https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ttoidc/collection_of_podcasts_about_ukraine_updated/
created by horunzhij on 01/04/2022 at 11:33 UTC*
226 upvotes, 16 top-level comments (showing 16)
Sam Harris - The Russian War in Ukraine[1] (Spotify)
1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fhDMUE17tdjETDhsLDGwZ?si=61b4d39c0d8a4ff3
Sam Harris - Defending the Global Order[2] (Spotify)
2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Z7GGUUqkGSyGVUsELzg4W?si=7a843eed8a044392
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Ezra Klein - Sanctioning Russia Is a Form of War. We Need to Treat It Like One[3] (Spotify)
3: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Rd0wlfWGMLVFBXaLSvTQv?si=b7fb072918024a20
Ezra Klein - How Energy Markets Are Shaping Putin's Invasion and the World[4] (Spotify)
4: https://open.spotify.com/episode/219mE3dE7G7PeeHYcW53wa?si=0b5b54f8db634acf
Ezra Klein - A Realist Take on How the Russia-Ukraine War Could End[5] (Spotify)
5: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1VGgCOpBLOdyLlnA3vVwNe?si=c5bb4bb1248a4172
Ezra Klein - Timothy Snyder on the Myths That Blinded the West to Putin's Plans[6] (Spotify)
6: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bcJtwQKhkDJCxfrjDNJcj?si=92808ae7545244ed
Ezra Klein - Masha Gessen on Putin's 'Profoundly Anti-Modern' Worldview[7] (Spotify)
7: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7MiRskjwAtOGKFtmUna9xS?si=037edf78074c4087
Ezra Klein - Can the West Stop Russia by Strangling its Economy?[8] (Spotify)
8: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TuAm4eVYlDSpojSKTSZmc?si=1b14285318ca4c7a
Ezra Klein - Fareed Zakaria Has a Better Way to Handle Russia and China[9] (Spotify)
9: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1cQzfHt3mFWBgZ8wNv07ql?si=7f6a5a204d1043a2
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Behind the Bastards - Part One: Nestor Makhno: Anarchist Warlord and Book Club Aficionado[10] (Spotify)
10: https://open.spotify.com/episode/29RR06Aj6fIl4fAeD5G1Cw?si=9935dbdfc8684008
Behind the Bastards - Part Two: Nestor Makhno: Anarchist Warlord and Book Club Aficionado[11] (Spotify)
11: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2iOB9WQFhZMoo49rtLSsmE?si=061d87b7067442dc
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Comment by ex-robot-x at 01/04/2022 at 11:51 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Highly recommend the podcast about Nestor Makhno. What a character!
Comment by Locallsonly at 01/04/2022 at 11:45 UTC
31 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Ukrainecast by the BBC has been doing a very good day-by-day(ish) report of the war with Gabriel Gatehouse, an ex-Russian correspondent and Vasily Shevchenko who is Ukrainian himself. They have amazing insight to both Ukraine and the Russian political machine. Lots of high quality and interesting guests who are either everyday Ukrainians, or people personal with Putin.
They've also interviewed a Chechen man who supports the war. Infuriating to listen to him, but an attempt to gauge both sides.
Comment by ActuallyNot at 01/04/2022 at 11:55 UTC
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and
from the BBC are decent journalism.
Comment by Bobbias at 01/04/2022 at 12:33 UTC
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Happy to see behind the bastards represented here.
While not directly about Ukraine, I highly suggest people check out the Lions led by donkeys episodes on the Chechen wars, because of the staggering amount of parallels with what's been seen in Ukraine.
Comment by WeddingElly at 01/04/2022 at 14:16 UTC*
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Please put The Telegraph: Ukraine The Latest on there. They do one every weekday and it always contains good analysis. My favorite episodes are one where they interviewed an advisor to the Ukraine Negotiations Team and she gave real insight into negotiation tactics and how to navigate two fundamentally opposed parties, where one is also definitely not acting in good faith. And then another one where they spoke to a photojournalist a few days after he left Mariupol and he was talking his experiences in a pediatric hospital trying to document the war crimes against children.
Every episode is sizable - 45 mins to an hour (I like that because then I can put it on for my commute). And the analysis is a bit above normal news, but always focused on the issues of the day, not like abstract hot takes from “ivory tower intellectuals discussing the Ukrainian invasion expressed through post modern art” or whatever
Comment by fouoifjefoijvnioviow at 01/04/2022 at 12:07 UTC
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Off the tip of my head, from Ukraine: Hromadske, Ukraine World, espresso.tv
Comment by AvoidPinkHairHippos at 01/04/2022 at 12:56 UTC
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For those who are seeking a American perspective, I strongly recommend **Breaking Points** (by saager and Krystal) and **Realignment** (by Marshall).
Both podcasts are simultaneously pro Ukraine yet also refusing to be simply cheerleaders or repeating the headlines, and instead taking great care to discuss the difficulties and nuances of stopping Putin's madness from a very intellectually honest POV
Comment by plasticlove at 01/04/2022 at 13:59 UTC
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https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL3VrcmFpbmUtdGhlLWxhdGVzdA[1][2]
1: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL3VrcmFpbmUtdGhlLWxhdGVzdA
2: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL3VrcmFpbmUtdGhlLWxhdGVzdA
Ukraine: The Latest
Daily podcast from The Telegraph
Comment by TheFireTheseTimesPod at 01/04/2022 at 12:55 UTC
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If I may, I've been doing a Ukraine series as well here https://thefirethisti.me/2022/03/25/ukraine-series-2-from-ukraine-with-love-and-anger-w-romeo-kokriatski/[1][2]
As for other podcasts:
Comment by andyp at 01/04/2022 at 11:42 UTC
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I listen to Sam Harris a lot. He's such a great guy with an amazing podcast.
Comment by feddeftones at 08/07/2022 at 04:44 UTC
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I’ll recommend Ukrianecast!
And pretty much anything with Timothy Snyder when the topic is Ukraine / Eastern Europe. All of his work is great!
Comment by Zaidswith at 01/04/2022 at 13:19 UTC*
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**Ukrainecast** from the BBC as others have said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bqztzm
Comment by rishcast at 01/04/2022 at 11:37 UTC
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Thank you!
Comment by BrandolarSandervar at 01/04/2022 at 12:56 UTC*
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I'd recommend most podcasts that feature Samo Burja the Slovenian geopolitical analyst. I don't always agree with what he says but he's certainly a smart guy and has a unique view on the big picture. Because his main job is working for his own geopolitical analyst business he doesn't have his own podcast but he constantly features on podcasts of other people. His YouTube channel "Samo Burja[1]" uploads every podcast he appears on and I've yet to find a host he's appeared with who wasn't well put together, asking deeper intelligent questions than what you'd often find surface level Ukraine podcasts talk about etc. It's pretty serious stuff and he seems to know a bit about it. He's definitely been wrong on a few things over time as he made some statements about the war 2 weeks in that are now not really true just due to Ukraine's unpredictabily strong resistance (and everyone seemingly overestimating Russia's abilities for years) but on the whole it's a pretty valuable, if cynical/pragmatic, perspective on the issue. He talks a lot about energy dependence in Europe and how it plays into the overall strategy, things like that.
1: https://youtube.com/c/SamoBurja
Comment by hello-cthulhu at 01/04/2022 at 13:05 UTC
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One of my favorite podcasts is *My History Can Beat Up Your Politics*. They normally specialize in American history, but they just did this outstanding episode about Ukrainian vs Russian nationalism, with the host of *The Road to Now* podcast.
Comment by Saint_Chrispy1 at 18/04/2022 at 00:33 UTC
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Assuming they even worked... When was the last time a missle was fired at a Russian cruiser