Explaining Ukraine
Hosted by Volodymyr Yermolenko · UkraineWorld
4.9from 289 ratings
- 431
- Episodes
- 138
- Transcribed
- 289
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About Explaining Ukraine
A podcast by UkraineWorld.org, a multimedia project about Ukraine run by Internews Ukraine. Explaining Ukraine, its politics, society and its culture. Support us: patreon.com/ukraineworld
- Publisher
- UkraineWorld
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Jan 2018
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
138 of 431 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Understanding Ukrainian Resistance. Volodymyr Yermolenko, Marci Shore and Kateryna Mishchenko at the Frankfurt Book Fair
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Religion in Ukraine - with Cyril Hovorun
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Shevchenko Is Still Central to Ukrainian Identity - with Rory Finnin
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Understanding Ukrainian Resistance. Volodymyr Yermolenko, Marci Shore and Kateryna Mishchenko at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Maybe even Descartes. Maybe the last real philosopher of experience was Montaigne, who was saying, my philosophy is my body. My philosophy is how I perceive the world. And then you see this intellectualization of thinking. Up until maybe existentialism. Maybe existentialism brought it back, but not in the way that I like. But I think this is a key story right now. Our thinking is based upon experience. It's not thinking far away. It's not philosophy for its own sake. It's not literature for its own sake. It's not art for the sake of art. It's really deeply rooted in experience. And sometimes it's a struggle with this experience because you cannot really put these things into words. […]
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- Marci Shore
- Kateryna Mishchenko
- Cyril Hovorun
- Rory Finnin
- Timothy Snyder
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,339,554
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 170 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 119 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts Explaining Ukraine?
Volodymyr Yermolenko host the show. Published by UkraineWorld.
How often do new episodes come out?
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