s1e10: The russian invasion of Ukraine did not start on February 24th, 2022. First russian tanks rolled over our borders in early 2014. But despite the war and constant annihilation attempts by moscow, in the last eight years, Ukraine turned into Europe's powerhouse of reforms. From radical economic, anti-corruption and energy transformations to human rights equality advances that left behind even some EU states. Few foreign media paid attention to it, but Ukraine was one of the most powerful emerging success stories in Europe. And that was quite likely the reason behind russian mad drive for revenge. In this episode we ask prominent anti-corruption fighter Olena Halushka and energy reformer Alina Sviderska to decolonize foreign myths about 'backward ukraine.'

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s1e9: If only there was a collection of digestible, cool, smart mini-guides to Ukraine that we could all share to educate our foreign friends in foreign languages, right? Stas Olenchenko and Marichka Buchelnikova, the founders of Ukraine Explainers, are on a mission to do exactly that. We asked them how it happened that most foreign media systemically misrepresented Ukraine for decades and ended up covering Ukrainians through Russian colonial lenses. Stas and Marichka also shared the most popular Ukraine topics in need of decolonizing and tips on how to do Ukraine explaining right.

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s1e7: you won't understand the ongoing genocide in Ukraine if you haven't heard about russian colonialism. we recruit two brilliant Ukrainians to explain it: filmmaker Oleksiy Radynski and researcher/activist Kvitka Perehinets. This episode includes such gems as: the biggest hole in the russian colonialism mythology, how russian colonialism manifests in the everyday lives of Ukrainians, how russian colonialism is inherently fascist, how russian colonialism uses the same copy-paste job in Ukraine for centuries, why russian colonialism won't end with Putin — and more.

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s1e6: 101 on the real roots of Ukrainian culture and identity. Language, ethnicity, race, nationalism, cultural appropriation and colonialism - all the things you wanted to ask about Ukrainian identity but never knew how. Our featured Ukrainians: researcher and artist Mariam Naiem and a prominent YouTuber and movie critic Alina Nikulina.

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s1e5: In this one, we decolonize all the stupid things foreigners think or say about Ukraine with the help of Julia Tymoshenko, Ukraine explainer-in-chief on insta.

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s1e4: since the genocide started, Ukraine has been the focus of the most intense foreign news coverage ever. yet, it has also never been so wrong and distorted. seen through the western gaze, Ukraine is often covered and explained without zero Ukrainian voices. and when they are included, they are labeled too emotional or too biased to take seriously. in this one, we decolonize foreign news coverage of Ukraine. our featured Ukrainian is Olga Tokariuk, a prominent Ukrainian journalist

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s1e3: Ukraine has seen an unprecedented wave of global solidarity since russians launched the genocide of Ukrainians. hundreds of millions fundraised, billions sent in various types of aid. millions of people around the world volunteer for the cause of Ukraine's freedom. however, in the end, foreign humanitarian aid to the country is a mess. Ukraine receives tons of stuff she doesn't need and next to zero of what she asks. this week we decolonize foreign myths about what solidarity with Ukraine should really look like. our featured Ukrainian is Tymofiy Mylovanov, Ukraine's former economy minister, current adviser to the presidential administration, and president of Kyiv School of Economics

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s1e2: most are familiar with russian culture. as a culture-colonizer it thrived globally at the expense of colonized voices that were silenced, repressed, and appropriated. that's exactly the reason why centuries of kickass anti-colonial art done by Ukrainians remains mainly unknown to the rest of the world. especially the names of Ukrainian women who have been leading it with powerful messages of equality, freedom, and, oftentimes, queerness — decades before it became mainstream in the rest of Europe. Ukrainian scholar Sasha Dovzhyk is our featured Ukrainian for this one.

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