episode, we avoid the elephant in the room to discuss everything else...

00:00:20 - Announcements

00:03:02 - Combat Updates for the last month+

00:13:48 - Russia missile strikes, including on downtown Odesa and an old workplace of mine

00:19:05 - Assassinations and attempts

00:21:39 - Mobilization scandals, how to fix them, and how Russia is taking advantage

00:30:09 - Russia shoots down Azerbaijani airliner

00:34:42 - The political shockwaves of Ukraine ending Russian pipeline transit

00:43:47 - Other Updates on Georgia, Serbia, and Syria

00:50:39 - Ukraine recognizes the Circassian Genocide

01:03:30 - Oleksandr Usyk defends his titles and Ukraine chooses is Eurovision candidate

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Our 100th Episode. A big milestone for us. We are grateful to all of our listeners who followed us on our journey here. Our anniversary episode is doubling up as the New Year Episode, welcoming 2025 as we look back on 2024.

00:01:11 - Checking in on the hosts

00:04:11 - The State of the Podcast

00:15:14 - 2024 Year in Review

00:45:45 - The big themes of 2024

01:02:16 - Predictions for 2025

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History has been used and misused in many ways as part of the Russo-Ukraine War. Russia has justified its aggression through bizarre appeals to medieval Princes. Ukrainian units name themselves for Scythians and Cossacks. We run through an overview of Ukrainian history and pre-history.

00:02:40 - The Proto-Indo-Europeans through the Greeks

00:17:24 - Turks and Slavs

00:23:58 - Kyivan Rus

00:38:57 - Ukraine after the Mongols

00:44:22 - The rise of the Cossacks

00:56:49 - From Khmelnytsky to Mazepa

01:08:39 - Poland and Ukraine fall together

01:15:08 - The Long 19th Century

01:25:53 - Between World Wars

01:38:16 - The post-Stalin Soviet Union

01:44:19 - Ukrainian Independence

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In this episode...

00:01:24 - Combat Update

00:08:27 - Ukraine does two high-profile assassinations of Russian officers. The Jailor of Olenivka and the General of Conspiracy Theorists

00:21:19 - Russian shipwrecks show the dangers of their off-the-books "shadow fleet"

00:27:39 - US pressures Ukraine to lower mobilization age, which Ukraine rejects

00:43:52 - Ukraine is moving forward with legislation that would allow multiple citizenships

00:54:39 - Updates on Romanian elections controversy

01:04:17 - Update on Georgian protests

01:10:58 - The Syrian Civil War comes to a close as Assad flees for Moscow

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In this episode...

01:41 - I guess we have to talk about Joe Rogan

12:51 - Combat updates

18:21 - Russia does yet another nuclear bluff

26:08 - Trying to work around the Trump "peace plan"

31:27 - Romania coming close to electing a Russia-backed conspiracy theorist blowhard for President.

38:44 - Georgian government cracks down on ever-growing protests

48:36 - Shocking developments in Syria demonstrate Russia's growing inability to project power

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